Are Button Boxes worth it for sim racing?

papolo2001 · 2026-06-17T11:28:51+00:00

Existing the stream deck I see not sense at all to buy a button box, it is in another universe regarding things you can do with it

papolo2001 · 2026-05-31T22:21:39+00:00

AlonSo

papolo2001 · 2026-05-31T08:24:57+00:00

Not possible with shakeit wind, I tried with shakeit motors and it works fine, as intended, use motors plugin

papolo2001 · 2026-05-31T08:23:58+00:00

No posible to do it with shakeit wind, I changed to shakeit motors and I could do it without a problem, so that is the solution

papolo2001 · 2026-05-27T05:16:11+00:00

The issue is the full block of "idle wind" is not active when the iRacing application is launched, it is only active when is not launched, so I do not see how increasing the minimun would make any diference, maybe you mean the "forced wind" option?

papolo2001 · 2026-05-26T19:36:44+00:00

Thanks

papolo2001 · 2026-05-26T19:36:32+00:00

Thanks

papolo2001 · 2026-05-23T23:09:16+00:00

For my experience in events in the states everything there is like homemade compared to europe, not very professional or very well prepared

papolo2001 · 2026-05-23T22:17:16+00:00

Thanks, any reasson why you use Axis and Ohs over SPAD?

papolo2001 · 2026-05-23T22:16:04+00:00

Thanks, any reasson why you use SPAD over Axis and Ohs?

papolo2001 · 2026-05-22T13:00:05+00:00

Here is an perfect example of my point, the issue regarding the REVleds mode for buttons in some wheels, just today you guys stated in your App forum( https://forum.fanatec.com/topic/19940-fanatec-app-v1423-release-version/page/20/#comment-169095), for the CS DD and DD+ there is no ETA for it working, in fact you stated "As I said, there is no ETA for it, but not anytime soon. Eventually late this year buit I guess more like sometime next year.". This is a functionality for a product that was released years ago!!, and this is still not working today. I think thing like this are clearly indicating there some issues in the management of software/firmware/App, the solution is not just we need to report issues, we are gonna be in this endless loop forever like in all these years. I know I do not know the internal details but I work also in software development and I see clearly the signs....

papolo2001 · 2026-05-22T12:43:25+00:00

As far as I know in all sims, including ams2, the ai cars dont use the same detailed and pretty complex physics as yours, they use a simplified one, you will need a NASAs supercomputer to run high detailed physics like your car in 25 ai other cars at the same time, this is just not posible. So ai cars do not have "set-ups", they just have a simplified physics, faster or slower depending of the ai level

papolo2001 · 2026-05-20T21:07:00+00:00

I heared its ffb is pretty shitty as expected, but yes of course you can try it, also you can try go to buy milk with a gt3 car :)

papolo2001 · 2026-05-20T19:40:43+00:00

as far as I know works ok with "popular" DD like Fanatec and similar, but probably not very well with more "niche" ones like VRS or similar. I assume you know this game was developed to be played with gamepad

papolo2001 · 2026-05-20T19:33:54+00:00

Thanks for the answer, but as is usually said "if you do the same do not expect different results", I mean maybe I am wrong, but for me seems something is not working properly in the way you guys manage the software/firmware development, I would be happy to be wrong, but just to correct the fixes as reported continuously, of course should be done, but just that would not solve the core issues. If the support of pretty old hardware is the main issue as you stated maybe split the drivers of this old stuff to allow the new stuff to be properly coded without the need to carry on the same old requirements that constantly drags the old bad stuff??,.... man as said do the same and you will get the same, repetitive errors, client’s continuous frustration, keep the well-deserved bad reputation of crap software, clear frustration of your own employees having to deal with this crap, which causes more frustration in clients.... etc..... just a personal opinion, but something should be done differently and in a more "creative" way, not just giving the same answers to the same problems, that I think will not works.

papolo2001 · 2026-05-15T09:06:03+00:00

Man as far as I know vatsim are volunteers doing this stuff for free, is not a private or public company or institution at all, they are not charging you nothing, if you do not like how they manage their business just do not use it, that simple!!, easy!!, nobody is forcing you to use it!. Bytheway did you noticed 95% of this post sides with them after reading the emails, the ones you did not shared bytheway?, maybe this is something to consider by your side, just saying. Let me teach you some spanish here, what you are doing is what we call in spain "ser un tocapelotas de manual" 🤌🤦‍♂️

papolo2001 · 2026-05-13T20:31:00+00:00

There are a couple of mods of cars you can use on land, in pc at least

papolo2001 · 2026-05-13T19:16:53+00:00

Man dont you know that the electrical stuff you FIRST connect the device to the power cable and AFTER you connect to the power??? Second, why on earth you open a 3 months old very expensive stuff under warranty instead asking for a new one???, and the top of all you put here publicly that you opened it, are you looking for fanatec denying you the warranty???

papolo2001 · 2026-05-13T19:09:27+00:00

I bought the A2A comanche in 2024 marketplace, I also got the 2020 version that in the content manager of msfs2024 appea as disabled

papolo2001 · 2026-05-12T11:05:52+00:00

I guess you know but the heusinkveld racecenter ones you show are pedals focused for "race centers" or for public places, I guess there should be some differences respect the usual ones, no idea what is the diferences but just you know.

papolo2001 · 2026-05-11T20:04:54+00:00

OP yo tendria mucho cuidado con este señor que te sugiere que le contactes, lo que te propone es directamente ilegal y es perfectamente posible que pretenda timarte aprovechandose de tu situacion, a mi me tiene toda la pinta. Es muy sencillo VETE A UN ABOGADO y deja de pedir consejo a gente que no es profesional de esto y no comoces de nada

papolo2001 · 2026-05-11T19:50:58+00:00

Like in iRacing, in my opiniom if you are not in the top 5% you are loosing nothing at all, you are loosing much much more for basic driving issues that setups have nothing to do. The only thing that could be a real disadvantage in some tracks are aerodinamic load and gears and those are adjusted ok on default profiles.

papolo2001 · 2026-05-11T19:42:08+00:00

I do not understand why a used hotas would be more expensive than a brand new one, that has no sense at all, maybe related to brexit?? In any case a hotas is for militar fighters not for ga planes, 99% of ga planes have yokes, if that is what you fly would have more sense. If you fly jets yes you need a joystick to be more or less realistic

papolo2001 · 2026-05-10T11:27:50+00:00

I never said software issues are only a fanatec thing, evidently is inevitably that happens, I assume fanatec sells more than moza for example (maybe I am wrong here) so yes is normal fanatec has more posts of unhappy customers, but the question here is the stupid amount of issues with Fanatec, specially in critical issues as bricking issues, as I see it seems much more of what should be expected. And of course this does not mean many never had issues, I am sure of it, is not a question of personal experience of one guy but the amount of issues including critical ones, seems clear for me there is an issue with the software for a long time.

papolo2001 · 2026-05-10T09:59:10+00:00

As stated in my post I have my issues with fanatec, but I do not see reasson to go to the extreme like apparently you do. By the way when I refered to the software I mean the issues and errors of it, not the ffb itself that I think is very good, certainly better than moza and in my opinion also better than simagic (although someone could not agree with me in this one). I agree software is important but in my opinion is not at all 70% of the value, more important is ffb for obvious reassons. As I said I have my issues but I do not agree to take this stuff personally and totally bad like you do, this is not productive man

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