Finally upgraded from the shitty stock pedals that came with the T300RS to the T3PA Pros. I really like them, though the accelerator pedal could have more tension. The brake is great though.
I've opted for the spring mod vs. the conical rubber mod for it so far. I like that I can get more tension through more of the pedal push, whereas with the conical mod it's really just more at the very end of the push for me--I can't put it too close and having to stomp on it isn't fun for me, and doesn't work great with a wheel stand pro on carpet. It's stable set up, but not for having to absolutely stomp on the pedals.
I did have a bit of an ordeal with getting and setting up the pedals though. First Microcenter I did an online order pick up from turned out they'd gotten ripped off and someone had bought the pro pedals, and returned the shitty stock pedals in the box and no one in the store checked before putting it back in inventory. So I had to drive like a 90 minute round trip to the other Microcenter in my metro area as the first one didn't have any other stock.
Then after spending a while figuring out mounting them to the wheel stand pro and how the brake mods worked and which I liked best etc., I bricked the wheel doing a firmware update I saw was available when calibrating the pedals in the Thrurstmaster control panel. I'm guessing it was from doing it with the wheel hooked up with a usb extension cable. So I panicked over that for a while, but found the instructions on how to do the bootloader thing to wipe it and do a clean firmware install and that fixed it.
In any case, all set now, played a little more FH3 on PC last night after getting that sorted, and looking forward to putting the new pedals through the paces more starting this evening.
I never considered the T150 and won't. It was really down to T300 vs the older T500 with even stronger FFB.
I'm going to wait for a good deal on the T300, unless Thrustmaster has a direct successor to the T500 in the pipeline, which there is no indication of, AFAIK.
As much as I love my T300, if I were on the market now I'd probably just look for a sale on a T500. The stock pedals that come with the T300 are terrible, and the T500 comes with the T3PA pro pedals. Going by MSRP in the US you're looking at $550 for a T300 plus the T3PA Pro pedals seperately, so I'd just keep an eye out for the T500 around that price--or close enough that you don't mind paying more ($569.99 on Amazon currently) to get the pedals as a wheel base with a bit stronger FFB.
There's a used t500 here at Frys for about $250. Is that a good price for a used wheel of this kind? The only wheel we have is the driving force gt and I don't think that'll ever be compatible with the ps4/xbone (or even windows 10 games like forza)
Very good deal I'd think, as long as it's in good shape and a decent warranty as you don't want to get a lemon. Not sure what Fry's warranty is on used hardware.
For comparison, a new T500 on Amazon is $569.99.
