What happened to all the racing wheels?

"Jan Verschueren" > wrote in message
...
> "vvx" wrote...
>>I noticed that some of the companies that used to make racing
>> wheels have discontinued their models.
>>
>> So I ordered the Logitech Momo force feedback wheel, but it
>> is defective. It will not power on. Apparently this is due to some kind
>> of
>> manufacturing problem with the pin where the adapter plugs
>> into the wheel. Many others are running into this same problem.
>>
>> Have quality force feedback racing wheels become extinct?
>
> There never were any.
>
> I used to have a MOMO Force (you're talking about the MOMO Racing I
> presume, as the Force can no longer be bought new), which was considered
> to be "top end" when it was released.
>
> Over the 3,5 years I owned it, apart from wearing out pots and switches,
> it developed problems with the wiring, clamps and steering shaft, all due
> to poor quality of manifacture and design.
> It also developed horrendous play in the FF mechanism and pedal surfaces.
>
> All of which one could live with if Logitech would provide spares, which
> they don't. As a result I've had the distinc displeasure of giving them
> another 112,- Euros for a Driving Force Pro (and don't even get me started
> on that one).

What's wrong with your DFP? After a year, I still love mine (I did buy Speed
7 Pedals, but the stock pedals with the DFP are actually pretty good).
Wouldn't use any other wheel even if it was given to me free. Are you using
the 4.6 software? What settings?

My first ff wheel was a thrustmaster which was a good wheel and lasted a
long time. There's so much feedback in a sim like rFactor that I wouldn't
even sim race if I didn't have a ff wheel.


--
David G Fisher

It's really simple. Most people can't afford $800 and up wheels, like most
of the mentioned one's are.

-Larry

> wrote in message
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>> What happend to all the AFFORDABLE racing wheels?
>
> Depends what you mean by affordable Larry?
>
> I currently have two BRD wheel and pedal set-ups, and a BRD Race
> Frame Pro v2 cockpit.
>
> I bought my first BRD wheel and pedals (then called the GP500)
> around eight years ago and it cost me £180.
>
> NB: I liked it so much I later bought another one (called an F1 Sim)
> as I have two pcs in my study linked via LAN and I like to race via
> networked sims.
>
> Now I've lost count of the number of people who moan and whine about
> buying (FF and non FF) Logitech, or Thrustmaster, or MS wheels and
> pedals, etc and that they then break or don't work after a year or
> two, etc, etc. These type of wheels (in the UK) cost about £50 to
> £60 (for non FF) and anything up to around £80 or £90 (for FF)
> wheels.
>
> My BRD setup is still in perfect working order after all this time.
> Yes, I have replaced the pots and the springs (cost about £6 a set
> from BRD) a few times. But apart from that it all still works fine,
> just like new, and this is cos it is made from quality materials
> (all steel construction) and to a high standard, by a quality
> company.
>
> My BRD wheel and pedals can also be adjusted for height, tilt,
> braking stop, pedal angle, etc, etc, and feel great to drive,
> especially the pedals which are just like real car pedals and have
> the same sort of travel as real pedals, not the small, light,
> virtually no travel pedals in the cheaper set-ups.
>
> BRD also manufacture for the arcade industry and the automotive
> exhibition industry, where their products are used as promotional
> items by the general public, so these things have to be built to
> last.
>
> No I don't work for BRD by the way, but I know from experience,
> (about eight years worth), that their products are quality.
>
> So I figure that my BRD, over all the years I've owned it and used
> it, although it cost me more than the usual "cheaper" wheel and
> pedal set-ups, WAS A BARGAIN!
>
> And compared to buying a new plastic wheel and pedal set-up several
> times, say every couple of years, it probably actually works out
> CHEAPER, now thats what I call affordable Larry.....
>
> 8-)
>
> *Peter* - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergagg/

Sadly the last update to the BRD Speed 7 FF wheel was 2005.




"Jan Verschueren" > wrote in message
...
> "vvx" wrote...
>>I noticed that some of the companies that used to make racing
>> wheels have discontinued their models.
>>
>> So I ordered the Logitech Momo force feedback wheel, but it
>> is defective. It will not power on. Apparently this is due to some kind
>> of
>> manufacturing problem with the pin where the adapter plugs
>> into the wheel. Many others are running into this same problem.
>>
>> Have quality force feedback racing wheels become extinct?
>
> There never were any.
>
> I used to have a MOMO Force (you're talking about the MOMO Racing I
> presume, as the Force can no longer be bought new), which was considered
> to be "top end" when it was released.
>
> Over the 3,5 years I owned it, apart from wearing out pots and switches,
> it developed problems with the wiring, clamps and steering shaft, all due
> to poor quality of manifacture and design.
> It also developed horrendous play in the FF mechanism and pedal surfaces.
>
> All of which one could live with if Logitech would provide spares, which
> they don't. As a result I've had the distinc displeasure of giving them
> another 112,- Euros for a Driving Force Pro (and don't even get me started
> on that one).
>
> The only "quality" manufacturer of simulation controls I know of working
> on an FF wheel is Ball Racing Developements:
>
> http://www.interactiveracing.com
>
> Which reminds me... I was going to send them an e-mail to nag them about
> it. <g>
>
> Perhaps Act Labs will start producing it's Force RS again... that wasn't
> bad either (and they do provide spares).
>
> Jan.
> =---
>
>

"Buster Hyman" > wrote in news:UeudnaCC--
:

> Sadly the last update to the BRD Speed 7 FF wheel was 2005.

Wasn't something released a short while ago? I thought I read the
price had been set at $1500+ USA Dollars.

dave henrie

>> Sadly the last update to the BRD Speed 7 FF wheel was 2005.
>
> Wasn't something released a short while ago? I thought I read the
> price had been set at $1500+ USA Dollars.

www.teambrd.co.uk

Pre-orders are list on the online shop at www.interactiveracing.com. It's
$1,536.01 USD. Unfortunately, it also says "Now Pre-Ordering for March 11th
2006."

Alan

>What happend to all the AFFORDABLE racing wheels?

More sales in the console market then PC, that's the market the low end
ones are going after.

It's been vapor-ware for years.

The last email I got from them said "November" IIRC.

-Larry

"Buster Hyman" > wrote in message
...
> Sadly the last update to the BRD Speed 7 FF wheel was 2005.
>
>
>
>
> "Jan Verschueren" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "vvx" wrote...
>>>I noticed that some of the companies that used to make racing
>>> wheels have discontinued their models.
>>>
>>> So I ordered the Logitech Momo force feedback wheel, but it
>>> is defective. It will not power on. Apparently this is due to some kind
>>> of
>>> manufacturing problem with the pin where the adapter plugs
>>> into the wheel. Many others are running into this same problem.
>>>
>>> Have quality force feedback racing wheels become extinct?
>>
>> There never were any.
>>
>> I used to have a MOMO Force (you're talking about the MOMO Racing I
>> presume, as the Force can no longer be bought new), which was considered
>> to be "top end" when it was released.
>>
>> Over the 3,5 years I owned it, apart from wearing out pots and switches,
>> it developed problems with the wiring, clamps and steering shaft, all due
>> to poor quality of manifacture and design.
>> It also developed horrendous play in the FF mechanism and pedal surfaces.
>>
>> All of which one could live with if Logitech would provide spares, which
>> they don't. As a result I've had the distinc displeasure of giving them
>> another 112,- Euros for a Driving Force Pro (and don't even get me
>> started on that one).
>>
>> The only "quality" manufacturer of simulation controls I know of working
>> on an FF wheel is Ball Racing Developements:
>>
>> http://www.interactiveracing.com
>>
>> Which reminds me... I was going to send them an e-mail to nag them about
>> it. <g>
>>
>> Perhaps Act Labs will start producing it's Force RS again... that wasn't
>> bad either (and they do provide spares).
>>
>> Jan.
>> =---
>>
>>
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