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Post by Nate Michael on Nov 19, 2018 0:23:46 GMT
Did you get the damper kit too? Or the modifying thing or whatever? I got the V3 pedals, ClubSport 2.5 base, and the McLaren GT three wheel rim. Everything I’ve read says that stuff is awesome? No I have the V2 pedals, about 5 years old. But the feel is so much better than the Thrustmaster. That GT3 wheel looks amazing and great that it's setup for Xbox Yeah bro, I’ll let you know! I’m pretty pumped about it. Their reviews I’ve watched on the GT3 we’re mostly positive.
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 19, 2018 3:51:41 GMT
I was so close to going Fanatec - but roughly double the cost.....definitely will in the future though I’m sure
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 19, 2018 4:14:09 GMT
Before I got into this, what inspired it in fact, was 8 laps around a track with a coach in a Ferrari Italia going as fast as I could manage with his loud vocal direction.
So many things about the experience (8 laps) were incredible, but the top of the stack was the ‘feel’ of the brakes. I’m not getting that with the Thrustmaster pedals. They’re good - but not what I felt. Otherwise I have to say the PC2 experience has been very accurate.
The only other thing I note is that I think the FFback is kinda over the top.....but I haven’t ever drive an F1 car either.....I can of course adjust the settings - we should post up our FFB settings!
So if the Fanetec load cell brake is legit then I’ll be there pretty quickly.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 19, 2018 10:21:43 GMT
Before I got into this, what inspired it in fact, was 8 laps around a track with a coach in a Ferrari Italia going as fast as I could manage with his loud vocal direction. So many things about the experience (8 laps) were incredible, but the top of the stack was the ‘feel’ of the brakes. I’m not getting that with the Thrustmaster pedals. They’re good - but not what I felt. Otherwise I have to say the PC2 experience has been very accurate. The only other thing I note is that I think the FFback is kinda over the top.....but I haven’t ever drive an F1 car either.....I can of course adjust the settings - we should post up our FFB settings! So if the Fanetec load cell brake is legit then I’ll be there pretty quickly. The FFB is entirely customisable so you should be able to find something that suits your particular tastes. It's much easier than the settings we had in pCars 1 where you needed to be a NASA engineer to understand them lol. If you have a TX then the SimGirl over at the pCars forums has a really good set of FFB settings for lot's of the cars (including the Indycar) so you might want to check that out as they are really solid. You can find it here:- forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?63860-TheSimGirls-s-Thrustmaster-TX-libraryI thought there was a thread on here where we all posted our wheel settings (FFB and general) but maybe that was for pCars 1 so I will post another thread for anyone that would like to share.
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 19, 2018 10:30:31 GMT
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 19, 2018 16:12:07 GMT
Yeah good session guys. No mic tonight so couldn't join in the chat. Got some good data for this race for the start of the season but will look at that Chevy to see the difference between the two cars. Pretty sure I can get sub one minute but think Nates time will take some matching. I was wondering why you weren’t talking LOL. I think you can definitely get under one minute. I was watching your times progress. My steering wheel wouldn’t shift after the first 10 minutes or so. This track definitely presents a setup dilemma. You only really have one or two spots where you brake. But after turn three, you have to really feather the gas pedal and hit those apices. That hairpin type turn four feels like it takes forever. Really have to be patient on the power through there. The bumps on the track don’t help anything either. I had a lot of problems once the cones were knocked away. I realized I was relying a lot on the cones for my breaking point. In terms of car set up for this track, I’ve found high and low downforce works. In the practice session, I could run low 59‘s with a high downforce set up, and with a low downforce set up. What you may lose going through turn two with low downforce set up, you gain back on that long backstretch. The other thing is, you burn through those red tires like nothing! I think the race should be interesting. I know for me, I can get around pretty fast. But you hit a bump wrong through turn three or four, and it throws you right off the track. Sometimes it’s thrown me off, and I was on my perfect line I thought. My point being, unlike other tracks like Indianapolis, I don’t think it matters who the fastest is at this place! I think it’s anyone’s guess with this place! That’s why I think this will be exciting and fun. In an 85 lap race, I could see myself running off the track six or seven times ha ha. Fortunately when you get off just a little, you can usually steer right back on. Just ordered some Fanatec! Should be here this week! Yeah, wasn't ignoring you all.. honest lol It's a real fun track and once you get in a good rythm the lap times can tumble. The middle section is really where the time is gained or lost and also where most of the mishaps will occur. Can't say I am finding the tyres to be any problem though.. I can run the reds pretty easily for the whole of the fuel stint here. That's the only downside from last year too really in that the tyres always outlast the fuel. I always love running this track but there is a bit of a TT feel to it in so far as the grip levels just seem too high and going off track does not punish you nearly enough. Around turn 1 if you run wide you can just keep your foot down and barely lose out at all. Great fun all the same though. Rich.. I was interested to hear your comments about the Time Trial conditions.. is that really true that the conditions re not set fast for each session? If so they've dropped the ball big time there as Time Trial is meant to be a completely clinical and equal platform for everyone in terms of the track, weather conditions, environment, etc. Without that you can never get a true comparison of pace.
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Post by ReadingRich on Nov 19, 2018 18:59:47 GMT
I was wondering why you weren’t talking LOL. I think you can definitely get under one minute. I was watching your times progress. My steering wheel wouldn’t shift after the first 10 minutes or so. This track definitely presents a setup dilemma. You only really have one or two spots where you brake. But after turn three, you have to really feather the gas pedal and hit those apices. That hairpin type turn four feels like it takes forever. Really have to be patient on the power through there. The bumps on the track don’t help anything either. I had a lot of problems once the cones were knocked away. I realized I was relying a lot on the cones for my breaking point. In terms of car set up for this track, I’ve found high and low downforce works. In the practice session, I could run low 59‘s with a high downforce set up, and with a low downforce set up. What you may lose going through turn two with low downforce set up, you gain back on that long backstretch. The other thing is, you burn through those red tires like nothing! I think the race should be interesting. I know for me, I can get around pretty fast. But you hit a bump wrong through turn three or four, and it throws you right off the track. Sometimes it’s thrown me off, and I was on my perfect line I thought. My point being, unlike other tracks like Indianapolis, I don’t think it matters who the fastest is at this place! I think it’s anyone’s guess with this place! That’s why I think this will be exciting and fun. In an 85 lap race, I could see myself running off the track six or seven times ha ha. Fortunately when you get off just a little, you can usually steer right back on. Just ordered some Fanatec! Should be here this week! Yeah, wasn't ignoring you all.. honest lol It's a real fun track and once you get in a good rythm the lap times can tumble. The middle section is really where the time is gained or lost and also where most of the mishaps will occur. Can't say I am finding the tyres to be any problem though.. I can run the reds pretty easily for the whole of the fuel stint here. That's the only downside from last year too really in that the tyres always outlast the fuel. I always love running this track but there is a bit of a TT feel to it in so far as the grip levels just seem too high and going off track does not punish you nearly enough. Around turn 1 if you run wide you can just keep your foot down and barely lose out at all. Great fun all the same though. Rich.. I was interested to hear your comments about the Time Trial conditions.. is that really true that the conditions re not set fast for each session? If so they've dropped the ball big time there as Time Trial is meant to be a completely clinical and equal platform for everyone in terms of the track, weather conditions, environment, etc. Without that you can never get a true comparison of pace. Hello Pete, TT should be around 10am and be perfect conditions for each track so that should be pretty standard. When you set up a private test or a race weekend on or off line even the date and time and rough weather condition may be the same the game is designed to alter things slightly such as air and track temp, wind direction and speed. There’s a Yorkie video about it in YT
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Nov 19, 2018 21:11:38 GMT
Yeah, wasn't ignoring you all.. honest lol It's a real fun track and once you get in a good rythm the lap times can tumble. The middle section is really where the time is gained or lost and also where most of the mishaps will occur. Can't say I am finding the tyres to be any problem though.. I can run the reds pretty easily for the whole of the fuel stint here. That's the only downside from last year too really in that the tyres always outlast the fuel. I always love running this track but there is a bit of a TT feel to it in so far as the grip levels just seem too high and going off track does not punish you nearly enough. Around turn 1 if you run wide you can just keep your foot down and barely lose out at all. Great fun all the same though. Rich.. I was interested to hear your comments about the Time Trial conditions.. is that really true that the conditions re not set fast for each session? If so they've dropped the ball big time there as Time Trial is meant to be a completely clinical and equal platform for everyone in terms of the track, weather conditions, environment, etc. Without that you can never get a true comparison of pace. Hello Pete, TT should be around 10am and be perfect conditions for each track so that should be pretty standard. When you set up a private test or a race weekend on or off line even the date and time and rough weather condition may be the same the game is designed to alter things slightly such as air and track temp, wind direction and speed. There’s a Yorkie video about it in YT That's fair enough, I must have misheard as I thought it was Time Trial you were referring to.
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Post by Nate Michael on Nov 20, 2018 15:34:41 GMT
Did you get the damper kit too? Or the modifying thing or whatever? I got the V3 pedals, ClubSport 2.5 base, and the McLaren GT three wheel rim. Everything I’ve read says that stuff is awesome? No I have the V2 pedals, about 5 years old. But the feel is so much better than the Thrustmaster. That GT3 wheel looks amazing and great that it's setup for Xbox Dudeeeeee, having this stuff is almost cheating! I can’t believe how much more you can feel, and how much more control you have. With the wheel, and the brake! It’s pretty insane once you get the settings correct.
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Post by niblips on Nov 20, 2018 16:47:44 GMT
No I have the V2 pedals, about 5 years old. But the feel is so much better than the Thrustmaster. That GT3 wheel looks amazing and great that it's setup for Xbox Dudeeeeee, having this stuff is almost cheating! I can’t believe how much more you can feel, and how much more control you have. With the wheel, and the brake! It’s pretty insane once you get the settings correct. Nice! I bet those pedals feel great. Looks like a nice combination of kit that you chose.
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Post by Nate Michael on Nov 20, 2018 19:33:30 GMT
Dudeeeeee, having this stuff is almost cheating! I can’t believe how much more you can feel, and how much more control you have. With the wheel, and the brake! It’s pretty insane once you get the settings correct. Nice! I bet those pedals feel great. Looks like a nice combination of kit that you chose. I know not everyone wants to blow that much money on it, but it’s literally insane how different it is. The brake is incredible. You literally feel everything, everything. It’s so much easier taking corners too, you can feel when to breath the throttle, or hit the power. I would recommend everybody bite the bullet and buy it if possible!
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Post by hurtmagurt on Nov 20, 2018 19:43:47 GMT
Nice! I bet those pedals feel great. Looks like a nice combination of kit that you chose. I know not everyone wants to blow that much money on it, but it’s literally insane how different it is. The brake is incredible. You literally feel everything, everything. It’s so much easier taking corners too, you can feel when to breath the throttle, or hit the power. I would recommend everybody bite the bullet and buy it if possible!
For those that may be interested, I use the Fanatec clubsport pedals with a Thrustmaster wheel. BasherBoards makes physical mods that let you use one brands stuff with another. I have the Basher CPX version 1 and it works flawlessly. Here is the upgraded CPX 2: www.basherboards.com/CPX
EDIT: Ahh shit, I now see at the bottom of the page that this has been discontinued and the link that appears to explain why is a dead link.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Nov 20, 2018 20:15:35 GMT
Eventually I want to get the T3PA Pro Pedals for my Thrustmaster. I'm sure they'd be up there in performance with your guy's. I'm getting close to having enough cash saved for a lower end playseat and then it's those pedals and the F1 rim!
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Post by Uncle De4dly (Ian) on Nov 20, 2018 21:31:35 GMT
Apparently the pro pedals aren't any different from the TP3As except for being able to top mount and there's a nice shiny piece of corrugated steel. I don't know that for fact, just came across it looking at the possible pedal upgrades. I chose to go with the Ricmotech load cell and springs. From what I've read it appears to be a substantial upgrade but still not as good as the Fanatec pedals. Apparently even the different cones to enhance the Thrustmaster cone mod make a substantial difference.
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Nov 22, 2018 19:05:46 GMT
I'm content with my rig at the moment but I eventually could see going for the best equipment.
Any word on an Oval preseason Practice?
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Post by Nate Michael on Nov 22, 2018 21:09:50 GMT
I'm content with my rig at the moment but I eventually could see going for the best equipment. Any word on an Oval preseason Practice? Yes! Indy!!!??
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Nov 22, 2018 21:13:38 GMT
I'm content with my rig at the moment but I eventually could see going for the best equipment. Any word on an Oval preseason Practice? Yes! Indy!!!?? We’ll try and fit in some practice on 1 of the Superspeedways
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