Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 Racing Wheel - anybody got one?

Just saw one in a store for 200? (approx. 200 US), tax included. I have a MOMO and never liked Thrustmaster anyway but it woud be nice to get some Feedback, the MOMO is not going to last forever... Check the wheel here: http://europe.thrustmaster.com/news/read.php?skin=&id=207 Regards, Jo�o Gonzalez

I have one, best FF wheel I've tried so far, including Thrustmasters original FF wheel (can't remember name), LWFF, Guilemots FF wheel and the Momo. Nice large wheel, steel shafts and bearing races, very good pedals with lots of travel (probably needs half a squash ball under the brake) and loads of butttons. 240 plus degrees of turn. I believe it is gear driven rather than belt but feels much less notchy than the Momo. There's a bit of play around the center and as usual with TM wheels the centre is in the wrong place but DXTweak2 solves that. Cost me the equivalent of $190 US. Andi. "Jo�o Gonzalez" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3df8dcc6$0$648$[email hidden]...

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> Just saw one in a store for 200? (approx. 200 US), tax included. I have a > MOMO and never liked Thrustmaster anyway but it woud be nice to get some > Feedback, the MOMO is not going to last forever... > > Check the wheel here: > > http://europe.thrustmaster.com/news/read.php?skin=&id=207 > > Regards, > > Jo�o Gonzalez > >

Thanks for the info Andi. Good to know there are alternatives to Momo. Jo�o "Andi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atao4k$hqh$[email hidden]... > I have one, best FF wheel I've tried so far, including Thrustmasters > original FF wheel (can't remember name), LWFF, Guilemots FF wheel and the > Momo. > > Nice large wheel, steel shafts and bearing races, very good pedals withlots > of travel (probably needs half a squash ball under the brake) and loads of > butttons. 240 plus degrees of turn. > > I believe it is gear driven rather than belt but feels much less notchythan

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> the Momo. > > There's a bit of play around the center and as usual with TM wheels the > centre is in the wrong place but DXTweak2 solves that. > > Cost me the equivalent of $190 US. > > Andi. > > "Jo�o Gonzalez" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3df8dcc6$0$648$[email hidden]... > > Just saw one in a store for 200? (approx. 200 US), tax included. I have

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> > MOMO and never liked Thrustmaster anyway but it woud be nice to get some > > Feedback, the MOMO is not going to last forever... > > > > Check the wheel here: > > > > http://europe.thrustmaster.com/news/read.php?skin=&id=207 > > > > Regards, > > > > Jo�o Gonzalez > > > > > >

"Jo�o Gonzalez" <[email hidden]> writes: > Just saw one in a store for 200? (approx. 200 US), tax included. I have a > MOMO and never liked Thrustmaster anyway but it woud be nice to get some > Feedback, the MOMO is not going to last forever... I have it. 'tis good. compared to the Momo I'd say the pluses are the great big powerful motor, more buttons and a hat, and the paddles. and the pedals are a lot better than the Momo rig, imho. on the minus side it's seems a lot less sturdy; there's a bit of sideways flex, and, to be honest, it sort of feels like the steering column can snap off if you get a bit too vigorous. it's pretty notchy as well but you (well, I) only really feel that when force is off. don't think about using the two analog handles on the wheel, though--they're the same axes as the pedals. I may sound a bit negative here, but the Momo's been sitting neatly in the closet ever since I got this wheel. btw; I plan to crack it open and see if I can fit a ball bearing on the steering column somewehere, and rewire the two wheel mounted analog paddles to a seperate controller. has anyone seen any mod-resources for this wheel, perchance? -- Gunnar Cougar#02748 #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 FJ�SE!

Gunnar, mine is no where neear as 'notchy' as the Momo that my son has. It feels much more sturdy and has ball bearing races on a steel shaft, are we talking about the same wheel here? Andi. "Gunnar Horrigmo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Jo�o Gonzalez" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Just saw one in a store for 200? (approx. 200 US), tax included. I havea

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> > MOMO and never liked Thrustmaster anyway but it woud be nice to get some > > Feedback, the MOMO is not going to last forever... > > I have it. 'tis good. compared to the Momo I'd say the pluses are > the great big powerful motor, more buttons and a hat, and the > paddles. and the pedals are a lot better than the Momo rig, imho. > > on the minus side it's seems a lot less sturdy; there's a bit of > sideways flex, and, to be honest, it sort of feels like the steering > column can snap off if you get a bit too vigorous. it's pretty notchy > as well but you (well, I) only really feel that when force is off. > > don't think about using the two analog handles on the wheel, > though--they're the same axes as the pedals. > > I may sound a bit negative here, but the Momo's been sitting neatly in > the closet ever since I got this wheel. > > btw; I plan to crack it open and see if I can fit a ball bearing on > the steering column somewehere, and rewire the two wheel mounted > analog paddles to a seperate controller. has anyone seen any > mod-resources for this wheel, perchance? > > > -- > Gunnar > Cougar#02748 #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8

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