I searched specifically for the CSR Elite wheel and turned up with no specific results. Therefore this.
This eventually leads into the topic of the CSR Elite. Bear with me.
As those who own a G25/27 may know, the motors of these mid-range sim wheels are not quite strong enough to produce the full curve of feedback as the wheels approach maximum slip. As the rough graph shows, either the force feedback near the center of the wheel is close to zero when full motor force is used at maximum slip, or there is a major cutoff of any feeling when the force feedback us turned up to any reasonable amount. This dilemma became apparent to me from reading this thread.
The aforementioned problem is that when the car is in relatively low slip angles, there is practically no force feedback to help in predicting the amount of counter steer required to maintain the proper direction. Or the FFB is too high for the wheel thus producing a linear force which removes the advantage of having a FFB wheel.
Now into the CSR Elite Wheel.
The only official technical specifications given on the Fanatec website about the CSR Elite wheel is that it is powered by two "strong and fast" 120W belt driven electric motors. Being a layman, and partly from lack of information, I have no clue how translate that into torque. What I'm trying to get at is, how strong is 'strong' and how fast is 'fast'? It is reasonably acceptable to say that the wheel is stronger and faster than the G25/27; however, is the amount of 'strong' and 'fast' worth the extra $239.96 USD (compared to the retail G27 price) or the extra $289.55 USD (compared to the CSR price) for just a wheel?
Does anyone already have the CSR or CSR Elite that can offer some information, if even just an opinion? Any information on the CSR or Elite models would be much appreciated.
This eventually leads into the topic of the CSR Elite. Bear with me.
As those who own a G25/27 may know, the motors of these mid-range sim wheels are not quite strong enough to produce the full curve of feedback as the wheels approach maximum slip. As the rough graph shows, either the force feedback near the center of the wheel is close to zero when full motor force is used at maximum slip, or there is a major cutoff of any feeling when the force feedback us turned up to any reasonable amount. This dilemma became apparent to me from reading this thread.
The aforementioned problem is that when the car is in relatively low slip angles, there is practically no force feedback to help in predicting the amount of counter steer required to maintain the proper direction. Or the FFB is too high for the wheel thus producing a linear force which removes the advantage of having a FFB wheel.
Now into the CSR Elite Wheel.
The only official technical specifications given on the Fanatec website about the CSR Elite wheel is that it is powered by two "strong and fast" 120W belt driven electric motors. Being a layman, and partly from lack of information, I have no clue how translate that into torque. What I'm trying to get at is, how strong is 'strong' and how fast is 'fast'? It is reasonably acceptable to say that the wheel is stronger and faster than the G25/27; however, is the amount of 'strong' and 'fast' worth the extra $239.96 USD (compared to the retail G27 price) or the extra $289.55 USD (compared to the CSR price) for just a wheel?
Does anyone already have the CSR or CSR Elite that can offer some information, if even just an opinion? Any information on the CSR or Elite models would be much appreciated.
