A bit curious what experiences people have with addon wheels? What diameter do you find is suitable for this wheel and it´s force feedback capabilities? I am thinking about 320 mm perhaps for vintage GT/formula or standard cars and perhaps some camaro drifting. Would be a plus I suppose if you could reach the paddles with relative ease I like to use them for looking left/right if nothing else.
Must say I really like the wheel. The pedals is a bit better then expected from opinions and reviews. I would surely want to see some better pots. I want to remember having more precision during dry simming. But that is a very different thing to actually being on the track
But they feel great. Feels more realistic then the clubsports or even Frex based on the pedals I have operated. Only CST pedals beat them. Quite handily so but not really a straight comparison. In hanging position it was a bit keen to tipping over in a flat position. Now lets just hope I am fast with them lol. I am quite confident I will find them preferrable to my G27 nixim modded pedals which is what I currently own. If not hopefully the upcoming load cell mod will perform unless I find real issues with the throttle.
I suspect I will find that the CSP do give better precision particular for the braking due to the loadcell. But it was not as pleasant to operate. Thrustmaster seem very good with tactile feedback. The buttons on the wheel is for once fun to just play with. To bad about the lacking rocker switches why not having ones that don´t do anything. I can´t really imagine what real world usage I would get out of them.
Paddle shifters I rarely find fun to use but I love the pointer finger paddles on the f1 wheel. Only reservation I have is the noise during clicking. Don´t distract me as much as potentially others I would like my wheel to be as stealthy as possible.
T500RS don´t quite deliver here. But aside from the clicking it´s mainly just the fan and my ears are well trained from all my PC usage to ignore fan noise. It´s far less distracting then gear driven wheels that often sound like they are falling apart and being very loud doing so.
Pedals seem to have gotten better in hanging position for some reason. Or the brake mod just needed some breakin. It´s far less distracting then gear driven wheels that often sound like they are falling apart.
As for the F1 paddle shifters I would have preferred if they where separat but that is hardly any biggie. Hard to find faults with this wheel. I guess I can drink water while I drive now and still switch gear whenever I need to
I haven´t even touched the static ones to be honest but I like them for looking left/right and wipers and handbrake and what not. I doubt I will be very impressed with them when I get my road car wheel but that is what the TH8RS are for.
The rubber grip feels very expensive for being rubber. Very secure grip which surely is needed sometimes with this torque and induce no hand sweat. Not to mention the wheel itself. When I get it hard mounted I am sure I will not be able to feel any flex anywhere. Just afraid it will make my monitor dance off
I wished Thrustmaster would have supplied a drilling guide and perhaps even bolts to secure it with though.
And as mentioned the pedals feels great. Surely not CST pedal great but far nicer to operate then the Frex pedals for example or the Clubsports or G27s. As it look now I appear to get the best results in a hanging position. The paddles where not quite as angled as I wanted though but can easilly compensate for that on my nixim racecraft.
I am not sure I will be able to handle the brake pressure though. Running brake mod in long throw position requires real effort for 100 % braking.
It take quite a bit of time to get used to new pedals. Hopefully I will be able to replace the rubber for a load cell sometime in the feature. Curious what that brings. However
