wheel/pedal combo inquiry

Hi all: I'd like some opinions on wheel/pedal combos. I've got a Thrustmaster T2 but have had quite a few breakdowns with it. I'm just wondering if others have experienced technical problems with their T2's and if there are any recommendations for other units. I use mine primarily for ICR2. Thanks, Tom Marshall

There are several decent wheel/pedal combos out there. I just bought a TSW and I'm quite pleased with it. A review of the unit will be going up on the Late Night website shortly. There is also the ECC and the GP-500, both around $500 or so. You'll find links to all 3 website on the Late Night website. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

TSW is the way to go. Not real expensive (not cheap though), but worth every penny! Hank

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> Hi all: > I'd like some opinions on wheel/pedal combos. I've got a Thrustmaster T2 > but have had quite a few breakdowns with it. I'm just wondering if > others have experienced technical problems with their T2's and if there > are any recommendations for other units. I use mine primarily for ICR2. > Thanks, > Tom Marshall

I used a T1 for about a year and a half and was constantly replacing the gas pedal spring. I finally got fed up with that and ordered a Thomas Super Wheel a couple of months ago. It's great! It is almost as much better than my T1 as the T1 was over a joystick. Take a look at: http://www.ia.net/~thomas Dave

> Hi all: > I'd like some opinions on wheel/pedal combos. I've got a Thrustmaster T2 > but have had quite a few breakdowns with it. I'm just wondering if > others have experienced technical problems with their T2's and if there > are any recommendations for other units. I use mine primarily for ICR2. I just bought a T2 myself (yesterday, in fact). While I obviously haven't had a long time to use it, I can tell you how the installation went. I went fine, no problems at all, other than my own disregard for taking the time to read the setup instructions. I run ICR2 in Win95 (I have the DOS version with the Win95 patch installed), on a Dell Dimsension P100. It plugs right into my sound card, which is a SoundBlaster AWE32. I calibrated it and was up and running in about 20min. Hope this helps any prospective buyes out there, as I was weary from some of the posts about problems with it. -Matt

>I'd like some opinions on wheel/pedal combos. I've got a Thrustmaster T2 > but have had quite a few breakdowns with it. I'm just wondering if >others have experienced technical problems with their T2's and if there >are any recommendations for other units. I use mine primarily for ICR2. This is probably a bit lazy of me, but the following is something I sent out AGES ago in response to a similar query: I own the ECCI CDS, which is absolutely amazing to drive with. Very smooth, all the way though its travel, without the slightest notching at the centre position of the wheel. It's all made out of steel, and weighs 16lbs and 12lbs for the wheel and pedals respectively. The wheel is a 3 spoked affair, covered in suede leather. 4 thumb shifters sit above the 2 horizontal spokes in 2 groups of 2 buttons. I use these for shifting and reversing. Sited next to where your thumbs naturally rest they enable extremely fast shifting. I don't know how long it takes me to get from 6th to 1st but it's as fast as I can punch these buttons ie VERY quickly!! The pedals are springed with different strength springs, so the brake is much stiffer than the gas pedal. They sit in a large metal wedge, much like a footrest. The thing's built to last, looks the business in front of the PC and is immobile during racing. Highly recommended. Contact: John Pribble Extreme Competition Controls, Inc. P.O. Box 80231 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55408 USA Or poke your WWW browser at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/extreme But there's also the TSW (the last URL I have is: http://www.webcom.com/~pinniped/tsw.html) which is nice but a bit rough around the edges. There's also the very customisable GP500 which has shifters behind the wheel. You might want to check out a back issue of SRN (http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm) which contains reviews and a group test of the CDS, TSW and GP500. I should know. I was there!!! Just ask if you've any other queries on the CDS. Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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> Hi all: > I'd like some opinions on wheel/pedal combos. I've got a Thrustmaster T2 > but have had quite a few breakdowns with it. I'm just wondering if > others have experienced technical problems with their T2's and if there > are any recommendations for other units. I use mine primarily for ICR2. > Thanks, > Tom Marshall

Have you gotten the replacemant parts for free? I did. Granted it does break every so often but if you are an avid racer and wrench your wheel and feather the pedals 1000 times during every race what do you expect for $99? I am very happy with my T2 and the after purchase service that they provide, just my .02 mick in tampa