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Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

carl winslo

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by carl winslo » Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:08:40

I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my MOMO
Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to play
Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine list the
Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt seem to notice
there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I get? Thanks.

DC

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by DC » Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:42:23


> I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my MOMO
> Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to play
> Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine list the
> Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt seem to notice
> there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

> Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I get?
> Thanks.

amazon.co.uk will not ship here to the states. Already tried to purhcase it.

DC

juec..

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by juec.. » Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:39:30


> I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my MOMO
> Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to play
> Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine list the
> Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt seem to notice
> there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

> Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I get? Thanks.

Let me direct you guys to the RSC message board, where this wheel has
been discussed recently:
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=233300

According to at least one person who owns the wheel and posts there,
the Rallye has some driver issues that have yet to be sorted out,
resulting in poor FF performance and CPU usage.  The actual unit itself
is pretty nice construction wise, however.  I guess by the time it's
available in the U.S., they might have all the driver bugs worked
out....we can hope!

carl winslo

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by carl winslo » Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:39:41



>>I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my MOMO
>>Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to play
>>Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine list the
>>Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt seem to notice
>>there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

>>Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I get? Thanks.

> Let me direct you guys to the RSC message board, where this wheel has
> been discussed recently:
> http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=233300

> According to at least one person who owns the wheel and posts there,
> the Rallye has some driver issues that have yet to be sorted out,
> resulting in poor FF performance and CPU usage.  The actual unit itself
> is pretty nice construction wise, however.  I guess by the time it's
> available in the U.S., they might have all the driver bugs worked
> out....we can hope!

What is another good wheel to get instead ?
Deon

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by Deon » Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:12:24




>>> I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my
>>> MOMO Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to
>>> play
>>> Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine
>>> list the Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt
>>> seem to notice there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

>>> Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I
>>> get? Thanks.

>> Let me direct you guys to the RSC message board, where this wheel has
>> been discussed recently:
>> http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=233300

>> According to at least one person who owns the wheel and posts there,
>> the Rallye has some driver issues that have yet to be sorted out,
>> resulting in poor FF performance and CPU usage.  The actual unit
>> itself
>> is pretty nice construction wise, however.  I guess by the time it's
>> available in the U.S., they might have all the driver bugs worked
>> out....we can hope!

> What is another good wheel to get instead ?

Logitech DFP (Driving Force Pro)
DC

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by DC » Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:58:50



>>I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my MOMO
>>Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to play
>>Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine list the
>>Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt seem to notice
>>there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

>>Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I get? Thanks.

> Let me direct you guys to the RSC message board, where this wheel has
> been discussed recently:
> http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=233300

> According to at least one person who owns the wheel and posts there,
> the Rallye has some driver issues that have yet to be sorted out,
> resulting in poor FF performance and CPU usage.  The actual unit itself
> is pretty nice construction wise, however.  I guess by the time it's
> available in the U.S., they might have all the driver bugs worked
> out....we can hope!

Interesting...I am kind of down on the wheels available to us now.
Either plop down huge money for a tsw or ecci or we are stuck with the
momo (logi). I guess we are kind of forgotten about. Disappointing in my
opinion. A nice sturdy wheel with comfortable pedals is all we are
asking for.

DC

test

Wait for the new Thrusmaster wheel or buy something else?

by test » Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:19:42

Driving Force Pro, I had the Momo, and like the DFP a lot more.



>>>I used to sim a lot, got tired of it a few months ago and sold my MOMO
>>>Force for $40 more than i paid for it. Well now I'm itching to play
>>>Rfactor and GTlegends and I dont have a wheel. I saw pcmagazine list the
>>>Rallye Thrusmaster wheel as a great gift only they didnt seem to notice
>>>there is nowhere to buy it in USA.

>>>Is it worth waiting for this wheel? If not, what wheel should I get?
>>>Thanks.

>> Let me direct you guys to the RSC message board, where this wheel has
>> been discussed recently:
>> http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=233300

>> According to at least one person who owns the wheel and posts there,
>> the Rallye has some driver issues that have yet to be sorted out,
>> resulting in poor FF performance and CPU usage.  The actual unit itself
>> is pretty nice construction wise, however.  I guess by the time it's
>> available in the U.S., they might have all the driver bugs worked
>> out....we can hope!

> Interesting...I am kind of down on the wheels available to us now. Either
> plop down huge money for a tsw or ecci or we are stuck with the momo
> (logi). I guess we are kind of forgotten about. Disappointing in my
> opinion. A nice sturdy wheel with comfortable pedals is all we are asking
> for.

> DC


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