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Thrustmaster sticks in Australia?

ilmor

Thrustmaster sticks in Australia?

by ilmor » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I heard about the new Thrustmaster sticks being good for GPL. After the
sales men in one store tried to sell me a MS FF wheel insisting tha GPL had
FF I went to another store where the sales men said that Thrustmaster is
having some sort of dispute with an Australian company and the products
arent being shipped in. Does anybody know more about this? Are the wheels
good enough to miss?

ilmore

Nathan Wo

Thrustmaster sticks in Australia?

by Nathan Wo » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00



Metro Games in Mebourne are the current distributors of Thrusty's
sticks and wheels. I think the dispute is over pricing, as this was
mentioned to me a while back by an ex-Metro sales rep (now hes with
Nintendo). Apparently Metro wanted to drastically reduce the price of
the wheels to be more competitive.
Forget Thrustmaster wheels unless you want something REALLY cheap and
just to muck around with. If you want a serious wheel try an Advantage
1 or the Logitech Force Feedback wheels.
There is a Dexxa wheel out for $99.95 which is apparently pretty good
in the value for money stakes, it looks reasonable, and some people
reckon they have VERY good pedals too.

try here
www.ferrarodesign.com.au - Advantage 1 wheels, made in Melbourne!

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