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Old 5 Nov 2008, 20:44 (Ref:2328990)   #1
jonboy1066
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Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel

Anyone else heard of this wheel?

http://www.fanatec.de/html/index.php?id=250&lang=en

I've been avoiding it as I thought that even though we'll finally have a good Force feedback wheel with Clutch and 'H' Pattern Shift on the XBox360 it was looking like it was going to be way too pricey for me to even think about.

Then, I heard that it may be compatible cross platform. I didn't think that was possible so I've done some looking around and a lot of research and discovered that it is indeed compatible with PS3, XBox360 and PC!

Also from all of the reviews I've seen the current Fanatec Porsche wheel (Which is only PS3 compatible) is widely considered to be better than the G25

So I looked further and found that not only is the new S version compatible across platform, it's also been made compatible with the M$ Wireless pedals and the G25 Pedals in case you prefer to use your existing pedal set.

They are selling a limited run of these wheels (10,000) which are being released March next year, there are three different packages that you can buy.

One is the "Pure Edition" wheel only (No Pedals and no Shifters), which requires you do buy the RF Dongle seperately for use with the PS3, @ 149 Euros

Another is the "Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel" which comes ready to go with Pedals, shifters RF Dongle and a load of other bits and pieces to make it all Cross Platform compatible. @ 249 Euros

And another is the "Clubsport Edition" which has some pedals that look pretty special and some great nice to have features but it comes in @ 400 Euros


I still didn't think owning one of these wheels was within reach, but I mentioned it to my Missus in passing and the next thing I knew while I was cooking a spag bol she called out............."It's Ordered!"

What a great Missus!

Now I've just gotta wait until March for it to arrive LOL

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