Wow, Kudos to Asetek, they came in late, but are going very strong. Not only they convinced you with the Forté and Invicta wheel bases but also on their smallest option. Where most brands cut down quality for costs Asetek stood on the quality and cut down "luxury" options only. And now they come up with that open approach. Wow. I can see them gaining very good part of the market share from Fanatec and others in the future.

This is absolutely fantastic, don't understand the complaints about more options and price. Guys when you buy this its end game now, wont need another wheelbase for years to come and the transparency, care and quality the company has is beyond what any other can offer at the moment. Best wheelbase, best support from a company that's been around far longer than any other of the new comers and they are coming hard with products that address the needs of the community by listening to the community. Its tough to bite the bullet and change things from your original vision to suit the needs of your customers and I think they are doing a fantastic job at that. Not to mention not compromising on quality and the upgradeability. They have taken their time and delivered every single time. Will def be buying into the ecosystem now

This is really cool. The only thing that was holding me back from Asetek's offering was the lack of wheels, but now I can just buy the standalone wheelbase, the adapter and any USB wheel I want from a 3rd party.

It's such a good time to be in sim racing. When I finally have a chunk of change to spend to upgrade my setup, I will have some serious options to decide between. Great review, as always, Will.

Will, you always review the right thing in the right way, thank you!

After several yrs away from sim racing, I'm excited to get back into it & looking forward to driving with the Forte.

Thanks for making these videos! Looking for VRS, Moza and Asetek.

Just tried the la prima pedals and wheelbase this saturday its a pure beast but fun 😁

Pretty cool system. I've stuck with my DD1 just because the firmware is pretty much in a pristine state at this point in time. I've tried other wheelbases and I don't think they are worth switching to unless the DD1 shits the bed. I have a GSI Hyper P1 on my DD1 utilizing a 3rd party emulator which works surprisingly well. Looking at this bit of kit in the video I would be inclined to go with that company's wheelbase if the GSI wheels do indeed not run into any power or data throughput issues. My Hyper P1 essentially needs its own USB controller and a very specific USB extension cable for it to work flawlessly.

Great idea and as wheels like the Bavarian Simtec Omega Pro are doing. They are implementing the QR and wheel together for a seemless connection and no wires. Attaching your wheel to the QR is a cool work around but still requires removing one and Attaching and wrapping around a cord. Better than connecting to pc if your hub or pc is far away but for me, wouldn't be a benefit. The integration angle will be the best bet and love to see other manufacturers implement foe the future.

These make it really attractive to buy some 3rd party full 360 rim, but I'm really curious to see what Asetek will bring when it comes to other wheels

That is awesome when I decide to upgrade from my R5 I'll probably make the switch to asetek

Been with Fanatec since 2016. Both my wheels from then still work. Never had a pin issue. Even on my DD2 after switching from my clubsport WB

This is massive and I didnt even realize it

Nice. When I buy the Prima, I will use their wheel for GT3, F1 and LMP cars. Then buy a seperate quick release adapter and buy a round rim from Fanatec. Buy a thin metal sheet and a USB game pad. Take apart the game pad and take out the PCB and screw it on the metal sheet. Find some buttons such as arcade fighting game buttons (for example Sanwa) and screw it into the metal sheet and wire it to the game pad PCB. Stick that metal sheet in the middle of the empty Fanatec rim, that is now your button plate. Attach the modified round wheel onto the quick release and you're ready for either Rallying or drifting! I'm doing to this to avoid buying round rims with paddle shifters. Buttons will serve as brake balance, turbo pressure increase/decrease and pit stop menus.

@MikaTarkela

5 ай бұрын

That's a cool idea! I'd love to see the finished product.

This is exactly what the Asetek bases needed IMO. I will be considering one of these when I upgrade from my CSL-DD. I've been debating between Simucube, VRS, & Asetek personally.

@MikaTarkela

5 ай бұрын

I just placed my order on the Asetek Invicta. I've had 2 CSL DD brake down after a couple of hours of use. I refunded and decided to go big :D Can't wait!

@ews1532

5 ай бұрын

curious if you made an upgrade since this comment. i am also debating an upgrade from the CSL DD (8nm) between simucube, asetek or, possibly, the new fanatec DD (although the value doesn't seem to be there for 12 or 15nm versus what's available from these other brands.

@MikaTarkela

5 ай бұрын

@@ews1532 I had the 8Nm but it broke twice in less than 5 hours of gaming. I've had the Asetek Invicta for a couple of weeks now and it has been awesome. Seems like quite a significant upgrade. No flex or disconnect issues at all. Very reliable in heavy use. I've done quite a bit of testing 😁

@ews1532

5 ай бұрын

@@MikaTarkelado you have any experience with the adapter to a Fanatec wheel?

@MikaTarkela

5 ай бұрын

@@ews1532 I'm still waiting for the QR adapter to arrive (I'm using the one that came with the wheelbase on Asetek wheel at the moment. I can test the adapter on Fanatec wheel when I receive the extra adapter I ordered from elsewhere.

Got this QRs. They are absolutely great. Use it e.g. together with the Bavarian Sim Tec wheel and no external cable is visible at all. This is how it should be. I also converted a Turn Racing button plate using a standard Ethernet cable and again: Just the connector and a short part of the cable (about 5 cm) are visible. And it works absolute flawless. Haven't had any problems so far.

@gaming-fuel6250

11 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, hier Alex :) ist das Gewicht ein Problem wenn man das Lenkrad mit der zusätzlichen Verlängerung verwendet? also muss man es immer abnehmen nach dem Fahren?

@alex.germany

11 ай бұрын

@@gaming-fuel6250 Verstehe die Frage nicht ganz. Das Lenkrad muss nicht abgenommen werden. Wahscheinlich meinst Du ob die Lager des Motors Schaden nehmen wenn man das Lenkrad montiert lässt. Das würde ich mal mit nein beantworten. Die Kräfte die beim Fahren entstehen sind ja wesentlich höher. Und die gesamte Konstruktion ist ja mit der längsten Verlängerung freigegeben. Es handelt sich ja um einen hochwertigen Mige Motor...

@gaming-fuel6250

11 ай бұрын

@@alex.germany Hey danke dir für dein Feedback. ja die Kräfte sind ja hier nach unterwirkend, anders als wenn an der Achse direkt Kräfte wirken...was für eine Asetek Wheelbase hast du? und was hast du vorher für ne Wheelbase gefahren wenn ich fragen darf :)

@Nicktrump1776

11 ай бұрын

Hey Alex how do you find that wheel? Have you owned any other formula wheel as a comparison?

@alex.germany

11 ай бұрын

@@gaming-fuel6250 Jetzt Asetek Forte, Vorher Fanatec DD1

Hope the others will follow fast as well.... surprised that Simucube did not do something like this already... they would knock Fanatec out of the park if they did for a reasonable price.... This is exactly what we simmers need... a way to use all of our gathered equipment with whatever base we wish :) Maybe add USB hub as well so we can connect some more peripherals as well, saves alot of cablemanagement :P

Great review. Could you try an Ascher racing B16L-USB (if you have one) using the QR Adapter USB connection please Will? Mine slows down the UI for ACC, and misses shifts in ACC, and every other sim it's laggy shifting or missing. Direct to the PC, absolutely fine, but I'd love my OMP and Ascher button box to be wireless like your Gomez wheel using this QR. Also, absolutely spot on regarding the sharpness of the metal, I cut myself in minutes of opening the box. I am like Wreck it Ralph though. :-)

You could also stick the whole extension cable and usb connection inside of the extension, then only the cable from the wheel sticks out. definitely going with asetek for the next wheel, very nice.

@hypnotiq

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, seeing reviews from this, kinda wishing i waited a more months & got an asetek forte bundle instead my simagic alpha is amazing & i have 0 complaints but the upgradability & everything asetek is doing to try to make everything work with their products is kinda game changing

@florianmaslofski

11 ай бұрын

@@hypnotiq yeah, im in the same boat with moza, but atleast this way we got time to see if any of the other asetek wheels will be any good

I screwed up a q1r so that I can still change wheels a lot faster. Otherwise you have to get several of the QR systems from Asetek and then it will be really expensive. Now i only need a wheelside qr everytime for a wheel, so in the end a lot cheaper and still could use the great usb passthrough of Asetek.

@raymccann8354

11 ай бұрын

Did this with a SimLab Xero Play QR. Works great with hardware I already had from my SC2 and still allows me to use the USB on the Asetek QR.

Wish they provided just the QR adapter... You could cut the 2 extra shafts down and have additional 'short' ones.

Duuuuuude. You can rotate that allen key and use the shorter part to fasten the screws and you don’t have any issues on longer adapter or under the latch 😅😉

I was curious what wheels worked. This is a good feature.

An easier solution would be for these wheel manufacturers to also offer a short USB cable designed specifically for Aesetek quick releases

Just pointing this out. Not a dig at Asetek, Sim Racing Machines, Boosted Media or Fanatec, this is just an observation. I have 2 Fanatec Steering wheels, the Mclaren V2 and the WRC. The price to convert both to compatibility with Asetek will roughly be $600.00US. That is before taxes and shipping. SRM makes the fantastic Plug & Play Conversion kit 6.2X for about $150USD, and the Asetek Invicta QR Adapter is another $150USD. Just to convert 1 wheel is $300... Looks like it would be better to walk away from Fanatec all together when I make the switch to a La Prima bundle. "Fire sale" the CSLDD, pedals and wheels to fund a Turn Racing & Motamec steering wheel build, sounds like a better deal. I could probably cover Turn's button box and Asetek's QR from selling my current setup. The biggest positives? I don't have to worry about running Fanatec's software at all, Turn's quality is better than most of Fanatec's lineup. The negatives? Motamec might be difficult to get and I just might go with a different lower cost steering wheel. Something different though. Is it possible to convert a Fanatec wheelbase to use Asetek's Quick release? That would solve 200% of Fanatec's QR problems, especially seeing that Fanatec is even having extreme difficulty releasing updates about their QR2, let alone the actual product. Someone should make a conversion kit.

@IvanRivera-xb3he

24 күн бұрын

that´s what I did 😆

Did you happen to test the QR with the Moza FSR wheel or could you perhaps share a list of the wheels you tested?

I got a couple of days ago the Forte pedals with the Invicta clutch but I am not really happy with them, but I know it will be an upgrade to the hydraulic system of the Invicta and thats what it was my goal since the beginning. I dare to say that I was happier with my V3 than with this one. Like Dan Suzuki said, it's not really a load cell pedal and I am really afraid of its reliability.

@SSmoker1969

11 ай бұрын

I have the Forte Bundle & came from Fanatec V3 Pedals & in my opinion there way ahead of the V3's. You got to have them calibrated & give it some time due to Muscle Memory.

@juanramosb.4029

11 ай бұрын

@@SSmoker1969 I must say I am enjoying them more right now, but I am really looking forward to the hydraulic upgrade.

Any news on the 3rd party compatible wheels?

I had an issue with the QR, because I have my wheelbase connected via an active hub, I got the message of too many usb hubs connected so the wheel didn’t power up. After connecting the wheelbase directly to the pc everything worked fine. Was just a little strange, as my pedals are connected via the base as well.

Hey Boosted! I haven’t seen a simagic vid in a couple years, any new things going on?

Does the moza wheels works with this? They have such a high quality and low price, really wanted to use their wheels

Do I need anything else than the quick release adapter kit from Asetek if I want to use the Moza GS v2P wheel on my Asetek Invicta wheelbase?

Would this also work with something like the MOZA KS wheel?

so could I use this release to put a fanatec mclaren gt3 wheel onto a la prima base?

I think this is an area I wish Simucube was better at. The accessory port while not the most complex thing to create a connector and wire up a cable to a USB wheel, most users won't be doing it. Asetek made a good decision for the consumer to be able to use any USB wheel. It comes at a cost at $149, but it's practically hassle free. I would trade my SC2 Sport for one of these bases just for it's flexibility with 3rd party wheels.

You could just stuff that coiled cable inside that extension tube. That would make it look clean.

I plan to switch from my Fanatec DD2 to a Asetek wheelbase soon. Unfortunately all my (older) 3 Fanatec wheels didn't have any USB connection. Before i spend a lot of money for Podium hubs, i will rather sell all my Fanatec wheels, and buy new wheels, which are more Asetec-compatible. However, i really hope, that Asetec will offer a wider range of steering wheels soon.🙏 I'd like to see a 300-310mm GT rim and a round steering wheel for retrostyle- or rallye-cars.

@BurningBroadcast

9 ай бұрын

Simracingmachines makes conversion kits for Fanatec to USB.

@starfishh7

8 ай бұрын

so with this QR adapter + Conversion kit + Clubsport Universal Hub v2, you can then use all Fanatec wheels?

@ErnieGaming

8 ай бұрын

@@starfishh7 Not all Fanatec wheels. Only the newer ones with exchangable QR. The older wheels don't have that.

@BurningBroadcast

8 ай бұрын

only the round wheels you can bolt onto that Universal Hub. Not any of the Formula wheels@@starfishh7

Hi! How do u make the cube controls wheel Light up when u Connect it? Mine doesnt do anything and i need to manually turn it off and on again

Hey, i have a question. I know its not related that much to this video, but since you have experiebce with both of them, i think you could really help me. So i was thinking about upgradibg from my csl dd and i've come to 2 choices: VRS DD or Asetek Forte. With the forte being only 50€ more expensive for the base and qr together, which would you recommend me to go for? I've heard loads of people praise the asetek stuff, and i didnt vibe with it at first, but after watching more and more reviews, it has kinda grown on me. The only issue with asetek is i cannot mount my grid ddu5 on it. Do you think the carbon mount for the mige motors would fit? Thank you for your help ;)

@boostedmedia

11 ай бұрын

They’re both great options. Personally I’d choose the Asetek as the software is more refined, doesn’t have massive cables and a seperate control box and has the powered and data available on the hub. You’d be happy with either though.

I was hoping that my Fanatec wheel would work with this. I guess it’s going on the wall if I can’t find a buyer 😂 Or did I not understand it correctly? 😅

Ok im sorry im really tired and trying to place an order for a full asetek setup.... My question with this is do I need a wheel side separate item per wheel ? or each of these kits you buy gives you what you need for ONE wheel ?

I’m looking to get into my first setup. I googled this and can’t find anything. I don’t have a super deep grasp of components so I’m wondering does this work with the Fanatec Podium Hub? I saw a review on the hub and they said the connector’s USB but it’s proprietary so you can’t plug it into a PC. I’d love to get this with the Fanatec Porsche Podium Rally Module.

How did you make your in game hud literally match your own sim cockpit?

does that mean i can use a moza ES wheel with the asetek base?

Honestly if I was to start today I would buy the Asetek Forte bundle and this system for using other wheels. But I’m too invested in Fanatec right now.

My dream is to have an wireless base+pedals communitacion with the PC to avoid cables around

I spoke too soon Will. Just had my bmw wheel from 2016 get stuck on my dd2 shaft and its not coming off. Its like the springs have failed on the quick release. Even after 2 hours of effort I can't get it off. Waiting to hear back from Fanatec. Probably need a new shaft but my trusty BMW wheel will be useless after. Luckily it still works while stuck on so I can still race a bit for now but this is a disaster. :(

How do i run a dirt track wheel with any buttons? Dont see how!!!

Hello Boosted Media, a question? Does the asetek base work with drive hub? Have you already tested whether the base works with drive hub?👍

@boostedmedia

9 ай бұрын

Haven’t tested sorry.

Imma get this and a forte wheelbase soon, i figure i can wire up the internal 4pin connector on my cc f-pro to this usb connector and have absolutely no visible. cabling.

@boostedmedia

11 ай бұрын

Yep you could definitely do that!

@HowlerBikeVlogs

11 ай бұрын

@@boostedmedia do you know exactly what type connector that is? I know its a 4pin but cant find any info if its xh, ph, zh or mx. I'll probably end up measuring pin spacing anyway to be sure

Hey - have you have any issues a lack of power ? My Gomez wheel hasn’t been super reliable on my asetek quick release - it’s not one with a screen (hyper sl) but 40 percent of the time it just loops connecting the usb. It works fine when plugged into a usb -c port on the back of the invicta wheelbase using the cable 100% of the time.

@boostedmedia

3 ай бұрын

Can’t say I’ve had any reliability issues

For a company that went hard talking about minimizing waste being a core value, including 2 extensions you might not use is a bit contradictory. Also increases the price. Not sure if it’s just me but this is kind of a semi wireless system to me. Still using just as many cords, it’s just that they are between the base and wheel and not wheel and PC 🤷🏻‍♂️ looks decent though.

Can anyone recommend a round wheel that works well with this QR adapter?

@Shoogen

9 ай бұрын

That’s what I’m trying to figure out

@CBKFL

9 ай бұрын

@@Shoogen I ended up with Ascher-Racing B16M-USB. Then got a wheel I wanted to bolt to it. So the wire wraps around and connects via USB. Essentially the adapter makes it so any wheel that connects via USB can connect to the wheel base.

@Teejxt

5 ай бұрын

@@CBKFLthat’s not the case my f core cube control worked fine but simagic gt neo doesn’t

Asetek is absolutely devastated the market. I just wish that they could lower their Invicta price just a bit to match the price of the Simucube 2 pro. But that's just my opinion. I'm a champagne taste but a beer budget kinda guy. 😂

Hm. Is it only me, who is A-OK with SC2 Wireless 2, williams f1/mercedes gt3 style wheel and screen on dash? That said I am all up for choice, so big ups Asetek.

So you still have to have a wire wrapped around the wheel no matter what? I’m still confused on how it’ll work

@zef1097

8 ай бұрын

The usb cable is connected to the quick release on the wheel side, so you can use the quick release nornally. On other wheelbases you need to plug it into your pc

I have a Grid MPX wheel that needs a hub with USB and power connection... Is the MPX compatible with Asetek QR only with the USB?!

@boostedmedia

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not as it needs that external power connection.

@mohamedube

11 ай бұрын

So anything with a power injector box will not work with the Asetek Invicta? I.e. the LM-X and the Grid Engineering Porsche 911 RSR? Or do you mean you just won't be able to use the built in USB connector in the QR?@@boostedmedia

@boostedmedia

11 ай бұрын

Correct. Anything that needs a power injector will likely still require it. In the case of GRID, their wheels run off 12V and USB is 5V.

@mohamedube

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! But would you be able to run Wheel USB->Power Injector->Invicta Wheelbase/QR (i.e. it would be a wired wheel) or would it just not work at all@@boostedmedia

@boostedmedia

11 ай бұрын

It will work if you still have the power injector plugged in. But then the injector would be spinning with the wheel. So it’s not practical

just turn the Allen key to the side and use the other end

Hmm I own one not sure how your getting WIRELESS in title there Will. With mine the usb cable must be connected.

👀

These quick releases became immediately out of stock ever since they were announced. 😢

Higher price so they don’t have to deal with giving me the size I want is annoying

This is awesome, but that was not quick or to the point.

Asetek are certainly shilling their product to most KZreadrs now? pretty expensive for what it is, personally don’t have any problem with my cable and far cheaper. But each to their own.

@boostedmedia

11 ай бұрын

It does what it does. If the cable doesn’t bother you that’s great as it opens up more affordable options! There’s a lot of content around Asetek right now simply because they’ve just released new products.

Title was totally misleading, and damn the constant twitching and twerking hands…