Just got a Simucube 2 pro to replace my CSL DD 8nm two weeks ago and loving it. Its super smooth and fast to react and drifting on it is just a joy. The thing is that steerings and button boxes for it are expensive compared to Fanatec. Currently using Turn R305 + Ascher B16L, Cube Controls GT Pro and an Nardi Twin 305mm, all on nrg QR
@@mikedeanellis Is the movement there only when the Steering Wheel is in? If so, its the mounting base on the wheel. My DD1 has absolutely 0 play or looseness.
Great content. Some more reviews on the up to date current best wheel bases in the market ect would be great to hear your take on and should attract more sim racers as you certainly deliver high quality content, just need some more exposure. Keep up the great work!
I really appreciate the straightforward review without all the blabber other channels use to not offend any manufacturers. I have been using a DD1 for several years, and I always felt there was something missing. I ordered an SC2.
There's no going back from a Simucube, definitly the endgame wheelbase for private costumers. Got mine some weeks ago and it can be frustrating to get the settings right but when you have them, its absolutly glorious! Have fun with yours
I sold my DD1 yesterday and tomorrow my SC2 Pro will arrive! I’m so excited and will spend the whole weekend playing with it! I’m curious how it will feel and how long it takes to find good settings for the simucube after being used to Fanatec for years.
I like what you're doing bro, keep it up! I've been a controls guy/machine builder for years, so I know when someone knows their stuff and has a passion for it. 🍻
Now time to compsre the dd+ with the alpha because hot damn the dd+ is on another level compared to anything fanatec has made. I'm using both and it's blown my mind. So raw and strong and detailed.
No it isnt its close though. Dan suzuki talked about this. He rated the dd+ above simagic, asetek and rated it right below the simucube but said it was close. @TOUCHTIGERPP
@SimCoaches ahh not worried, alot of youtubers were way off base on what was going on. Thomas letter proves that. They also had a meeting on the 6th. Regardless they aren't going anywhere wether Thomas comes in and gets his investors offers accepted which bte he came up with 48mil euro in investors within 2 weeks time lol. Or if they end up having different owners. Regardless fanatec is staying. They won't be going anywhere. I mean shit they finally are almost fully caught up on shipments also. US is on track and averaging 3 days for shipping. Even if it says 4 to6. We put up a survey and or a list for people to fill out with there times and dates of orders. Also they would then update the list when they got it. The list has about 2k peoppe on it. The average for US was 3 days and the average for the EU was 14 days.
I have got using DD1 for almost 3 years and then one day I bought a SIMUCUBE 2 PRO,I have to said that is really really amazing,SC2P won totally ( for FFB).it’s smoothly and can do some amazing movement that DD1 can’t done or imagine
I got a DD2 at launch. It really sucked those first few months. It just didn’t perform well. Especially compared to my CSW V2. It also had a defect that I eventually had to send it back for repair. Over a year and half later the performance did improve but the damn QR became worse over time. I couldn’t deal with it any longer. I switched to a SC2 Pro and the experience has been fantastic. All the way around. Zero complaints.
@@PandaGamerzNL The cooling fan would run at 100% rpm when I turned on the base. It would do this about 50% of the time after powering on. In the beginning it would do it for a few minutes then finally shut off. After months of working with Fanatic on new firmware the problem kept getting worse and Fanatic still wouldn’t agree to an RMA. Finally it got to the point where every time I’d turn on the base the fan would crank to 100% rpm and never turn off until I turned off the base. It sounded like a jet engine and was unusable. This all started less then a month after receiving the DD2.
I’m just starting out with sim racing and if I get the sim cube pro i should be able to turn down the NM till I get use to using it and I wouldn’t have to upgrade , wouldn’t that be best ?
Great news, but kindly make sure to deliver it outside America in more easy ways than other manufacturers do, like i live in the middle east and its very hard to put my hands on stuff like simucube or fanatec
@@SimCoaches i live in a country called Lebanon, we have some economic issues so like fanatec they dont ship directly, you have to ship internally in Germany than you have to contact any shipping company to deliver it to you, even you cant through ebay or amazon, i contacted a supplier once in China for Cammus and it was way easier
I feel like Fanatec has changed their sales approach. I believe they have began to focus on console sim racing since they are honestly the high end brand in that ecosystem of gaming. I think they have also realized that they haven't kept up with the likes of Simucube, Simagic, GSI, Cube Controls etc. etc. etc. Fanatec is a great product for what it is, but when it comes to PC it is upper entry/lower mid-range gear.
I currently have 2 simulator in one I use the Simucube ultimate and the second I use the dd2 , the Simucube ultimate is the best for Iracing , but in the other sims NO, I tried EVERYTHING (all the best settings on true drive)and my dd2 feels better , it just falls behind in Iracing…
@@Nineteenfivepointfive do you currently own both bases? Do you switch back and forth all the time? Did you try the new updates? , if you DO your opinion is relevant! If you don’t you can’t be sure 🙃
One system that doesnt get mentioned anymore is the Bodnar's Simsteering V2. I guess the reason is because its pretty old. Its price tag is still pretty steep. Does anyone has any experience with the Bodnar V2 and any of the latest top end motors like the DD2 and SC2 Pro/Ultimate and cares to describe how they compare FEEL wise? If you only have experience with one please dont comment. I only want to hear from those that have experience with the Bodnar V2 and other top end servos.
SC2 is both a better base and has a better eco system. It's basically unrestricted, even fanatec can be used at an extra cost with some electrical work but nothing major.
Can’t compare dd1 or 2 to simucube 2 sport. Sport is like 8/5 nm MAX. Really poor FFB. DD1 is waaaaaay superior. Can not compare. I have both. Simucube 2 sport is for kids.
@@SimCoaches no broo, I own all 3 dd1 2 abs simucube 2 Sport. Simucube Sport it’s a toy comparing to dd1 and 2. Kids Toy. Weak torque, unreal sensation as ure driving. When in the world I drive a GT3 car and the car is like a SUV? Lol…
@@SimCoaches yes I’ve copied from James Baldwin. Inf the app it is 100%FFB and in the ACC to be good it is at 85%. My DD2 is 100%!in the APP and in the game 35%, more is way to hard. And yes the torque is enable… everything was right.
If you make these into Shorts or Reels and promote them on Instagram, you'll gain a ton of subs. Huge new generation of drivers popping up and all of them wanna run No Hesi on modded AC. All of them always asking what to buy or where to go to.
If you’re looking to plug any accessory into your Fanatec outside of their ecosystem, it’s not possible. Using Fanatec gear, you can only plug Fanatec gear into it whereas, Simucube for example, has an accessory port where you can plug external gear into it that’s not part of the Simucube Ecosystem. That’s all we meant 🙂
Do you use direct drive on your racing simulator?
Dd1 here… I live with it, but I certainly wouldn’t buy it again. There’s a little movement in the podium hub...
@@mikedeanellis oh yeah, that would be frustrating!! Honestly, I’ve not noticed it with ours but now tomorrow, I’m gonna go check it out!!
Just got a Simucube 2 pro to replace my CSL DD 8nm two weeks ago and loving it. Its super smooth and fast to react and drifting on it is just a joy. The thing is that steerings and button boxes for it are expensive compared to Fanatec. Currently using Turn R305 + Ascher B16L, Cube Controls GT Pro and an Nardi Twin 305mm, all on nrg QR
@@mementos24 I’d love to see your cockpit!! Join our discord and post a pic in the rig section!!
HTTPS://discord.gg/simcoaches
@@mikedeanellis Is the movement there only when the Steering Wheel is in? If so, its the mounting base on the wheel. My DD1 has absolutely 0 play or looseness.
Great content. Some more reviews on the up to date current best wheel bases in the market ect would be great to hear your take on and should attract more sim racers as you certainly deliver high quality content, just need some more exposure. Keep up the great work!
Coming soon!
I really appreciate the straightforward review without all the blabber other channels use to not offend any manufacturers. I have been using a DD1 for several years, and I always felt there was something missing. I ordered an SC2.
Thanks for that. Appreciate the positivity!!
There's no going back from a Simucube, definitly the endgame wheelbase for private costumers. Got mine some weeks ago and it can be frustrating to get the settings right but when you have them, its absolutly glorious! Have fun with yours
I sold my DD1 yesterday and tomorrow my SC2 Pro will arrive!
I’m so excited and will spend the whole weekend playing with it!
I’m curious how it will feel and how long it takes to find good settings for the simucube after being used to Fanatec for years.
@@rolux4853Please share your thoughts about the SC2 PRO… what differences are there with Fanatec ?
I like what you're doing bro, keep it up!
I've been a controls guy/machine builder for years, so I know when someone knows their stuff and has a passion for it. 🍻
That means so much man. I appreciate you taking a moment to write that
I’m in this for the community
Now time to compsre the dd+ with the alpha because hot damn the dd+ is on another level compared to anything fanatec has made. I'm using both and it's blown my mind. So raw and strong and detailed.
So is DD+ better than SC2P?
Guess we’ll have to see what the future looks like over there before we do that one 😱
No it isnt its close though. Dan suzuki talked about this. He rated the dd+ above simagic, asetek and rated it right below the simucube but said it was close. @TOUCHTIGERPP
@SimCoaches ahh not worried, alot of youtubers were way off base on what was going on. Thomas letter proves that. They also had a meeting on the 6th. Regardless they aren't going anywhere wether Thomas comes in and gets his investors offers accepted which bte he came up with 48mil euro in investors within 2 weeks time lol. Or if they end up having different owners. Regardless fanatec is staying. They won't be going anywhere. I mean shit they finally are almost fully caught up on shipments also.
US is on track and averaging 3 days for shipping. Even if it says 4 to6. We put up a survey and or a list for people to fill out with there times and dates of orders. Also they would then update the list when they got it. The list has about 2k peoppe on it. The average for US was 3 days and the average for the EU was 14 days.
Great content can’t wait to see you guys take over
Thanks Jose!!
I have got using DD1 for almost 3 years and then one day I bought a SIMUCUBE 2 PRO,I have to said that is really really amazing,SC2P won totally ( for FFB).it’s smoothly and can do some amazing movement that DD1 can’t done or imagine
If you got some interest, take a look of my latest video, I updated a drifting video with SC2P
I got a DD2 at launch. It really sucked those first few months. It just didn’t perform well. Especially compared to my CSW V2. It also had a defect that I eventually had to send it back for repair. Over a year and half later the performance did improve but the damn QR became worse over time. I couldn’t deal with it any longer. I switched to a SC2 Pro and the experience has been fantastic. All the way around. Zero complaints.
What was the defect that you had?
@@PandaGamerzNL The cooling fan would run at 100% rpm when I turned on the base. It would do this about 50% of the time after powering on. In the beginning it would do it for a few minutes then finally shut off. After months of working with Fanatic on new firmware the problem kept getting worse and Fanatic still wouldn’t agree to an RMA. Finally it got to the point where every time I’d turn on the base the fan would crank to 100% rpm and never turn off until I turned off the base. It sounded like a jet engine and was unusable. This all started less then a month after receiving the DD2.
The simucube is pretty sweet and hard to find better
I agree!
I’m just starting out with sim racing and if I get the sim cube pro i should be able to turn down the NM till I get use to using it and I wouldn’t have to upgrade , wouldn’t that be best ?
Yeah, that's a great idea. The NM Mainly helps keep the wheel nice and crisp feeling with heavier wheels on it.
So if money was no issue would you go simcube all the way?
Which has the best fine feel and details?
No doubt, I’d stick with Simucube. I’d still go with the pro over the ultimate even if money weren’t an issue though!
Should add a screen like hub, I would buy it immediately. Great review and thank you! Can you do one with moza vs fantec or SC2
That is a great idea!!
Great news, but kindly make sure to deliver it outside America in more easy ways than other manufacturers do, like i live in the middle east and its very hard to put my hands on stuff like simucube or fanatec
We’ll do everything we can to make it happen for you brotha!!! 🤝🏻
@@SimCoaches thanks man, I appreciate it ❤️❤️
@@Downforse how come it’s hard to get into Middle East? This info will help us understand how to make it happen
@@SimCoaches i live in a country called Lebanon, we have some economic issues so like fanatec they dont ship directly, you have to ship internally in Germany than you have to contact any shipping company to deliver it to you, even you cant through ebay or amazon, i contacted a supplier once in China for Cammus and it was way easier
@@Downforse that’s interesting. We’ll look into the possibilities of delivering to your country. Thanks for making us aware of this!
I feel like Fanatec has changed their sales approach. I believe they have began to focus on console sim racing since they are honestly the high end brand in that ecosystem of gaming. I think they have also realized that they haven't kept up with the likes of Simucube, Simagic, GSI, Cube Controls etc. etc. etc. Fanatec is a great product for what it is, but when it comes to PC it is upper entry/lower mid-range gear.
Sim Coaches ecosystem ftw! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
You’re the man!!! 🇺🇸
I currently have 2 simulator in one I use the Simucube ultimate and the second I use the dd2 , the Simucube ultimate is the best for Iracing , but in the other sims NO, I tried EVERYTHING (all the best settings on true drive)and my dd2 feels better , it just falls behind in Iracing…
That’s great knowledge!! I’ve never driven on an ultimate so my ignorance is high. But great to hear you’re loving it in iRacing!
Then you definitely doing things wrong
@@Nineteenfivepointfive do you currently own both bases? Do you switch back and forth all the time? Did you try the new updates? , if you DO your opinion is relevant! If you don’t you can’t be sure 🙃
@@Nineteenfivepointfive So, how is YOUR Simicube better than YOUR DD2? We all would like to know your experiences with owning both.
@@anticommoncore4065 no comment from him I guess😏.
But the sport 2 is better than dd1 podium?
Are you on Adderall or did you just have a lot of coffee? Lol good video though, thanks for the comparison
I get excited 😆
I hav the ultimate and the pro ! I love them ❤ I hav the spring on my pedals I’ll may get your pedals but not right now ! But it’s coming 😂!
Soon! Very soon!!!
You can tell he doesnt give a darn zero about the fanatec base lol....scratching the crap out of it 😂
👀👀
One system that doesnt get mentioned anymore is the Bodnar's Simsteering V2. I guess the reason is because its pretty old. Its price tag is still pretty steep. Does anyone has any experience with the Bodnar V2 and any of the latest top end motors like the DD2 and SC2 Pro/Ultimate and cares to describe how they compare FEEL wise? If you only have experience with one please dont comment. I only want to hear from those that have experience with the Bodnar V2 and other top end servos.
SC2 is both a better base and has a better eco system. It's basically unrestricted, even fanatec can be used at an extra cost with some electrical work but nothing major.
That’s what I’m thinking as well 🤔 😎
Dd1 was good, but the support suck ass! Don't recommend it. They are two 2years behind, and I'm still waiting for them to respond. 5 months now!
How can you even try to compare Fanacrap to the best DD base in the world 🤣😂🤣🤣😂
That’s fair 😁
Can’t compare dd1 or 2 to simucube 2 sport. Sport is like 8/5 nm MAX. Really poor FFB. DD1 is waaaaaay superior. Can not compare. I have both. Simucube 2 sport is for kids.
Simucube 2 Sport is 17NM 😎
More than just a kids base. It’s plenty for many
@@SimCoaches no broo, I own all 3 dd1 2 abs simucube 2 Sport. Simucube Sport it’s a toy comparing to dd1 and 2. Kids Toy. Weak torque, unreal sensation as ure driving. When in the world I drive a GT3 car and the car is like a SUV? Lol…
Are you sure you have the Sport turned up? We have tested them all and have a completely different outcome. Are you using a profile on the sport?
@@SimCoaches yes I’ve copied from James Baldwin. Inf the app it is 100%FFB and in the ACC to be good it is at 85%. My DD2 is 100%!in the APP and in the game 35%, more is way to hard. And yes the torque is enable… everything was right.
@@robertojr26 so the dd2 is fine the only issues is the weight and dimensions for those that want smaller wheel base?
SC2 is far superior to fanatec
I’ve gotta agree!!
How so? They're almost equal in torque
@@kimmossige263 simucube 2 is pro, no flex, rare issue, fanatec is full of flex issue
Force feedback quality? People said latest drivers from fanatec made them as good as simucube
@@Chris_Vasileiou where did you hear that?
If you make these into Shorts or Reels and promote them on Instagram, you'll gain a ton of subs.
Huge new generation of drivers popping up and all of them wanna run No Hesi on modded AC. All of them always asking what to buy or where to go to.
Love the feedback. That’s a great idea
I have HK pedals for my dd1 so that’s not true that they lock you in their eco system
If you’re looking to plug any accessory into your Fanatec outside of their ecosystem, it’s not possible. Using Fanatec gear, you can only plug Fanatec gear into it whereas, Simucube for example, has an accessory port where you can plug external gear into it that’s not part of the Simucube Ecosystem. That’s all we meant 🙂
@@SimCoaches ahh okay , I misunderstood you then . My bad lol