Bro, your foot work is super impressive! Looks like you actually have racing experience.

Best review i have ever seen, better than those other mainstream channels which never talk about the experience of using the product and just reiteratewhat they saw on the manufactures homes page

Genuinely one of the most interesting bits of music I've heard in a while. That was a trip

If there's something I like about you and this channel, it's how analytic you are

"the leather quality on both rims is same" - except T500RS has no leather, it is rubber LOL

Dude , Now my life addicted to your championships please give me more. Im about to die ;( ;( ;(

This is where I aspire to be one day. Great channel and content. So much respect.

4:06 That Heel-toe though... DAMN

Nice video but you are wrong - T300 is the same or even better than T500. The T300 is newer, has newer technology etc. The only thing is that T500 has stronger FFB, but T300 has it more detailed and smooth like in real life, the countersteer feels more real. You can chceck on the internet comparison between this wheels and also with T150 (.pdf file) from Thrustmaster. I have T300 with T3PA PRO pedals and TH8A shifter - they are really good! Pedals are 100% metal and it includes 2 brake mods - conical rubber mid and spring mod. Conical rubber is very good - feels great and real, improved my braking skills alot. Now I can race without ABS and don't lock my brakes :) I don't remember if it comes with T500 pedals also. I reccomend to you the Wheel Stand Pro - I have the Deluxe v2 version and due to fact that it is a company from Poland it is way cheaper here compared to other products like Playseat. You also need all add ons like other stands (shifter mount and GTS plate for GT style pedals which I use - never liked the F1 style in other wheels, prefer more 'regular car' style, so GT is perfect for me) and it's perfect - stable, heavy, easy to transport. EDIT: on T300 you have 28cm wheel instead of 30cm like in T500 but the rim is changeable - I will update with FXX EVO Alcantara 30CM rim from Thrustmaster soon :) Also the T500 has rubber wheel, not leather.

From my experience, the T500rs is a huge step up from the g29/g920. Its not even comparable

Nice vid Viper. Love to see your future videos with T500rs.

thanks for the video. it got me interested in wheels when i picked up racing again. ultimately i decided to go with fanatec csl wheels base and clubsport pedals. but watching this video again almost makes me want to go back on my decision.

I have had the T500RS for 6 years, and was working superb the entire time! Last month I upgraded to the Thrustmaster TGT, and I am really happy about it :)

The longer shifter on the TH8A is meant for full on racing setups with a racing seat where the shifter would be placed lower FYI (also could be used for rally racing or just in general sequential shifting)

Congratulazioni per il nuovo acquisto viper!

i love your intro with the Viper, so cool

Funky music, had me headbobbing all the way through ;)

I had the T500rs wheel back in the day. Omg it was impressive. One day I was wiping it down to clean... tried to turn on... pauses, Half turn,pause,slight turn...dead. Omg that cost so damn much.

I like how you feather the gas pedal when braking and changing to down gears! Really neat.

I just bought this set today and I love it so far! This is my first ffb wheel and it may even be my last if games keep supporting it.

My opinion T500S wheel design looks better to me than g29 and the g29 wheel looks like it’s crowded by buttons

Lifetime G27: 10 years. TS500RS: 2 years

Fantastic review. Thank you.

I love watching your actual movements irl, ia there any possibility that you will do that hand/foot camera thing more often?

you have such a good music taste my man

good luck with new wheel m8

Hi there Viper! Thanks a lot for your tip! I'll try it out and let you how it works!👍

Its nice to meet another Viper fan!

The T500 looks better than the G29 in just about everything, except one thing: That stupid 8-way shifter. There's a reason no manual car has ever had such design.

0:16 no way music from lonney tunes space race ?!! a good game from my childhood days awsome :D

Just as a tip... You can move the pedal plates on the pedals using the other holes. I moved my brake pedal plate one hole to the right, to make heel-toe easier. And to avoid the mounting issue, you could drill to holes into your wheel support deck and hard mount the wheelbase using screws (should be in the Thrustmaster box).

I realy really love you viperconcept, you made me love simulators again and I'm finally buying a new steering wheel too! A T100 for PC It ain't great but hey, as long as I love to drive

I will happily take care of your g29

I still have a G27. I don't have a stand for it, I just sit on the edge of a kind of cushioned table we have, the wheel in front on the cushioned table, the pedals in front of the table (I can still reach them with my feet that way) and the gear stick to my left, also not on a stand and on the floor because I can't fit it on the table with me, and also because even if I did have a thing to lift it up beside me, I can't switch gears with it. I am just not confident at all to do this, and I don't have a stand for this either, so it'll always tip over every time you want to switch gears. That's why whenever I decide to use manual for some reason (I basically only use automatic) I use the paddles. Never the stick.

I have a T150 and the T3PA pedals and TH8A shifter I love them

Hi, I love your videos and the work you put into them. Can you test how different shoes affect your driving? You could buy some high heels, boots or something else that comes into your mind.

If you hold the mode button and pres right or left on the pad on your wheel the light wil start flashing if it flashes 5 times that means the your wheel wil now use 1080 degrees of ration 4 flashes i think 920 and so on.

3:12 casual heel toe on a sim nice

Nice comparation! Thanks

I had the same problem with the clamp, the rubber pads on the bottom of the wheel base became unstuck - allowing the wheel to slowly slide out of position. I would recommend hard mounting the wheel to your desk

Is it worth the upgrade due to pain in my knees due to the logitech pedals being so small. I am about 6'3 and the thrustmaster pedals especially the pro look s so much better and more comfortable or is it the same size.

I got right into that tune 💃

Thank you bro, Because of your review i'm taking the G29 thank you

Hello Viper! Congratulations on your channel! Very educating! I've played racing games on a controller for years, but a few months ago I bought a G29 wheel. I had never had throttle choking or stalling on controllers, but I've been experiencing a lot of that on Driveclub and less on Project Cars. Could you please explain if the problem is on driving mistakes or equipment related? Thanks and keep on racing and posting😀👍

since you said the thrust master gear stick was to big, you could always put it lower like in a real vehicle

nice footwork dood

Yoooooo viper got the drip with the watch 😂😂😂

I got my g29 for only $150 from a marine who only tried it twice. Still had all plastic on it and still works perfect! Gonna get the shifter soon, unless I ever find a thrustmaster at such a steal which probably won’t happen, nothing beats having a steering wheel and pedals that are at least entry level for serious sim racing for that price, only new stuff I found at that price seemed very low quality, no shifters, all plastic pedals and wheels, the g29 is a great first steering wheel for me!!!

i love the song

QUESTION: I have a G29 at the moment and am running DIRT Rally and WRC 7 on PC. I have the occasion to buy a T500 RS and am looking forward to it, but... But, will it RUN on USB 3.0, as my new laptop only has 4 OSB 3.0 ports?

have you ever thought about getting a openwheeler racing seat? it comes with all of the materials to hard mount everything so you wont have to worry about your steering wheel moving. i have one and love the way it works

You can get a plate for the shifter that sits over the gates and makes it a shorter shift

I got a thrustmaster t 150. Im happy with it. Of course i dont play much either and im horrible probably with any set up.

How can the leather quality be similar on both wheels,I had a t500 and the rim is synthetic.

you can change the degrees on the T500 on the fly, using the mode & d-pad direction. You can set it as low as 540degrees iirc, all the way upto 1080degrees. Its very useful for rally driving.

All I can recommend is getting a decent wheel stand like the GT Omega. Because the thrustmaster mounts are the biggest flaw, and they are poorly designed and mine broke very quick lol. But a wheel stand is much more worth it anyways, not to mention you would also have a lower shifter position to make it feel better.

I know its not the case but driving a corvette when ur channel is called viper concept XD

What music do you use ? it is too cool, shazam don't know ...

Just a little more context here: The price gap is huge compared to the G25/27/29 because of the shifter and Pro pedal set, which is sold separately. Those two add a cool 300 bucks OVER the 450 that the T500 costs, if you can still find one. My personal choice became the T300 with the TH8A and the Pro pedals. I have come to love them so much over my old G25. The one giant issue with ALL Thrustmaster steeringwheels has been the Y shaped clamping system, which they have been using for over 15 years now! And it sucks!! And just try to imagine what it once was like when the whole clamp, including the bolt and cap where made out of the same plastic!! They all snapped because the Y shape clamp doesn't grab to smooth surfaces that well, resulting in over tightening of the bolt and ultimately failure of the mounting system. When i switched back to Thrustmaster with my T300, i seated the base on the table the way i want to play with it, outlined the two clamp ends underneath the desk and drilled two spaces there, a few millimeters deep, where the clamp sits when mounted. Not i don't have to over tighten it and it won't go anywhere while mounted. Just a little tip from experience.

For the slipping of the wheel during counter steer find some thin rubber matting stuff and cut it to shape so when ytou tighten the lower u bracket it doesnt slip anymore from the added grip under the wheel

Iam buying a used wheel here in egypt the T500 Rs is about the same price of a G29 infact the G29 is a little more expensive iam a beginner but I won’t be upgrading wheels until it is no longer compatible with my console (even then i might put together a decent PC) anyways what do you people recommend??

Force feedback i prefer Thrustmaster... for precision i prefer ten times logitech... About the pedal, the pedal of Logitech G29, are included in the box with the steering wheel ( i don't know if they made a better one to buy a side ), but those pedals for T500 you must buy it completely separate and they are expansive too, if you buy the normal 3 pedal from Thrustmaster ( the plastic version comparable with the default pedals of Logitech ), you will find that the 3 pedals of Logitech are far more accurate and resistant than the normal 3 pedal of Thrustmaster; mine went broken after only 2 months that i bought it. And brake pedal of Logitech is amazing compared with normal 3 pedal Thrustmaster . Thrustmaster 3 pedal can change position of the footboards , in Logitech you can't. About the shift there is no discussions, Thrustmaster win 10-2 but if you playing on pc , you can easily link a Thrustmaster shift on a Logitech wheel. Anyway, i know that T500 has a better engine ( 2 engine if i understood good , when the T300/TX has only one , and mine collapsed after less then two years )... but since i went on Logitech after less then six months, i can really say that i will never buy a Thrustmaster wheel in my life. It is absolutely not about the force feedback, it is about the precision and the feeling of sensitivity of this wheel, that since the firs minute ( when i tried it for the firs time on the shop ) made me feel in love... Better than Logitech for me only Fanatec.

Put some leather coasters underneath the clamp 🗜 and it should stop from slipping! Worked for me

Okay, I'm then still happy i bought a G29 2 months ago phew. As you tell those things, i don't regret my purchase on G29 xD

Why do you press the accelerator when your shifting down? Is that a good thing to do?

The problem with Thrustmaster is that it just looks ugly. Cover the shifter with leather and give the steering wheel a better design and then it looks much better.

I use the G29 together with the TH8A shifter. Works in all games except SpinTires, where they only allow one controller ...

Nice video mate 👍👍👍

Just brought a G29!

Completely not worth the upgrade if you consider price and you actually got similar performance yet less on tighter tracks and the fact the shifters dont move with the wheel for me is a hard one to get over I remember that being an issue with alot of people I would stick with the 29 and save my money but good video man

congrats especially about the views being able to support you to purchase the T500! I myself went from the G920 to the T500RS, and found a massive jump in quality. The FFB on the T500 was a bit too much for me, but the speed at which the wheel countersteers is amazing for drifting. It's strange but I actually prefer the G920/G29 shifter to the TH8A, it was just easier to use idk? Also I agree the T500 clamp is god awful. I'm saving up for a wheel stand pro so i can hard mount the wheel. it was such a hassle to clamp the wheel each time, with the clamp getting stuck - it took me about 5 minutes each time to set up the wheel!! also beware as i've read numerous stories about the clamps cracking

From all the sounds in the world you guys picked this one?

Why did you switch first of all?

5:35 hope you sort out that movement. No way I could live with that :D especially on say dirt rally. Looks like i would rip it off the stand haha :D To be fair there is a way to make it a short shifter ;) Same way the old boys did before short shifters where after market parts but i'm sure you don't want to chop up your new toy :D enjoy mate

Hi and thank you for this video I just has buying a ts500 rs and I read on internet this model had a problem with the fan system high temperature what do you think about that can you help me

Top-tip, Viper: Go to your local carstore, and pick yourself a new gearshiftknob. I did for my shifter, and it works a treat, feels alot better than the original one.

Hi everybody. I have a g27 and just found a T500 F1 Ferrari wheel for sale without the pedals. Can anybody tell me if it works with the G27 pedals set?

The T300's motor is faster, more smooth and it's brushless. It's not a 'medium' range steeringwheel. It's superior to the T500 at everything except raw strength. The TS-PC racer is the new wheelbase that replaced the T500 wheelbase. That has the same strength as the T500 but all the new tech (brushless motors, better belt drive , power delivery etc) the T300 has. Not trying to be a dick about your purchase but what you list in the description makes it seem like the T300 is worse than the T500, which it isn't. Well unless all you care about it strength and not refinement of feedback. Aside from that solid comparison ,despite it's age still a better wheel than the G29 in pretty much every way I'd say. I like how you don't shy away from listing all the issues you have instead of just praising it. I'm sure you'll enjoy your T500 :)

I started with AG27 Logitech which I really liked. I upgraded to the T 500 and at 1st was difficult adjusting just to the different size period of had this wheel for 2 years with 0 issues and I use it multiple times a week so as far as reliability goes I don't know why anybody would say anything

At what point do racing cars start to have the F1 pedals in real life? Gr3? Gr1?

The thrust master is most probably better but it's like double the price (without the shifter) of the g29 with the add on shifter

Have you thought of attaching rubber grip pads to the bottom of the T500RS to stop it slipping?

Awesome wheel. I'm stuck with a Driving Force EX.

you can get a short shifter for the th8a its a little red ring and it shortens the length and. high of shifts

Here where I live (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), with the money to buy just the TH8A shifter, you can buy the g29 wheel and it's shifter XD. So, unless there's a HUGE difference between them, I don't see a reason to spend 3x maybe 4x times the money on the T500.

I have the g920 and I‘m pretty happy with it.

if you are using the th8a on pc then you can just use that for anywheel. it connects via usb so it works for everything.

I had the t500rs for about 2 or 3 years and the build quality is quite amazing. I'm still not sure if I would replace it by a G29 I'm quite happy with the pedals and buttons on the wheel as well as software. However I have turned the rotation to only 720° since in real life, drivers do not have to turn the wheel forever, (which is awkward at high speeds). Still don't have the shifter as it costs quite a lot of money but would like to. I'm not sure if you can customize it as well. The gear pads are annoying though. Fitting it to my desk was easy but need to watch as it needs to he on a surface with good grip.

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0:30 Firstly, as you can see the "Thrustmaster" has a longer stick ;)

Question tho would I like to see is the g29 with the improved feel mod vs the thrustmaster

Hiya mate, what settings are you using on project cars? I'm using t300rs with t3pa pedals, and just cannot keep cars under control and I'm a pretty decent driver!! And watching your vids all the cars you drive seem so responsive etc you should do a video on your settings ;)

I play on ps4. Say I want to buy the Logitech wheel and the Logitech petals with the clutch, but I want to buy the t500 shifter. Is that possible!?

cost comparison?

I have plugged my th8a Shifter directly into the PS4. The connecting to the wheel didn't work with my T300 and AC.

Is t500rs is still more suggested than t300rs gt edition nowadays?

I have to say R.I.P to my G29 Steering wheel. I have had mine for 4 yrs and used it 3 times. The steering wheel is now losing calibration. When you first turn on the wheel it does the Auto calibration it usually goes to the right and then to the left then back to the middle. Well my wheel does to the right and then gets stuck. I wish there was a rest button for the calibration

1:29 the leather quality is similar. The t500rs is rubber not leather

For the pedals, you can put a anti-stress ball after the accelerator, it works better

Could you please keep us updated on you're FFB settings ?