Who sells Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 Wheel Add On for PS3/PC/Xbox One

Description

A precise, realistic, full-size replica of the Formula 1 Ferrari 2011 racing wheel. View larger
Enter the world of the ultimate automotive racing challenge: Formula 1. View larger The Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On is a precise, robust and realistic racing wheel for use with your Thrustmaster T500 RS racing wheel. It's a full-size replica of the Formula 1 Ferrari 2011 racing wheel, under official license by Ferrari, for the T500 RS. The Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On features a scratch-brushed reinforced metal facing ensuring optimum solidity and inertia. In addition, the scratch-brushed metal F1 "Push & Pull" sequential shifters are directly attached to the wheel in true F1 tradition and feature rubber-textured grips. With the Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On, T500 RS owners can now enter the world of the ultimate automotive racing challenge: Formula 1. Professional Quality Rotary Knobs, Switches and Action Buttons The extensive built-in equipment--rotary knobs, switches and action buttons--boasts professional quality, enabling each driver to make precision adjustments according to his own racing style and the conditions on the track. The racing wheel offers two rotary encoder switches (allowing direct, on-the-track optimization of the car's race settings), eight push-buttons (with a 6.5 N dual-detent pressure), three 4.5 N metal switches with 3 positions and an automatic centering feature, two 2.5 N 8-directional D-Pads, and two up/down shifters. Extensive equipment enables you to make precision adjustments according to racing style. View larger Two Available Game Modes When it comes to system compatibility, 2 game modes are available: a PC- and PS3-compatible normal mode (offering 13 action buttons and 3 D-Pads, with 17 programmable functions) and an advanced PC-compatible mode (offering 25 action buttons and 1 D-Pad, with 29 programmable functions). Works with the Thrustmaster T500 RS The Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 Wheel Add-On is a removable, life-size replica of the racing wheel that equips the Ferrari 150° Italia. Designed to attach to the T500 RS wheel base (sold separately), it offers the power and precision that make this racing wheel such a unique experience. The Thrustmaster Quick Release attachment system enables users to easily attach the wheel face to the T500 RS base in just a few seconds. This innovative concept allows all RS Series wheel base owners to invest in the wheels alone to enjoy optimum realism in all types of races.

Features

• Collector?s item! Detachable Ferrari 150th Italia racing wheel replica for the T500 RS (PS3 & PC) and TX Wheel (Xbox One), both sold separately
• A precise, robust and realistic racing wheel
• Full-size replica of the Formula 1 Ferrari 2011 racing wheel, under official license by Ferrari
• Reinforced scratched-brushed metal face is heavier and more solid compared to plastic, ensuring optimum stability and inertia
• Rubber-textured wheel offering a realistic and comfortable grip

Customer Reviews

Plastic all over
Claudio Moreno

The wheel is made completely out of plastic. For 200 dollars you expect better materials. All center gages are fake. The five supposed buttons around the center ferrari gage are stikers. Over all don't buy. A waste of money, the original wheel attached to the t500 is of better quality. Hope this helps.

More immersion when playing F1 2012
Original Vidiot

Needless to say, this is an expensive "add-on" but still well worth it if you play Formula1 a lot and have some some spare change lying around. The firmware in the wheel has to be updated in order for the housing to recognize the wheel. The download worked exactly as described and the wheel functions normally. Far and away, the most significant feature of this wheel is the fact that the paddle shifters rotate with the wheel like every other wheel on the market (with the exception of the T500RS). I also discovered a feature not frequently talked about but true to actual F1 wheels ..... you can actually upshift and downshift with either paddle. If you configure the game to upshift with the right paddle and downshift with the left (customary) you can downshift with the right and upshift with the left by pushing the paddles forward instead of pulling them towards you. It may not sound like much but it can free one hand while you answer the phone or take a sip of coffee and still being able to up and down shift when needed with the remaining hand. The large rotary dials in the center section are non-functional and are visual esthetics only. The push buttons, toggle switches and two rotary thumb-wheels provide all the functions normally programmed by any game. Some people have complained about the buttons being hard to access while driving but this is a subjective perspective. It feels difficult at first, especially if you are switching from a wheel with the buttons closer, but after a couple days of racing, they fall into place accordingly. Same can be said for the D-Pads .... they are smaller and stiffer and feel different, but they just require getting used to them, that's all. Also, and very importantly, the GT wheel and the F1 Ferrari wheel can be switched out with each other in about 30 seconds once you've done it once. The wheel comfort isn't as good as the GT wheel but nothing to be concerned about.UPDATE .... one of the toggle switches failed within 6 months. It wasn't like it failed to the point where it wasn't operational, it shorted out somehow in a way that affected nine other buttons on the wheel. When I contacted Thrustmaster they made me provide a video uploaded to their server with the unit connected to their online control panel in order to prove to them that it was indeed defective. Then I had to pay shipping cost to return it to their service facility in Montreal. Apparently, it wasn't a simple matter of replacing the toggle switch as they sent me a complete new wheel about 2.5 weeks later. Still I'm removing one star for the defect and difficulty that I had in getting the issue resolved. Read more ›

Feels ok, but the dials are not real.
Anonymous

Why would this be a collector piece if the dials are not real and it really serves no purpose other than having the little Ferarri horse on it? Stupid if you ask me. Parts of it are metal, but it is still a plastic piece of junk. I certainly would expect more for the money they want for it. At least my porsche wheel is real like the real thing.

Works great but key components fail early
Ernie CZ

I bought this wheel because the shifter in my regular TM T500RS was shifting two gears at the time. The process to get this fixed was painfully long with many e-mail exchanges. It took me at least a month and one half to get the original TM T500RS wheel's shifter fixed. So, in the mean time I bought the F1 adder so that I could continue playing. The bad thing is that after six or seven months of owning this F1 adder it too developed a shifting problem. The shifting mechanism has lost its "click" when I shift gears and it sometimes misses shifts. Very frustrating! Because of the numerous problems I have encountered with TM customer services department and the apparent products' sub-par quality, or in some cases, poor design of some key components, I have decided to throw these toys in the trash and I will be buying other brands that may not perform as well when playing but at least they will last a reasonable lenght of time! Read more reviews under the TM T500RS wheel to see othe problems with TM.

F1 Wheel for F1 2011 Codemasters fans
George H

This Wheel is great for F1 2011 on PS3. Everything else is a matter of adjustment for this type of wheel and your style. My understanding is that F1 wheels are 270 degree rotation in real life. So, I found for a lot of GT5 driving is better on original T500 RS wheel but, F1 still works well minus the rotation issues, F1 Add-on is a nice buy if you hate the T500 RS original shifting paddles. On the PC you can make adjustments for the wheel to work the way you want in fact you need to have installed a firmware update for the wheel to work correctly with PC or PS3.The F1 Wheel is really for F1 2011 fans at current price for full wheel.Overall happy with the add-on not sure about full T500 F1 you would want to have T500 RS GT5 wheel for the TH8 RS shifter for a good example. I hope Thrustmaster makes a GT5/6 type wheel with F1 style paddles that would be the best of all worlds for the non-F1 2011 fans.

HUGELY OVERPRICED!! It looks like dollar store junk!
Ashton Evans

This was a huge disappointment. the rotary selectors at the top left and right are pretty cool but the fake multiple position switches are just embarrassing (Red, purple, black, white, orange)! They are the quality of a kids toy at the dollar-store. They are just molded raised bumps in the plastic with no definition and cheap stickers for the numbers. The middle logo thingy is also functionless and cheap looking. The buttons aren't the quality ones found on the F458 wheel and the switches at the bottom are very home made looking and feeling. I would have been embarrassed to be the guy who presented this to the F1 team as pictures show on the net. The hand position is good though, and it is fun for formula car racing but the wheel motor could use some sort of adjustment for the PS3 as you can't always turn enough. This wheel though is HUGELY overpriced for the total lack of quality you get! I will still keep it though.... So, if you are a F1 fan you still would like to have it...