New Thrustmaster T500RS GT5 Wheel!

[Brian Clancy]

The first look at Thrustmasters new offical Gran Turismo 5 wheel!

More info to follow and I hope at some point a review! Thanks must go to Johan Top for the original post in the SRH Forum!

*1080º
*About 500€ official price (not confirmed)
*30cm diameter
*7kg weight
*Industrial FFB (Par 150 mNm, 3000 rpm, 65 W, 52mm)








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[Ivo Simons]

Offcourse some want a good wheel. But not all console racers are going for quality.
Just compare the stats of units sold of the 360 wheel since the release of Forza 3 and units sold and ordered of the Fanatec wheel.
And with this PS3 wheel and his price it will even suffer more. Because you also can use a DFGT, G25 or a G27 on it. With the DFGT and G25 even under the 100 bucks.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

???

The Fanatec wheel for the 360 was a huge success : 10.000 units limited edition, completely outsold in a few months. So much so that Fanatec has issued a new version of it : PWGT2, due out in a few days/weeks.

It's true that us PC racers like to spend on equipment though, but more peripheral : cockpits, button panels, rev counters, handbrakes, and for the real ones, a motion sim
That doesn't mean a console racer doesn't want a good wheel, and many sim racers own both a console and a PC.

I wouldn't count it out of the equation at some point. They all use USB interfaces so its not an impossibility.

If I was going to buy a wheel for the PS3 alone I think it would have to be the DFGT for me. Ok it has no clutch but that aside its a lot of bang for the buck.

 

[Colin Tenn]

Nah dont think so. Console racers are totally different. We simracers spend our money on equipment. Console people spend there money on other games.
If they are aiming for a wheel. They go for a DFGT or a cheap G25. The Fanatec wheel for the 360 was also not a success. If people went for a wheel they went for the MS 360 wheel. Even how crap it was.

I think you are wrong here ! The Fanatec wheel was a limited edition and it Sold out ! I had to buy the MS 360 wheel because there was no other decent alternative. I am now looking at purchasing the Fanatec Porsche 911 GT2 wheel for xbox !

 

[Colin Tenn]

Forza sold 4 million copies world wide.

What is your point ? Comparing games sales to a limited a edition wheel !

 

[Reuben Clemons]

I gotta go with Ivo on this one. You guys that would buy this for console use are the exception to the rule. I think if you compare the total number of GT5/Forza3 copies sold and compare that to the number of wheels sold(any that would work for the PS3), you would find that the percentage of "wheel drivers" is much lower on consoles when compared to PC's.

 

[mikem]

I gotta go with Ivo on this one. You guys that would buy this for console use are the exception to the rule. I think if you compare the total number of GT5/Forza3 copies sold and compare that to the number of wheels sold(any that would work for the PS3), you would find that the percentage of "wheel drivers" is much lower on consoles when compared to PC's.

It's certainly an exception to the rule (when console gamers spend money on steering wheel) but if once in awhile there are those like Fanatec with the PWTS and now Thrustmaster who prepare to take their chances.

Besides, the PS3 unlike the 360 will run almost all PC wheel and in all cases vice versa and because of that the investment (as long as Thrustmaster is keened on quality) can be minimal. And I'm sure there will be a "PC" version- meaning the buttons on the wheel may not have PS3 symbols. And that definitely lines up quite nicely with Thrustmaster recent re-introduction back to higher end product with their HOTAS WARTHOG™ (Joystick/Throttle):

 

[Ivo Simons]

What is your point ? Comparing games sales to a limited a edition wheel !

Check my other post.

 

[Esteban Maurel]

too much money for a steering wheel, with that money you can actually buy a ps3 320gb with a game and gt5 signature edition

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

It's over $600 with taxes here in Canada!

 

[Ron Sandrin]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thrustmaster-T500-RS/177715455589531
Big News!
The T500RS Gear Stick is finally coming, you can read about it using the above link.

 

[Alexander Rhodes]

Anyone seen one in the flesh yet? Are they still using cheap plastic and making poor solder connections? Are they also using STmicroelectronics for the 8bit interface? Are they also trying to make 300% profit on the unit?


Pah... No thanks, I'm not falling for their BS again lol.

 

[Jadran Dimic]

The Ferrari GTE Wheel Add-On Ferrari 458 Challenge Edition will be available from early May 2013, at a suggested retail price of $129.99.

The first replica Ferrari GT wheel for gaming fans! | Thrustmaster

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Wish:d they go a bit more hardcore on the wheels.

 

[Kjell Eilertsen]

Agreed, that rubberized grip might serve any owner well for a long time, but it does nothing in terms of giving the owner the feeling of actually driving a Ferrari tbh. The original has alcantra, at that price why couldn't Thrustmaster throw some alcantra on it?

Original:

 

[Steve Pearce]

OOooo, is that flappy paddles on the wheel that rotate ratehr than being fixed?

Intriguing....!

 

[Matthias Pelikan]

the GTE Add on looks very Cheap (i really hate rubberized grips )


Ferrari should give there license to Fanatec

 

[William Geuze]

Why do they continue to make everything look like a goddamn toy...

 

[PetersonGP]

Nice.

 

[PetersonGP]

Whats that?
TRS Official Loadcell Brake Mod

 

[Gerben Kelly]

Whats that?
TRS Official Loadcell Brake Mod

That's intresting!!!