Turtle Beach's New Sim Racing Wheel is OVERHATED, but there's one problem...

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TLDR:
The Turtle Beach VelocityOne Racing Wheel in its current state is a welcome addition to the sim racing space. Barring a few minor bugs still lingering around, the performance of the package manages to be worth the price tag. What I couldn't shake off though was the feeling that this product lands in a a no man zone especially among sim racers. Why pay $200-300 more than the price of a budget DD bundle, but not shell out the extra $400 for a higher end bundle? The lack of a current upgrade ecosystem may also hamper this. Ultimately, if you want a competent DD + Load Cell + Button Box bundle with plenty of customization and RGB to go around, and you prefer to shop via big box store, the VelocityOne may be for you.
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[@brolaire8851]

The way you sit while driving reminds me of the moms I see on the highway

[@jeffwills2869]

How can you be confused as to what type of sim racer it should be recommended for. The answer is you. You're the perfect example. The desk pilot that isn't going to get a cockpit any time soon if ever.

[@DJYeeJay]

Good point but at that price point for a desk racer I’d rather have a 5nm wheel and v3 pedals

[@azamat19]

​@@DJYeeJay well if u refer to the c5, which im using right now as well. That is not a 5nm by any means. Its more like a 9nm. Cammus claims 5nm of holding torque which is different to the 5nm csl dd where fanatec claims 5 nm of peak torque. I have had the csl dd as well, the c5 is stronger than the csl dd with 8nm boostkit.

[@SIMRIG412]

Ya because the c5 has a smaller wheel diameter and weighs less 😂than

[@azamat19]

@@SIMRIG412 nope. When torque is calculated, the rim diameter is put in equation. On top of that the rim of the c5 is 278mm and very heavy as the motor is built into the rim, the fanatec f1 rim that i have had is a tiny 265mm and very light, yet the c5 is stronger than fanatec csl dd 8nm with formula rim.

[@GregoryShtevensh]

It absolutely is NOT 9nm ​@@azamat19

[@regibson23]

Probably the biggest issue in is it looks like a toy. I used to think Dave Cam putting looks above everything else was short sighted. But he's actually right. I couldn't imagine looking at this thing every day.

[@Sponge1310]

Glad I’m not the only one thinking it looks a bit toyish 😅 Can’t really put my finger on it, but there’s just something about the way it looks that screams “cheap plastic toy” while it’s actually quite a pricey product…

[@jamesjanik5878]

I'm sorry but your driving position is the funniest thing every time I see it😆

[@Khosumi_]

You haven't mentioned the accelerator pedal lag. Several reviewers have mentioned it, unless they fixed it through software updates, but there has been lots of complaints that sometimes the gas pedal sticks or doesn't register any input if you blip the pedal, which could be a massive issue for manual cars.

[@DJYeeJay]

I did see that actually when I would plug in the wheel the first time I would press the gas it would go only from 0-100 just for the first pump. Didn’t think much of it at the time and I don’t think I experienced it in a race but if that is a regular thing that’s not good at all

[@Sethsimracing]

Thank you! Definitely gonna save up for a higher-end wheel, as I'm not the budget person, and would rather build my setup really well over a longer time myself. Very well done, non-biased, and overall great quality and editing!

[@Brunnen_Gee]

7:38 Preach. I've had so many people try to argue with me about this kind of thing in sim racing, "It isn't realistic" or "You don't need that much information". Yes, we absolutely do need that additional information because we aren't actually sitting in a car feeling the g-forces, so all of that has to be applied in different manners to translate what the car is doing to us by other means.

[@schakalicious6023]

sure, but if it’s a matter of “used g27 or nothing at all” i’d much rather have a cheap (but decent) wheel than nothing. you can absolutely still be fast with less information

[@strovich]

Yay! The channel has reached a partial product influx stage.

[@maximepatterson8345]

DJ Yee is slowly becoming a full timegear reviewer, part time oval racer

[@iiCoNxNC]

If it was 349$-449$!!!!!!! Would be a price I think would grab more attention.

[@iiCoNxNC]

Why wouldn’t u just spend 400ish for a Fanatec bundle that you can add/upgrade stuff overtime. And so so many options for upgrades.

[@P8nda]

@@iiCoNxNC cause Fanatec is about to go under lol. but I see your point

[@iiCoNxNC]

@@P8nda or just spend 500-800 on moza ? Still can upgrade. It’s kinda like the Logitech direct drive why is it basically 1k when u can get competitive stuff that can be upgraded for half the price?

[@aaronthomas6155]

@@iiCoNxNC Or just spend $500-600 on Cammus and not need to upgrade later.

[@zanetti20]

Still excited for when you get the other wheel

[@noone7206]

You driving those trucks look like me on my morning commute

[@vladchitoroaga250]

Superb channel here . Keep going

[@RCracer7223]

I just realized you have a shiny Umbreon plushy in the case behind you :)

[@DiariesOfABadDriver]

Good review! Personally, one thing i don't really understand is how the hell people manage to use load cell pedals without hard mounting? I use a NLR 2.0 and even then because I'm in an office chair that isn't as rigid at the back as a hard mounted racing seat would be, it can be a slight struggle sometimes.

[@DJYeeJay]

Wayyyyy under calibrate it. It’s not ideal. In fact I actually don’t use my normal v3 pedals as load cells lol but that’s what I’m used to. For ovals it tends to help me anyways because I can be more precise between 0-20% braking specifically

[@MattO109]

I think boostedmedia said it perfectly it seems like it was put together to look more value for bucks when sitting next to a Logitech or Thurstmaster on shelf.

[@fangboston4997]

I unfortunately had a really bad experience with this racing wheel. I did not have any structural flex or play, which means they noticed an attempt to correct it. Awesome! But their latest firmware (v1.20) made things.. a lot worse. I encountered a decent amount of software bugs that required some boucning around the menus or just plain turning it off and on again. My pedals would constantly keep registering input even when not pressed (throttle got stuck at 50% sometimes, clutch and brake around 15%). The brake was 0-100% with just a tad bit of pressure, and sensitivity curves or deadzones did not help at all. There were some design flaws I found to be something that could have been totally avoidable. I really wanted to like it, and I kept it for 4 days before dropping it back off at my local UPS store. If the wheel is on sale at a really decent discount, I'd recommend it.. for starters and desk pilots. I already ordered the Fanatec CSL DD to replace it entirely. Something I should have done in the first place.

[@gzaos]

Funny, you said the vibration motor is the most important thing on the CSP V3, I can barely feel them, especially the brake one. Nice video, I think this bundle is a great deal for anyone starting out. Miles better than a g29 or thrustmaster equivalent considering that you get a load cell pedal.

[@aaronthomas6155]

My issue is that you can get better hardware for roughly the same price or less. A Cammus C5 and Cammus LC100 pedal set will only set you back around $550-600 and will give you a better overall experience. Sure, you'll lack the button box, but how many people just getting into sim racing are going to be focused on the button box? If it's a must have "feature" you can pickup a better quality button box relative cheap. So, for $700-800, you end up with a setup that won't require any future upgrades and is less likely to break due to cheap materials.

[@01Zipang]

I feel like if they downgrade the pedals, maybe remove the button box, and price it as a bit more expensive option with Direct drive and a cool hud to the G923 it could potentially have a niche.

[@NCWworld]

What about the overall material quality of the bundle? I saw a lot of reviews saying that it fells cheap overall, but most of the guys that expecialize in gear review are surrounded by aluminiun and carbon fiber stuff

[@DJYeeJay]

The pedals and button box are made with especially cheap materials but the construction quality with what it’s got seems solid enough to me. I’d probably be able to have a more definitive answer after racing with it for a longer period of time.

[@NozFoxGaming]

Keep the free gear coming baby 😂 let’s go dude

[@AugustoCezarFingerstyle]

So... if you didn't like it you can always send it to one of your followers. I'd love to have it for myself and I ensure I would make good use playing on it.

[@tinath6490]

Is this thing good for snowrunner

[@sestenwhen]

They should have nixed the built in screen and toy button box and made better pedals and sold it at a lower price. Substance over flash.

[@eclark9965]

I’m always almost surprised when i see turtle beach is still in existence. I’d like to see you try out simagic. Love my alpha. The thoughtfulness in engineering is pretty impressive. Boosted is a full on shill btw 😂

[@aaronthomas6155]

There are plenty of reviews for simagic hardware already.

[@eclark9965]

@@aaronthomas6155 I’m pretty sure you don’t get to decree when there’s enough reviews but thanks

[@AnomieDomine]

Hearing Turtle Beach called a headphone company killed me a little inside

[@aaronthomas6155]

Turtle Beach was originally a PC audio company turned headphone company, turned cheap peripherals company.

[@AnomieDomine]

@@aaronthomas6155 they were a big deal sound cards and and MIDI company pushing the frontier before pivoting to kitschy gamer headsets

[@Satchm00]

At least you got to try it, I imagine a lot of the haters have never touched it...

[@Fuzzidio]

The price is the reason why I hate it, I have to pay 900 USD for it.

[@hydro5168]

Hater POV I just do not trust turtle beach to make a good product. Even at the height of their dominance over the gaming headset industry (late 00's early 10's) they were notorious for not making good products lol, and considering they never really got better it's not exactly a company I'm looking to buy a 900 dollar DD wheel from.

[@aaronthomas6155]

@@hydro5168 Turtle Beach, even in their early days of PC audio, has never made good products. Even their sound cards back in the 90's were crap. They weren't the worst on the market, but were never the best. At least back then, they could be recommended based purely on price.

[@GoodMenstruationAttitude]

anybody remember when turtle beach was a sound card/peripherals company?

[@aaronthomas6155]

Yep..... I had one of their sound cards. Was definitely not worth the $25 I paid for it.

[@GoodMenstruationAttitude]

@@aaronthomas6155 They were kinda elite at one point. Like early 90s they were cutting edge prosumery stuff. But they stayed mass market and slowly fell into irrelevance.

[@aaronthomas6155]

@@GoodMenstruationAttitude My first Turtle Beach sound card wasn't until the mid-late 90s. I paid around $25 for it and ended up replacing it with a much better Yamaha based sound card that I paid around $15 for.

[@GoodMenstruationAttitude]

@@aaronthomas6155 I'm a computer music guy so I went the opposite direction, started with a creative SF card, then TB Pinnacle, then RME stuff

[@Moncinna09]

14 mins ago is crazy

[@alexanderstormdahl2562]

Why

[@wrench3r]

You’re still sitting at a desk?😂

[@aaronthomas6155]

The VelocityOne is "overhated"....but mostly because of the hardcore sim racing crowd that thinks everyone should have to drop thousands of dollars to get into sim racing.

[@alecmillea4539]

You saying this lacks detail compared to the C5 (which is also known to lack finer details) outlines exactly why other reviewers have had negative opinions of this kit. With your limited experience with DD wheelbases I totally get why you don’t understand the hate this gets. It’s very sub par for a dd wheelbase. The wheel is ok but quite cheap and plasticy. The pedals loadcell is a weak joke, accel and clutch are unreliable. The button box is so cheap and weak it makes people avoid using it. The screen hardly works in any games and lacks any real configurability. You’re infinitely better off with an old phone connected via usb and running sim hub. They didn’t do sufficient market research for the product. They didn’t know what they were doing or the market they were going for. The only people that will buy this are those that make a quick impulse buy in store and end up regretting it.

[@aaronthomas6155]

I've watched nearly every review (I'm sure there's more reviews now) of this set and there were a lot of complaints about lacking compatibility, functions either not working reliably or functions not working at all. 1 reviewer tried to update the firmware on his unit and ended up bricking it. I don't recall any review where the biggest complaint was a lack of fine detail. The feedback from the C5 is actually quite realistic, which is arguably more important than "finer details".... If I can't feel it in a real race car, I shouldn't feel it in a DD wheel either.

[@DD23-1]

Tbh i'd rather go for Fanatec or Moza cause you can always upgrade it

[@DJYeeJay]

Ya the lack of an upgrade ecosystem is a huge drawback. But I have been using my v3 pedals with the turtle beach wheel and it works fine

[@DD23-1]

@@DJYeeJay Yeah it looks nice... Its just a bit as you said lacking on the possibility to upgrade for me.

[@matrixugamer566]

Hello

[@seanberry1]

It's definitely not going to attract the upgrading-from-an-old-G27 market - it looks too much like a toy. Going by its appearance, it doesn't seem to have the build-quality a high-force system requires.

[@schakalicious6023]

i did not realize that this was a $650 wheel. for that price you can get something like a moza r5 and maybe even a load cell. i see no reason to get this over a used logitech if you’re just going to play at your desk.

[@aaronthomas6155]

For $650, you can get a Cammus C5 and LC100 load cell pedals and not have to worry about upgrading any time soon.

[@SIMRIG412]

This guy has no clue what he is talking about. He isn’t even into sim racing never trust a review from a guy like this!!

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Umm no the hate is warranted lol. Its outsated looks. Not wuality materials and lacking ffb compared to the competition. Also the software lol. Just because it feels ok when using it doesnt mean its close to where it should be even for normal users. Also you say you arent hardcore sim racer I dont think you can say that anymore. Its very clear you are now deep into the hobby.

[@DJYeeJay]

I’ve been using DD wheels for 2 months after Logitech Gear wheels for 10 years. That’s why I say I’m not a hardcore gear “reviewer”

[@orleansjunky4074]

everything turtle beach is overrated imo

[@KoolKitty88]

agreed, the only thing that isn't might be a couple head phones, but their very expensive ones are very overrated

[@chrisbennett228]

Oh yeah you think you're pretty good, 1v1 me bro!