I've had the T150 (with standard pedals) for four days now and I'm very happy with my purchase.
I came from a line of Logitech wheels from early 2000s to 2012 - original Driving Force, Driving Force Pro, G25. I moved to Bulgaria four years ago and had to get rid of my G25, which was still working perfectly fine after six years of more or less regular use.
About a year ago I bought a Thrustmaster T100 for my PS4 - it's been sitting in a closet since the second or third week. Aside from the wheel feeling like a plastic toy and a gigantic step down from the G25, and it didn't even compare flatteringly to my memory of my 12+ years older Driving Force, it also developed an problem within a matter of days, where it sort of felt like a gear would frequently skip a tooth when there was even moderate resistance from the FFB.
I didn't bother taking it back - one of the drawbacks of living in a country where you can't always rely on English and your knowledge of the local language extends to taxis, restaurants and food shopping.
I finally decided I was tired of being stuck with a controller for my favourite game genre, so I went wheel shopping again last week in a local electronics store. I looked long and hard at the G29 (given my prior problem free Logitech history) and the Thrustmaster T300 RS (including the GT model with the three pedal set) but I was just not willing to shell out that much right now, so I opted for the T150, hoping it would be closer in quality to the T300 and Logitechs than to the T100.
Thankfully that definitely seems to be the case, at least in terms of wheel feel. It's hard to do comparisons based on four year old memories of my G25 but I'd say that the T150 at the very least has force feedback and a general responsiveness that makes it feel a lot more like a scaled back sibling to the more expensive wheels than an updated iteration of the T100.
The pedals are not great of course, but at least for the foreseeable future they'll make do. The wheel and pedal set has certainly provided a much needed massive immersion upgrade from my temporary controller limited years.
After a T100 failing within days and reading some scary reports of Thrustmaster reliability or lack thereof, I'm keeping my fingers crossed my T150 will last at least a year or two. Otherwise I'll probably be going back to Logitech (although they are obviously also not infallible if internet reports are to be relied upon).
... Just one last Assetto Corsa session for tonight.
I came from a line of Logitech wheels from early 2000s to 2012 - original Driving Force, Driving Force Pro, G25. I moved to Bulgaria four years ago and had to get rid of my G25, which was still working perfectly fine after six years of more or less regular use.
About a year ago I bought a Thrustmaster T100 for my PS4 - it's been sitting in a closet since the second or third week. Aside from the wheel feeling like a plastic toy and a gigantic step down from the G25, and it didn't even compare flatteringly to my memory of my 12+ years older Driving Force, it also developed an problem within a matter of days, where it sort of felt like a gear would frequently skip a tooth when there was even moderate resistance from the FFB.
I didn't bother taking it back - one of the drawbacks of living in a country where you can't always rely on English and your knowledge of the local language extends to taxis, restaurants and food shopping.
I finally decided I was tired of being stuck with a controller for my favourite game genre, so I went wheel shopping again last week in a local electronics store. I looked long and hard at the G29 (given my prior problem free Logitech history) and the Thrustmaster T300 RS (including the GT model with the three pedal set) but I was just not willing to shell out that much right now, so I opted for the T150, hoping it would be closer in quality to the T300 and Logitechs than to the T100.
Thankfully that definitely seems to be the case, at least in terms of wheel feel. It's hard to do comparisons based on four year old memories of my G25 but I'd say that the T150 at the very least has force feedback and a general responsiveness that makes it feel a lot more like a scaled back sibling to the more expensive wheels than an updated iteration of the T100.
The pedals are not great of course, but at least for the foreseeable future they'll make do. The wheel and pedal set has certainly provided a much needed massive immersion upgrade from my temporary controller limited years.
After a T100 failing within days and reading some scary reports of Thrustmaster reliability or lack thereof, I'm keeping my fingers crossed my T150 will last at least a year or two. Otherwise I'll probably be going back to Logitech (although they are obviously also not infallible if internet reports are to be relied upon).
... Just one last Assetto Corsa session for tonight.
. G29 looks more solid (wheel surface, Hall sensor) and based on rather reliable G27 model. But the noise probably... :/ My free time is often a 'sleep time' as for many gamers here. On the other side Thrustmasters belt driven FFB is more smooth and feels a way better than Logitech's gears, as far as I understand from reviews and replies.
