Eric
03-20-2011, 05:46
I spent the last two weeks using Thrustmaster's official Gran Turismo 5 racing wheel, the T500 RS, and I've finally placed my review (plus video coverage) live on PSU.
Here's an excerpt...
“The goal that I set for the Thrustmaster team was to design for me the most precise wheel ever developed, without any latency – to accurately reproduce the sensations of [Gran Turismo 5], and let users truly feel the emotions experienced by drivers on real racing circuits,” explains Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of Polyphony Digital.
So Thrustmaster’s engineers got to work. As per Yamauchi’s challenge, this wheel had to top all that came before it. After tinkering away in the workshop for countless months, the Thrustmaster team finally emerged with the official racing setup of Sony and Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 5: the T500 RS wheel and pedal set. There’s no doubt that the T500 RS is incredible piece of hardware, but with a suggested retail price of $600 USD / £450 GPB / €500 EUR, is its monumental cost justified? I was initially unconvinced, as most people would be when greeted with a $600 video game accessory. After spending two weeks with the wheel, however, I shifted gears: for the dedicated Gran Turismo fan, the T500 RS is unequivocally worth its colossal asking price.
Read the rest here! (http://www.psu.com/T500-RS-Racing-Wheel-Review--The-REAL-Driving-Simulator--a011050-p0.php)
http://www.psu.com/media/articles/image/T500-FC.jpg (http://www.psu.com/T500-RS-Racing-Wheel-Review--The-REAL-Driving-Simulator--a011050-p0.php)
Here's an excerpt...
“The goal that I set for the Thrustmaster team was to design for me the most precise wheel ever developed, without any latency – to accurately reproduce the sensations of [Gran Turismo 5], and let users truly feel the emotions experienced by drivers on real racing circuits,” explains Kazunori Yamauchi, CEO of Polyphony Digital.
So Thrustmaster’s engineers got to work. As per Yamauchi’s challenge, this wheel had to top all that came before it. After tinkering away in the workshop for countless months, the Thrustmaster team finally emerged with the official racing setup of Sony and Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 5: the T500 RS wheel and pedal set. There’s no doubt that the T500 RS is incredible piece of hardware, but with a suggested retail price of $600 USD / £450 GPB / €500 EUR, is its monumental cost justified? I was initially unconvinced, as most people would be when greeted with a $600 video game accessory. After spending two weeks with the wheel, however, I shifted gears: for the dedicated Gran Turismo fan, the T500 RS is unequivocally worth its colossal asking price.
Read the rest here! (http://www.psu.com/T500-RS-Racing-Wheel-Review--The-REAL-Driving-Simulator--a011050-p0.php)
http://www.psu.com/media/articles/image/T500-FC.jpg (http://www.psu.com/T500-RS-Racing-Wheel-Review--The-REAL-Driving-Simulator--a011050-p0.php)