OT but whos setup is that on the front page... article introduction? I'd like to know more about the tac and gear indicator devices? What are they? how they work? USB? how they work with games/sims?
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Regarding the laptimes, It's extremely hard to say .3 or .5 of a second as it depends on the lenght of a circuit. But I can tell you that with iRacing I have lowered my personal best times on most tracks with between 0.3 and over a full second after I got this wheel. As I have written in the review, the main thing is really how I now can constantly keep good laptimes. With the GT3rs I could put one really fast lap of 100, then 10 that was good and then the rest was "less good" With this wheel I put 10 as fast laps, if not faster, and 80 are good. That's where you win the races.
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Originally Posted By: Magnum
OT but whos setup is that on the front page... article introduction? I'd like to know more about the tac and gear indicator devices? What are they? how they work? USB? how they work with games/sims?
Conny's almost right. I use the Revburner, SPI-D, GI-Max and SimScreen. The simscreen is user configurable. (i normally use it to show lap-number, position, time and fuel level) I also have a retina burning shiflight that i wired into the SPI-D. Software is updated regularly and works with many titles, GTR2, rF1/2, iRacing, NFS, Dirt, CodiesF1, RBR, GSC etc, etc. Here's how it looks in my setup:
Here's a quick vid. The Tach isn't 100% accurate as i didn't calibrate it for the mod.
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Registered: 04/14/10
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Originally Posted By: F19_CoNa
Regarding the laptimes, It's extremely hard to say .3 or .5 of a second as it depends on the lenght of a circuit. But I can tell you that with iRacing I have lowered my personal best times on most tracks with between 0.3 and over a full second after I got this wheel. As I have written in the review, the main thing is really how I now can constantly keep good laptimes. With the GT3rs I could put one really fast lap of 100, then 10 that was good and then the rest was "less good" With this wheel I put 10 as fast laps, if not faster, and 80 are good. That's where you win the races.
Thanks for the info, very appreciated.
Personally I didn't notice much improvement in laptimes but this wheel does give you the confidence to push harder so at first i actually found myself making more mistakes as you redefine your limits. Once you get used to it, the car goes exactly where you point it and it eliminates all those psudo-random errors leading to better consistency. Of course, now there's no excuse for driver error
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I am sold! After reading and watching the reviews I plan to preorder a CSW and Formula rim on Thursday (maybe a CSPv2, too) depending on the wait time for delivery! If the wait is too long then I will likely hold off and order in early 2013.
Thanks Darren and Conny for your excelent review! Great job, you guys are at the right place ;o) Just a little note: Latest production of SCP(v1) having the same cable management and covers too. I bought CSP back at January this year and PCB cover / sensor covers are there, but it's really a minor detail. I'm sure when someone wants to buy CSP then he jumps straight for v2 anyway, mainly for the clutch and better breaking smoothness ;o) PS: LoadCell was a big improvement for me and I started to be more confident with breaking, but the truth is that I had plastic pedals before (DFP) so enthusiasm was logicaly much higher from Load cell breaking :o) For all the owners of theese great new stuffs I wish a lot of fun and great racing and don't forget to clean and lubricate your peals time to time, keep all screws tight, but not too much, so you will not damage PCB with too much tightness ;o)
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