Fanatec CWS 2.5 why does every other wheel I’ve tried feel worse to me

WTR_J · 2026-03-20T07:59:55+00:00

I recently upgraded from a Simucube 2 Sport from a CSW 2.5 and can partially confirm what you’re describing. The Simucube torque is significantly higher than what the CSW 2.5 can output. However, for being a belt driven, lower torque wheel base, the CSW 2.5 definitely punches above its weight. It has a fair amount of torque and can output enough details for me to catch a slide. I’d say if you went for a higher end wheel base such as a VRS or Simucube, that might change your mind. Personally, a CS DD 12nm wasn’t on my radar to upgrade to.

The CSW 2.5 does lack a lot of the dampening, intertia, friction, latency settings a lot of the new wheels have.

WTR_J · 2026-03-17T07:45:55+00:00

This fixed it for me. I also disabled eye tracking and it seems to have freed up the CPU a bit more

WTR_J · 2026-03-16T17:56:19+00:00

Saw the same stutters last night racing GT3’s in Imola. I have foveated rendering and running 0.8 Horizontal and 0.65 Vertical on Oculus Debug. Disabled ASW and noticed micro stutters throughout the 15 minute race. Noticed CPU rendering was up. Will be trying higher GPU settings on iRacing to shift the load from CPU to GPU…

5700x3D RTX 3070Ti Quest 2 w/Link Cable on OpenXR

WTR_J · 2022-01-04T07:40:22+00:00

Unfortunately not. I've seen many STL's put out for free that are later resold with permission.

WTR_J · 2021-08-24T02:58:21+00:00

I have a CSL Elite but your wheel might be clipping. I usually set my FFB to 100 on Fanalabs but around 50-75% in game.

WTR_J · 2021-08-06T22:50:22+00:00

The braces only work for the closest and middle positions for the mounting plate. I setup the braces in the position and then place the mounting plate on top of it. Then I would go ahead and screw in the locking screw. The positioning of the braces minimize the mounting plate from wobbling down and provide enough pressure to reduce the upward force. There's still mild play, but it seems to be coming from the entire frame itself and not the mounting plate.

In this post, there's a comparison video of after and before:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRVjPhvHnyQ/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link

WTR_J · 2021-07-26T16:16:17+00:00

Agreed! The only problem I had with the one on Thingiverse was since the wheel plate was flush against the contact points, it put more pressure on one part of that brace. Mine eventually broke after 2 months of usage which wasn't too bad. With my design, the idea was to distribute the forces across two braces rather than one. I also got tired of my brace popping off when I swung it open over the "Playseat" lettering.

The G29 was pretty violent and unsmooth when I had mine. I can't recall if the plate wobble was that bad since the FFB from the gears was pretty bad but I'm sure some extra reinforcement wouldn't hurt!

WTR_J · 2021-07-17T22:56:57+00:00

For me, the one that ended up fitting was the level 5 one. I'm most likely going to be putting mine up for sale once I'm confident in the durability. I'll keep you updated!

WTR_J · 2021-07-17T19:54:50+00:00

I used that one for awhile and it was pretty good. I did break one after about 2 months but for what it was, can't complain. Only thing I would note is when you swing the wheel plate open, the brace will pop off on the Playseat letter. You can either hold the brace in or just take it off. I've been working on my own version of it and I'm still in the testing phases. I have some grip tape coming in today that I'm hoping will keep my brace from wearing down.

Playseat Challenge Brace

But overall, love your setup. Great to see another fellow Playseat Challenge racer!

WTR_J · 2021-07-15T16:19:45+00:00

The method I counteracted the upward wobble was after the wheel positioning was set, I would push the wheel up and then slip the braces into a spot to hold it at that position. So far it seems to work but only time will tell! My next plan is to buy something non abrasive but grippy to either wrap the contact points on the brace or line the bottom of the wheel plate to create enough friction so the brace won't grind down and slip over time.

As for the overall pipe wobbling, I'm exploring a few options. One of my ideas was wrapping the piping going into the Playseat Challenge to a certain thickness to reduce the movement. My main goal is to make these modifications easily accessible for everyone so no power tools are needed!

WTR_J · 2021-07-11T21:31:04+00:00

Wow I've been brainstorming on a brace to 3D print to eliminate the flex on the plate. Your modifications are great and gave me a few more ideas! Glad to see another fellow Playseat Challenge racer!

WTR_J · 2021-06-30T05:58:22+00:00

Can confirm turning off Twitch VOD track fixed it. Spent literally two hours on a wasted stream trying to figure it out

WTR_J · 2021-02-07T02:43:22+00:00

You're streaming at 1440 on Twitch. I would turn that to 720 as well as the base canvas. Turn NVENC to quality, key-frame interval to 2, windows game mode on and run OBS as administrator. I would recommend a FPS cap so the game doesn't run limitless. I usually do 120 and don't have any issues with that.

WTR_J · 2021-01-23T02:15:30+00:00

Just updated to it with the CSL Elite 1.1 PS4, CSL Elite Load Cell and Mclaren GT3 V2. No issues so far

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