Fanatec Podium Direct Drive Wheel Bases Thread
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Sadly, they still repeat that this KillSwitch worth the money!
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Why is everyone so obsessed with having a kill switch and kill switch pricing? If you don’t like the pricing, don’t buy it, it isn’t complicated. It is the most useless thing ever. Kill switches are glorified decorations on a sim-rig. People act like they are going to get their arms twisted up in their wheel or something and a kill switch will be their only means of survival lol. Even if your wheel is somehow going absolutely haywire, which it won’t, it is absolutely trivial to reach around and disable power, pull the power, or whatever.
Bottom line, if you want a cheap generic kill switch, make your own. If you want one in a custom housing with a nicer power button, buy the one from Fanatec. And if you have a brain, don’t buy one at all because it is useless.
Bottom line, if you want a cheap generic kill switch, make your own. If you want one in a custom housing with a nicer power button, buy the one from Fanatec. And if you have a brain, don’t buy one at all because it is useless.
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Quick question about dialing in the right settings for iRacing. Fanatec recommends putting the FFB strength to 100% on the wheelbase for iRacing but this seems like overkill and not to sound like a wimp but I'm a little worried I'm going to break my wrists when I put the car into a wall during a practice session or race. I wasn't sure if I had to mess with any other settings to get the steering feel to be strong like F1 2018 or ACC without risking bodily harm.
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I agree with alomost everything exept your frustration why people comment pricing. I personal dont care for KillSwitches, but every company at least decent company I think collect feedback from the community. It is good to be seen that this community evolved to stage something with real cost 10-ish $ to be sold to them for 100$ or 100 Euro...
For 100$/100Euro can be produced insane KillSwitch even in one piece/unit not a production price for a 1000. It can be with high quality aliminium molded case and some extra buttons and even small display if you want to check the Fanatec settings closer...
So, maby some complain for the price itself, but the main complain is not what is the cost, because everyone can decide to buy or not. The real complain was - Why for 100$/Eu the sold KillSwitch is so cheapo.I dont say it is cheapo - it is cheapo for 100$ - there is big difference...
I Love Fanatec products and in general they are made in a way to see where the money goes...but for the KillSwitch only blind Fanaboy will say that the price is right...on 900-1000% profit!
And again if you ask me why are those discusions needed, who cares etc...as I said the companies need to know that people think - today is the KillSwitch, tommorow who knows
Bottomline - if you want KillSwitch and dont want to mess to produce it DIY - buy from the guys making it already and saved money give for charity if you like - now you will know where your money gone and gone for good!
Cheers!
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Thomas Jackermeier:
"Mircosoft announces compatibility of Xbox One Accessories with next gen console Project Scarlett
Good news for owners of Fanatec Xbox One steering wheels!
Not only can you play all your currect games on the new console you can also sync your achievements and most of all continue to use your accessories as it all comes forward with Scarlett
It is a very user friendly move which will make existing customers very happy and makes sure that your investment in expensive peripherals is not wasted as soon as the new console launches.
Now personally I hope that PlayStation does the same and everyone will be happy."
"Mircosoft announces compatibility of Xbox One Accessories with next gen console Project Scarlett
Good news for owners of Fanatec Xbox One steering wheels!
Not only can you play all your currect games on the new console you can also sync your achievements and most of all continue to use your accessories as it all comes forward with Scarlett
It is a very user friendly move which will make existing customers very happy and makes sure that your investment in expensive peripherals is not wasted as soon as the new console launches.
Now personally I hope that PlayStation does the same and everyone will be happy."
To be honest Xbox was not a problem because every exclusive is on Windows store (worst case scenario you can play on pc).
Does DD PS4 come with a safety pin screwed in? I don't remember and now I'm not sure if it fell out while vibrating (csw v2 one use to fall out a lot)
Does DD PS4 come with a safety pin screwed in? I don't remember and now I'm not sure if it fell out while vibrating (csw v2 one use to fall out a lot)
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DD1/2 Driver 335 available.
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That was available since a few weeks and is already outdated again, there is a new driver 336 available since a few days
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LOL! I forgot to put the smiley faceThat was available since a few weeks and is already outdated again, there is a new driver 336 available since a few days
. I was trying to be sarcastic.... 
But is it needed for the formula rim ?
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I agree with alomost everything exept your frustration why people comment pricing. I personal dont care for KillSwitches, but every company at least decent company I think collect feedback from the community. It is good to be seen that this community evolved to stage something with real cost 10-ish $ to be sold to them for 100$ or 100 Euro...
For 100$/100Euro can be produced insane KillSwitch even in one piece/unit not a production price for a 1000. It can be with high quality aliminium molded case and some extra buttons and even small display if you want to check the Fanatec settings closer...
So, maby some complain for the price itself, but the main complain is not what is the cost, because everyone can decide to buy or not. The real complain was - Why for 100$/Eu the sold KillSwitch is so cheapo.I dont say it is cheapo - it is cheapo for 100$ - there is big difference...
I Love Fanatec products and in general they are made in a way to see where the money goes...but for the KillSwitch only blind Fanaboy will say that the price is right...on 900-1000% profit!
And again if you ask me why are those discusions needed, who cares etc...as I said the companies need to know that people think - today is the KillSwitch, tommorow who knows
Bottomline - if you want KillSwitch and dont want to mess to produce it DIY - buy from the guys making it already and saved money give for charity if you like - now you will know where your money gone and gone for good!
Cheers!
What actually happens here is people that have absolutely zero knowledge of manufacturing anything at any sort of scale think they are entitled to everything they want at whatever price they want for no reason other than someone on the internet said it to them. The amount of ridiculous entitlement, speculation, and absolute disdain the sim racing community has for companies that make extremely niche products for this extreme small niche market is truly unbelievable. And for some reason a huge amount of this is directed at Fanatec, likely because they most visibility of any company in this small industry. It’s particularly annoying when people are complaining about an item that is entirely optional and adds no functionality other than vanity for most. Even Fanatec has stated that a kill switch is 100% optional and doesn’t really provide any safety benefit. The only possible use for a killswitch in a dd sim rig is maaaaaybe if you are using it commercially and want to be able to control power with someone else at the wheel, and even that is a big stretch. Switching the power off on the back of any DD base takes 1 second. The only reason kill switches are even a thing here is because of the generic industrial motors people used for dd setups initially came with them. When an industrial motor is used for a machine that can actually cause you harm it makes sense. A dd wheelbase isn’t one of those uses. Especially when most users will run them at a power level equivalent to a 5-10Nm base anyway.
There is a difference between providing constructive feedback and criticism and spewing out thought that comes to mind without any critical thinking about why a certain decision might have been made, or why something is priced the way it is. The actual cost to manufacture and cost of components is absolutely nothing compared to the r&d and design and prototyping costs. If you are naive enough to think that Fanatec’s kill switch has a 900% profit because you have seen another generic kill switch for $10 then it’s a pointless discussion.
If you think you need a kill switch you should buy the in you think looks the nicest, because that will be it’s only function anyway.
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You highly underestimate my knowledge, proffesional experience and opinion and you far behind the info that we already know for this KillSwitch.
One of the first customers opened and made photos whats inside...every person with some experience with parts etc will know how cost this....so my calculations are based on Fanatec`s KillSwitch , not the price that someone will produce one, but I see that no matter what I say you will repeat and repeat same thing...I see this is pointless discusion, no doubt...and in fact I dont want to do discusions for this topic. But you just cant hide elephant behind a tree. Someone mentioned the KillSwitch and I have full rights to say my opinion.Some small search will show my positive opinion for Fanatec. ...I will repeat myself - it is not about the price - made it great sell it for 300 if you like... in that case Fanatec just decided to sell word "Podium" for 100 thats it. In the first place I am customer and from customers side I can judge! Thats it!
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You highly underestimate my knowledge, proffesional experience and opinion and you far behind the info that we already know for this KillSwitch.
I'm sorry for underestimating your "proffesional experience and opinion" lol. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors of wasting your time on the internet complaining about things you know nothing about.
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If you wasted your time I dont mind, but you waste ours,too trowing dust in people eyes speaking kinda agresively - like it is not ok even to think to criticise fanatec product..LoL...you are the one who speaks on blind just bla bla - dont know the item, dont know me - just lets speak for the idea of speaking...my oppinion is based on pure facts ....and to say what is what is not complain...complain can be from someone who bought the item - you can see complains in those related FB groups
I really cant see how someone can point people and call names to them just like that, because they have opinion ....but anyway you are "andrewhake" #thesuprememind #dontsaynothingdifferentthanmebecauseIlljumponyou lol.I wish you best luck beeing "andrewhake"! Really!
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Yes I did buy one and I said I was going to buy it even though I believed the price was stupid, I bought it because I thought it would help with the (at the time) biggest problem the dd1s were having, the death of the dd unit due to the rear power button dying.
Guess what, it does not help it will die with or without the podium kill switch
I tried so hard to add the mounting adapter to my order (it's supposed to ship today) but it seems an impossible task (europe).
I linked this post too, no way.
3 weeks and several emails later, I give up.
At first I tried to modify my order; after several emails they told me I had to contact the support team and not the shop one (????).
Then I wrote to the support team, they told me the adapter is not included and why, I told them I still want it, no reply.
I asked for the price, I asked to order it, nothing. I still don't know the price, or how it's possible to order it.
Why is it impossible to have a reply on the matter? Why they forced me to NOT order it?
I simply don't get it.
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What I mean is that for someone who has such opposition to Fanatec, you spent a lot with them... Are you a CFF (Closet Fanatec Fanboy)?
Thanks for the help, problem solved.
But before proceeding with the adapter order (for those interested, it has to be a different one, the support team needs to handle it, it’s a spare part) I guess I have to wait for the Podium one.
It was supposed to ship today, it was confirmed by the customer care just 2 days ago, but I didn’t receive any shipping notification, and the status is “payment verified” only.
Is there a delay we weren’t informed of?
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