** CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE ACTUALLY LISTED THIS.... **

And I've just bought one...

I was always somewhat skeptical about sims like these, but I find that ETS/Farm Sim is strangely relaxing. I know, I'm weird!
 
Could foresee a lot of people laughing at this, or the farming sim game. I find it great fun. You certainly do need those extra buttons for raising, lowering and activating all the equipment you'll have.

Daggerwin's unboxing and use video, if you follow Farm Simmer's on YT.
 
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Borealis said:
And I've just bought one...

I was always somewhat skeptical about sims like these, but I find that ETS/Farm Sim is strangely relaxing. I know, I'm weird!
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Yeah I know what you mean - I do enjoy a bit of ETS from time to time :D

digitalx said:
Could foresee a lot of people laughing at this, or the farming sim game. I find it great fun. You certainly do need those extra buttons for raising, lowering and activating all the equipment you'll have.

Daggerwin's unboxing and use video, if you follow Farm Simmer's on YT.
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Never heard of this "Quiettube" site you linked :p Made me lol though...

"quietube: Videos without the distractions"... with a big ass advertisement at the bottom :p
 
This is actually the sort of product design/layout I'd be interested in, as it would go well in a No Man's Dangerous Citizen spaceshipey sort of setup... perhaps even inspire me to build a sim-pit...

As is, I have no interest in FarmSim so would only want the panel. £120 seems the going rate on certain unmentionables.
However, there are three main deal-breakers:


1/. Saitek - Ever since Mad Catz got involved, it seems their stuff has just gone to spit. Immediate loss of all interest when I see their name.... which is a shame as their success could spur other makers to do something similar but better.

2/. Cheap plasticky crap - Possibly due to beaing a Saitek product, but I wouldn't trust that thing to last even half the warranty period. I doubt I could even mod it with grown-up backlit switches, thanks to that plasticky clamp.

3/. Skittles - If I want to taste the rainbow, I'll go hang with the boys at the Pride march. But I'm not a kid, so those colours take the already broken deal and smash it into tiny pieces.

Gimme decent build quality with dark coloured switches and backlighting and then we'll talk....
 
ttaskmaster said:
This is actually the sort of product design/layout I'd be interested in, as it would go well in a No Man's Dangerous Citizen spaceshipey sort of setup... perhaps even inspire me to build a sim-pit...

As is, I have no interest in FarmSim so would only want the panel. £120 seems the going rate on certain unmentionables.
However, there are three main deal-breakers:


1/. Saitek - Ever since Mad Catz got involved, it seems their stuff has just gone to spit. Immediate loss of all interest when I see their name.... which is a shame as their success could spur other makers to do something similar but better.

2/. Cheap plasticky crap - Possibly due to beaing a Saitek product, but I wouldn't trust that thing to last even half the warranty period. I doubt I could even mod it with grown-up backlit switches, thanks to that plasticky clamp.

3/. Skittles - If I want to taste the rainbow, I'll go hang with the boys at the Pride march. But I'm not a kid, so those colours take the already broken deal and smash it into tiny pieces.

Gimme decent build quality with dark coloured switches and backlighting and then we'll talk....
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Thanks for the feedback. I've looked at more grown up sim products before but they all look a bit "built in a shed" and I believe the market to be too niche for us to support. There are products like this out there:
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which I could stock. If people show enough interest then I can investigate further :)
 
Bicepo said:
The Pricing on the switch boxes isn't too expensive, at least I don't consider sub £50 expensive :)
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No, stuff like that is pretty good and it'd likely cost me something similar to build my own.

It's more the gaps in the market that smaller companies are slowly trying to fill with products based on the custom home builds (a popular one is harvesting the PCB for an Xbox controller) that other Simmers have done in the absence of existing kit... especially the stuff with control software and screens that respond to what happens in the game... er, sorry I mean 'simulation', of course! :p
 
are steering wheels sensitive from the second they are touched? i rember i got one with gran turismo for my 14th birthday and it was the best one they sold but it never responded until a few degrees had past.
 
D1craig said:
are steering wheels sensitive from the second they are touched? i rember i got one with gran turismo for my 14th birthday and it was the best one they sold but it never responded until a few degrees had past.
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Generally the cheaper wheels will have that. Got some Logitech G29's coming in next week for around £190 ;)
 
FARMS!

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Yeah, I want one! Need a demo first though, please take one to insomnia or bring your wheel to work day :D

JR
 
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