So my T300RS arrived yesterday and I spent the evening swapping out my trusty G25.
Initial thoughts
The wheel has a nice feel and weight to it and the buttons are well laid out for PS3/PS4 use (obviously). Most of the buttons have a nice click but the D-Pad is not great. Requires too much force to click but maybe it'll 'bed-in'. The right shifter paddle has a noticeably longer travel and is further from the wheel than the left paddle. Not what I expect for a wheel of this cost :/ Although I think I can make a very simple mod to make the right paddle a similar (shorter) throw like the left. The shiny metallic blue 12 o'clock band on the top of the wheel looks tacky as shit. It's annoying me so much I'm going to find a matte white replacement. The pedals look cheap but seem to have a similar weight to the G25 pedals. Maybe stiffer brake spring.
The wheel
First I set up the T300 on my PC to check calibration etc. The wheel's center position was just the tiniest amount off but resetting only takes seconds. Jumped into GT6, BMW E46 M3, Nurburging - and wow, the force feedback is A LOT stronger than the G25. Annoyingly so and completely unrealistic. I eventually ended up dialing most of the FFB torque out and turned the sensitivity way down. It definitely feels different to the G25 but more on that later.
The pedals
During the calibration/testing process on the PC the brake had a very noticeable deadzone of about 15-20% travel before the pot engaged and registered any braking force. I tried them 'as is' in GT6 but my brain couldn't get over the fact I had to push the pedal so far before any braking force occurred. Just awful
Like fuck-this-shit-throw-in-the-bin awful. Bit of googling found others that shared similar pains, but had rectified by pulling apart their brand new pedals apart and resetting the pots position. Fortunately only took about 20mins of cursing under my breathe to get them reset and calibrated with no deadzone. Tried GT6 again and it's magic by comparison. Totally comparable to the G25 pedals and I feel like I'm home again. Definitely not the build quality of the Logitech pedals though.
The real test
So by the time the wheel is calibrated, pedal deadzone sorted and sim rig modded to fit, I'm kind of cranky it's taken so much cocking about
to replace a perfectly functioning wheel. I start lapping the ring again and the wheel is definitely quieter than my G25 but it's not silent either. Still makes typical motor whining noises when flicking left and right. The pedals now feel good and I can balance the car with gentle squeezes of the right foot. Within a lap or two and a few tweaks of the FFB settings we're ready to give it a real crack.
The first big difference is the T300RS offers much less motor resistance compared to the G25 and meaning you can make very quick steering corrections. The wheel feels much more precise and this seems to translate into a feeling of reduced controller input lag which is always a good thing. I feel like my steering inputs are more rapidly being conveyed on screen and that combined with the quicker steering response means I can really throw the car around and recover from more ridiculous angles than I could before. Everything just feels more immediate and connected to the game.
After a bumpy start I'm very happy with the T300RS so far. That said, I would've run my G25 to death if I had the option. And you may still get that option but only time will tell.
Initial thoughts
The wheel has a nice feel and weight to it and the buttons are well laid out for PS3/PS4 use (obviously). Most of the buttons have a nice click but the D-Pad is not great. Requires too much force to click but maybe it'll 'bed-in'. The right shifter paddle has a noticeably longer travel and is further from the wheel than the left paddle. Not what I expect for a wheel of this cost :/ Although I think I can make a very simple mod to make the right paddle a similar (shorter) throw like the left. The shiny metallic blue 12 o'clock band on the top of the wheel looks tacky as shit. It's annoying me so much I'm going to find a matte white replacement. The pedals look cheap but seem to have a similar weight to the G25 pedals. Maybe stiffer brake spring.
The wheel
First I set up the T300 on my PC to check calibration etc. The wheel's center position was just the tiniest amount off but resetting only takes seconds. Jumped into GT6, BMW E46 M3, Nurburging - and wow, the force feedback is A LOT stronger than the G25. Annoyingly so and completely unrealistic. I eventually ended up dialing most of the FFB torque out and turned the sensitivity way down. It definitely feels different to the G25 but more on that later.
The pedals
During the calibration/testing process on the PC the brake had a very noticeable deadzone of about 15-20% travel before the pot engaged and registered any braking force. I tried them 'as is' in GT6 but my brain couldn't get over the fact I had to push the pedal so far before any braking force occurred. Just awful
Like fuck-this-shit-throw-in-the-bin awful. Bit of googling found others that shared similar pains, but had rectified by pulling apart their brand new pedals apart and resetting the pots position. Fortunately only took about 20mins of cursing under my breathe to get them reset and calibrated with no deadzone. Tried GT6 again and it's magic by comparison. Totally comparable to the G25 pedals and I feel like I'm home again. Definitely not the build quality of the Logitech pedals though.The real test
So by the time the wheel is calibrated, pedal deadzone sorted and sim rig modded to fit, I'm kind of cranky it's taken so much cocking about
and money
The first big difference is the T300RS offers much less motor resistance compared to the G25 and meaning you can make very quick steering corrections. The wheel feels much more precise and this seems to translate into a feeling of reduced controller input lag which is always a good thing. I feel like my steering inputs are more rapidly being conveyed on screen and that combined with the quicker steering response means I can really throw the car around and recover from more ridiculous angles than I could before. Everything just feels more immediate and connected to the game.
After a bumpy start I'm very happy with the T300RS so far. That said, I would've run my G25 to death if I had the option. And you may still get that option but only time will tell.
