No official announcement yet (announcements are Mondays and Thursdays), but Rene Rast (a German sportscar driver) has posted a video showing a new rim, and phone holder and a split second look BEHIND the rim
Posted May 21, 2014, 2:28 PM UTC · edited
$350 for the adapter right?
No real idea yet. Thomas has been very coy about the full capabilities of these rims and how the ecosystem will come together. Whats certain is $350 will get you one of these rims with the hub and QR release. What isn't certain is whether the rim itself will be detachable from the QR release + hub portion.
Well, a GT Rim is nice I suppose. But I bet the BMW rim still costs less...
A [look at the back side] (http://i.imgur.com/AYXeHG3.png) reveals nothing secret to me. Though the phone adapter looks like a custom bolt on to me. Could be a prototype that Fanatec will release separately though.
I'm more interested in the app. I can custom fit a phone to the rim of a wheel easily enough. But creating that app would be something I couldn't do.
HUD Dash for Android :)
Definitely looks cool, like the shape of the rim, too. Don't know if I would want to have telemetry on my phone, though.
Rene Rast has awesome rig setup. One thing that bugs me after countless videos, Rene seems to be on Project Cars payroll unannounced and probably Fanatec's as well.
One thing that bugs me after countless videos, Rene seems to be on Project Cars payroll unannounced and probably Fanatec's as well.
I don't really see the issue with that as he doesn't really give endorsements or opinions in his videos.
Rast bought into pCars as a "Team Member" - he merely paid the 40 or so Euros to get access to the weekly builds.
Rene seems to be on Project Cars payroll unannounced
Nope. Just a member of the community. The funny thing is, even if he were on the payroll like Ben Collins and Nic Hamilton, you say that as if it's a bad thing. You're obviously not a member because you'd know those drivers are extremely critical. The idea that they're there just for PR was clearly wrong over a year ago.
That is what I have been wanting. There have been many times that I'm waiting for a race to start and I've held my phone up to the BMW wheel and pondered mounting it on there.
I also want $350 in my wallet.