The Thrustmaster T500RS Thread

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Won't be long and I will have the Big Brake Pedals ready. Had quite a few projects come through the shop. When your old man owns the place and says he needs such and such done. Well my projects get put to the back burner. :/

Anyway, progress is made. Now with the a
Press machined and done time to arc the pedals that are cut and get a finish on them. I was happy with the way this turned out and had to share. Repeatability!!

 
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That does look nice. I've book marked a cheap set of pedals that I think will work on this, but I won't know for sure until I've boughten them. I definitely want a fat brake pedal.

In other news, my quest to mount the GTE guts on a different wheel have been abandoned. The GRANT 613-4 is too small for anything other than open wheelers, and the only other wheel that could possibly work is the Momo 27. And I'm not convinced all the buttons would look natural with that center area. Plus, it's more than I want to spend. I bought the T500 set for 350 last BF and the thought of spending 130 on the GTE and another 220 on the Momo doesn't sit right with me.

So I've decided if you cant be with the one you love, love the one you're with. I've now shifted my focus to fixing the rim portion of the GTE. I just hate that hard plastic on the Thrustmaster wheel. Even the G27 had leather. But I think I've had a moment of inspiration and am gonna play with a couple things. Think it could be real nice (and a fairly cheap mod)
 
OwensRacing
Won't be long and I will have the Big Brake Pedals ready. Had quite a few projects come through the shop. When your old man owns the place and says he needs such and such done. Well my projects get put to the back burner. :/

Anyway, progress is made. Now with the a
Press machined and done time to arc the pedals that are cut and get a finish on them. I was happy with the way this turned out and had to share. Repeatability!!

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Very nice - looking forward to getting my hands/feet on the finished product 👍

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My VisionRacer VR3
 
Paul,

I don't know if you're an iRacer, but over at their forums there are a handful of people who've taken their T500 wheels to actual automotive places where they outfit wheels (don't know the name in English, sorry) and have them wrapped in leather or alcantara.

If you dislike the rubber rim that much (which is understandable) you can take a look at that route.
 
OwensRacing
Won't be long and I will have the Big Brake Pedals ready. Had quite a few projects come through the shop. When your old man owns the place and says he needs such and such done. Well my projects get put to the back burner. :/

Anyway, progress is made. Now with the a
Press machined and done time to arc the pedals that are cut and get a finish on them. I was happy with the way this turned out and had to share. Repeatability!!

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Looking forward to a price quote!
 
Coxis
Paul,

I don't know if you're an iRacer, but over at their forums there are a handful of people who've taken their T500 wheels to actual automotive places where they outfit wheels (don't know the name in English, sorry) and have them wrapped in leather or alcantara.

If you dislike the rubber rim that much (which is understandable) you can take a look at that route.
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Kind of what I'm thinking. Although I think I can get the sewing done without having to take it to a shop. But that's the second stage (maybe optional). I'm not gonna say what my first step is until I've actually done it and can verify it's a nice solution (it may be unspeakablely bad and I'll keep my mouth shut about it).
 
OwensRacing
Won't be long and I will have the Big Brake Pedals ready. Had quite a few projects come through the shop. When your old man owns the place and says he needs such and such done. Well my projects get put to the back burner. :/

Anyway, progress is made. Now with the a
Press machined and done time to arc the pedals that are cut and get a finish on them. I was happy with the way this turned out and had to share. Repeatability!!

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what everyone else said 👍
 
Paul33993
I finally snapped and had it with all the noise coming from the GTE add-on wheel. Just constant creaking noises. Not only that, but while I'm 99.999 percent certain I originally tightened all the screws on it, the three screws attaching the wheel had become super lose (despite the terrible wobble, I'd assumed those 3 "free" spinning screws were the cosmetic screws). I think they loosened because of how much flex there is with the design (which also creates all the creaking noises). So I decided to take it apart and tighten up the gaps between the wheel and the main housing.

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The arrows I'm pointing at is just cut pieces of this:

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Padded felt with stickied tape on the other side.

That kept the side "wings" from being able to flex quite a bit. But there was still a significant gap on the top corners that allowed a lot of play. So I grabbed some two sided silicon tape I had:

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And put a little square on the top left and right. I haven't cut the excess bit off yet (so I could take a picture that showed where it was).

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I didn't do anything to the bottom section (there's a tiny gap that could easily be fixed with some super glue). But this has tightened everything up considerably. No more constant creaking. Played quite a bit of the Clio on Lime Rock (rf2) and the Mazda on Summit Point (iracing) and didn't hear a single creaking noise. Granted I'm wearing headphones, but that never stopped me from hearing constant noises before.


P.S. How great is this Grant 10 inch wheel:




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Would this not be perfect for the GTE housing? And it's half the price of the Momo 27. If I had a drill press, I think I'd have already ordered it.

EDIT: I thought that was the same size as the GTE. It's an inch smaller. Came real close to ordering it, but that seems too small. I'm sure the housing would fit, but lopping another inch off the diameter seems like a bad idea.
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Have you seen the DSD adapter? A bit expensive but then you just have to drill some holes on the wheel to mount it. Maybe harder then it looks I bought a 320 mm RMD malaga rim and I really had to tighten it absolute max with insex bolts for it to attach 100 % and get really rigid ffb. It would seemingly sit 100 % but the ffb wouldn´t come through 100 % anyway.

I am not sure the Thrustmaster rims is solid enough to give the best ffb available? I only have the F1 rim to compare with but it´s smaller in diametre and entirely different grip which change how the wheel feels a lot :)

But such issues like you are having is not something I want then I rather get solid wheels that can be used in a real car and put a SRW S1 or something on it as button box if I have the need to. then I get leds also on PC of course. Wont work for consoles.
 
That's 10 inches like the Grant wheel. I don't think I'd want to go another inch smaller than the GTE wheel. That seems way too limiting for non-open wheelers.

Anyways, I rebuilt a part of my rig and the steering wheel is a lot more rigid (plus it's got some dampening material underneath it). This has made the artificial rattles go away significantly. Those clunks reverberating through the hard rubber isn't nearly as noticeable now.

Plus, I've ordered some stuff I'm going to play around with. Couldn't go directly through amazon with it, so it's taking longer to arrive than I planned. Gonna be an interesting experiment.
 
Paul33993
That's 10 inches like the Grant wheel. I don't think I'd want to go another inch smaller than the GTE wheel. That seems way too limiting for non-open wheelers.

Anyways, I rebuilt a part of my rig and the steering wheel is a lot more rigid (plus it's got some dampening material underneath it). This has made the artificial rattles go away significantly. Those clunks reverberating through the hard rubber isn't nearly as noticeable now.

Plus, I've ordered some stuff I'm going to play around with. Couldn't go directly through amazon with it, so it's taking longer to arrive than I planned. Gonna be an interesting experiment.
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They do a 285mm version too: http://www.kitpartsdirect.com/item....285/w/285mm_D-Type_Black_Suede_Steering_Wheel
 
I would get that if it was round :(. I have a RMD 320 mm Malaga wheel. Suede do wear off quickly sadly but it had truly monster grip when new.
 
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John posted links to these in another thread (wasn't sure if they'd fit), but I decided to give them a crack for 12.00 dollars.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0023E9DN6/?tag=gtplanet-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0023E0SHG/?tag=gtplanet-20

They fit. And I like the feel under the feet. Haven't had a chance to test them in a game yet though.

Couple things: They're aluminum. And they're thinner than the stock pedals. So I'm not going to vouch for them holding up with time. But I'm gonna give it a shot. Also, because the stock pedals are curved, you have to mount these directly to the metal. Can't use the plastic part that went between the pedals and the medal shafts. Also, the holes aren't exactly uniform. So it's possible you could get a pedal with poor QA that could give you an issue.

I'll update after a while with how they hold up.

mcunkle
They do a 285mm version too: http://www.kitpartsdirect.com/item....285/w/285mm_D-Type_Black_Suede_Steering_Wheel
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45.38 Pounds for the wheel. An additional 54.17 Pounds for the Carriage. I assume that means shipping. You don't see that too often. Comes out to almost 175 dollars with shipping. Ouch.
 
DaveTheStalker
I didn't see a thread about the T80. I was talking to my cousin in France about wheels for the PS4/PS3, he gave me a French Amazon link to the T80. Has anyone heard about this?

Beware mobile site.
http://mobile.thrustmaster.com/node/5593

If you want to start a thread about it, feel free.
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[, thanks to the wheel’s realistic linear resistance with automatic re-centering via Thrustmaster’s exclusive Bungee Cord technology/QUOTE]

I think that's all that needs to be covered with this wheel.
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My early verdict on those 12 dollar pedals from Amazon are they're a definite keeper. No way will I being going back to the stock ones.

Did my first ever race in Iracing (Mazda - Rookie Cup) and started in 7th and finished 2nd:) Was the only one to finish with 0 incident points. Kind of a miracle considering the horrible pileup that happened in corner one.

Anyways, that's proof, to me at least, that's it's more than placebo and these things are keepers. It just feels good to have the brake pressed against the entire width of the foot. And if I ever graduate from noob status and learn heal-and-toe, they're a massive upgrade over the stock layout.
 
Paul33993
My early verdict on those 12 dollar pedals from Amazon are they're a definite keeper. No way will I being going back to the stock ones.

Did my first ever race in Iracing (Mazda - Rookie Cup) and started in 7th and finished 2nd:) Was the only one to finish with 0 incident points. Kind of a miracle considering the horrible pileup that happened in corner one.

Anyways, that's proof, to me at least, that's it's more than placebo and these things are keepers. It just feels good to have the brake pressed against the entire width of the foot. And if I ever graduate from noob status and learn heal-and-toe, they're a massive upgrade over the stock layout.
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That rug is a great idea!!! The diamond plate eats socks!
 
DaveTheStalker
That rug is a great idea!!! The diamond plate eats socks!
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Why not buy a cheap set of car mats. The ones for the rear, cut them up (and restitch the edge if you want to and are able to) and use double sided tape to stick it on the diamond plate.

Just a thought. ;)
 
To heel and toe with those, instead of having the brake pedal pads centered on the pedal, move the gas pedal over one toward the brake and move the brake over one toward the gas, and put some sort of spacer under the brake pedal pad (between the pad and pedal) to lift it up a little bit.
 
Hi everyone, my so beloved t500 lasted me only 30 days bought it from ocuk and to clarify there is no more v's only part number it had a little notch very close to centred position which disappeared after couple weeks of use the wheel and pedals are brilliant real pleasure to use its worlds apart from dfgt i was using before static shifters are very solid and i like them very much had doubts about them before but after couple hours of play i got used to them the only problem that it only lasted me 30 days i play about 2 h a day of gt5 force feedback at 6 on 31st day it started to blow fuse in the wall plug i changed the fuse and two minutes later it did it again changed it again then i managed to do a lap of green hell before it blew again contacted ocuk and had it colected by currier very good service from them so far next day they sent me email saying that they tested it and sent it back to manufacturer for repair/replacement so fingers crossed they fix/replace it soon..
 
guybo
To heel and toe with those, instead of having the brake pedal pads centered on the pedal, move the gas pedal over one toward the brake and move the brake over one toward the gas, and put some sort of spacer under the brake pedal pad (between the pad and pedal) to lift it up a little bit.
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Yeah. I noticed after I mounted them I should have moved the brake up another set of available notches.

I don't think I'd really have to shift the gas orientation, because the pedals are bigger than the picture seems to make out. At least with shoes on, it seems incredibley easy to roll onto both.

EDIT: And, yeah, I've graduated to using shoes. Especially with the amount of force needed for the brake with the basher mod. The carpet was used because: A) I had a bunch left over that was just sitting in the attic waiting to be thrown out and never used. B) I found my shoes made a lot of squeaking noises on the metal plate. This silenced that.
 
Supposed to be the TX wheel. I don't know what to say. Just clicked on my link and that's what it showed. The headset video is to the first video on the right. Weird.
 
I got the wheel video. If they have the torque and absolute smoothness they may have a real winner. Wonder if it will be Xbox exclusive or also work on PC and PS 4.
 

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