If someone is interested, they launched kickstarter yesterday. The price went up, but it is still cheap compared to other DD wheels. Here's link:
Kickstarter.
Scroll down for the prices, or you can also check it on their
kickstarter page.
All of the below information that i've wrote, you can also find on their kickstarter and in the viedos i've linked in pt. 2
Some new facts that are known, and i didn't write them here yet:
1. Now we know the motor torque is 12Nm. For comparison, small mige is 20Nm, AccuForce Pro V2 is 13Nm
2. Some youtube channels which review simracing gear, received the prototype version of the wheel to test. Links here:
Sim Racing Paddock
The Simpit
Basically if you don't want to watch those long videos:
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Wheel
it's pretty decent, strong, and really fast. Like really really fast. In fact The Simpit said that it's even too fast, and should be corrected via drivers. Both youtube guys said, that this wheel doesn't have proper driver yet. So their impression was, that the motor is really good and suitable for a simracing wheel. It's fast, responsive, and smooth, maybe even smoother than others DD wheels.
There are only
2 question marks.
First is: will the drivers be good. The Simpit pointed that wheel might be too fast and responsive, so might need some damping coded in drivers. Basically good software is required to utilize potential of that motor. If they will nail the drivers, then the wheel will be great, and totaly worth money. Seems like the hardware is right, potential is huge, just need proper software which isn't ready just yet.
Second is: durability. There were some issue during reviews, at least one wheel died when tested.
It's totaly fine, because it is just a prototype, so that kind of things are normal, but they need to resolve it, and i believe they can. There are also some minor issues such as not so sturdy mounting, but they already know that, and are working on this things.
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Pedals
Pedals looks even better than wheel. The guys that tested it didn't find any issue with pedals. They didn't failed, construction is very strong and full metal, loadcell brake is great, and the customization is insane. You can change anything you want: initial angle, end angle, force, preload, pad position (horizontal and vertical), pedal position, foot stand position.
It seem that pedals are ready to go, and don't require any additional work.
One small issue they find was with it's unique "mounting". The pedals have a special "clamp" for people that can't hardmount it, which you place under your wheelchair wheels, to keep the pedals in place.
one of the guy from youtube said it worked only to some extent.
Now the prices. You have ~
22h left (counting from the date and time of this post) to get the early bird price which is:
$149 Pedals only
$399 Wheel only (with only GT rim)
$549 Bundle that include: Wheel, GT rim, F1 rim, pedals.
after ~22h each offer will be $50 more expensive. The final prices (after release) you can check on kickstarter.
Now the word from me. It is some risk to take advantage of their early prices, as it always is on kickstarter. Also there's some risk that the wheel will not be that good, or might not be durable, althought seems that the pedals are almost risk-free, since it's almost certain they're really high quality, and also feels great. So the pedals right now might be really good deal. Proper full metal contruction, load cell brake, huge customization, for $149. And risk is rather low with that one. I'll probably pledge for the whole bundle offer, but im not sure yet. Anyway that's all, i hope someone will be interested in this, there's already huge interest in this product from simracing community. They reached their $60 000 goal in just 72 minutes.