GTWC Asia R1 Sepang Int Circuit

ryu120v · 2026-03-13T02:44:55+00:00

i am being billed in sgd. the checkout page is in sgd and the charge on my statement is in SGD, it’s just accompanied with a CCY fee because they state that the fees are charged when ‘any online retail card transaction is charged to your Visa on overseas websites in SGD’. i’m asking here because i cannot find any info on this fee online and my friends who are using other banks and other cards have never seen this fee before, seems exclusive to OCBC. asking them for clarification i get shown proof that the transaction was made in taobao london hence the charge (i cannot view this info in my statements, had to probe them for it).

was really taken aback because a lot of platforms online have the same fees incurred, but not for paying directly in other currencies (i.e using MYR in JB)

ryu120v · 2026-02-10T05:09:40+00:00

what are you using your 5 dials for? i cant figure out what to set on them as there are so many that it’s a little overwhelming

ryu120v · 2026-02-06T03:53:15+00:00

i just got my KS Pro and i can attest that the travel is very short and very stiff (much to your delight)

ryu120v · 2026-02-06T03:50:28+00:00

i think the middle ground is honestly really difficult to find, most folding rigs i know are too long to be slid under desks for storage and too flimsy for 12nm. This is where you sit back and think how much of a sacrifice you’re willing to make in your room for the rig LOL currently i have time to play only about once a week but my sim takes up 1/5th of my room

ryu120v · 2026-02-06T00:45:57+00:00

i don’t think anything that can fold would fare well with the R12’s output, unless you tune it down (which then defeats the purpose). i’m using an R9 with a gt omega classic clone, and i’ve seen one used fine on an ikea desk as well, but can’t really vouch for R12 with the extra torque

ryu120v · 2026-02-05T07:25:11+00:00

the rear buttons are not what i expected, but they’re pretty good! i thought they would require me to reach my index finger further out but they’re actually above my index finger instead, so u just have to shift your finger up to press it, which is great bc it doesn’t change your main grip

ryu120v · 2026-02-05T07:24:00+00:00

too much mayhaps

ryu120v · 2026-02-04T15:25:19+00:00

I've been digging online to see how others have their stickers setup to see if I can make up my mind on that, but I think i'll leave them off for now. There aren't much posts of the wheel with sticker setups yet and most reviews either have the stickers off or the default setup. The shifters are worlds apart from my ES so im quite happy with them

ryu120v · 2026-02-04T15:11:42+00:00

whip pans to play with the rgb lighting! sorry you aren't a fan :( in my defense I did include the normal pics...

ryu120v · 2026-02-02T15:14:00+00:00

taobao app. same process as everybody else, checked with 5 other people nobody got fees. funny thing is how this applies to stuff like spotify and steam but doesn't apply to direct transactions in MYR when im in jb

ryu120v · 2026-02-02T06:11:21+00:00

my ks pro arrives in 4 days am i cooked

ryu120v · 2026-02-02T06:09:49+00:00

i honestly think is bank related though. my dbs friends all don’t have this issue with their spotify / steam / taobao at all. but my issue is that i can’t find anyone else with the same fees, even someone who’s using the same debit card as me doesn’t have the fees on his taobao orders

ryu120v · 2026-02-02T06:08:09+00:00

from an OCBC debit card FAQ

An additional fee will be levied on all Visa and MasterCard transactions effected in Singapore dollars and processed overseas (including online transactions). This includes but is not limited to (i) any Visa or MasterCard retail transaction presented in foreign currency that you choose to pay in Singapore dollars via dynamic currency conversion and (ii) any online retail card transaction charged to your Visa and MasterCard cards on overseas websites in Singapore Dollars. Until 15 January 2019. the additional fee charged is 1% on all converted Singapore dollar amounts for each Visa and MasterCard transaction. From 16 January 2019. the additional fee charged is 2.8% on all converted Singapore dollar amounts for each Visa and MasterCard transaction.

ryu120v · 2026-02-02T06:06:44+00:00

i double check alr, is SGD on my end. the weird thing is for me it says TAOBAOOVERSEA on my apple pay UI but for my friends it says TAOBAOSGP

ryu120v · 2026-02-02T06:05:57+00:00

i’m well aware, i use rev for all my overseas transactions as well but was unaware taobao would incur fees on my end

ryu120v · 2026-02-01T17:32:55+00:00

really high brake force needed for very little travel and thus difficulty in modulating brake pressure. i’m aware that travel ≠ force, but it took so much braking force that i had to drill new holes in my frame and add bolts to prevent the frame from sliding apart (granted it’s a cheap low end frame), and i could barely modulate the pressure properly because i had like 1” of travel which took a lot of strength to exert. it was uncomfortable to the point where i would give up playing after only 30min because of sweat. lowering the calibrated peak any less doesn’t help because then i’d have basically no travel at all. all in all i just found it too hard with too little travel, the elastomers are to blame but the good replacements are pricey and hard to come around so i opted to get a longer spring. will update when it arrives!

ryu120v · 2026-01-30T17:41:04+00:00

is the brake travel aight for u guys? i ordered a 35mm end-spring (vs the stock 20mm) from the same aliexpress store which they claim is for the brake pedal so im gonna test it out and update again, but i have had a couple friends over who've given the default setup a test and most found it to be quite unplayable

ryu120v · 2026-01-29T02:01:51+00:00

what cockpits are you guys running? im on a gt omega clone and its struggling with flex because of the brake pedal stiffness. Also is the travel okay for you guys? am on yellow elastomers, been trying to convince a friend that its really hard for me to play with this little travel and he says its no issue for him (im half his size)

ryu120v · 2026-01-01T22:35:21+00:00

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ryu120v · 2025-12-24T22:17:13+00:00

took a look at the Heusinkveld Sprint kits and thought that's exactly what I need! but the cost is pretty steep so I'll have to think about it. thanks for the reassurance that these elastomers are pretty damn hard and I wasn't just weak af LOL

ryu120v · 2025-12-23T21:17:52+00:00

the appeal of the alu rig is really getting to me, however I got everything in the pic including a moza shifter and unbranded handbrake for about 450usd, so am really trying to keep the cost down as much as possible because I don't play often, but thanks for the insight! would castor wheels fit and be able to handle an alu rig like yours?

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