last attempt with a steering wheel

After about 2 weeks of use I would like to describe my impressions with the T500 RS. First, let us recall briefly that I diverse steering wheels all price ranges have tried already and they have always returned unnerved. There is therefore reason to fear that I am not a natural talent in dealing with such utensils. The key for me was always, as if it's more fun with a gamepad and, most important, if I'll even faster there. So fun was now and then to feel (Fanatec Porsche Wheel) but I was not so honest and just slowly around corners and driving times by harassment faster, my whole thing ended up getting too expensive and it would have also not fun made with the idea that I could actually be much faster via Xbox pad. I have the whole thing for more than 10 years repeatedly tried with every imaginable variety of racing games and steering wheels and now definitely the last attempt should be started. For this I then resorted again a little deeper into their pockets, but honestly, there are more expensive hobbies than 500, - for equipment and again 50-100, - for one or the other game every year. I have to say I do not have Playstation, why was this steering wheel only with the appearance of a PC driver worth considering. After the nearly 10 kg package had arrived with me, so it went to the building. There are actually observe anything special. I have a Playseat (hear, he hears can not reason with a steering wheel drive but he has a Playseat for 350, -) As mentioned above, I have friends with much more expensive hobbies. The steering wheel is to be mounted bombproof. Should work on any tabletop. The pedals are very hard, yet they should if possible be additionally secured, or be placed against a rear wall. Personally, I can help it because I probably particularly ruthless herumtrampele it. I could very well be screwed on the base plate it on the Playseat. After everything is installed, the driver will be installed. Now the steering wheel is connected, it calibrates itself automatically and immediately (complete rotation in both directions 1,080 °) I personally prefer only 360 ° but that should be selected individually depending on the game. Especially in F1 2010 or Grid ranging 270 ° in SHIFT1 or 2 are also 500 ° to 720 ° is not necessarily too much, is certainly very much 'matter of taste'. So get out on the track, so it's extremely fun and you can feel a lot of distance. In games such as Shift can now greatly reduce the mandatory drift, which should be avoided with the pad hardly. But it is really cool then in games like F1 2010. Finally I can start curves directly, also run over curbs now does not automatically eliminated. So I was with Pad certainly not bad. On most routes I was at position 1000-2000 with about 5- 7 sec. behind the most reliable results (any mythical times of 55 sec. times except for a round in Monaco). What can I say, with the T500 RS I immediately one second faster than before, and after a bit of set-up work, it is also time 2-3 seconds faster. Within a short time, I manage myself to drive under the ersten700 the rankings on many routes. Even at the risk that one or the other takes the ridiculous, I do the whole thing at once again extremely fun, and I'm still driving with automatic transmission, but soon I'll probably try the manual shifting. Scares me frankly the fixed rocker already extremely off. Nevertheless, I must now designate a defect after all the euphoria. It's all about the fans. After about 10-15 minutes. will turn on a fan. This in itself is quite noisy, but my seems sometimes to grind somewhere. Only repeated hitting with the hand on the steering wheel housing lets the whole back down to a tolerable noise level. This seems to be a lack of my steering wheel and I'll probably complain if it persists. In summary, I have to say that was worth it for me the purchase. This has much to do with the fact that I am not previously come with steering wheels of different price range right now and experience a sense of achievement for the first time immediately. This creates an entirely new motivation and old to play games again. Alone from this fact into perspective for me the high price. In addition I now again enjoy it find to turn to the setup to improve my lap times. Looking forward to Dirt3 and every Formula 1 weekend is very much in advance through the game, although it is now on the PC for several seconds is better off than the current world champion, which does not necessarily speak for very much realism, but it's fun and that is what counts at the end , I hope I was able to all interested parties a little help with a possible purchase decision.