Insulting offer? You must spend much of your life feeling insulted if something as trivial as an add-on steering wheel that nobody is forcing you to buy makes you feel insulted
Relax, i'm not losing sleep over it, it's a figure of speech.
Do you have an opinion on the wheel, or just on my opinion about it?
I was very set on a CSW but I'm starting to have doubts, I don't mind paying some extra for that premium feel of the materials used, but I must admit that a T500/TX with a DSD wheel adapter and a regular car wheel is looking like a pretty good option at half the price.
Interestingly, the Nardi wheel linked + the DSD adapter will set you back $240 + shipping, a pretty good option to that Fanatec rim :\
The optical encoder on my trusty 6 year old G25 died recently and i needed a new wheel, preferable something that would upgrade my hobby. I've given myself a limit of 1000 Euro but would pay a little bit more for something that meets all of my criteria perfectly.
The T500 was out of the question for me personnally, i had it at home a few months earlier and returned it after 2 days. Yes, the FFB is a step up from the Logitech lineup but the build in belt drag (default wheel resistance) was just enough to not make me feel any understeer in LFS. I race there mainly because i think LFS' FWD-physics are unmatched so far but not feeling understeer in those cars resulted in me feeling lost and significantly slower laptimes.
I might be ham-fisted but it just doesn't work for me.
The new TX wheel has a new belt mechanism with less drag but there are reliability horror stories floating around all over the internet.
Since i've read that the CSW has even more build-in drag, read a lot about reliability issues (in that price range!) and the only person i know in real life that has one also had to return it once or twice (don't remember) - I quickly forgot about it.
So a servo wheel was the way to go. Haven't heard about the Accuforce by then and at well over 2000 Euro the Simsteering was not an option i could justify to myself or my girlfriend.
Maybe i'd at least think about it if it was a complete package with wheel-buttons, paddle shifters and a free massage by the most beautiful girl i have ever seen in my life.
Finally i decided to wait for the next gen of high-end wheels since the market does not offer a product up to 1000 Euro that is more functional for me than a 230 Euro Logitech wheel, i went for a G27 and spent some of the money spared for some rig goodies.
First thing i've done is this and it is simply brilliant, you get a quieter even more responsive wheel with less deadzone (puts it a bit closer in feel to the belt wheels):
G27 reducing noise and improving feedback fix
Then i've searched the internet for a aftermarket wheel that is bigger
and lighter than the G27 stock rim (since i first wanted a wheel with stronger FFB i didn't want to weaken the G27 by adding weight) > pretty much impossible.
Bought an only slightly bigger but 726g light MOMO Mod.11 (G27 rim: more than 800g), chillicoke style adapter and a DSD miniplate and i have to say i'm very happy with my decision, i got my much wanted upgrade without any downsides.
If you don't want a Logitech go with the T500RS, apart of that understeer issue i personally have with it (many others say it's fine) it's a really good wheel, but i'd go with that Ferrari addon wheel since the static paddles are not my thing also.
That Nardi + T500RS sounds like a tasty option also, i'd go with Nardi over MOMO too but regular Nardis are imo too heavy for a G27 and Nardi-Personal will cost you twice as much.
Edit: Bit offtopic but what's more to say about that overpriced chinese rim.