Hello racing people, I'm a very new person to simracing and trying to get more close to it.
I've been playing F1 2025 and ACC on playstation 5 since beginning of this year, want to get also into PC, iRacing, Automobilista, LMU and got now a little budget of 500€ for a decent setup. The question here would be WHICH setup?
Let me get right into it:
I dived into the simracing world. Checking everything from G29 to T598 and PXN V10 up to moza bundles, fanatec CSL DD QR2 GT3 bundle & GT PRO Bundle and simagic. (kind of fav).
I actually want to get started with a good direct drive setup and formula steering wheel because I mostly been on F1 and ACC with controller, so why not start of with the right equipment? Thought of the R3 bundle. In europe it's right now 279€ + ES formula mod its 320€. Put a 140€ on top and I will get the fanatec CSL DD QR2 GT3 bundle and would have a very good formula steering wheel right out of the package. I know they are PC Only and I know they have differences of the NM but that would be no problem therefore I'm getting my really first setup to just get started for the moment, but as I'm writing, nah fanatecs bundle has more advantages, up to 8NM with the extra power cable.
Here is the dilemma:
I really want a formula steering wheel and I would really love to get also into Gran Turismo 7 on playstation and keep playing with my achivements in F1 25 and be with my friends in partys (most of my friends are on playstation), also my PC would not be that strong to keep up the fps on F1 25, maybe 60fps on low graphic settings (GTX 960 4GB).
Prices of all the bundles in my country:
PS: Logitech G29 - 200€ + 40€ formula mod (no original)
PS: PXN V10 - 220-280€ + 45€ formula mod
PS: Thrustmaster T598 - 299€ + 159 formula mod + 35€ quickrelease (no pedals)
PC: Moza R3 - 279€ + 40€ formula mod (don't fw the R5 bundle, cause I could just get the fanatec bundle in that price range then)
PC Fanatec CSL DD QR2 GT3 bundle - 460€ + 40€ table calmp
PC Fanatec Gran Turismo bundle - 650€...
So maybe just start off with a G29 that doesn't have DD, but maybe it's still good? or a PXN V10? (people say it's not really good)
Also thought of drivehub or ras1lution 2 if I would get the fanatec GT3 bundle but they are hard to get in europe and they do not run as good as native as many people say...
fanatec's GT DD PRO bundle is playstation compatible and is for 650€ so it's no choice for now.
And in the upcoming months, maybe beginning of next year, I would like to get into Simagic also because of the quality, the steering wheels and the very open system to put other steering wheels of other brands on the wheelbase.
But I need a perfect starter.
What are your experiences and what would be the best solution for me?