Sim Racing Cave Alert! Because we are weak weak people.

BritishBean

I’m still trying to figure out what to spend my dosh on. Looked at some wheel rims but ultimately decided it was fairly pointless. Pretty much all the Thrustmaster add on wheels either lose the D Pad or don’t have as many buttons as the Leather Edition. Glad I got my Thrustmaster though, not a moment too soon either by looks of it!

BritishBean

Anyone using Fanatec gear on Xbox?

PS - could we maybe change the thread title to Sim Racing Hardware or something similar please?

Brave

BritishBean I have changed it to something more appropriate 😉

Alex

I might have bought the Ryzen 5800X to replace the 3800X in order to get better FPS in iRacing with VR. The resale value of the 3800X is very high right now so should be able to recoup most of the costs. No I don’t have a problem why do you ask? 🤣

BritishBean

Alex No I don’t have a problem why do you ask?

Makes perfect sense to me. I’m trying to weigh up how much I could get for my Thrustmaster gear to put towards Fanatec 🤦🏻‍♂️

Is it wrong that it bothers me that steering wheels on Xbox tend to miss functionality such as use of all buttons or the rev lights etc, so much so that I’m ponderingg how to afford a PC? 🙈

GassyHaggis

BritishBean hahah. This was me for the past two years. Every time I had enough and was going for it, there would be a car bill or some thing else unexpected.

I may have mentioned Fanatec at various points over the past few weeks so there’s a possibility any gifts for birthday and Christmas may be of the monetary variety for The Fanatec Fund.

BritishBean

GassyHaggis 🤞🏻

BritishBean

GassyHaggis are you going for the CSL DD?

I saw the F1 v2 rim go on eBay for £270 today in pristine condition. There’s deals to be had out there!

Alex

Well, that’s the new CPU arrived and now fitted. I forgot how simple swapping out a CPU is these days, took fifteen minutes and ten of that was wiping off the old thermal paste from the heatsink. 🤣

Although I did make sure to flash the BIOS earlier just to be safe.

GassyHaggis

BritishBean That’s the way I’m leaning. One of my friends got in early enough to get the September release so I will be making a nuisance of myself when he gets it in. He already got the Formula wheel and the McLaren one too.

BritishBean

GassyHaggis sadly I’d be starting from scratch so it’s an expensive game with Fanatec. But it’s a good value upgrade if you’re already in the ecosystem. Let me know what your friend reports. Date is November now for delivery. I think I’m going to have to wait and ask for donations at Christmas time. And maybe donate a kidney…

BritishBean

Also I think I need to adjust my gaming setup in general. I’d mounted my TV on the wall about halfway up with general gaming in mind but with my seating position for sim racing it means I’m always looking up and it just doesn’t feel right or 100% comfortable.

BritishBean

Who knows how the Fanatec prices work? It’s in Euros so I’ve converted to £ but when I got to PayPal checkout it was a lot less than expected. Will I be hit with import charges at customs or something?

Alex

It should just be the price at Fanatec including delivery converted into euros. I didn’t have to pay anything extra but that was pre-Brexit. I was charged 38.59 euros shipping at the time.

BritishBean

Oh ok. It’s quite confusing as sometimes the basket shows with shipping or without or with VAT or without. Got to £650ish at the PayPal checkout which was less than I expected even converting to pounds

Alex

Yeah the Fanatec website is incredibly confusing.

BritishBean

So a CSL DD, Elite Pedals and Formula v2 X is costing about £630… I expected it to be more expensive 👀

UPDATE: The marvellous government will add 20% VAT upon arrival to our dear shores.

Brave

BritishBean So a CSL DD, Elite Pedals and Formula v2

You win the thread.

For now…

Alex

Did you get the load cell brake? Actually, does that still come separately?

Will be very keen to hear your experiences with the DD wheel.

BritishBean

Alex Still comes separately. Haven’t gone for the load cell, it’s pushing my budget and it’s out of stock anyway. I’d look to get that later - maybe Christmas.

BritishBean

Brave didn’t @Alex win it many moons ago?

I’m undecided between the Formula v2 and the McLaren GT3 v2. The McLaren is cheaper but doesn’t look as nice and has rubber/plastic handles whereas the formula v2 has Alcantara which I’d prefer. The only thing that has been unsure is some people have said the formula v2 feels a bit narrow for GT3 Racing….

Any thoughts?

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