>>Hi Folks, I'm a recently ***ed sim racer (N2) using a joystick to
>>drive......it's O.K., but I've got to think that I'm lacking a lot of
>>control that I might gain with a wheel + pedals....with the stick,
throttle
>>and brake are on/off only, with no modulation other than on/off the
buttons
>>a lot....this sucks.Is there a wheel/pedal/shift combo out there that has
>>the ability to feather the throttle and brakes....I think there must be,
>>from reading a bit in the group,and what is reasonable to spend for a
>>quality setup? thanks Ed "The pace car is
in...."
>Well... it all depends on how much money you want to spent. Wheel prices
>can vary from 50$ to 1600$.
>If you are serious with racing simulators, I would say try to focus around
>the 150-250$ price range. For that you can have a TSW2 (probably the best
>quality/price wheel). http://www.racesimcentral.net/;. Note that it's hand-made,
>100% Guaranteed and most of the parts aren't made from cheap plastic.
>If this is a little too expensive for your budget, try to check out any
>Thrustmaster product. http://www.racesimcentral.net/;. THe Nascar Pro
wheel
>is somehow a good wheel but more cheap than any TSW product. It's around
>150$.
>IMHO, I would buy this : a Thrustmaster GP1 Wheel (around 65$) and a set
>of CH pedals. It's very simple to make it work, and it's better IMHO than
>any other Thrustmaster product.
Well, on this we'll agree to disagree :-) Had this exact combo, since I
already had the Ch Pedals for flight-sim duty and used them with my CH
Flightstick Pro for driving. The GP1 wheel worked somewhat better than the
joystick and I got it for like $50. But buying both seperately, and new,
will run you almost what a NASCAR Pro will - but if you do a lot of flight
simming might be a good route to go. If nothing else, adding the CH Pedals
to the joystick will be much better than using buttons for gas/brake. I
drove like that for years before getting a wheel
Since the new computer desk for the new computer didn't like the GP1's
mounting system, I got a NASCAR Pro. F1RS is a lot easier to drive with
this than the GP1 / CH combo, and for $100 this wheel is hard to beat. I
just feel a lot better driving with it than the GP1/CH setup (more travel in
the wheel and the pedals), seems sturdier, and mounts to the desk so well
you could pick it up with the wheel. If you have the $$, the TSW has a
great reputation, although I have no personal experience with it. Only
downside to TSW is it's not sold in stores (yet), and me I kinda like to try
the product and grab the box and take it home, and be able to return it if
need be, but that's just me, and not trying to disparage TSW in any way.
I've seen some sort of new CH wheel (XL 500 or something), around $60
w/pedals, wheel looked pretty decent. Not sure about the pedals, sort of a
weird design, that I figured would either work better than anything else or
really suck. They didn't have any out of the box so I didn't look into them
any further, but might be worth a look on a budget. Anybody seen or used
these?
Ken
