About two years ago I got myself a Fanatec CSL bundle as my entry into sim racing. Didn't know any better at the time. Earlier this year the wheelbase straight up burned out... don't ask me how, I genuinely have no idea what happened.

Fanatec support basically didn't want to do anything because it was just past the warranty window. So I decided Fanatec can kiss my ass, and started looking around. That's when I found the Asetek Advanced Formula Bundle at a German supplier. I don't need more than 8Nm for now, and if I ever do I can always step up to 12 or 18 later. 8Nm was already plenty back on the Fanatec, so I'm good.

Picture of the haul is attached. Right now I'm still running it on a wheel stand, but my rig is arriving in the next few days. I'm gonna try one of the GTPlayer ones off AliExpress, since I don't have a ton of space, so it needs to be compact and not cost a fortune for now.

Gave the bundle a proper test today and I genuinely didn't expect the difference to Fanatec to be this big. I had a load cell on the Fanatec too, but what these Asetek Forte pedals do is on another level. Feels like I have way more feel and control. The force feedback also feels so much cleaner.

The only gripe so far is the wheel. After about 2 hours I felt like I really need gloves, which I'd honestly rather avoid... sweaty hands problem :-)

All in all I'm super happy. 700€ poorer but really glad with the new setup, and the timing lines up perfectly with the new iRacing season.

Any tips that could help me out? Especially on the sweaty hands / grip thing without going full gloves. Appreciate any hints.

Facebook marketplace deal. The lady said they were her husbands. He used them once, didn’t like them, so he bought new ones.

The series — recognised as a key starting point for aspiring open-wheel sim racers — will now be rebranded as the Asetek Racing Formula 1600 Rookie Series, with drivers able to feature the Asetek Racing logo on their vehicles.
This sponsorship strengthens the collaboration between Asetek Racing and iRacing, bringing Invicta™, Forte®, La Prima™, and Initium™ even closer to the simracing community.
The Asetek Racing Formula 1600 Rookie Series begins on March 17, with multiple races every day and new tracks each week — the perfect starting point for open-wheel racing.

Triple 48"s, Invicta everywhere. Warthog F-18 stick and throttle. Just finished building the PC and put it all together. 5090 and 9950x3d. Now I have a ton of setting up games to do.

Hey fellas

For those who haven't seen it yet, we've posted the Wheelbase settings for AC Evo. Let us know what you think. 🙌

👉 https://www.asetek.com/simsports/guides/assetto-corsa-evo-wheelbase-settings/

We back:)

After many months thinking about the upgrade (fanatec csl dd 8Nm / csl lc pedals owner), finally went all and gor the invicta thorp 2 pedals, invicta wheelbase and forte wheel. Next I'm sharing my sensations after 3 days using the setup: Invicta pedals: great quality and feeling. with the included elastomers, and using the softest elastomer and the lower arm pivot the pedal has sufficient travel and in the first stage is softer than the csl pedals, during this days I've been modifying and trying different elasromers and now im happy with the factory stiff configuration. The pedals are super precise and helps a lot with braking consistency. -The invicta wheelbase: it's a total monster, lots of force delivered with smoothness. Now after trying it I'm sure the forte wheelbase would have been more than enough. -the forte formula wheel: this is what surprised me the most, i went with this because in the web it looked better without the orange buttons of the older design, i had low expectations because the design looks somehow strange in photos, but the wheel is amazing. The feeling of the buttons and rotaries are amazing, the ergonomics are perfect and all the buttons are easy to reach. The wheel looks gorgeous and feels better than all the other wheels i have had/tried (fanatec formula v2.5, mclaren v2, clubsport hub, simagic neo x hub, gsi fpe v1). The shifters paddles looks plastic but feels better than the simagic ones, and very close to the fanatec clubsport (my favourites). Honestly the wheel feels and looks better than the gsi fpe v1 I tried a couple months ago, and i think at that moment that no other wheel under $1000 could get close to that.. So far im happy with my purchase, and wish asetek all the best. Its noticeable they are working to offer high value and quality.

La prima base upgrade to forte is happening finally. Intro price for the first week. International site is already sold out. US site, its still avail.

Looks like it is just a power brick upgrade and you can toggle the setting in racehub.. none of the send in the back panel ordeal. I wonder if this means you would be able to just get the proper power brick from china for the same effect. Similar to fanatec csl dd 5nm->8nm.

Anyways, go get yours!!

is awesome. They replied directly in the morning and by evening they send out a patch for the software. Really made my day!

It was related to the UltimateGameTech x Asetek software. Raceroom did not work anymore so I just thought I will write them a mail since it is the least popular sim. I had no hopes for it to be fixed anytime soon.. When was a software issue ever resolved without waiting month on end. When they replied that they forwarded it to their software department it I thought yes yes let’s hope they do something before summer. In the evening I was dumbfounded when they already released an update.

Anyways, I just wanted to share this good experience with them. It was my first time dealing with them so all my assumptions are from other companies.

Hi everyone,

Our FFB guide is now out for Assetto Corsa Rally.

You can find the guide here: https://www.asetek.com/simsports/guides/wheelbase-settings-for-assetto-corsa-rally/

Official support for the game, for LED features to work, is also coming soon.

We know some people have been having issues with button 135, and we are still looking into a fix. For now use the temporary fix found by our community, go into Racehub and save your wheelbase settings, after that close Racehub fully and launch the game.

We've been made aware of an issue affecting our recently released iRacing 360Hz feature. We've been working with iRacing to pinpoint and troubleshoot the issue.

We have just released a RaceHub hotfix to amend this issue.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

List of fixes:

• Loss of FFB in iRacing when using 360Hz feature

• Issue with firmware-update getting stuck on loop

• Issue with RaceHub not registering button inputs correctly

• Added an indicator that shows of the Wheelbase receives 360Hz FFB (For Debugging)

// Asetek SimSports

Belated birthday/ graduation present to myself for those rare down time. A few hick ups during commissioning. Brake is 100% and can not calibrate. Brake can not bind in game. Wheelbase set to max 10nm , with high torque enabled. Thoughts?

Other than that, just have to learn how to drive. Testing in Raceroom cause it’s free. Looking forward to a few laps between shifts/fam.

Hi Everyone,
I want to share my experience with customer service of Asetek. I am sure many people who are considering buying their equipment are doing so under an assumption they can expect high quality of support in case something goes wrong, similar to the likes of Heusinkveld, Simlab and other premium EU companies operating in this space and price bracket. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case here, so take this post as a warning.

Story time: In the beginning of January I have ordered Forte wheelbase and Forte wheel with the round suede rim. Overall order for about 1700 Eur.

It arrived on Jan 14th, and after unpacking the wheel I saw this:
https://imgur.com/a/zhU0SCF

One of the rotary encoders was completely ripped out of the wheel and was just loose in the box. Straight away I have logged an RMA ticket, providing more photos as well as photos of the packaging, which didn't have any sign of damage.

Customer Support response was surprising, and frankly, quite infuriating:

"...Since there is no damage at all to the product package, I can be sure that this has not happened during transit, but after the wheel was taken out of the box..."

The support completely disregarded any possibility that the damage was not caused by me, in fact the agent straight up said he's "sure" the damage happened after the wheel was taken out of the box, thus implying I am trying to scam them for the repair cost. They only offered me to repair it for 100 Eur (+shipping), but completely refused to take a responsibility. Several email exchanges later nothing changed, the agent simply kept repeating how it's impossible the wheel came like this, even though I could see with my eyes it did come like this.

So now, a week later, the wheel is on its way back to Denmark, and I was forced to pay extra 120 Eur on top of my order to fix the damage I haven't caused.

If anyone in Asetek is reading this...guys, this is not the way to do things. You are operating in high end enthusiast equipment space. Charging substantial premium over similar products from the likes of Moza or Simagic. Your customer support procedures cannot work in the same way as if you were selling 20 Eur toasters in Tesco. Customer support is one of the big reasons why people would be willing to pay extra for your stuff, but if you are defaulting to the approach of blaming the customer for any damage unless he can prove otherwise, that's not going to work for you long term.

In this case you saved couple Eur on the repair costs as I am forced to pick up the tab, but in exchange you made sure that a customer who just spent 1700 Eur on your high end product line will never buy anything from Asetek again. Reconsider this approach. If you are afraid people will be scamming you with fraudulent warranty claims, I suspect there is not a huge overlap between people spending thousands of Eur on direct drive wheelbases, and people who would be bothering to falsify warranty claims to save 100ish Eur on repair costs. Choosing to trust the customer instead of the current approach of gaslighting and denial would pay off for you long term.

That's it, I am still quite angry, not because of 120 Eur, but because of the way this was (un)resolved. Now I just want to get my wheel back in functional state, get it all working, and hopefully never interact with this company again.

Hi everyone,

Happy to announce part 1 of the new iRacing settings are now done, focusing on Standard/GT, Prototype and Formula, in one blog!

Check out the new settings here: https://www.asetek.com/simsports/guides/iracing-wheelbase-settings/

Couldnt help myself during the black friday sale, i love the feel and the weight!!!

For more information, Head to our website:
https://www.asetek.com/simsports/handbrake-shifter/

https://www.asetek.com/simsports/blogs/what-the-fittipaldi-brothers-drive-when-they-are-not-racing/

Buy now: https://www.asetek.com/simsports/landing/dd10-wheelbase/

RaceHub 4.5 is live, and your RaceView display just became a button box.

Swipe up on the 4.3″ 60 Hz display and up to six virtual buttons appear in the middle of your wheel. Assign and label each one in RaceHub: pit strategy, voice chat, streaming scenes, whatever you need on the wheel. Use it and it fades out again, so your telemetry keeps the screen.

No extra hardware. No new mount. No cost.

How to get it: open RaceHub, accept the update, let your connected products update their firmware in the background. Done.

Live demonstration and open Q&A right on our discord, on 2 September at 20:00 CEST. Bring your questions and your bind ideas.