@s2knott :Well as it seems you are the most unlucky person with a fanatec wheel. I have 2 of these and not 1 has a problem what soever. The first whell i recieved was a Beta Wheel which is in use by my son now and never failed once. The one I use is from over a year old now and still works like a charm. Not 1 mailfunction or failure.

Or you are extremly unlucky or you use it wrongly I cant decide. Thats something you have to decide for yourself.

@jj72 : Indeed they ship out a lot of wheels lately and there WAS a lack of drivers. The latest drivers are working briljant. The wheels itself are build in a different country which makes it slow on delivery. Customs are always looking in about every box Fanatec sends or delivers.

Custom service can be better. Agreed on that, however since it is a small company were propably 1 or 2 people are doing the support. Remember that the total empolyees is around 7 give or take 1. So the get everything sorted up like a big company as Logitech is out of the question.

The Hardware has been tested, but again you cant expect from a small company that they stress test everything. Not saying shipping out faulty wheels is oke but something to keep in mind.

All people do is comparing the company with Logitech. You just cant as stated for the above rules. They try their best to help out. Not as fast as we all would like but they are trying to sort this out.

At last to the guy with 3 mailfunction wheels, You should be in the stress beta team. You propbably wreck them within a day. Serious again I due hope your problems get sorted with your wheel.

@darksin, not very clever to post names and email in a public forum. You should know better. You wouldnt be very happy when you email was posted in a public forum.

Well, not trying to piss on your cornflakes or anything, but i bought my budget cheapo saitek r220 wheel and pedals about a year ago, very basic thing, No FFB, only 180 deg lock to lock, 4 wheel buttons and 2 paddles for gears, and i have never ever had a single problem with it at all.

I know my wheel in comparison to more expensive and more proffessional ones is a totally different thing really, but i have literally hammered the shit out of it since day 1, bashing it from lock to lock, whacking the paddles when shifting etc, even to the point of steering so roughly when i was being spun out at speed one time that i actually broke the runners off my computer desk and the whole lot ended up on my lap, and the wheel was still connected to the now seperate part of the desk by the plastic bracket and bolt, and i finished the race like it!

It cost about 30 quid, has had is ass kicked from the start, and the only noticeble difference in it from when it was new is a bit of play if you put your hand at the bottom of the wheel and push it upwards.

I am sorry to hear of your troubles mate, and i hope you get it all sorted!

No ffb = not fun

It's better than a keyboard, mouse or gamepad though.

i just must be unlucky, the first two, i honestly beat the piss out of them 900 degrees, in the rb4 constant back and forth drifts, so then i got nfs prostreet, and honestly only did the high speed striaght line driving (only steer done to correct sliding) and one time where i was gunna spin out i turned hard right and it just started clicking. im not using heavy force to turn it or anything im just unlucky i guess.

@ S2knott, after I contacted Fanatec last night they will contact you and sort the matter. Very unlucky you had 3 faulty wheels but they sort you out. Good luck

fanatec has finally done it! they will take the shipment back and refund it!