Re: Speed 7 force feedback wheel - when?

Well, its the first of July, and no new web site appeared in June, and no
Speed 7 wheel.

>From various postings that I've seen around the net, I understand that Ball
Racing may have got "cold feet" about sticking with a very high end product
range. Their business case 3 years was based on a continuing growth in the
SIM racing market, but as we are aware, we have become very niche, and now
no serious SIMs are being offered by the mainstream software vendors.

Another way to look at things is to consider that Logitech dropped
production of the Momo Force leather wheel with steel ball-bearings due to
lack of demand because it was "too expensive", even though it was quite
cheap compared to the high end products available at the time.

It might just be time to re-invent the wheel, quite literally. I'm hoping
that a vendor will be able to come up with a Force Feedback product that
fills the gap between the cheap gaming wheels designed for consoles, and the
aging crop of "high end" wheels that might be beautifully engineered, but
don't support FF and require technical skills to re-wire to provide
compatibilty with some platforms.

In the meantime, I'm hoping that my momo force doesn't give up the ghost too
soon.

Tim




"Shish" <gurugonz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1115832063.483377.233080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> He he, fair enough.
>
> I sent some feedback on my new Speed7 pedals to them, and got this
> reply, thats all I know... Hope its this June, though...
>
> "Dear Shish
>
> Thank you very much for taking the time to write, it is certainly
> encouraging to have positive feedback and constructive critisism.
>
> Regarding your point about the website. We are in the process of
> creating a completely new site that will be fully managed and kept up
> to date. This is an area that we have not been able to keep on top of
> to date but we now have a new member of staff who will manage all our
> communications. The new website is due to go up in June, to coincide
> with the launch of the new steering.
>
> On the matter of the new steering, we are hoping that we will be able
> to offer a lower cost alternative and we are investigating this at the
> moment. The reality is that it is the motor and electronics that are
> the expensive bits rather than the carbon fibre! As I say, we are
> investigating some alternative options.
>
> We will keep you posted on developments and with details of the launch.
>
> Best regards
> Simon Ball
> Managing Director"
>


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