Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo S Wheel

[jonboy1066]

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

[Rockmunky]

Can't wait for it to break!
I'm rather tempted though...

[nickyf1]

may I have your DFX please JB

[jonboy1066]

Originally Posted by nickyf1

may I have your DFX please JB

LOL I think the postage would be more than it's worth..........it only cost £38 new 18 months ago and it's had more than 40,000 hard virtual miles on it since then

[Hepatic]

i quite like my G25 ta very much

[jonboy1066]

Yeah if the G25 worked with the XBox360 I would be happy to, but it doesn't and I doubt it ever will so the Fanatec wheel is the answer to my dreams. 1 wheel for both consoles will save a lot of hassle. And it's about time we had Force Feedback on the XBox. After all, the 360 is streets ahead of the PS3 as far as racing games go, with the PS3's only redeeming feature being the good FFB and G25 support, now there's going to be a wheel that sounds even better than the G25 and works on both consoles I'm more than happy.............I'm pretty bloomin excited.

[nickyf1]

The future of Xbox sims looks very promising indeed, Rave pro, Forza 3 and Codemaster's F1 game (please do a good job...)