Steering wheel dilemma

pastymuncher

pastymuncher

pastymuncher

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First off I am not a passionate racer that plays nothing but racing games. I do enjoy other types of games as well. With regards to wheel sets I mostly play ETS2 and ATS along with a couple of racing games (only casually and not online) and my usage pattern is usually a couple of months of ATS followed by a couple of months of ETS before I get bored and put the wheel set away for a good few months, maybe more. With that in mind I am not after a mid blowing set up with a cockpit and top notch wheel and pedals however, I do enjoy feeling immersed in the games. I currently have a Thrustmaster F430 wheel set and being only a 270 degree wheel it's just not enough and as things have moved on it would probably be considered a very budget entry wheel now. I have a max of £450-500 to spend on a wheel and pedals and have three possible options right now. The first is a Thrustmaster T300 RS GT wheel and triple pedals for £290 brand new and delivered. It's still a belt driven FFB wheel and no doubt will be noisey and I will feel the notches of the driving gears but it's a decent step up from my F430. The next is starting to go down the DD rabbit hole and thats a PXN V12 Lite 6Nm DD base, wheel, triple pedals and mounts set at £461 delivered although there may be import tax to pay on top. From the reviews I have seen it's a very good setup at a "affordable" price. The third option is Fanatec CSL Ready2Race bundle which consists of CSL DD 5Nm, CSL pedals, CSL wheel for £399.99 plus the extra clutch pedal kit at £39.99 so £439.98 plus on top of that I would have import taxes again. Fanatec also has delays in it's EU warehouse at the moment. Don't go saying don't bother with a 5Nm DD base because the 8/9/12Nm ones are better. That they may be but they are also much more expensive plus a 5Nm DD base is going to be a hell of a lot more than what I am currently used to. So which of these would you go for bearing in mind my usage.

Options
1. Thrustmaster T300 RS GT
2. PXN V12 Lite
3. Fanatec CSL Ready2Race bundle plus extra clutch pedal
4. Something else

Many thanks.
 
The problem I have with the Moza R5 bundle is I don't like the wheel as I really wanted a round one plus by the time I buy the extra clutch pedal it works that's £500 gone. I might start looking around for second hand DD bases then I can add my own choice of pedals and wheel.
 
mr griffin said:
I would just save for a little longer it's worth it, then you only need to buy once. Sim racing seems to be really taking off in a big way these days you will love it. Logitech G Pro can be had from not a lot over £800 for wheel and pedals if you get a 25% discount code with Logitech and talk to the right person to also use other discount codes. Is plenty for virtually anyone I would say with 11nm torque and console and pc support and decent load cell brakes.

If you get a 5nm wheel base you will soon be wanting to upgrade. I think personally it starts getting good at 10nm+. I sometimes wish I had gone for the Invictor base over the Forte for the extra power and that's 18nm.

I think you will be like a dog with two ***** with the Logitech.

Sim racing is an expensive hobby as I'm finding out and was warned the rabbit hole is deep by other sim racers and they're not wrong. Ok if you have unlimited budget, but for most of us it's not getting what you want, but what's best in your budget especially if you're unsure how much you are going to like it. I was in the same boat myself recently.

Started off looking at the Logitech pro and PlaySeat Trophy , Ended up with a full aluminium setup, But I still think the Logitech would have been plenty good enough to have plenty of fun on.
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Did you read my post? I play ETS2/ATS mainly, also the odd racing game but not online and even then rarely. I am not spending silly amounts of money on a overpriced Logitech set.

Anyway, I have put in a offer for the B-grade Moza R5 base so will see if it gets accepted or not before choosing A wheel to go with it. I have my eye on a triple set of decent pedals already.
 
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