YouTuber GamerMuscle got his hands on one of the first AccuForce Pro SimXperience wheels to land in the UK – thanks to a fan – and has taken it for a quick first impressions spin.
For the first impression, GamerMuscle fired up Assetto Corsa and took the Formula Abarth for a few laps around Imola. While the video doesn’t go in-depth about the nearly endless settings that can be achieved in SimXperience’s Sim Commander software or the wheel design, it does give a good seat of the pants reaction to the power of a direct drive wheel.
While other AccuForce reviews have come from individuals who had prior high end wheel experience, seeing GamerMuscle’s reaction to the difference between his usual Logitech G25 and the direct-drive AccuForce is pretty interesting. I bet a fair number of people who upgrade to the AccuForce will be coming from more modest wheels, and to see the upgrade first hand will probably be helpful.
Hopefully GamerMuscle will be able to produce a few more videos with the AccuForce…as long as it doesn’t break his rig in the meantime…
Imagine how long the thing would last if you ran it at a more moderate setting? Probably last you a lifetime.
The words “excess,” and “tank,” and “industrial” spring to mind when reading reviews. I don’t think too many people will run it at max 100% of the time per se, but Its safe to assume that regular sessions on high torque need not worry the owner. Time will tell of course, but they’ve got my investment. Just wish it would arrive already.
Batch 3 here…can’t freakin’ wait.
The wheel is very well built don’t see why it would brake even if run at full settings for hours on end , Time will tell I guess.
I don’t understand why people make so much about the power of a wheel.Having just viewed the video im trying to remember when I last saw a formula one driver who looked like the incredible hulk,in shape, yes,but not some muscle bound arnie look alike so obviously the force produced by the sim wheel is not realistic compared to the force of the real thing.Im lucky to be able to do regular track days and when im finished yes im exhausted but not like my arms are going to be ripped out the sockets and I have yet to drive a car whose steering threatened to rip the car apart…I know the settings could be dialled back but as a hobby that aims for realism I think videos like this are a waste of time,Lets dial back on the bodybuilding demos please…….
The key thing with the power of the AF wheel is that its well directed and can be configured so that you can have a car be like a Radical or a more tame road car / race car that’s more dampened or has some form of power steering.
Don’t tell me you would not run the wheel at full when you first got it just to see what it would be like 🙂
The plain truth is that a too strong force feedback or effects are simply unrealistic for a Formula car.
I remember when I drove the F. Renault 1.600 (or the 2.000) at the Vallelunga circuit in Rome: I’ve been lucky enough to had the chance to participate to the Scuola Federale CSAI (check it out: http://www.vallelunga.it/it/scuola-federale-csai/settore-velocita ) which is a sort of full-week course in (racing) driving technique and set-up management.
Apart the fact I couldn’t take off my head I’ve been taught by my GT hero Andrea Piccini (former FiA GT driver, and part of the team of the instructors), one of the thing I perfectly remember was how definately less muscular was driving the Formula Renault(s). Both the 1.600 and the 2.000 were definately lighter than any 100 c.c. racing go kart steering (unless one were driving in slippery conditions – and I was driving racing karts that time).
The fact is … The Renault 1.600 (or 2.000 as said) wheel proved to be only stiffer than my ordinary car steering.
But I still may be wrong. I couldn’t swear Renault put a servo-system in their formulas. So my advice is, since my memory is fickle : read articles, ask real racers, research data!
Thanks for the article: it’s always good to compare to each other… I must remember not to put my Fanatec wheel in a too ‘vibrant mode’ when the formula-time comes!
Thanks for highlighting the video, I hope people enjoy it and take it for what it is (a non serous genuine first impression) With luck next time we get to use this wheel we will have a better rig to bolt it on 🙂
Thanks for the reply,fair play I did run at full power first go(fanatic) but soon stopped when the wheel rocked left and right on its own when trying to correct myself but finding myself over correcting fighting hard against the wheel force.It does look like a great wheel but I think more time needs to be spent on the in game software to make the best of all the wheels available,I know people have there own particular settings when it come to wheel setup but it would be nice for the developers to preset the force feedback per car in the game and that’s it,then I wouldn’t need to keep adjusting the wheel for different cars and I would know that that is what the car feels like in real life or at least close as they would be able to measure the forces coming back through the wheel of the real car when say hitting a rumble strip or going off track instead of people guessing what it would be like,Im sure that this could be done on a per wheel brand basis so whatever wheel you drive the experience should be the same or very close for everyone and then this would help solve my main issue with sims,that the main interface between the driver and the car in a sim ie the wheel is left to be setup by how someone thinks it should feel in real life not how it actually feels unless someone is lucky enough to drive all the cars for real and tune their setup based on this experience…..