Meca Cup 1 Pedals

tony wright · Apr 9, 2020

Been thinking of switching my old G27’s for quite a while now, but having the expensive modded hydraulic pedal (Perfect Pedal) has always made me think twice and if swopping to load cells will be worth the financial hit.

Anyway, I eventually got my head around it and was going to hit the button on a set of Heusinkveld Sprints, until these showed up during research: https://meca.all4sim.cz/ As per normal I started research on the new ones, but not a lot out there as they are quite new, but Barry’s normal review here:

has put me right back to where I started, i.e. undecided. Obviously Heusinkveld are well known for their good customer support, but the Czech company are an unknown and I can get a set of Sprints within a week, whereas the Mecca’s will take a month. Quality and looks of the Cup 1’s looks fantastic and price is roughly the same. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, especially from anyone who owns or has tried both sets?

AUY2K · Apr 9, 2020

If we weren't in Chinese virus hell and I had my regular summer work lined up I would have bought these pedals as soon as Barry's video ended! I will put this purchase off until my work schedule/income goes back to where we were before this whole fiasco!

wajdi · Apr 9, 2020

I checked their website and I saw that there is no option to choose the 2 pedals kit( without clutch) and how can I contact them? There is no email or any contact informations im their website!

tony wright · Apr 10, 2020

Didn’t notice that, definitely an issue if you can’t mail or speak to someone

Schaefe · Apr 10, 2020

wajdi said:
I checked their website and I saw that there is no option to choose the 2 pedals kit( without clutch) and how can I contact them? There is no email or any contact informations im their website!

Well if I klick on "Contact" on top of the page it shows me an email address and phone number

Schaefe · Apr 10, 2020

I think that this pedals are more or less a copy of the Heusinkvelds, with some minor improvements. So I do not see a huge difference. Right now I'd probably still choose Heusinkveld till the shop of all4sim has grown a bit more.

tony wright · Apr 10, 2020

Nope, no contact button at the top for me, unless I’m missing the obvious (switched to English version)

Stevie_007 · Apr 10, 2020

Kontakt | ALL4SIM

www.all4sim.cz

I ordered a set, ill let you know once I get them not til the 15/5 though

tony wright · Apr 10, 2020

Did you order them yesterday? That was the same day mine were to be delivered if I pulled the trigger last night.

tony wright · Apr 10, 2020

Just done it, hopefully the same delivery date

Chrhun · Apr 10, 2020

What kind of software do they come with?

tony wright · Apr 10, 2020

Software is called diview. Think you download it from the Leo Bodnar site.

EsxPaul · Apr 10, 2020

These look really impressive. I've got a set of Sprints which I'm very happy with but I must admit that Barry's review has got me tempted. They look like they'll be every bit as good and come in at a cheaper price. Gotta love the girth of that footplate too. That's how that should be done!

Chrhun · Apr 10, 2020

tony wright said:
Software is called diview. Think you download it from the Leo Bodnar site.

Ah, yes, I know diview. Do you know if it offers similar adjustments you get with Sprints, like brake force curve?

The pedals look super nice and I trust Barry's reviews.

tony wright · Apr 10, 2020

Sorry mate no I have no idea. Will wait till it arrives before I download it.

Stevie_007 · Apr 10, 2020

Diview wont do curves, sprint software was specifically for those pedals, he pros and ultimates use diview

wajdi · Apr 10, 2020

I contacted them
The 2 pedals kit will be available next week in their website.
I’m selling my HE Pro then I will order these with the base plate.

aKy0001 · Apr 11, 2020

Maybe worth noting: Svend reacted on the the pedal-thread in the german virtualracing.org forum and I can fully understand his point of view.
This is also why I would choose the Heusinkveld pedals over this one.

Quote: "
Hey, we appreciate competition but we also strongly encourage creativity and innovation. There are 100's of methods to make a load cell/force based pedal (there are a lot of different solutions out there in the market), and then there's companies who copy existing designs (which is the case here on almost all assemblies/technical solutions for the throttle and brake, which are largely identical to our Pro/Ultimate pedals). It is not the first time this happens and it will happen again in the future.

For the market it may be nice in the short run. There are more options available at a similar or lower price. A downside is that companies who create original designs (like Heusinkveld, but there are plenty of other companies out there who are able to engineer themselves) will move to protect their designs (industrial designs rights, patents), and this comes at a cost. For us it has gotten to a point that we have structural legal counsel on these issues and we rather spend these resources on engineering. Engineering and testing original designs (both electronically and mechanically) is very expensive.

Again, we welcome competition. But we'd rather have competition which helps the market forward with truly innovative products."

source: https://forum.virtualracing.org/showthread.php/119702-ALL4SIM-Meca-Cup1-Pedals/page3