Accuforce pro edition ffb wheel

I read that too. Sad face for having to wait for my wheel lol!

 

I still think they could have come up with a better design for the buttons. Even just a better finish around the buttons would have helped. The wheel can be easily replaced so that isn't a problem really. Instead you are looking at spending quite a bit extra of a custom made wheel but I guess if you can spend that much money on a wheel you can spend a bit more on a custom made wheel. With the only slightly lower price of the diy version it doesn't make much sense to buy that version without a button box and wheel.

True some real race car wheels are ugly but that doesn't mean our sim racing wheels have to be ugly as well. Just look at some of the stunning pedal designs we have from hpp and mpcc.

If I was looking to upgrade my current wheel I would go for this if there were some readily available wheel options which at least looked half decent.

 

I like things to be aesthetically pleasing but, it's really about the performance and durability of the wheel first.

 

If you can afford to buy this wheel, then you can afford to donate (at least 10% of its price) to church/starving kids/homeless people. Whatever moves your heart even a little, if you have one...

And before you judge me, yes I did give a donation when I bought my T500RS, which is only 1/4 of the price of this wheel. Because it's a luxury item, not something that my life depends on it.

While we cry about not good enough FFB force in our wheels or not having a load cell brake on our pedal sets, other people get gunned down daily or die of starvation in other parts of this world. Our world.

I know I'm not a good enough human being, but every time I remember about this I try to be at least a little better...

P.S. Let's see how many people will hate me for what I just said.

 

And how do you know they don't, or infact do much more? And why are you judging them for being able to afford it?

 

I'm not judging anyone, I'm saying what it should be the right thing to do. If they do it, good for them if they don't, they have a conscience, we all do, sooner or later it will light up the bulb. Preferably sooner than later.

Anyone else with excuses and defensive measures? Let's see... I did said this:

1 down, 1 billion to go...

 

I merely asked a couple of questions, if you see hate in them so be it, none was intended.

Not explicitly, but it was certainly implicit in your response:

If you have one?

Of course this is a luxury item, of course your life doesn't depend on it, no-one is disagreeing with you. Does it mean that it shouldn't exist and that people should buy it?

 

Having a heart means more than just having the organ...

I'm not even gonna try to explain that.

 

Yes, I understood the first time, sorry if that wasn't clear. No explanation required.

The comment you made seemed to suggest that those who might think of buying this might not have a heart (not the organ). That seems a fairly harsh judgement to me.

 

Not harsh at all, actually. Do you really think all the wealthy and rich people in this world care about the less fortunate? I hope you don't think that, because it's silly to think that...

Actually I'm pretty sure that the percentage of them that give a damn about the rest are about 10-20% the most. I'm not rich by any standards, but I try to give when I can. How many can say they do the same...

Again, I'm just raising a question for each and everyone's conscience, but you don't have to answer this to me at all... give that answer to yourselves.

 

Seriously, let's get back on topic please.

 

After a hiatus of about 3 years from playing racing sims, or any gaming for that matter I'm now finding some time to be able to enjoy it again.

Hardware certainly has moved on quite a bit, and its great to see a resurgence in sim racing.

The trusty ole playseat and g25 are showing their age, bit like me so I'm in the process of speccing out a new rig.

Initially the csw v2 was on my shortlist but thats pretty much out the window now the accuforce has had a couple of glowing reviews.

I'd love to have the time to source and build an osw but that's simply not an option.
Only thing I'm not a fan of is the stock rim but the momo 30 option looks tasty!

 

I already give 20% in the form of taxes on the product.
What the government does with it is up to them.

@Dean: really eager for a review mate!

 

Whether we "have one" or not I really don't think this is the place for this sort of discussion...

 

The pro version is the best option. You get the AF rim with it. Where as for the momo edition you don't. What I'm saying is your going to end up paying about the same for the momo edition but only have one rim. The rim that comes with the pro version can be easily removed.

 

Yeh I'm not sure what kind of deal they've struck with momo but by the time you factor in import duty its just as cheap to pick up a momo rim from a uk or european source and end up with two rims.

 

If I had to choose, I would actually prefer the wheel that comes with the Pro. Mostly because in the spokes of the wheel, the suede isn't a separate patch, but rather the wheel is stitched in one continuous patch all around. This is great, because your gingers won't catch, or feel any of the seams in the 9-3 o'clock positions. Also, seems like only one of the MOMO wheels will let you have the horn button, as the other two don't seem to have a hole in the middle. Unless you really want to spend all the money for the brand name of course, which is perfectly reasonable in our unreasonable hobby.

Btw, I'm pretty sure the Pro wheel is a genuine steering wheel made by a company which makes race car wheels in the USA. This one looks like its the same one:

 

so, the momo versions won't have any buttons?

 

It uses the same button box as the non momo one. As far as I can tell.

 

The Momo one uses the same button box, but doesn't have the 'horn' in the wheel centre (due to the design of the wheel itself).

I asked about the differences between the Pro and the Momo, and the wheel that comes with it is the only one. I ended up ordering the Pro (as the Momo will not be available for several months) and buying the Momo mod 30 wheel separately. It looks pretty easy to swap the wheels.