Simagic GTS wheel is any good for the asking price? 

You are so right buddy 🤛

Those guys really have passion for Simracing, is not just business 😁

Thank you for the kind words brother 🤗 Happy racing with the new buddy 💪

Very well said Mark 🍻 Happy to hear you enjoy your experience with your choice 🤛

Hey buddy, you will love the experience with the new DD base 😃 Happy racing man 💪

Hi mate. Im thinking about switching from T300 to Alpha Mini with same wheel. What are yours feelings after using this setup for a longer period of time? How about reliability?

You dive deep all at one’s 😁 Happy racing with those buddy, you will love them 💪

@@chepilevski Thanks! I was using Thrustmaster belt driven and I realized I like different wheel feel for certain car types, Formula, GT, etcetera. Figured it made sense with the Simagic upgrade to get different wheels. It’s nice having the opinion of someone who actually knows what performance/race driving feels like IRL.

Have fun buddy 🤛😃

That will be noticeable change buddy 😃 the anticipation is one of the beauty in our lives 😁 it can almost hurts but is also great feeling 💪

@@chepilevski Yes it will. Do you have any pedals you’d suggest looking at under $1000? Won’t be upgrading from my TLCM’s right away but that’s the next upgrade.

😁 have a great evening brother 🤛

Finally 💪 See you there brother 🍻

That’s good question indeed! I have no idea too 🤔

I wonder if it's for VR purposes and knowing the direction of the wheel or something?

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt that’s a good observation

Your right, its not saying much coming from Logicrap.

What are you using it on ? Stand or whole rig ?

Very well said brother 🍻

Winning comment!

The shifters are very acceptable from noise level for sure!

Thx for the support brother 🤗

Glad to hear you enjoy the experience with your choice brother 😃💪

Hope to hear your experience with those at some point buddy 🤛 Have fun mate 😃

@@chepilevski WIsh that was the case man! Got screwed over by the site and they finally gave me a refund. Thinking of buying the same setup again from a different site but it's gonna be an extra 150 euros. So not sure what to get. They delivered me the wheelbase but not the wheel. Not sure what to go for.

@@amarokdcs1062 but did you return the base or you kept it? Sorry to hear that mate 😞

@@chepilevski I've kept the Base they sent the items seperately althought It was 1 order, so the Base came and as far as I've tested its fully working just they never sent the wheel. ( They refunded it by just refunding the value of the Wheel, which they did not send ).

@@amarokdcs1062 that sucks 🙈 It happens to me with other companies before ordering one GPU 2080ti and I was very ☹️ I know that feeling bro but it is what it is ! Just take your decision and go for it 🤛

where you see 300€? Is 400+€ + shipping. In europe is like more 419€ + shipping. The italian supplier have put some time ago the gt1 on sale 449€.

Hey buddy, thanks for the kind words man 🤗 Honestly I’m not a drifter and don’t have much opinion about that but from my experience, anything above 330mm is best experience from wheel rotation in speed and smoothness for drifting as we don’t need too fast rotation in this stile driving and deep dish will be comfortable if you are manually shifting with H or SQ shifter! There are plenty of choices in that size and you can get any of there wheels for other racing and just deep dish wheel with there QR for drifting!

@chepilevski what brand can you suggest? I don't want to spend a ton of money and it has to be nice. DND rim looks good for $150. Do you know anything about them? momo/sparco is more expensive $250

You won’t regret your choice Max 🤛

Thx for the support Viktor 🤛 I am in Tamm near Stuttgart buddy !

Thx for the kind words Thomas ! The FX pro is one of the most comfortable wheels I have around and I use it for GT cars particularly! The handles are super smooth and great in feeling with gloves and without 😃 Of corse the price difference is huge!

@@chepilevski price difference should be not a problem if you send me your example ;-). I am only thinking that it is a bit a overkill with the FX on the Alpha Mini, but this will be my problem to decide ;-) Thank you a lot for your Feedback, it is inspiring with which passion your are "living" simracing.

If worth is very individual but for example, I never felt short of power even with the Moza R9 which is 9nm in any normal driving case scenario! More power is fun but for the last 4-5 years of driving DD bases , I probably used 15nm or above 1% of the time ! For some people 1% can worth the for other not ! Hope it makes sense buddy and have a good weekend 🍻

I also agree that Alpha is more than enough. If you can wait, the 220$ is well worth it. But the mini will still do a good job. I'm of the spend once and save in the long run.

Same for me. So I ordered the GTS and now I’ll have a GT wheel and an all rounder. The GTC has all the knobs you need for GT and open racing.

@@anticalgary I've already got the GT-4 (non carbon) and just gotta get my hands on the GT1's round rim (out of stock till January) but I'm going to get the Simagic handbrake before the GTS, too pretty.

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt I bought an H pattern and a hand brake from Amazon 100 bucks each Tocitaa brand we will see if they will suffice or if I should spend more than 3 times more for each one from Simagic

@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt can I ask, which is better for GT3 and open cockpit racing- the GTC or the GT4?

I have the gtc-c & mini as well, great wheel, maybe a formule style carbon wheel diy project for the pro hub (Or AliExprrs in time) and for dirt, drift and rally a 70 mm QR with Omp round wheel (low weight) and the simagic SQ1s..

It will be for sure buddy

The GT1 is my favorite for sure but I haven’t tested the wheel they offer as I had here the GT hub and used it with my wheels here !

@@chepilevski hi ! By the way, I think I'm going to order the GT PRO HUB. Do you know what distance the steering wheel must have in order to hold it? 70mm? Thanks a lot, one more time.

​@Race Beyond Matter I love your videos. I am new to PC racing having raced with logitechs and T500RS for years on PS. Have now moved to Simagic and taken on board your video about setting up the seating and pedal position. Your advice was gold. Keep up the good work.

Simotion is good one in US ! I personally love The R9 and I used it strength for 8 weeks with zero problems and very satisfying FFB and the same with the Alpha Mini before! Those two are equally great choices in my opinion and you can’t go wrong! Just check which ecosystem you prefer if you go between those two ! I can’t personally suggest other brands as I don’t have much experience with the CSLDD and I will test it at some point but for now I can’t talk about that choice! Hope other can help you with that !

@@chepilevski Thanks. I've read some comments from people who have tried both the csl dd and the alpha mini and in all cases I've seen they all said alpha mini hands down. So csl dd is out for me now. Looking like alpha mini but darn that f1 flagship wheel from moza is sexy! Trying not to let that sway me... especially since I'm usually racing in vr

@@bluebatracing208 if you are racing VR the dash will go waisted indeed 🙈

I would try to do that but basically here how I try to run any FFB trough all wheel! I try to go as low in the post processing filters which is the Smoothness filter in Simagic software! I run that at 1 For damping and friction I use personally lower numbers like maximum 10% That may feel like very light on the strength around center but I don’t mind that ! In those settings the FFB doesn’t fight against those dynamics and I can feel full the texture of the road! Ones I start cornering the ffb load and I can feel the limits of the grip! The speed is on max as I want maximum reaction of the wheel and the interpolation filter helps the low textures of the road more pronounced and the same time make’s transition of the forces more smooth so I use that at maximum! You can test that and see if you like it but FFB is very personal preference and the best way is to test everything you can till you find your own personal sweet spot! In those settings my brain just reacts better but can be different for you !

That’s something they need in there line indeed 😃

I hear from good authority this has already been in the works so your wish might come true soon

@@wangte27 Nice :D

it is coming p1000

I am with the ImSim talento the last few months but I love the P2000 as well ! They both feels better then the HE pro

@@chepilevski thanks mate! I love your channel , you are doing a very good job.

Hope you will find the way Buddy 🫣

I prefer the Alcantara which is suede by the way as it has better grinding in use then the leather which slides and make my hands sweaty. The advantage of the leather is, it keeps clean for longer and the suede became dirty in few weeks but I personally don’t mind that aspect 🤛

Hi Charlie 🤛 Unfortunately those models are made for Simagic ecosystem only and doesn’t work with the USB only! I hope the Simagic will open there wheels for other systems 🙈

@@chepilevski ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i9AVzBHyZe8.html Hi Mate, If you have time, could you please help me verify the authenticity of this video? I really want to use the Smagic steering wheel, because it is cheaper and better looking.

It is not possible for now with the new wheels buddy! And even if they make it possible, the connection is not very secure as is just usb-c connection!

@@chepilevski ok thank you brother

I’m not drifter to be honest and don’t know if the anatomic shape really bothers! For me the shape of those wheels one’s I get used are very comfortable and helps me to understand ware the steering is pointing but that’s me! I really don’t know how will that work for you buddy !

@@chepilevski That is a very good point about being able to feel where the wheel is pointed. I use my rig for pretty much everything from F1 to rally to drifting and even playing truck sims so I'm just looking to get the perfect wheel that can do it all and I think this GTS is it. Thanks a lot for your videos and responses!

I’m not sure it will work with that usb cable mate ! Usually those cables are for firmware updates! And that usb connection will be too weak to keep the cable in rotation of the wheel!

@@chepilevski Can you plug it in to verify?

I can say from my experience that leather is far better in long-term use. it's also better for rally and drifting. I've owned 1 Alcantara rim and never again. They look great but need constant care, or it will look and feel terrible after a few months, even with gloves.

@@taxi615 I didn't have any issue with my previous Thrustmaster alcantara wheels, I don't know if it could be a problem with Simagic's specific kind of alcantara...

@Jack Aubrey my experience is with a TM wheel. When I went to a DD, I went to leather and never looked back. I was cleaning it every week. I also have experience with real cars using Alcantara rims and all needed lots of care or after 1 years it's completely done. It's a shame since they look better but that's all. In the end comes to what you want I can only give my experience with Alcantara on different rims.

@@taxi615 Yeah thank you for your input. But actually it's not just a looking matter, it's about performance: leather gets slippery in my hands after half an hour or so...

@Jack Aubrey np with leather I don't use gloves and often do 3 to 5hr sitings in DR2. I never had issues, but if I use gloves, it does get slippery. They both have pros and cons, but leather works best for me but good leather. The cheap stuff does slip a tons. The fact we can buy anything we want nowadays is very cool. This market has opened up so much since 2019 and gets better and better every day. Now, if only the economy could go back to before 2020, we could take better advantage of this 😆

No buddy! Those wheels are compatible only with Simagic ecosystem 🙈 I hope to see some hub which will make them compatible with everything on the market as Moza are doing it but I don’t know if that will happen 😞

Well, all Fanatec products are made in China as well buddy! The company is German but they build all in china

The GT hub is better option for sure buddy! I love the thumbs rotaries!

You can't change the rim on a butterfly stye wheel either and people still buy them without a thought but I agree, would of been nice to have clutch paddles but I guess they wanted to hit a certain price point.

Efharisto file mou 🍻

No way eisai ellinas

It depends what are you looking for. If power is not enough for you from the mini, you can gain some power but from detail they feel the same to me in similar settings!

Thanks

That is Sandown International Motor Raceway in iRacing 🤛

Cheers mate! @@chepilevski

​@@chepilevskiweird. Looked like rudskogen motorscenter in norway

I had considered this base quite a bit and it seemed like a great choice, but this reason is what made me second guess going with Simagic. I'm sure the quality is great (looks more physically solid than something like Logitech or Fanatec), however when spending 1K+ on a wheel base, 1 year warranty seems quite short and a bit concerning if problems arise after a year.

China company. Hard to beat Simucube, a lot more but you get what you pay for

Who said they don't stand by their products?

Customer service has been great but I made sure to buy from a local reseller. I think I got a year warranty but after a year with a GT1-D wheel and alpha mini base not a single issue, this thing is a tank and I use it pretty hard.

@simdad is correct you have to buy from an official re-seller and not Alliexpress and then you get your customer service from reseller

No buddy, they are not 😁 I don’t care about companies and I don’t even have favorite one ! I’m user like you and I mostly do videos about products I’m personally excited from depending on there price quality or if they are really innovative! Honestly, I’m impressed from Simagic and Moza prices vs quality and I have to tell you , those companies hate each other but that they s not my concern! I care about products and my work in this channel to be helpful for other like me out there ! This channel is hobby not my work and Simracing is my big love ! I can promise you whatever I say is what I personally believe but that doesn’t mean my opinion is perfect for everyone out there ! Always make sure to make good research before you decide which way you go ! Sometimes we all enjoy different things and have different tastes!

What a silly question. Any time spent watching this channel and you would know his integrity is beyond reproach.

Hi Gary, easiest way will be trough Instagram massage buddy! Same name as the channel here 🤛

The guy has regular job. It's hard to find live online race that fit in his schedule, probably. It becomes harder with more gears he needed to review. It's the same with most sim racing gear youtubers.

I race in iRacing league races and some officials but I prefer to do those without all the cameras attached on my head 🙈 just let those to enjoy myself racing but I upload some races from time to time. Usually wen I race I’m with my friends in chat and I’m not sure if will be fun for watching 😁

I race AI. I thought I was really racing this whole time.