“Every driver has their limit,” proclaims the first layer of packaging as I unbox the Fanatec CSL DD base. “My limit is further than others.”
I appreciate the sentiment, although it would be a highly optimistic assessment of my abilities at the wheel, virtually or otherwise.
I am a moderately better simracer than I was a DJ, but that really is saying very little. Surprisingly, my experience of both turned out to be beneficial for my first experience of Fanatec’s new line of direct drive racing wheels. The CSL DD reviewed here isn’t their first direct drive product, but it is being offered at a much more competitive price than their previous models.
To understand the advantage of a direct drive wheel over a belt-driven model it helps to have been a DJ, however limited your abilities (or under-appreciated your taste in music) might have been. Like decks, simracing wheels also come in belt-drive and direct-drive models; the former uses a belt (or gears) to connect its motor…