Official New Wheel Discussion

No it's less that that. Probably around £260-ish

300 euro is around equivalent to that (provided it's still here next year), but don't Fanatec charge the same price in every currency? (i.e $300, 300 euro, £300..)

And once again, my keyboard annoys me for not having a euro sign, but having a dollar sign..

believe me nicky... they don't

I think im getting the new madcatz wheel for xmas

my Fanatec is due xmas time theough its the std CSR not the elite woo hooo

My CSR-Elite is on it's way!

Awesome!

It's in the UK and scheduled to arrive at my house tomorrow

Awesome.
I expect a full review

16/12/2011 11:59 The package was left in a UPS facility / Delivery rescheduled
16/12/2011 8:15 Out for Delivery

demand so refund off UPS, all I am going to order my fanatec CSR later which package shall I get wheels wise and do I need a clamp to attach it to my desk?

Not sure what they come with tbh, I think the Fanatecs all require extras like tabel clamps. I have no idea what the Elite comes with either, as its a flat bottom base and the wheel is horizontal, where all other wheels are angled towards you like a real car.

EDIT

I think you need to buy this, although it would be better to read up on it and maybe ask anyone who already has a Porsche wheel or something as the standard CSR shares the same base.

http://www.fanatec.de/webshop/new_eu/product_info.php?products_id=111&osCsid=f088bac1c6a11b569c9fe8bd6402a526

The CSR has a table clamp with it, it's the same heavy duty pastic one that comes with the Porsche wheels-ish. Just a bit better.
The Elite has a kind of angled base plate that sits it on a flat surface at the same angle as any of the the other wheels. Bu it does only have options for hardmounting right out of the box. If you want to clamp the Elite then yeah you'll need the extra piece Richy's put in there.

ah sweet going order later wooo hoo

It's arrived!

Opinions?

Richy wrote:Does anybody have any experience using the current Mad Catz wheel? I am close to buying one as I can't find any MS ones and mine is destroyed.

i just ordered the new one with ffb as a cheaper christmas is needed. It is 200 quid online but enter the code xmas20 for 20 percent off!! 160 quid

Fanatec CSR Elite - Un-freaking-believable. Honestly, you can feel the width of the front tyres and at hairpins in an LMP1 car I am struggling to turn the wheel because of the force feedback. Incredible. I will be doing a further review on it soon.

Awesome. What would be great would be if you could post some settings for the wheel once you've gotten more used to it.

I'm still learning/struggling. The problem with Forza that was apparent on the old MS wheel was that you had, say, 20 degrees either side of the centre that was really strong and gave you really good turning ability. Any more than that and you were into understeer mode. As the Fanatec can be taken up to 900 degrees you can expand the useful range of turning. Currently I am sitting at 570 degrees. It also requires cars to be tuned completely differently. I need to speak to VVV Worm about the wheel as he has had his for some time and has tuned cars to suit. Normal steering is also a must instead of Simulation steering, as Fanatec officially suggests.

Orderd CSR to today wooo hooo

Excellent, be prepared to get very frustrated with it whilst you leanr how to drive with it I'm made some major progress on it today.

The wheel I used to have many many years ago was without FFB and I did get frustrated with that as it gave me no sense of feel at all. I'm expecting great things from the CSR.

Be prepared to shout and swear at Forza whilst trying to figure out how to set up the wheel properly.

lol