I believe that many enthusiastic young people will have a hot heart for motorsport like me. For the vast majority of people, the sport of motorsport is out of reach, and the more professional go-karting is very restricted by the region, and the cost of a single hundred is even more important for us to taste. So many people's eyes began to turn to the racing simulator.
Racing simulator has actually been born for a long time, from the beginning of professional team practice, to professional e-sports, and now gradually began to turn to the folk, and today through the ZAKER to get the R&S V10 free evaluation kit, is a professional simulator that is very suitable for getting started.
Unboxed brief review
This three-piece set is Leisda's V10 steering wheel, A7 H gear bar, A3 three-position pedal, and is also the officially recommended three-piece set, priced at 1599, the standard entry price positioning.
The steering wheel structure is a split steering wheel that many riders like, but it is not a quick-release type, but a spiral tightening. Although it is not compatible with the steering wheel similar to Tummaster on the market, it is not excluded that Lestar will launch its own agreement F1 steering wheel or upgraded steering wheel in the later stage, with a certain upgrade space.
The steering wheel covered with full fur highlights the movement of the car, while improving the feel, increasing the friction, running the simulator also has the ability to absorb sweat, this material is very conscientious, the only thing to pay attention to is to take care of it diligently, you can use the fur cleaner to clean.
As an F1 fan, the Leisda V10 retains two pairs of paddles, which correspond to the paddle shifters and clutch paddles in the F1 steering wheel, which better restores the experience of F1 simulation.
On the front are regular buttons that can be defined by themselves in each simulation software.
The steering wheel host, that is, the motor, uses dual motor drive, gear transmission, the maximum rotation range is 900 degrees, and the same angle as most used cars.
The force feedback of the three pedals is provided by the spring, and if we look closely, we will find that the brake spring is a little thicker than the throttle and clutch spring, which is also to restore the braking feeling of the real car.
The entire foot surface and pedals, all made of aluminum alloy, are wear-resistant and realistic.
The bottom surface of the pedal has four screw fixing positions, which is convenient for the later use of the simulator bracket to fix, the force of the five anti-slip pads is not very strong, and the vigorous braking is easier to produce displacement, which is also a problem that exists in all simulator pedals, either fixed with a bracket or pasted with double-sided adhesive at the bottom.
The H-bar is the standard 6+1 gear bar, with six forward gears plus a push-back gear, and two custom buttons that can be customized in the game.
Rich customization
This set of first feelings after the start of the Resta V10, there are too many customizable adjustments, which is friendly for veteran players and can be adjusted according to their own preferences.
The most worth mentioning is the pedal, first of all, the three pedal springs can adjust the soft and hard, the principle is to adjust the compression stroke of the spring through the screws below. Here my habit is to increase the braking force, try to restore the real braking force, the throttle is slightly tightened, and the clutch is kept in the softest state.
The height of the pedal can also be adjusted, through the two screws of the pedal seat, the height adjustment of the three segments can be carried out, and with a certain tilt angle, such as F1, rally car, GT racing, truck and other pedal angles and heights are not the same, can be restored to the greatest extent.
The front pedal also has two screws that allow for three smaller adjustments to the height and can be moved about 1cm left and right. My personal habit is to turn the brakes up one section and move the brake pedals one section to the right to restore that the brake pedals of the real car are higher than the accelerator pedals. Of course, if it is to practice the technical actions of heeling and toeing, blocking and replenishing oil, it is even more important to adjust the height and low according to your own habits.
Of course, the steering wheel can also be customized angle adjustment, a total of four sections can be adjusted, my habit is to adjust to the third paragraph, which has a certain relationship with the height of the individual, the height of the seat, the height of the table, there is no fixed value, look at their own habits.
There are nine screw fixing positions at the bottom of the steering wheel base, six non-slip strips, whether placed on the desktop or using the simulator bracket, there is a relatively rich compatibility.
For desktop compatibility there is also a small accessory, you can use the original clip clip on the desktop to use, the clip has anti-slip pads up and down, the maximum compatible table thickness is about five or six centimeters, the workmanship is very reliable, do not worry about the stability of long-term use.
Actual experience of each simulation game
First of all, this set of simulators does not need to install additional hardware drivers, and can be used directly on the computer to open the game, and the convenience of use is very high. When you need to set up this set of devices, you can download the APP through your mobile phone and use the Bluetooth connection to directly adjust the settings of the device.
Because I have recently become more addicted to Okana 2, I will focus on how it feels when I use this device to play Oka 2. The steering wheel angle does not need to be set, because it is a 900-degree steering wheel angle, and the brakes and throttle need to be set up intensively. Because the brakes and throttle are both Z-axis in the Oka 2, one forward and one reverse, figure this out, the other is very well set.
Ouka's manual gear has 12 gears, a total of three gear combinations, here I am personally accustomed to using a stepless gearbox, that is, six gears at low and medium speed, six gears in medium and high speed, corresponding to the 1-6 gears of the Lestar A7, and the high and low gearbox gears are switched by the Hi-Lo button on the steering wheel.
The multi-function button is set according to their own personal experience, and everyone can also make a reference. Areas need to be delineated first, which are common and which are secondary. For example, I use the left and right arrow keys for left and right steering; L3, copy, up/down arrow keys are defined as fixed speed cruise, which are fixed speed on/off, fixed speed Recover, fixed speed +, and fixed speed -.
The four keys on the right YBXA are defined as the cabin viewing angle, the tracking angle, the wiper down/off, the wiper on/acceleration, the menu key defined as the light mode switching, R3 as the high beam, which basically includes my common operations.
When I first started running the Oka 2, I obviously felt that the force feedback power of the steering wheel was relatively large, which was reflected in the fact that the strength of the feedback was relatively strong, especially when the corner was pressed to the road tooth or pressed to the isolation line on the high speed, there would be more obvious steering wheel feedback, which made me feel more real.
Then there is the strength of the U-turn and the turn in the driving direction, just like the real car, the steering wheel turned during the driving process is light, of course, this is also a combination of software and hardware, but the overall degree of simulation is very high.
The use of the gear lever to impress me is that its gear is very clear, for me who opened the manual gear, it is not exaggerated to achieve closed eyes and hanging gear, the overall operation is very comfortable, and in the Oka 2, it is not too particular about the speed of shifting, and it is relatively easy to use.
After I adjusted the compression stroke of the spring, the foot feel was obviously much better than at the beginning, and the feedback from the brakes became larger and more realistic. Although the structure of the pedal is relatively simple, it also uses Hall magnetic induction technology, fast response speed, linear non-beating, this aspect is still relatively in place, in fact, it can be seen through the mobile PHONE APP test.
Because Oka is a popular and well-known good simulation software for many years, so it is also very good in terms of force feedback, with the force feedback steering wheel of Lestar V10, whether it is scratching, crashing, over potholed pavement, etc., can be felt through the steering wheel, so as to brake, accelerate and other operations, immersion is very strong.
Then there's the F1 car I'm obsessed with, I'm using F1 2021, of course I need to set the steering wheel angle to 360 degrees before running. The most obvious feeling of force feedback is the famous high-speed track - Monza Circuit, when driving in the straight at more than 300 km / h, the steering wheel jitter feedback is very obvious, and the force is very large, so that later I went to the setting to adjust the force feedback a little smaller.
Whether it is vigorous braking or accelerating out of the corner, the force feedback of the steering wheel can make me delicately feel the posture of the body, when is the limit, when it has slipped and needs to save the car, it is very clear through the steering wheel feedback to me.
It may be that I usually occasionally drive to run mountains, so I am more sensitive to the braking foot feeling of real cars, even if I adjust the spring stroke of the brakes, but in this simulation game that tests extreme control, the performance is not so real, a little too linear. Of course, back to the price, Lestar has done this level has been good, after all, the simulation of brake force is also the core of the entire simulator pedal, and some hydraulic pedals cannot do real simulation.
Shenli Kosha this GT racing car I did not run much, after experiencing a few games, the feeling is basically the same as the previous simulation software, the force feedback effect is very real, the road conditions can be felt through the steering wheel, and the compatibility with the game is also very high.
summary
In general, the advantages of this set of Resta V10 steering wheel simulator are very obvious, the force feedback effect is obvious, the simulation effect is very real; the adjustment ability of the pedal and steering wheel is extremely high, and there are many applicable scenes; the detachable steering wheel, there may be room for upgrade in the later stage; no need to drive, high compatibility with simulation software. Pedal spring feedback, gear drive, whether from the structure or price point of view, this set of Leistar V10 is a set of entry-level simulator hardware (simulator, not powerless feedback toy steering wheel), very suitable for friends who are new to simulation software and simulators as the first choice!