I love how passionate you are with this hobby and as such I think this is the best channel when comes to reviews! Very detailed and informative. Thanks!
Great to see the R383 replica. There aren't enough of proper round rims on the sim market and the genuine R383 is quite expensive. I have the Thrustmaster version of the same and it's by far my favorite rim.
@@johnathanmoyer2375 R330 is the one I'm thinking of getting. That said, I don't agree completely. At first glance a lot of round 330mm rims are the same, but these two have differences. Looks like R383 has a slight dish, might be a bit more ergonomic (for me) in the thumb area and lacks the finger grooves at 9, 12 and 3 o'clock. Does any of that actually matter is impossible to know without trying, though.
Even better - they could concentrate a little on customer service to keep customers. >4 weeks to reply to my request to return a product (and counting…). Buyer beware: it doesn’t seem that Fanatec cares after they’ve made a sale; if you have any problems it seems like you’re SOL despite what they say.
Linus tech tips does an interesting type of video where they take the most popular items that their viewers buy using their affiliate link and make a setup from it and review it. It would be cool if you did a similar thing but for a racing setup.
@@boostedmedia yeah, when LTT does it, it usually ends up being a very good value setup. Also probably a cheap video to make because they have all the gear already. LTT uses Amazon affiliate links so they can also see the most popular displays and chairs and everything that have been purchased, it would be interesting to know if people are buying monitors, TV's or VR headsets more for their rigs, and what cockpits. But I'm guessing you wouldn't have that information.
Damn black friday from fanatec is a win, I’m probably going to get the dd1 with clubsport rs wheel, formula v2.5 x, csl elite pedals, handbrake and shifter.
Sweet, it's great to see Fanatec releasing these new products - great overview, thanks! I have a Sparco R383 Champion leather, the real issue, on a Podium Hub and Endurance Button Module with the Podium shifters - works a treat, as long as you can ignore the unsightly hole in the middle (it's just charm!) - and the near complete lack of clearance to two of the buttons on top of the rim (they still work, just no gap underneath). The Rally module would change this altogether, making for a much better fit and cover the hole in the middle being on the front - but overall I'm still very happy with it. If only I was more into driving the regular cars/rally that this combo is designed for, lol - the leather grip and quality is sensational.
I absolutely love your content but I’m really concerned that you still haven’t acknowledged just how much trouble Fanatec are in. So many miserable customers (pages of threads on their own forum). I know you need to maintain your relationship with them but I think the community needs to see that you’re on our side.
So much fanatec content recently, it feels like a one brand channel for the last 6 weeks. Would prefer to see other reviews like that Spectra Soelpec wheel :) @boostedmedia
Now if only Fanatec would update their handbrake…I was really tempted to add the shifter, a new wheel, and handbrake to my setup for WRC…but not sure I can really justify it.
Would love some more leather options from Fanatec. I don't really like suede or alcantara because you basically have to wear gloves with it if you don't want to ruin it. Would have sealed the deal with me going Fanatec CS DD over Moza R12 if the rally wheel had been leather.
@@boostedmediaI am looking for something that more so resembles the Moza RS GT V2. I'd like to have 1 round wheel I can use for most games like drifting, rally, or truck sim and then something like the GS GT for games that don't benefit from a round wheel. This is why I can't decide between Moza and Fanatec right now. I like what I see with the CS DD and CSL elite V2 pedals, but I prefer Moza's current wheels and pricing.
Agreed. Leather > Alcantara. Cheapest wheels use rubber, which will turn into putty that melts onto your hands. Next is Alcantara, which will also melt onto your hands. Finally, for the maximum premium, you have leather. It's all about lifetime endurance of the materials. You get what they charge for.
Really disappointed the wheel side QR2 hubs are not on sale as i was planning to use this sale to switch to QR2. Oh well, another time i guess since the shipping is also more for just the base side than what i paid for shipping the CSL DD and 2 wheels last summer...
Why can't Fanatec reward the faithful? We rewarded them with our business, and they shaft us. No credit to our accounts. No discounts to convert. So dissappointed that they just want to exploit us and profit from us and not reward us. They won't get any endorsements from me. I'll just recommend friends only buy during Black Friday sale because Fanatec won't appreciate you.
Just ordered a whole new setup today with the link! Thanks for all the honest info helping me decide my upgrade route from a Thrustmaster into my first DD setup! Went with the GT DD Pro, with the Formula V2.5X (BF deal) and nabbed the CSL Elite V2 pedals as well (BF deal)!!! Also grabbed the QR2 setup for it all with that deal too! So excited, can't wait for it to arrive! Thanks for all the honest reviews and info!
I'm amazed they actually sent you a sample so you could advertise for Fanatec their Black Friday sale. All I did for their Black Friday sale was to get the QR2 stem for my CSL DD. I'm hoping to god they'll have a Christmas sale on the connection to steering wheels. lol. Stem availability date is Dec. 15th anyways, so no rush. My only worry is in USA, they use FedEx, the absolute worst delivery company. I once ordered $500 tires, and they just threw it over the fence and drove off without a signature!!! (but $9 shipping beats Moza's $200 shipping, which is why I went Fanatec over Moza)
On one hand, the new Formula rim is an appealing shape, but it's still only 270mm which matches my F1 Formula rims and I really wish it was a GT-inspired 290mm size! (In saying that I've been using said 270mm F1 Formula rims to the point where maybe it'd be fine?)
@Petrolhead66 their new GT Zero v2 looks very interesting but at nearly €1000 with clutches that's a long way down the line for me after buying PC parts 🤣
What do you think about the dd2 for 800 bucks? I have ordered the DD+ and the DD2 and dont know which one i should buy, the PS Compatibiltiy isnt very important for me. Is the DD+ 250€ better than the DD2? (DD+ w. 1 QR2 WS 1100€ and 2 year guarantee vs DD2 w. QR2 WS 850€ and 5 year guarantee) How big are the differences between a DD2 (with the QR2 Upgrade) and current Asetek, Simmagic, Simucube Bases?
I have been waiting a full month for my things to shipp… Plus they have not said anything what so ever. We would love some clarity on this! Help us! : (
I didn't pick any of these up, but I finally bit on the Porsche 911 GT3R bundle that just went on sale. Been wanting that one for a while but had always been further down on my needs.
I considered that rim but I personally didn't care for the Porsche logo and how not smooth the rim is at the 9 and 3 grip areas (no contour/curving). I got the Sparco GT instead. 310mm sounded like a decent sweet spot for an only wheel set up.
I bought the R5 bundle from Moza. For only $460 I could not beat it as its my first setup!! That said, I accessed the deal/website through your website so I hope it helps you out in some way. Thanks for all your priceless info you put out. I`m sure I`ll upgrade to the Fanatec v2 pedals per your suggestion in the future 😁👍
@@virtualawakening2299 Interesting, l only paid $25 for shipping but it will take almost 20 days or so. There was the $200 shipping option but I went cheaper as no guaranty that it would get here any faster. It was through a company that was based out of Hong Kong, same difference I suppose.
@@virtualawakening2299 I can't decide between Moza and Fanatec. Based on reviews, I like the CS DD and CSL Elite pedals V2 over the R12 and SRP pedals, but I prefer Moza's wheels and pricing. Their "premium" wheels look more premium than Fanatecs stuff and are generally cheaper especially if you need/want the fanatec QR2 which adds another $60-$100.
I had to purchase with a friend's credit card, Fanatec caused me problems with Paypal.. I'm very angry because I had to get other things for my upgrade! In the end I'm settling for the CSL Hub V2 and P310 Sparco for 200 euros to be able to have a bit of fun with everything, unfortunately the Sparco Rally was finished in the meantime, and I also got the H gearbox for 159 euros, I already have the Simagic q1 for the sequential and the Simagic TB01 handbrake Now I have a CSL DD 8Nm, when they solve the paypal problem I will buy the CSW DD and upgrade with QR2.. Thanks for your beautiful videos! Greetings from Italy
Do you have plans to compare these replica rims with the genuine ones? I understand that they are cheaper because they don't need to be homologated, but they are not actually made by Sparco, that makes me wonder what the differences are in terms of material and build quality. Would you recommend getting genuine ones instead if I can stretch the budge by a hundred bucks or two? It's not that much more expensive.
If you are that rich, get the real Sparco! If not, you'll always know you're steering with a fake. Sounds like you want the real thing, and the Fanatec isn't the real thing. It will never be the real thing. You will grip a fake, and you will always know it. Some people want the real thing, and others don't care if it's the real thing. You know which you are. Don't live with buyer's regret.
Sadly seems from there forums, people are still waiting for there Black Friday orders, its now April the following year, the dreaded "handover to warehouse". I would strongly recommend avoiding them until this mess sorts itself out.
I have a question, I am thinking of configuring the round rim with the Podium Rally, and the Podium Hub with advanced Podium shift paddles, in order to have a steering wheel for rally and also complete for any set with clutch paddles. It has not been clear to me if they are in a good position on this wheel. There is only the problem with the CSL Hub as the cams are too far away, right? Thanks for your fantastic job!
I had prior bad experience with Fanatec, but man!! they know how to attack a black friday, is tempting me. I was expecting cube controls or ascher , even gomez with the Hyper p1 to do some decent discounts but NOOO!!! In other hand please review the GT pro zero V.2, i think they went too high with the price but i dont know how good were the improvements.
Hi Will love your content, keep up the great work. Any idea how heavy the combined Sparco p310 and csl universal hub v2 will be? I can only find the hub weight being 660gms. Thanks for your help
Hello. Can I fit the advanced paddles with a universal hub, So I can keep the buttons on Sparco GT? Fanatec website says its compatible, I wonder how... Thanks
Quite tempted to upgrade my WRC rim to the Sparco Rally rim but wondering if it’s worth the extra cost, considering I’d have to buy a hub and button module as well
The WRC rim is probably a lot lighter and the Sparco steering wheel with the hub might dampen a lot of the vibrations. Do you really need all those knobs and buttons? If you have the money and you know what you want...
Not pointless they needed a real rally wheel. I think a screen in a f1/gt3 is well needed for fanatec, but as allways it take way longer than it needs to take 🙄
I have bought the Fanatec Monte Carlo Rally rim ( Ford Puma Repilca). Can somebody please tell me what screws fix the gold bracket onto the Sparco Rally rim? The gold bracket is the part that the Module sits on top. Fanatec didn't send me enough screws out. I'm 3 missing. I cant put the wheel together without them. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this wheel is useless without them.
@@boostedmedia my wallet breathes in relief right now; thanks for the notification of the DD1 QR2 side upgrade which was a bargain! Was thinking wheel side QR2 upgrades but pre-Christmas isn't the best timing for me haha. I'll be half way there with the wheel side, 3 rims to upgrade.
Booh! They fire sale the QR2 stem on the motor side, but expect full price on the steering wheel side??? When we faithfully bought Fanatec over other brands??? I will wait patiently for the fire sale of the plastic QR2 steering wheel side connections to go on sale, preferably in a pair bundle or singles, not a trio. Who needs 3 steering wheels??? I only need 2.@@boostedmedia
@@boostedmedia they still havent shipped orders since before black friday. sadly had to save up a long time for the podium and f1 2023 wheel and not getting responses from them on shipment date. but others have recieved thiers so like they lost my order sadly.
✌🏼i saw you guys were putting a Trak Racer direct fit wheel mount on a Next Level racing rig. i have the FG-T elite lite and im wondering if it fit well for you. does it fit??🙏🏼✌🏼✌🏼
I have a NLR F-GT Elite with Trak Racer’s front mount. Had to use a chop saw to slightly shorten the aluminum profile extrusions. It is more rigid than NLR’s front mount.
The Replica rally wheel bundled with the rest of the rally modules goes for 550 euros, so 150e cheaper. (it comes with the universal hub though, not podium)
Good point, didn't even think about that, considering you are getting a podium hub, qr2 and the real wheel for just 150 more, the cheaper bundle really isn't worth it imo@@AttilaTheHun333333
Their forum website said would have formula v2.5 X for $200 but seems like not on website...just the bundle with dd and the rest of this stuff... figures i only wanted that wheel and unfortunately no qr2 deals for wheel side.
@@boostedmediaI am still not seeing any Black Friday deals on the CSL DD after waiting through the queue, should I wait longer for it? I am on the US site Edit: it refreshed with all the wheels that were talked about in the video but the only CSL DD bundle is with the Racing Wheel Formula V2.5 X. Are there supposed to be any more CSL DD bundles?
I ordered the mclaren bundle with V2 Elite pedals and 8nm Base for 599€ a few days ago (should be still abailable, at least in Germany). The price of the bundle in the shop is 799€ but when you put it in the shopping cart it drops to 599€. Maybe interesting for you :)
The elite V2 pedals look great and are awesome for the price! The CSL loadcell pedals look like cheap folded sheet metal.. I didn't even realize they sold the CSL with the 5nm power supply any more. Hwy?????? If the cast aluminium V2 pedals don't crack and fail, they could be the end game of pedal upgrades, unless you get as fast as Jimmy Broadbent or Jardier.
Where do I get help with FOV setup... no matter what calculator I use it feels so wrong. Is is possible that my screen is to far away (32" inches from my eyes) and that messes up the formula. And when they say Screen Width... I assume that we are talking width and not screen size (I have a 32" screen but the width is only 28". If I follow a calculator for iRacing it says FOV=48 and that is just so wrong to drive with... it has to be between 60 and 70 (otherwise its just terrible to drive). Please help you awesome people
Set your centre screen about 50-60cm from your eyes, then adjust the angles so the centre of each side screen is the same distance from your eyes as the centre screen, then adjust your in game settings to suit.
If you are on single screen and it's not a huge one, forget calculators and just go as low you can while finding it comfortable to use. With a normal size single screen it's more or less impossible to get the "correct" FoV without restricting your visibility substantially, so you will need to compromise a bit. You will easily get used to any FoV, set whatever you find comfortable and keep it consistent across the sims you drive (taking into account sims can have it denominated in vertical or horizontal degrees, so find your value for both options).
If you don't have a really big ultra wide screen or a triple screen, the calculated FOV will be bad. It will give you the actual view of angle you have of the edges of your screen from your eyes. So you'll see center and maybe 20 degrees left and right of that??? And you want to race with that??? Forget it. Don't get sucked into those real life FOV preachers who claim you will be faster if you have real life FOV. I'd rather see waaay more than 20 degrees left and right from center. Just saying that FOV thing is bullshit. Just set your view as wide as you can before the distortion bothers you. If you set the width too wide, you'll see a fisheye lens effect. It depends on your tolerance of that. It's a game, and set it to your comfort and immersion level, not some supposed realism level.
Keep wishing. I gave up waiting. Instead, they gave us the 7th iteration (or color variation) of the v2.5x wheel. I left to Simagic. I would recommend that or Asetek 👍
Yeah. Fanatec just want to profit from us faithful. No credit to our accounts or coupons to redeem some QR2 wheel side connects for cost, or cost +20%...
@@boostedmedia I figured ! I ended up getting through as soon as I finished writing that comment hahaha. I was able to finally checkout. With a little bit of patients, everything will work out. I had more luck logging into my fanatec account on my phone rather than pc browser if anyone is wondering.
Still nothing from my order from the 16th of November. Stay far far far away from Fanatec. Similar hardware, similar prices elsewhere without the blatant disorganization and lack of customer care.
Hi just to ask a question with the asetek forte wheel base I have this base and am having a problem with my wheel keeping center when I have set wheel to center turn wheel either left or right and my wheel is showing 15 degrees out but my wheel is center and is happening in all games my wheel end up off center doing my nut in any ideas if possible
More *licensed* rims/wheels, that by their nature, are overpriced. And then it's always 5,6,7 variations of the same thing. How many different round wheels, D-shaped wheels, etc. does Fanatec have now, 20+? Give me more quality over quantity, more innovation, such as a Formula wheel with a screen, instead of seven variations of the v2.5x🤷♂
This video was made before the issues started. Our more recent videos include a warning to potential customers and we’re organising a meeting with them to get answers to the community’s questions.
