Stories tagged with "Porsche 911 GT2"

Thomas from Fanatec announced on his blog, that they finally have enough inventory of Porsche 911 GT2 wheels, so they can offer Clubsport Edition again. It includes a Porsche 911 GT2 wheel, Clubsport pedals, Porsche wheel shifter set and carbon fibre paddle shifters, costing you 19,5 €/$ less than if you bought everything separately. Not as good deal as in December, 2011, when Porsche wheel shifter set still cost 49.95 €/$ instead of 29.95 €/$, but worth considering.

While answering to GeForce's comment on 911wheel.de, Thomas gave us some new information and cleared a few things up:

• The pricetag of 320$ that was floating around as the entry price for CSR line of wheels will get you a CSR wheel and CSR pedals. The trick is that what we though were CSR pedals, are actually CSR elite pedals. Regular CSR pedals were not revealed yet, so we will have to wait and see what they look like.
• Fanatec will continue to sell Porsche 911 GT2 wheel along side with the new CSR wheel and they will be priced at the same level, so Xbox racers will have an option to buy either Porsche or Forza branded wheel, each with its own set of features.
• Clubsport Wheel and CSR Elite wheels will be priced at the same level. Both will use a very similar wheel base, but will have different features. Clubsport wheel will have the expensive quick wheel release system, while CSR Elite's specialty will be Xbox 360 compatibility. This may come as a surprise if you were expecting Clubsport wheel to also work with Xbox 360. Of course both will be compatible with PC and Playstation 3. Thomas specifically pointed out that Playstation 3 compatibility means full compatibility and not just 1 or 2 games, clearly pointing the finger at Thrustmaster's T500 RS.
• Audi wheel that was spotted in Austria was using a Clubsport Wheel base and rim was connected with a quick release mechanism.

Besides that he also responded to a few people on GTP forums, who complained about the plastic part of CSR wheel rims. He said it will not feel bad, because it is painted plastic that feels similar to carbon fiber wheels, which are the most expensive option in some of real sports cars. He also wrote that Porsche uses painted  rims in cars.

If you have ordered or are planning to order a Fanatec GT2 wheel, you probably noticed that shipping date for US was pushed from late May to early June. If you want some more information, here is what Thomas wrote on GTP forums:

The ship will arrive on May 24th in the USA. It depends on how fast the customs are to get it into the warehouse but there is a good chance that we can ship it in may.

The ship to Europe arrives on the 4th of June

So both US and European customers can expect to receive their wheels in early June.

Now let's all hope they can increase production enough to have more constant stock from now on. With Forza 4 coming out later this year, that is probably a tough goal to achieve.

I made a video review of Fanatec's newest wheel and uploaded it to Youtube for everyone to see. I hope you find it informative. It has been up for one week and has been viewed 1300 times until now. Thanks everyone. I recommend switching to HD.