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This has made playing driving games a lot more realistic and certainly more fun. It is easy to adjust for different people though a little heavy to move completely. It works just as well for an 8 year old girl as for an adult and looks good in these colors.
Overall it's decent. It is a very nice addition. NICE.CONS: Part of what makes it so stable is the weight of it. The seat is comfortable, and it folds down. No matter which position I tried I felt the wheel was too close into my chest and the tilt-angle of the wheel I found awkward.
The unit even comes with the correct bolts and allen wrenches, which are also used to assemble the seat, to bolt the G25 components to the assembly. There are some improvements that can be made, however, I am a picky engineer-type who tends to over-design everything. There is some adjustability of the seat/wheel/pedals which would satisfy most. It will only help keep it together with all of the abuse you will probably give it, and help if you mount the Buttkicker as well. I'd been looking for something like this for a while, and you really can't beat the price considering what was available for how much cost only 2-3 years ago.
None of the cap screws come with lock washers. The wheel platform does adjust, but not easily and not enough, I found. Although there is much adjustability to the unit, I could not get comfortable in it. The Logitech G25 wheel perches perfectly onto the mount, as do the pedals and the shifter (onto the optional mount).
This makes it a little difficult to move around when you need to do so, but with hardwood floors it slides quite easily. It does do some flexing under moderate force which annoys me. This is a very nice sim seat. I am around 5-10 and 185-lbs. I think it necessary to purchase the seat slider kit also available on Amazon.GLITCHES: If you use the Logitech G25, be sure to purchase the shifter mount now available from Amazon. As hard as I sim-race, I would definitely get a handful of lock washers to add to the various cap screws. Just in the little bit of handling during shipment the paint has been marred/scratched in several places. I'll see if I can remedy this on my own at some point in time.There is NO MOUNT for the Buttkicker Gamer on this seat.
It's definitely something you can be satisfied with out of the box but I have this disorder that requires me to improve on everything, no matter how good the original design of the product.PROS: Very solid construction, quite heavy so it is a fairly stable platform. However, Smoke-tronics makes a kit using the Buttkicker amp and LFE speaker to attach to this unit, and it is FAR BETTER than the Gamer device. The paint finish is THIN. Not a big deal, I guess, but I think better care should have been taken and/or a better finish applied. There seems to be a need for a brace from the top of the pedal platform to the floor. If your going to use this on hardwood floors, I would absolutely get some sort of the foam tiles at a home improvement center as a base.
Used with a Logitech Force GT wheel and pedals, this is an amazing place to play GT5 Prologue.The wheel clamps perfectly to the top plate, and I routed the cables down the support tube (with a dremeled slot in the end cap for the cables). The pedals were stuck down with the included velcro and cable ties.There is plenty of adjustment room for different size drivers (4 foot tall to 6 feet tall), and its comfortable too. I found myself watching a movie in it.It's heavy (50lbs), which makes for a solid perch, but moving it out of the living room is a chore, so prepare to decorate the room around it.The installation instructions are not that great, but a reasonably able person can put it together in a few minutes.
I use it with a G25 and hoped that I would Find a Shifter extension but couldn't find it here in Amazon. I use it for both my PC and PS3 in my Entertainment room and shift between them easily. Seats can be bent down for storage. It should have come with the product. Overall I am satisfied.
I use the Playseat EVO with my PS3-Logitech Gran Turismo wheel. My dog marked it as his on day two and it cleaned up a damp soapy rag. I play games such as GRiD, DiRT, GT5 Prologue, Need for Speed Pro Street and Initial D (Japanese Import) with much ease. Very happy with the quality and clean up. I picked the black seat and it still looks like it did when I bought it. Good Buy.
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