Rim size/shape importance

So I have just received yet another rim, and I don't know if it's placebo or oh man do these things make a world of difference in terms of feel?

I find it now to be damn near essential to have an appropriate rim for the car that I am driving.

I have a tiny 280mm for old F1 cars and if I have my default 320mm driving them feels incredibly odd.

At the same time taking an F40 with that 280mm feels utterly strange.

Now a rim that I just got is a 310mm D shape Sparco which places your hands in a slightly unique position where your thumbs are angled towards each other a little closer, and this again made a big difference. I took the 2017 RSR for a spin and it just felt so much cooler...so this will be my GT3(LMP) rim now.

Factor in VR and its important to have a rim that's the correct size otherwise it feels off between what you see on screen and where your hands are placed.

Now I am wondering if I should look for a 350mm rim for road cars. Has anyone tried? And what do you all think?

 

I clicked on this expecting somthing entirely different.

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I use a Fanatec Formula rim for all of my driving. Since I am in VR and see the actual wheel in the view I don't even think about the actual wheel in my hands since I can't see it anyway. All I want is for it to be total familiar to me so I know exactly where all the buttons and paddles are via feel since I can't see them.

 

That's interesting because I find it that with VR I care a lot more about the actual rim that I have on, as before I just had the virtual wheel off and I saw what was in front of me. But now with VR if find that I need to reasonably match what I have in game as it feels off otherwise.

For example the 312T feels very odd with a 320mm rim, and drives odd for that mater. I get thrown off as my "real" hands are much farther apart than they are in the game. Now slap on my 280mm and it all feels in line.

I have never had anything bigger than a 320mm, so I ordered a 350mm to try on road cars and see how that changes thing, I'm very curious how that will turn out.

 

Phew! I'm happy to see I wasn't the only one.

 

When i close my eyes to simulate VR & think about rims all i get is this..



something must be wrong..

 

I don't have a problem with that in VR either. I have two rims, 320 mm for most of the cars (street, GT, old F1) and 280mm F1 rim for those which use such small wheel. Works well for me.