Today I bought and installed a Thrustmaster T598 and it was a painful experience. While trying to use it my system kept crashing and my PS5 kept showing a message that input from the controller was lost (this never happened with my G29). I noticed during setup that the firmware was not the latest version so I searched how to update the firmware. To my surprise, updating firmware requires a PC and a Microsoft program. In all my research looking at reviews and YouTube videos I never saw this mentioned. I’m not a tech savvy person, I rely on an iPad, and Chromebook for all my tech needs, I haven’t had a PC in many years. I boxed up the T598 and returned it to Best Buy.
I then researched the Fanatec option at a much higher cost and apparently it also requires a PC to update firmware. Am I understanding this correctly? Am I locked out of using a better quality wheel and pedals because I don’t have a PC? Am I stuck forever with my G29 and its ridiculously small wheel and toy pedals?
For the one or two minutes of use before each system crash I loved the feel of the T598.
I then researched the Fanatec option at a much higher cost and apparently it also requires a PC to update firmware. Am I understanding this correctly? Am I locked out of using a better quality wheel and pedals because I don’t have a PC? Am I stuck forever with my G29 and its ridiculously small wheel and toy pedals?
For the one or two minutes of use before each system crash I loved the feel of the T598.
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