Reasonable wheels for T500

[Kai Lohmann]

Hey,

Some of you might now i offer a modservice for the t500rs ferrari addon wheel. I wanna make a step forward and thought about offering some reasonable priced addonwheels for the t500rs.
No adapter needed , just screw on like the usual wheels. In my example i watched this before :

And ended up with this WIP:



Its a OMP suede wheel corsica style and nearly 1:1 to the one on the video.

Sorry for the dust btw..

Just want to know your thoughts about it. Price would be about 120€ i think.
No offer here just want to know your thoughts right now.

Greets Modmate

 

[Anthony Levene]

Looks good!
The original GT wheel for the T500 is ok but I prefer the feel of a real steering wheel. So, when I'm not using my Modmate modded F1 wheel, I use the same steering wheel that they use in the Clio Cup

 

[Kai Lohmann]

Looking great, but im sure it is a bit more pricey isnt it?
But really great lookin!

 

[Anthony Levene]

Yep. It's Renault so it's definitely more pricey
I love the feel of it though...so much so that I'm think of fitting it to my real car

 

[Kai Lohmann]

Yep, but for the real deal its worth it, thought about a real momo also but that would be also to expensive "for the most". I bet it feels great in your real car also.

 

[Anthony Levene]

Well for now I'm racing way more in my living room than in my car, so I'll probably keep it on my rig for the winter

 

[PLazarou]

Is there any danger to fitting real wheels to a controller like this? Presumably they are heavier, and most have a bigger diameter so more inertia too... putting extra stress on the internal components?

 

[William Geuze]

That's actually a good question to be asking and I have never thought of that to be honest.
How 'heavy' is the T500 Ferrari rim for example? The renault wheel or regular momo/sparco wheel, shouldn't be that much heavier I expect though.

edit:
The momo 27c is (0.635 kg)
A momo 11 is (0.680 kg) for 260 mm version; (0.726 kg) for 280 mm version

That isn't very heavy at all

 

[diesirae]

Is there any danger to fitting real wheels to a controller like this? Presumably they are heavier, and most have a bigger diameter so more inertia too... putting extra stress on the internal components?

Unless it's a huge margin compared to the old, the extra weight shouldn't be a concern for the hardware, but you'll lose FFB/Wheel speed and detail. For example the almost 1kg difference in Clubsport wheel BMW rim and the F1 rim has a noticeable effect on the speed of the FFB:

 

[Kai Lohmann]

Hey,

That's actually a good question to be asking and I have never thought of that to be honest.
How 'heavy' is the T500 Ferrari rim for example? The renault wheel or regular momo/sparco wheel, shouldn't be that much heavier I expect though.

edit:
The momo 27c is (0.635 kg)
A momo 11 is (0.680 kg) for 260 mm version; (0.726 kg) for 280 mm version

That isn't very heavy at all

Hey,

Well the full modded ferrari wheel is about 1.1kg. The OMP RALLY wheel is exact the same. I really dont feel any differences with that bit of more weight. Also my customers never got any problems with it.


Greets Modmate

 

[Mark Reynolds]

I have a very modified OMP Leather Superquadro mounted to my G27 with shifter padals and quick release, the G27 handles it just fine, I have no fear of adding a real wheel to my new T500 when I decide which to have.