Thrustmaster T-GT Wheel Thread
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This wheel is not in the shops yet, Thrustmaster will be selling few months before GT Sport game or in the same box. I spokt to a friend of mine who is a Thrustmaster seller in Italy. Price should be between 600 and 700 Euros in Europe ( depends on countries ) and around 500-550 $ in USA. The wheel seems to be a very good product, good materials, nice design.
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- Haywards Heath, West Sussex (i think)
- MMR_LukeMitchell
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- US. North East region
Thrustaster is American? I thought they were French.
I need details about this wheel. I just want to know if the asking price is justified. It better be way more than a prettier T500.
I need details about this wheel. I just want to know if the asking price is justified. It better be way more than a prettier T500.
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- Denmark
- MortenCR
£503,32
http://gaming.morecomputers.com/p/?pid=4168056>>Thrustmaster
Seems more like a PS4 compatible TS-PC Racer with a nice wheel rim and T3PA Pro pedals at that price, than a high-end direct drive wheel.
http://gaming.morecomputers.com/p/?pid=4168056>>Thrustmaster
Seems more like a PS4 compatible TS-PC Racer with a nice wheel rim and T3PA Pro pedals at that price, than a high-end direct drive wheel.
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- Scotland
- GTSophy-Lapos
- ClassicBrend
Trying to find the information for where they were formed was actually interesting - I had assumed they were always French too.
Turns out they were absorbed into the Guillemot group in 1999. The more you know. 👍
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- Middelburg
http://www.thrustmaster.com/company/history (and Guillemot is French)
Funny: when the T700 was rumoured about a year ago (?) I already said T700 is €700 as suggested retailprice. Too easy logic thinking?
T300, €300
T500, €500
T700, €700
T700 is absolutely worth the investment but I already have a good working T300 and replacing is not an option for my wallet (or wife
).Well, despite the branding, it is not only for Gran Turismo players. Pc players will buy it and console players that are not even interested in GT will buy it. T500 was also very expensive when it came out.
And also there are propably surprisingly many players who believe that Gran Turismo has the best physics out there..
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- SoCaLLbeer
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- Germany
This will not happen and we can tell that loud and clear without feeding speculations and false rumors.
And I doubt that anobody else will bring a DD wheel at this price point at this time. Direct Drive for 700€ is really just a rumor which is probably based on a translation or communication error. Plenty of people here will be dissapointed.
And a good single drive with high power servo motor is likely to give much better results than a bad DD with a small stepper motor with plenty of cogging and low torque. Trust me because we are working on this topic
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- Branford Ct.
- scaudi7187
This will not happen and we can tell that loud and clear without feeding speculations and false rumors.
And I doubt that anobody else will bring a DD wheel at this price point at this time. Direct Drive for 700€ is really just a rumor which is probably based on a translation or communication error. Plenty of people here will be dissapointed.
And a good single drive with high power servo motor is likely to give much better results than a bad DD with a small stepper motor with plenty of cogging and low torque. Trust me because we are working on this topic
I agree 100%, people get hung up on DD and fail to realize that DD doesn't automatically mean good. A stepper based DD system is in my opinion worse than a proper single or even dual belt system with a decent servo motor.
I also agree that plastic just aint gonna cut it for a powerful DD system. I have said from the start that this new Tmaster wheel will most likely be a single belt system. I could be wrong though, I guess we have to wait and see
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- TDZ-4-12-14-88
- XBOX_is_GAY!!!!
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- New York
- thepatriots
This will not happen and we can tell that loud and clear without feeding speculations and false rumors.
And I doubt that anobody else will bring a DD wheel at this price point at this time. Direct Drive for 700€ is really just a rumor which is probably based on a translation or communication error. Plenty of people here will be dissapointed.
And a good single drive with high power servo motor is likely to give much better results than a bad DD with a small stepper motor with plenty of cogging and low torque. Trust me because we are working on this topic
That is what I meant by my comment. If Fanatec did a DD wheel it would be more than $700 (different price bracket). The release date part was just tongue and cheek.
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- adstomko
True. Wonder how it will compete with the other PC wheels. It seems Fanatec will put up a fight.
I fear that sim-racing equipment will become increasingly expensive like outdoor motorsport, until the point where people refuse to participate and buy products. I watched this happen in grassroots motorsport.
As more and more people (also racing drivers) will move to sim-racing, I fear that product pricing will exclude those who aren't fortunate enough to participate wheel-to-wheel against the best.
Let's wait and see
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- Australia
- Soulfresh-ACV
A good affordable DD could be possible for consumers. Mass production is cheap. It's all about how much you can sell your assembled product. PS4 (Gran Turismo) + XBox One (Forza 7) + PC is a HUGE market.
Anyway, we'll soon find out whether this wheel is good or not. Regardless DD or not.
Anyway, we'll soon find out whether this wheel is good or not. Regardless DD or not.
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