lol Fanatec's soon i wouldn't hold your breathe
A week with my clubsport pedals in iRacing
I bought them as I thought if they make no difference to my sim driving I can sell them and not make much of a loss as they sell well.
coming from G25 pedals first impressions where omg where's the brakes as you have to apply a bit more pressure to get them to work and out of the box I had to pretty much jump up and down on them to stop, thankfully after a few minutes messing with the adjustable knob on the back I found a place where I like it and started to learn how to brake again as it's a steep learning curve.
I was well off my pace by usually .5 to 1 second I was not happy but I had read you had to stick with it so I have been.
lap after lap of practise I could see my lap times dropping now after a week I have blown my personal bests out of the water by over half a second on the tracks I know and I thought I’ll give the g25 pedals another try...
I plugged them in and set them up now let’s go... over braking like mad for the first 10 minutes I quickly became accustomed to my old faithful pedals and try and try and try I couldn’t get near my personal best... closest I got was .4 of a second out, the reason...
I believe the accelerator on the clubsports is just more manageable when you feel the car wanting to break away you can lift a tiny bit to tame it on the g25 pedals it's hard to lift a little as they have such a short throw and I believe a lower resolution than the clubsports, once you lift on the g25's you lose a lot of momentum as you just lift too much with the slightest movement on the pedal you could probably learn this but on the clubsports it's just much easier as the throw is longer and a slight lift is just that a very slight lift
but all is not lost for the G25 pedals I prefer the clutch as it feels more like a real clutch the throw on the CSP's is really short and the same resistance all the way down I also find the G25 pedals more comfortable on my feet (sock racer)
The clubsport pedal can make you faster and more consistent but are they worth the £200?
if you are a hardcore simracer who wants to shave .5 of a second off your laps then yes of course they are but if you are the casual racer then probably not the build quality is OK I would prefer slightly curved pedals like the g25 as they just feel more comfy which is probably why they say the CSP's are shoe pedals but I like racing in my socks hehe
to sum up I believe the CSP's strength lies within its accelerator and the brake everyone goes on about the load cell brakes but we've not really heard much about the accelerator which I believe makes you faster in the long run as you can learn the braking point on G25 pedals to give you maximum braking force but lifting just a tiny little bit to correct a slight error is very difficult and that I think gives the CSP's the edge.
Will i be keeping them ? i'm affraid i will so that's another £200 to add to my sim hobby the wife is going to kill me hehe
hope this helps anyone thinking about getting some clubsport pedals...
