Jesus Christ this is one of the best product reviews I have ever watched.

When you watch one of this guy's reviews, you know you don't need to watch any other reviews, you have ALL the info you're ever gonna need.👍

God, how detailed and thoughtful this review is, I looked at many different reviews on this steering wheel and accidentally found this video, honestly I'm just delighted with the quality of the video, how much everything is told in the smallest details. Friend, thank you for such an incredibly interesting video, I'm glad I found your channel, I will definitely follow your activities in the future, and you also have a cool voice!)

I recently made the decision to start looking into a rig and I (like everyone else) am SO GLAD I found Barry and the SRG. I just wanna shake this guy's hand, sip my coffee, and politely ask him to keep talking. Lol Words cannot express the great work this gentleman is doing.

This is my first experience with a kit like this and I feel like I have been using it for all my life after this video! Absolutely fantastic! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this!

My gut is still telling me to look for at T300 RS or GT and enjoy the stronger torque and simpler electronics. Plus being able to switch wheels on the T300 could be a great for those that want a F1 or GT3 style wheel as a future upgrade.

Now that's what I call a thorough review. Nice job.

Now that is a detailed no nonsense review!

Thankyou so much! After an accidental drop, the left paddle shifter wasnt working. I assumed that something had become disconnected and was frightened to open up everything. This helped an immense amount!

I bought mine 3 days ago, much better than g25 i had, pedals are the biggest difference. Tried g29 before buying this and so far no regrets. G29 looks better and has full leather on wheel and thats about only thing its doing better than t248 in my opinion. Never tried load cell pedal but these feel very nice and brake pedal out of box is pretty sweet. I was considering buying t300rs gt or ferrari integral but there were only couple of used units few years old and people asked about 400$ for them, and to order new i had to wait for few weeks and packages cost 100-150$ more than t248 which was available right away and t248 has new pedals which i would have bought eventually. Only real drawback for me is kinda slow turning and re centering. If you go rally or drift you can feel it, every other discipline its not noticable. Feels plastic but once you start racing doesnt matter anymore, shifters are very fast but kinda noisy. In person looks better than pictures and videos. Tried it in gt sport and f1 2017 on ps5 so far (will try dirt rally and drive club) and everything feels spot on after tweking for a minute in game settings. F1 recongnizes it as t300 and gt sport as t-gt. Overall im satisfied and i like this thing, at this price range only thing i could have bought new is g923 which cost 40$ more and has worse pedals and is pretty much the same as g25/27 on the inside from what i could find online. Hope this helps anyone.

Got a model open box without the power supply, you showed enough of it to answer a lot of questions I had. Thank you so much.

Amazon has the T248 right now for $325 and the T248X (xbox edition) currently for $300. Much better for these prices. And remember the pedals normally cost $129 and are magnetic sensors instead of pots.

brake spring extraction: 1. push brake pedal to compress spring 2. grab the bottom piece of the compressed spring 3. lift the brake and follow with the still compressed spring to take it out. 4. release tension no pribar rocket science needed;)

"Ofcourse when i race it doesn't matter, the louder, the better" Who knew Barry would also be a Poet :)

I JUST ORDERED ONE!

I’m new to sim racing and wheels I borrowed a g923 for about a month and decided on this instead. This is certainly more powerful that the Logitech. I did however get this set for 260$. So far it has done everything I have asked of it. The pedals seem pretty solid as well

This is like going to your mates and sitting with him for 3 hours talking about his wheel or buy one and find an explanation for the girl at the counter why you're bringing it back. The display is very helpful and a great wheel.

i have this wheel and absolutely love it honestly, i was on back order for the t3oo for months and cancelled to get this

Barry got the radio voice

Still waiting for Fanatec CLS DD review

This guy knows his stuff.

This dudes the Bob Ross of sim racing reviews. That voice man. I'm straight but I can appreciate.

love these new pedals. using mine with my t300, best of both worlds. geat pedals!

Due to the small motor, the gears are used to Multiply torque. So the steering shaft outputs higher torque than the motor shaft. Also, a quick release mount should be at this price point.

I did miss you testing the different profiles of force feedback and giving your opinion!

I would pick this any day of the week over a T300.. Had 3 T300's go bad and I know plenty of others with poor experiences regarding the T300. Probably easily the most RMA'ed wheel on the market period, feels good when it works but man it has alot of problems. Don't get a T300 if you don't want a high risk of RMA down the road. Logitech wheels, T150 and by the looks of it, this are much more durable.

Thanks for sharing, you are doing an awesome job for sim community 👍

Thanks for all videos you share with us, it's really interesting to see the wheels inside. Actually I have T300RS with T3PA and work good since more than 3 or 4 years, and I would like to replace it with T248. Thanks again.

I’ve always fall asleep during the ‘look inside’ bit - even loud shifters couldn’t stir me.

How is it possible that he hasn't done a CSL DD review yet?

I love this wheel but make sure you keep an eye on temps on the display. Its there for a reason

Very detailed video, the best I've seen so far for this product. I'm considering buying this wheel and this video was the most helpful. Thank you for such indeep review :)

Needed this disassembly, thanks! My belt/gear system falls in and out of mesh, goes from feeling real good, to feeling every tooth of that gear as you turn the wheel.

Thank you, Barry! The master at work!

What a complete review ! Thanks !

The Bob Ross of disassembly 😁

Mine bit me when I put the black spring back in! Damn it hurt... Worth It!

The only thing I wanna ask right now... Where is the CSL DD review? Barry was supposed to get the early pre-production version but decided to wait for the full production version to get it all apart, and still to this day there's no review...

very cool wheel, shouldn't be as expensive as it is though, should be 250 max

Great review and thank you for just talking about it without saying it's junk because it's more of a car wheel then a super car wheel.. just picked this up for 299 dollars and can't wait to start driving, mostly ATS ETS farm sim and I guess I'm gonna start looking at racing games now.. I'm glad I found your channel and like how you deep dive into the products with facts and not brand loyalty.

Thanks for the great review! My T248 arrived this week my only concern is the loud paddle shifters, they feel great but friggen loud. I'm setup just outside our bedroom so I'm sensitive to the amount of noise I make when racing at night. I was not able to figure out how to "quickly" (and not void the warranty) disassemble the steering wheel to get at the shifter contacts. Was wishing you had done that :-) I've created some shims that I've inserted between the back of the paddles and wheel base to dampen the sound. Used some gorilla tape tacked to a postit and then cut it into strips for shimming. I'd say it cuts the noise down by half, which works for me. I would have loved to get in there and devise a more permanent solution.

I bought it and I think it's a very cool tool. TC, brake bias, ABS, TURBO. I drive in VR and it is very good that go down to P1 if you press button down. You only have to count. 😂

Finaly!! Thank you!! :)

Thanks! But many of us are waiting when Thrustmaster will reveal thei first DD wheelbase. 2021 is ending, they promised to revel it in the 2021

best channel ever my dude!

Have you ever considered assigning SRG aggregate scores for considerations across products grouped by class/category eg pedal boxes, wheel base, DD? I keep a running tally in my head so to speak about your comments on different entry level kits, hybrid etc but a proper, tangible scorecard with historical reviews & placements would be epic. N of 1 here but from what I know of the community, your word is bond so I’m certain this would be popular. Happy to help with the graphic if you sent me over your list of grades if that’s what it took you to have atleast a draft in place so you can keep focusing on reviewing. Ignore this unsolicited comment if you’ve considered all this before and I missed it/ you already have it.

I found that you can easily make the shifters pretty much silent by simply putting some rubber bands behind them

I wonder about the hori dlx force feedback wheel

My T248 worked great for 6 months. Then upshift paddle broke. That works out to just under $100 per month after tax. ($499.00 + in Canada) The epoxy is curing as I type, hope it works. Using plastic as a lever may not be the best plan.

Got a new sub from me great review with much details, helped me learn new things on the T248 wheel thanks.

easiest way on tlcm (and these it seems) to remove that brake spring is put an empty bit socket screwdriver on top of the spring pole , it goes around and u can push down nicely

Thanks for this Video.Greetings from Germany 🤗

Fyi: the video is unlisted.. just mentioning. in case it wasnt intentional.

Great review. Thank you. 👏🏻👍🏻

Nice review. The 24 and 25 button would be the left and right turn of the steering wheel so in other words turning it left is 24 turning it right is 25 so they counted it as the left and right joystick so without the 24 and 25 you wouldn't be able to turn lol

I don't think this is worth $400... they should've just kept their TX and T300 in production

Thank you Barry!

Good morning, 2 years later does the steering wheel still work? I have the same one, but the FFB no longer works, I'm trying to maintain it.

the t300rs kept being out of stock in my area. i decided to get these because they had a usd80-90 discount making it almost similarly priced to a g29. I can say that I had almost no regrets (apart from not being able to swap wheels).

Any hope of a review of the CSL DD (or the PS5 version)? It needs the SRG treatment!

When I hear "I'm Barry Roland," I finish the sentence with "Film at eleven."

Thanks man I got mine today

1:01:20 The hybrid drive does not inherently provide more detail than belt drive. If that was the case, they wouldn’t use a full belt drive in their highest performance wheel bases (TS-PC, T-GT II, etc). The only reason I can see for the hybrid drive to exist is that it must be cheaper to produce than a full belt drive system.

finally i see what the e is for, button presets

Any chance on getting the TG-T II? I'm actually getting mine this coming week along with the Gran Turismo DD Pro. Probably going to do a comparison. Your videos are always top notch man. I'd like to get into PC gaming more often but trying to build a good rig is super expensive atm.

Can you provide any info on where to buy the magnetic sensor board replacement for the pedals?

What is the conclusion, t300rs GT or t248?

Gran. vídeo, distinto a lo que se suele ver y con el nivel de detalle justo y necesario para que todo se entienda bien

i wish you can dismantle the shifter pedal. because i notice the solution for the loud clicking shifter sound is by placing some cushion between the pedal and the casing. i try slot in some tissue and the clicking sound gone. if we can access the pedal shifter i believe we can eliminate the clicking sound eternally.

What is the extra set of wires heating into the motor? The thinner set of 2.

I haven't seen this wheel in person, just this video, but my initial complaint is the aesthetics. I'm afraid that combo of some leathery material on the outer half of a plastic wheel would feel cheap. Design-wise it seems to follow the more bloated designs of modern car wheels. I prefer simple, open 3 spoke wheels like older sports cars typically used. The cars I most want to sim are from the 1970s-90s. Datsuns, Chevys, Pontiacs, my mom's station wagon, even some Ferraris or Lambos of the period, but not modern cars. Based on photos I much prefer the wheel on the T300 RS GT for that reason. It's a good wheel shape - though it has some small warts to hold the "L2/R2/etc/etc" buttons, which I'd rather have on the base (to act more like a dashboard). But it looks good still. In spite of my preference for an older, sportier style of wheel - I do think the T248's text display is interesting. That might be cool - if the programming interface for it is open and simple enough to get widespread game support. Lots of buttons on this wheel but I'm a little perturbed by what appear to be unnecessary limitations on how they can be used. Those switchable buttons (E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4) are a fine idea, but it would be much better done in software instead of in the wheel itself. When playing a game like Truck Simulator, I would want to use the left rocker switch for turn signals, for example, and maybe also for looking left/right. But that's not possible because the "Up" movement is reserved as the switch for that "encoder" system. It's a shame that such a handy toggle switch, directly by your left thumb, is effectively useless because Thrustmaster reserved it. If it were up to me, I'd rather use one of the less prominent buttons, perhaps even on an entirely separate controller, to control this "page flipping" of functions for several different other buttons on the wheel, and I wouldn't necessarily only want to flip the 3 buttons that Thrustmaster chose. This switching functionality could be done with much greater flexibility in 3rd party software. The same software could also send text messages to the LCD with a user friendly name of what "page" of functions you're activating (instead of a generic name like "E-2"). Unfortunately, because Thrustmaster built a very limited switching feature into the wheel's firmware, they had to block out arbitrarily chosen buttons for it which hinders the ability to use those buttons differently than what Thrustmaster decided. The loss of direct functionality of that left rocker switch is especially tragic in my opinion. But before I jump off a bridge, I should consider the possibility that this whole "switching" feature in the firmware can be disabled, making all those toggle switches direct mapped so software can manage them without interference. I hope so. Those other 2 buttons "Mode" and "Display" could have been mapped as controller buttons also, if they just required holding in for a couple seconds to trigger the firmware menu. In Truck Sim, I'd love to be able to quickly tap the "Display" button to toggle the in-game dashboard - and have that even get relayed to the wheel's LCD.

Will you review the SF1000?

I just bought one of these; not yet delivered.

How easy do you think it will be to modify the shifter to dampen the noise? Ideas on how to go about it.

Brilliant…thanks !!!

I have a bit of an odd request. Would it be possible for you to rank the wheels you have tested in order? or on a scale from 1-10? Im trying to figure out what the best entry to mid level steering wheel would be. Especially since the prices are so high right now, I want to make sure I am getting something higher quality. But I dont want to spend thousands of dollars on an entire setup

400 bucks for this wow. Im no expert but comparing the motors and gears inside the t300 which is $20 more looks way way much better

I have a t500 and a ps5 what wheel can I buy and not be disappointed with its performance the cheaper the better

Quality information. Will there be any update on the review with the 2.0 firmware and the added force settings? Would like to know detailed information on the force settings and FFB combinations.

When’s the csl dd getting some looking at then

I bought the t248, however the left paddle seems doesnt have the safe feel as the right paddle shifters. I am talking about the paddle shifters and not paddle. Is this by design or did I get a defective piece. Is the left paddle different from the right paddle? Should I keep it or get a refund.

Noticed you are still running the simtrec pedals, I’m about to buy them I guess durability gets a positive check from you??

1:10:05 Tight clamps? You know that with the heat, those clamps will come to loose and sooner or later some mechanics will break! And not that they give it to you as a gift. Absolutely better than the Logitech g29/923

But... are the shifters loud?

Would the feedback on this wheel be the same as on a Thrustmaster t500?

Just come across this review excellent thank you

It is possible to modify the rim? Like the others T Series from Thrustmaster?

Barry, would you be doing a review of the Simagic Hydraulic Load Cell pedal sets?

Were the shifters too loud - in the sense that they distracted you from your driving/overall game immersion. I understand your concerns about the noise and how it would impact other people near your playspace, but I am primarily concerned about how the shifter noise will impact the driver's overall immersion. Also how is the cogging of the Thrustmaster T248 in comparison to the Logitech G29? How does the FFB detail of the T248 compare to the G29? Does T248 strike a comparable balance (between feedback and smoothness) to the G29? Thank you for the info.

Is the white sticker the warranty one?

Will You take a look at the Thrustmaster SF1000?

Detail 👌🏾

barry has a motion rig set up on the ASR1 lmaaaao they are never gonna sell their more expensive rigs if you keep showing how amazing their cheapest one is!!!

Hi Barry happy christmas.. Are you going to do a review on the new Cammus DD at all ??

Hello, wondering if there is anything I can do if the magnetic gear shift plate has no bounce back force?

good afternoon I have a GT II, ​​can you tell me what the IC code is next to the MCC42A diode? it's the small board where the 1ue colored cables come in and powered with 24v, can you help me?

Hi. Why there is no CSL DD review on your videos? :)

Hey Barry. Have you heard anything about the T-GT II having failures? I bought one the other week and there was a calibration fault right out of the box, then today i get a replacement and the transducer was going haywire as soon as i get on track with it. Not sure if it's worth another replacement or just get a refund. Thanks

Is it possible to silence those shifters? Modify it somehow, put some sponge between?

How long do the M6 screws need to be to mount on my Gt lite instead of using the plastic clamp with the long screw?