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Damn dude you didn't stay on the hobby very long you alright?

Short answer : No. Long answer: Noooooo. Thanks. Next.

I made the move from one of the best belt wheels, the Thrustmaster TGT with T-LCM pedals, to the Simagic M10 when it first launched. I was blown away by the fidelity of the Simagic base. That's what DD is all about feeling the fine details, and the quickness of the base.

What are you using for your gear indicator? It’s like a mini iPad?

I agree until I learned to dial the base on a car to car basis, I didn’t think it was all that great. But once I learned to keep it from clipping and realized what it was telling me, my entire sim racing perspective shifted. It went to Wow! How is this even the same software I was playing on my g29? Being able to stay in the grip that well almost feels like cheating haha. Nice video man.

I'm struggling a bit with the background music. its hard to follow you over it.

Load cell brakes do make you faster and you will have less mistakes. It’s been proven a thousand times by soo many varying types of people. And I gotta say to not be blown away by DD over belt …. You’re just one of “those guys”.

you talking and talking, but you never came to any point 😫😫😫

you should raise your wheel a lot to get a more correct driving position

This is what I hate about my Thrustmaster TMX, is I don't have the feel of what the car is doing. It feels like the wheel is late on everything. I love racing Brazil Stock Cars and there's a finesse required to keep those things at the limit (600hp+ RWD with no TC) and I can't do good lap times at all. My wife has given me permission to finance my sim racing upgrades, so I appreciate videos like this, because I'm exactly in the same spot and need to figure out both what I need and what I want. Thank you for making it. Definitely subbed.

Are there other wheels, compatible with this wheelbase? Like, Fanatec, Moza, Simcube?

Went from G29 that i had for 6 years to simucube 2 sport. I'm not faster but I sure enjoy it more. Love the strenght of a 20 nm wheel. It feels more real and less like a toy like the G29.

Alone how quiet a dd is, it is worth it for me. Had a g27 and the rattle and noise is so annoying.

Seriously. WTF is up with that HORRENDOUS background music?!?!

Great vid!

great vid, thanks

I've been considering going from my belt driven to a dd, thanks for your opinion!

Cool review and much appreciated. Sure you know by now, but the music was pretty loud ;)

hmm hoped for some more straight forward answer to your title

If you are looking for sim racing ideas, the new merger in RBR modders under "simrallyfans (DOT) hu" is pretty amazing. Stages like harju are fantastic and can't find anything close in the DR games. Hope you're having a great new year so far, times are crazy!

I got into sim racing with a fanatec wheel about 10 years ago. It's finally broken and at the time I was thinking of upgrading, DD wheels were over 2,000 US and the clubsport base was king. So I go to fanatec's site and the cheapest wheel they sell is a direct drive base with wheel separately, after searching around I found I would be shelling out around 600 US for the cheapest setup from fanatec. I was able to buy my load cell pedals with my wheel and shifter set for under 300 US from fanatec and I later sold the shifter set for 60 US. I am sad they simply gave this sector of the market to thrustmaster.

someone needs to try a simucube 2 pro. hands down best wheelbase ive used and ive had quite a few. the 25nm of torque fells great and the response on it is crazy.

What monitors do you have

when i first started drinking whiskey, i drink only blended malt. then my friend recommend me to try single malt. after 1 bottle of single malt, i thought its not worth it for the price, so i went back to blended malt. then i realised i blended malt isnt good anymore! from then on, its all single malt.

simple anser: DD was like no gear frection &super active big Nm G25 wheel !

You will turn up the nm power over time. I started on 60% then moved up to 85%

He said pneumatic because they do feel more pneumatic than hydraulic. Characteristics of springs. I prefer elastomers because they give you resistance but not so much push back in the way springs do.

The way your moving that wheel it looks like you have the force feedback at zero which would feel crappy.

I've only tried a csldd 8nm...I drive a tspc and am not upgrading until my tspc dies..wasn't mind blown either but it was better

Thank for the true review

Get rid of the background music or reduce the gain please....

Personally I drive a simulator because I like driving on track, not to be faster. DD makes SO much of a difference regarding feeling the track, immersion is just amazing with one. Worth it for me for sure!

I have a simulator to simulate not to be faster. I don't waste money to be faster.... Maybe someone is faster than you and is playing with controls. My question in every buy i make is: is this thing simulating as real as posible ? That's my question. How do you compare the simulation sensation against a fanatec V2.5? It is worth the money?

Id say the pedals and brake pedal in particular coming from a logitech g29 is a huge upgrade. You can shave seconds off your laptime. At least I did anyway.,

what monitors are those bud also what sim are u running here?

like i always say, if you're asking the question, it's likely going to be "Worth it". worth is relative. but it's impossible to go back. usually a pretty good sign

Sorry, your video is just impossible to follow because of the background "music".

I’ll stick with my belt drive fanatec till I can buy a DD1 I’m not getting a baby DD

The beginning, I thought my internet was slowing down and causing a lag!

@byron boyce This is the first video of yours I've watched. I like your style. You seem like a down to earth guy with a regular sim setup that most of us can hope to achieve. I prefer that than watching guys on $100,000 rigs. About a year ago I got a Fanatec DD1 and have driven nearly every day since. The reason I'm writing here is because I'm interested in your rear view mirror. Is that a tiny monitor projecting backwards from your car? I can't see it clearly enough in the video. Please explain it. Thanks and keep up the good work.

Great video man! It's nice to hear someone be honest and direct when doing a comparison vid. New sub here

Great racing, default set up or did you adjust some settings ?

background music is annoying, but keep going, otherwise well done

Direct drives are much quieter right? I get a lot of noise from my T300 GTE.

when i went for a test with simagic and asetek pedals . i broke my PB in a 20 minute stint. Direct drive didn't make me faster but the pedals did.

Is that the SSH shifter? Perhaps you could do a video on this. I love the production value and your commentary here, you did a really good job in describing the feeling of a DD wheel that actually makes sense to someone who hasn't used one. "Feeling things I didn't even know I wanted to feel.", really just makes it make sense.

Turn off the annoying music!

Good vid bro, you get a sub. I really love this game because you get to see all these crazy Brazilian tracks and vehicles not available in other games. The one thing I would like for this game is better sounds, especially when riding kerbs and going into gravel. Sometimes kerbs are way too silent and it feels like the car is floating. But the crashes and engines sound amazing, and the graphics too

Great showcase and combination Byron!

to me switching from a T300 to an alpha mini was like going from 30$ KZ earbuds (very good for 30$) to a set of sennheiser hd600's (just mind boggling clarity) in term of details. yeah its a ton more expensive, but i dont want to go back.