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Thrustmaster brings direct drive steering wheels to console racing sims
Upgrade your Gran Turismo experience.
Their design tends to be larger to help dissipate excess heat that’s generated, and because the steering wheel shaft rotates perpendicular to the motor’s magnetic field, it creates occasional moments of drag. Thrustmaster says its Direct Axial Drive technology nearly eliminates cogging while the new wheel base delivers five newton-meters of constant torque to increase force feedback effects and responsiveness. The new wheel base also comes with a set of Thrustmaster’s Raceline Pedals LTE (Long Term Evolution) that use the company’s proprietary magnetic Hall effect sensors for improved accuracy and longevity.
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