The Bottom Line
Pros
- Smoothest most precise controller available
- Drop down pedals just like a real car
- Adjustable so you can get the feel just right
Cons
- Most expensive PC steering wheel on the market
- Pedals take up more space than others
Description
- Built from powder-coated steel the exceptional quality is obvious throughout.
- Cam and ball bearing steering provides incredibly smooth feel.
- Overhead pedals function and feel more like a real car than other sim racing pedals.
- Wheel adjustments include: wheel angle, resistance, return to center strength, total throw and more.
- Pedal adjustments include: upright angle, resistance, heel rest angle and distance from pedals.
- Paddle shifters so good that professional racers have put them in their real world race cars.
- Optional pressure modulated brake pedal gives a natural braking feel.
- Fluid dampening option feels like real tires on pavement. Varying resistence with movement.
Guide Review - ECCI TrackStar 6000
This is the most configurable wheel available. You can change the wheel angle, turning resistance, return to center strength, overall lock-to-lock distance, pedal angle, tension and a whole lot more. It will take you a day or two to get everything "just right" but you'll have every adjustment that you need to make it perfect.
The large 13 1/2 inch leather wheel gives more precise control than a smaller wheel and the monopoint cam and ball bearing steering shaft is as smooth and precise as a BMW.
They also have a fluid damping system available as an option. The FLDS provides speed sensitive resistance. The faster you turn the wheel the more resistance the wheel provides. In practice this really feels natural and just enhances the realism.
The pedals are set in a drop-down design that have a much more realistic angle and feel than any mass-produced wheel on the market.
The optional progressive modulated brake system is incredible. Your car's brake pedal gets stiffer and more responsive the harder you push, the Trackstar 6000 with the optional PMB II system has the exact same feel. I had to re-train my feet to use it, but within a few hours I was faster than ever.
If you want the best PC wheel then the ECCI Trackstar 6000 is it. Simply the best quality, configurability, and overall feel. There is nothing else even close.
