The Thrustmaster T300 Ferrari GTE Force Feedback wheel and Thrustmaster VG TM Leather 28 GT Wheel Add-On are available now. With the many tweaks you can make between the Thurstmaster control panel and in-game settings, it will be a great bit of kit for any gamer willing to invest some serious cash. The force feedback is excellent on both casual road driving and serious rallying. The T300 is a serious wheel for serious racers. If you’re looking for a gearbox shifter, you’ll have to buy it separately and the same goes for a three-pedal set, all of which are available (and pricey). Both feel great, with enough resistance to maintain control. The base kit comes with two fully-adjustable metal pedals. It really needs a solid cockpit, stand or table to keep it in position. If you’re thinking of using this for a casual PS4 or PS3 race on the living room sofa, I’d think again. That works, should you have that sort of desk. A friend of mine has nailed a plank to the underside of his desk. It’s not so good on DiRT Rally where you can actively be fighting the wheel for control and, as previously mentioned, wind up dragging it and the books across the desk. This works great for ETS2 where all you want is a bit of rattling when you drift onto the rumble strips or smack into a barrier. Instead, my solution was to grab a couple of nearby notebooks and clamp them to the desk with the motor. Tried using the direct USB connection instead, but all the assignments went wonky and the airplane went out of control. Not using the clamp is simply not an option, thanks to the powerful force feedback and the heavy weight of the servomotor that powers it. The fundamental problem here is that the settings in both FSX and Thrustmaster Control Panel with the pedals plugged into the joystick, is that both only see the Joystick as the device and not the Pedals. Joystick Diagrams automatically creates joystick templates from your favourite applications and turns them into printable diagrams. You can create custom template profiles in minutes, with simple free to use tools. Instead, the plastic presses against the bar, leaving it vulnerable to damage, as pictured. Joystick Diagrams is perfect if you’ve created your own custom joystick or button box. My desk has a metal bar running along the front – fairly standard for office desks – which prevents the clamp from actually reaching the table. I’ve been told that this is also fairly standard with racing wheels. Less useful when trying to whip a rally car through gravel, but you can reduce the available rotation and just about everything else you can think of, through the software downloadable from Thrustmaster’s support website. The T300 GTE is a 1080° wheel, which is fabulous when you’re driving a large, unwieldy truck around the streets of Europe. Doesn’t make it any less frustrating when blindly flipping back and forth through menus. And yes, I realise that the average racing wheel newbie is probably not going to opt for a £300 wheel plus an leather-covered add-on costing a further £140. If I were keeping the wheel, I’d be all over that with a label maker but alas, this was to be sent on to other reviewers. ![]() I realise this is probably standard fare with a racing wheel, but for your first one, it can get pretty tedious trying to work out which of the many, blank options is “Button 6” when trying to progress through a game’s menu. On F22 I didn't, but now on F23 I am.What’s not so good is that the buttons are all referred to by number in the software, with no matching labels on the wheel itself. I upgraded just a few weeks ago to the T248 and thought I would not have this issue again. I had the same issue with F22 and my old TMX wheel. Was able to get it back after cycling the wheel on and off but we shouldn't have to do that midgame. Just started my first career race and 22 laps in I lost FFB completely. I then updated the firmware and that fixed the issue for a few days. I had an issue with FFB earlier in the week where it cut out and then when I got it back it was really weak. I also have the T248 and am on Xbox one x. Imagine the frustration after 40 laps of racing in the career losing Force Feedback and also the ability to save!!! Imagine the frustration after spending 100 euros to buy the game in preview!!!! How does one ask for a refund ? T248 loses force feedback despite the firmware update! This more or less coincides when the game loses connection and a message comes up that you can no more autosave.Information, Guides and Announcements for the EA app.
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