@@3Vizo The seat is like 100 bucks, you are better of getting a car seat for 50$. This thing is crap. And a shifter mount is 1-2 40x40 profile for 15$.
Not sure why anyone would get this over the Sim lab GT1 Evo. And you should have mentioned all the issues that’s going on with Fanatec. People need to know that stuff
I went with Advanced Sim Racing and their ASR1 and I’m quite happy. $350 and it shipped for free. Doesn’t have a monitor mount or a shifter arm though. I also live in AZ where micro center has no stores 😢
@@thebackroomstockboy7336 Yeah, l fortunately lived near one in both states I've lived in for the past few years. For some reason if you search for the Sim Labs evo on the website it comes up as 600.00 but if you search moza and scroll to Rigs it's $450.00 for the Gt1 evo 2 (don't know what the 2 means).
Building it myself for 700-800 but with an expensive bucket seat, asetek front mount and monitor mount. Way more versatile, less flex and looking much nicer. Another bust I think.
I think this is a good proposition if you want to get into simracing and really don't have the time to look around, you pick Fanatec and you buy all the stuff together. Not my case but I can understand the need to have this in your portfolio for that kind of customer.
"A father have his young son race." I am pretty young, have a 5nm Fanatec csl dd, and a triple monitor setup, and my dad loves using it. The tables have turned.
I just got the Playseat trophy and it is sturdy as hell. For the price the functionality and looks are perfect. It is very confortable and a great crossover between single seater and GT seating position. Definitely would recommend
Trophy is great if you have limited space. I've seen a knockoff model on AliExpress though (with the replacement seat sold separately), so that could be a good, cheaper alternative.
I ordered this with all the mentioned accessories and the F1 DD+ bundle, CSL shifter, CSl pedals and load cell. Ordered April 9th. Six big boxes all showed up on April 13. Everything on time, no issues. I like the compactness and I'm happy it's Fanatec purpose built for their stuff. Their cockpit assembly video is a nice customer touch as well.
Awesome quality, and top notch work in the review. OC's voice was at the perfect level, and very clear. And as usual, the video production is amazing. Some of the best video production on RU-vid. I'll like the video for that, but not for the product shown. That gets a thumbs down.
This product is so complicated and has so many parts. There’s no way this thing will be as rigid as a profile rig which are not even that expensive. No idea what Fanatec was thinking.
I really love the design of this cockpit but it's a shame it doesn't have a formula position instead of the karting position. I would've 100% bought it if it did have a formula position.
The amount of hate this thing gets is hilarious. How many are out in the wild that have actually been used to garner so much? I've got one. It's good. I'm a big dude with long legs and arms and it fits me well. I do manual labor for a living and have my whole life so I'm in fairly good shape. I run my DDPro wheel at full ffb and it doesn't even begin to flex. I don't know what happened in this video with the pedal plate but mine absolutely does not flex like this does. CSL with load cell pedals set to 70 in the Fanatec menu and it just doesn't do this. My rug underneath is thin and I guess maybe that helps but if the bolts aren't loose there are other issues either with assembly or manufacture. I've got probably 15 hours on mine at this point. Seat is surprisingly comfortable although I prefer a slightly more reclined position, this one is neutral enough to be comfortable. I will say that they should just include a seat slider as the one I installed on mine is significantly better than the Fanatec seat interface. It also raises the seat just a little which is nice. It's also got a footprint that's about the same as my playseat challenge so if space is a limiting factor for someone, this thing is great. Not trying to be contrary here, just offering my experience with this because all the armchair quarterbacks seem to not give it a fair shot. Fanatec definitely misses the mark in many ways for many people, but to call this rig junk is hilarious. It's great for the price, especially if a profile rig doesn't work for you for whatever reason. Options are a good thing and breed competition.
Thanks for sharing your experience and the kind words. Fanatec will offer seat sliders as well, at a very competitive price point, just needs a little while. Reason to not include it is that not everyone needs it, so why should the entry price be raised for everybody due to parts some may not need?
@@Bakufan1984they should be included. Simple as that. They are not expensive and can be had for 15 dollars and up on Amazon so it can't cost much more (a couple Dollars maybe ?) than the plates they offer with the kit. Just my opinion of course, but it would make the rig significantly better for most folks with very little end price impact. Cheers!
I have it…& there’s no flex (setting @ 80 with a CSL load cell brake). I added seat sliders and frame wheel casters from Amazon. This rig is solid at any price point. The biggest con is assembling it. The structure is a solid build.
Great video!! I have this cockpit on order, as well as all the gear to go with it. Locked into their ecosystem haha. I am okay with that. I did get a better seat however. Stoked \m/
Don't you see or don't you want to see that the front leg is sinking into the carpet (even 10 cm around). Do you expect the pedal plate to float in the air and offer resistance? See again and again and again ... 8:50
I've quickly configured a extrusion rig on Motedis and that's about 420€ with tax, not saying this is a bad product but I'd rather go with a rig with an upgrade path than something locked down where you have to hope that they'll add more add ons like a keyboard holder or similar.
This Rig will not accept at least some of the non-Fanatec seats without jumping through hoops. Saw one German review where the guy, in order to install another seat had to turn 90 degrees fitting holes and add aluminium brackets just to put the seat as spacing between front and back is less than on other rigs.
@@3Vizo it might, but you might also either make new wholes in seat mounting or think of some extension like 90 degree aluminium brackets as you can not adjust spacing between mounting points on the rig
@@MrRamoSzz No, it's not true. Don't lie and talk nonsense. You can mount any seat slider+seat. On example: the ERS3 come with mounted seat slider and you need just connect the seat slider+seat with the CSL cockpit by 4 screws. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ch9m2VxtGJk.html ... ERS3 with already mounted the seat slider ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oiEs6RXTYgc.html ... CSL Cockpit with 4 connection points adjustable dimensions (width x length / M8 screw)
You can get longer bolts and use spacers or washers. It's not that difficult. It's a standard seat slider length. I bought one on Amazon and it works perfectly. I could easily raise the seat as much as I like with a couple dollars worth of hardware and it wouldn't even be cobbed together. I imagine any standard automotive seat bracket would easily mount to this rig.
In this price category there's no way that foldable rigs costing $100+ less can be considered direct competitors as you mentioned, this HAS to be better by default
That’s your disappointed opinion. Yeah you had a problem with your order, you could have cancelled it and went somewhere else, so your fault, quit complaining. You are the small minority, most people had no problems and are satisfied with their orders.
@@licksta611Opinion??? WTF? How could I have cancelled my order when it was already delivered to me with a defect and it took Fanatec nearly 2 months just to reply to my first email asking them for help???? How the heck is that just an opinion? It is fact! Just because 95% are happy with their orders doesn't mean that the 5%...or even 1% who may not be satisfied should be ignored. You may want to really rethink your outlook on how a businesses should treat their customers. It is a FACT that Fanatec has pissed off a lot of people, and they deserve to be called out for it by the very customers that they wronged. If you felt that you were screwed over by a company that you did business with, how would you feel if someone just laughed at your situation, telling you that others were happy dealing with that business, so it;s just your opinion that you think that you were wronged? Seriously, do some deep thinking before you cast judgement on others plights. Peace.
Stabilizer bars were not assembled which would have prevented the flex caused by the monitor back cover. OC mentioned this already in another comment. The feet are ok and don't damage the floor, the box content included rubber pads and felt pads to put onto the feet bottom and fit for any floor type.
Ordered a mclaren gt3 bundle on 10th of april 2024. Still waiting for my shit. And i find out today about the shipping issues. Iff i new before i never have ordered from them.
@@3Vizo Meh, it's better to just buy a GT1 Evo and pair it with a seat from a junkyard. It'll come out to the same price and you get upgradeability, adjustability, and don't have to deal with any of the BS from Fanatec
I'm surprised you're getting that much flex from the pedal deck. I've been using a preproduction version of this cockpit for months with a set of CSL Pedals (load cell brake), applying around 60kg of force when braking with only a tiny bit of visual flex. Certainly, nothing that can be felt. Around how many kg of force are you pressing those Thrustmaster pedals with?
I’ve been wanting to get a better cockpit for a while now but I’m 6’6. I currently have the next level racing challenger cockpit and a csl dd.Sadly I guess this cockpit is ruled out too 😢
Yeah I've been up the last few nights filming a bunch of different reviews I have coming up. As per what I do with the products, it depends. Some companies request I send them back, others I keep and use, others I put in storage for future content like comparison videos, and others I sell used.
Why Fanstec are putting time and money into a new product rather than concentrating on all of their current issues with stock, tech support and public relationships baffles me. Plus on top of that they are putting out a product that is vastly overpriced in the market.
Don't you see or don't you want to see that the front leg is sinking into the carpet (even 10 cm around). Do you expect the pedal plate to float in the air and offer resistance? See again and again and again ... 8:50 Maybe you will learn something?
Ill be honest.. this seems like a last ditch effort kinda product. Seems a lot of money for a rig when you can get a gt omega prime lite for under $1000, hell the prime is $1200.. both have all the same extras, but is infinitely adjustable, and the seats leather with sliders and adjustable rake.. and those are forever rigs.. If you didn’t want to spend that much you would just buy something like the NLR rig for $400 !
The entire cockpit is made of aluminum tube D=40mm and steel bars 12mm and 16mm, so you can mount the buttkicker, which has a grip of up to 45mm, anywhere.
Why would I pick this over my GT omega prime lite that handles all my Simagic gear (alpha p1000) with zero flex? This was flexing with 12Nm but fanatec say it supports 20+. Suuuure. Fanatec junk
Great "zero flex" in all alu frame cockpit style 8040 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s9Qmdf7LQdk.html This is also "zero flex" in cockpit of > 1000€ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jcqtWmAimzo.html Do not talk nonsense and many of other like you !
Don't you see or don't you want to see that the front leg is sinking into the carpet (even 10 cm around). Do you expect the pedal plate to float in the air and offer resistance? See again and again and again ... 8:50 The shifter mount is much better than many other cockpits (example) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eL115nKj_2M.html
waaaaaay too many bolts holding all this tubular stuff together. I would imagine there is a fair amount of wobble and weak points because of this. For the price range you’re better off going to a lower price aluminum profile rig
The bolt holes on the feet are interesting. Makes me wonder if there is some future plans for motion platforms or some other mounting solution for upgradability. This is the one thing that has enticed me, looking for a compact living room PSVR rig.
@@Eskoxo that was the point in the comment. If they’re working with another manufacturer to provide a proprietary motion platform, which is the only use case for those bolt holes, it could be a compelling option if you’re looking for something cheaper and more compact. My current rig takes up nearly an entire home office-sized room and costs close to $18k. If I want something to run in a living room or for the corner of another bedroom, having a small and manageable motion platform is a good option.
@@Eskoxo what are you talking about? No one is saying it will be a $6000 full motion platform. It’s not likely to be a DBox or DK2. It’s more likely to be something along the lines of the slip angle, or a traction loss platform. Are you okay, man?
This thing looks trash. The seat looks cheap and likely will be uncomfortable for most adults. Its a hard no for me on this bunk bed frame looking mess. Thumbs down 👎 They fucked their whole supply chain to push this embarrassing product out. The CEO deserved to be fired. Yikes.
Bro your positioning is all wrong. You're waaaaaaaaay to far away from your wheel, you want to have a 90 degree bend in your elbows for optimal handling. You also want to have a 90 degree bend in your knees too but, some seats don't allow for this which for me instantly eliminates them for consideration since the manufacturers don't know what they are doing or don't care.
Don't you see or don't you want to see that the front leg is sinking into the carpet (even 10 cm around). Do you expect the pedal plate to float in the air and offer resistance? See again and again and again ... 8:50