FANATEC CSL DD McLaren GT3 V2 Review

[@MRD0889]

I've had my CSL DD bundle since November of last year, and i use mine just about every day 😅 As little as an 1 if im just busy or 6 hrs in if im completely free. The only issue i had with my CSL DD is the shafts collar loosened up, causing a shaft disconnect. Just re settled the shaft back in and aligned the colllar, and this time, i pushed as far back as it could go and did a 3 step torque. I ended up with a total of 132 inch/lbs At the moment, the two wheels i have are my cheapy WRC wheel, which i use for any GT racing, and finaly my gen 1 F1 wheel for all open wheelers and LMPs. Iracing is what i now use. I've been on AMS2, Rfactor2, accetto corsa and copentizione, Forza also. Iracing does have what everybody wants Unfortunately, yes, it can get expensive, BUT i learned that its only as expensive as you make it. After my sign up, i stayed on MX5 rookies and Formula 1600 😊 2nd week in, i bought 5 tracks, a GT4 and F4 car. As of now, i am chillin' with the content i have and just got to C licensed when season 2 started. It's manageable, and you dont have to spend a butt load of money.

[@F_Ryan]

How much money do you spend on Iracing

[@MRD0889]

@F_Ryan too much money lol, I dropped it. There's an ugly trend I've noticed with iracing, on the last 3 weeks, a lot off ppl come out to cause wrecks or just dirty tricks. I value my $ and iracing isn't giving me what I pay for, so I just stopped and started up on GT 7 =)

[@captains3rious701]

Amazing review. Really gives a great insight.

[@boukou]

Just ordered a very similar setup. I did order the load cell brake.

[@JakeVirdenTech]

Very nice @boukou! I think you will like this setup, I love mine so far. The loadcell brake is probably the first upgrade most people go for.

[@productproducer664]

I've seen divorced families more stable than that table clamp For anyone looking for an alternative to that table clamp, you can use the Moza r9 table clamp instead. it's 20 bucks more expensive but it's made of metal and with adjustable incline.

[@birdseye2239]

the moza clam works for the fanatec?

[@productproducer664]

@birdseye2239 yes, just google it

[@GEHFICKEN2011]

I ordered the CSL DD bundle but it just wasn't delivered until I saw that the rdy2race bundle with the QR1 Lite standard was selling moderately, and that the QR1 Lite wasn't available until the end of March. I recommend everyone who wants to get the CSL DD rdy2race bundle to configure it manually. Since it is not mandatory for Xbox that the Wheelbase is Xbox compatible, the steering wheel must be... so CSL DD 5NM with the QR2 Type C then the Mclaren Wheel with QR2 Wheel slide and the pedals. Ordered on the 3rd and it wasn't delivered until the 5th because there was a weekend in between. srry for my bad English

[@benharris3123]

I’ve ordered basically the same thing, it says my qr1 lite wheel-side isn’t available until 26th march. How did you get around that?

[@harirami4024]

Bro I can not understand what your saying there no need for those next level words

[@ArthurYouT]

Hey man sorry but i couldn't help but notice how close you are to the wheel, do you not feel uncomfortable? Typically you want your wrist to rest on top of the wheel when stretching your arm out

[@JakeVirdenTech]

Hi @ArthurYouT. Yea it was a little uncomfortable with the table clamp setup, but with the wheel stand, I have a much better driving position.

[@shorties_]

Sorry, I didn’t have enough time to watch all of the video. Does the ready2race bundle come with the table clamp?

[@JakeVirdenTech]

No worries @shorties_ , thank you for checking out the video! The table clamp does not come with the ready to race bundle, I added it to my order separately for about $20.00.

[@youngprincemike]

Do I need to do any software work on my wheel even though I’m using it with just the Xbox itself ?

[@MonkeYTXX]

Does anyone know how much this cost in Australian dollars?

[@Mario_Ramirez]

Is this the best xbox compatible bundle there is? 🤔 I was looking at the Moza R3 bundle, but the torque seems a bit low.

[@nm0169]

Can someone please explain to me how you get the speedometer or gear to show up on the little screen in the middle. On Xbox. Thx

[@Dreamsindriveways818]

I ordered mine it has a different wheel slide connect

[@waldnr]

does the QR1 Lite Wheel-Side work ok with this wheel?

[@reviewforthetube6485]

You need to learn trail braking it's absolutely key to sim racing. Your lap times will go way way down. Not gonna become a good sim driver in a week lol Also I love f1 2023 but now you need trail braking. Its a much better sim then the past years because of the way you have to turn in and truely go with slow in fast out.

[@johnmartinsky]

Before you think you’re the best “sim racer” in the world, everyone drives different💀 trail breaking isn’t necessary for everyone. Just because it improved your lap time by 0.001, doesn’t mean you have to go into a KZbin comment section and act like your max verstappen. Sit down bud and let people play the game

[@reviewforthetube6485]

​@@johnmartinsky​@johnmartinsky8694 do you play sims? If you arent trail braking you wont break even top1k lol. These games are literalyl designed around it now! Even f1 2023 has introduced the need for trsil breaking to get top times. If you dont you cant turn in the same way. Sure go do normal braking but you will be losing much more then 0.01 lol

[@reviewforthetube6485]

​@@johnmartinskybtw I wasn't even rude you were more then I was. I was just helping him out and telling him it won't happen overnight.

[@henryhasbunds]

please help i am thinking of getting the csl dd bundle, do i need to add anything else into my cart as i will be racing on pc? thank

[@MaliReborn]

No, the csl Dd bundle is all you need. Except if you need a desk clamp and have no wheel stand or rig. So then u will need to add a desk clamp to your cart

[@stevenfleenor9953]

I just bought this setup a few days ago , how was shipping time for you ?

[@stevenfleenor9953]

@@smith2924 in the USA?

[@smith2924]

Yes, south east USA@@stevenfleenor9953

[@JakeVirdenTech]

Hi @stevenfleenor9953! For me the tracking said about 7 days, but everything showed up in 5.

[@nhoj2114]

Is their a sticker that goes over that Xbox logo lol

[@JakeVirdenTech]

Hi @nhoj2114 . It came with some stickers and button caps, but not one big enough to cover the Xbox button 😐

[@2x_MotorSports]

Been waiting weeks for mine. 😔

[@lambyg2802]

Should have got the QR2.

[@moncimoov]

no need, QRlite with 8nm is fine

[@JakeVirdenTech]

I might upgrade my base and wheel to the QR2 @lambyg2802 , looks to be a decent system!

[@killrockstartv]

@@JakeVirdenTech I just upgraded my 8nm unit to the QR2 with the QR2-lite wheel side. Has blown me away it is much more stiff. Don't be affraid of buying the qr2 lite for 8nm units it is just as stiff as the metal qr2 and is half the weight which makes a big difference to fidelity on lower nm bases like the 8nm. Also I would just want to say a lot of adjustment is done in the fanatec control panel per game or fanalabs, you have 5 profiled for different games which you can switch to using your mclaren wheel. All reccomended settings are on fanatecs forums.

[@iamhaluzi9889]

Sure, let me just buy a quick release almost as expensive as the wheel....

[@DonHichot]

Trash pedals, buy a t-lcm. qr1 to the trash, buy a qr2.

[@damienakatubbyable]

I dont understand why people are still plugging this stuff, availability is very poor, reliability is very poor and customer service seems to be as poor as everything else! Would be nice if youtube content providers put some pressure on these companies to come good with their promises and product reliability instead of continually pushing questionable products onto us. Shame really.

[@JakeVirdenTech]

Hi @damienakatubbyable, I agree with a portion of your comment where users and content creators should push companies to provide the best products and services. What I is completely false regarding my videos, is "pushing questionable products". This is a small channel with no sponsors, nothing is being pushed here, this is video and others I put out are genuine experiences of products I have purchased and me sharing my experiences positive or negative. I appreciate you checking out the video, but please don't get this channel mixed up with much larger channels that get an abundance of products sent to them and push anything to make money. Thank you!

[@neilbezuidenhout9284]

Tbh, haven't had any of ur mentioned issues.