Thrustmaster T-GT II – More Details

A few days ago we went to bed with the news of the leak by Amazon of the new piece of simRacing that Thrustmaster will put on sale.

It happened ten days before its official release, the announced June 23 when presumably we can buy it in the various stores and distributors. The leak has been extensive and full of details, since before the withdrawal of the page have been able to rescue all the data that apparently has provided Thrustmaster to retailers about the characteristics of this new base.

This new T-GT II is born to be the new official wheel of Gran Turismo, in this case the seventh installment, which in principle is scheduled for 2022, but here we think it could be brought forward to the Christmas campaign of this 2021. In this way it would replace the old T-GT that arrived in the same way to be the official steering wheel of GT Sport in 2017.

The T-GT II has had a long development, with a clear goal in mind to provide a complete set of base, wheel and pedals to console gamers. Despite the Direct Drive options that already existed for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Thrustmaster has not considered the need to explore those technologies and this unit, in the absence of official confirmation, is not Direct Drive.

As a product with an estimated price of 750 euros, a difficult scenario looms in front of the new Direct Drive alternatives that have launched, or are going to launch other brands such as Fanatec. For a slightly higher or similar price, you can acquire a CSL set with pedals, hoop and Direct Drive base that transmits more immediacy than the technologies used in the past decade.

We update with the text that has Amazon Spain

• Leather-wrapped steering wheel with 25 action buttons, 1 push button and 4 rotary selectors natively recognized in GT Sport
• Next-generation, high-speed 40-watt brushless motor for exceptionally responsive force feedback with high torque capacity
  European automotive industry in-house components (AEC-Q), maximizing quality and service life
• Patented technologies: T-AEC-Q, T-DCC, T-RTF, T-LIN, T40-VE, T-DFB, T-F.O.C., T-M.C.E. and T-TURBO
• Patented magnetic technology (H.E.A.R.T.) for unlimited service life and optimum precision
• The T-GT II racing wheel is an inexhaustible source of extremely innovative technologies, the result of an in-depth study of all the essential sensations required for an ultra-realistic car racing experience. Refined and perfected through more than 23,000 hours of intensive research and development, T-GT II has been designed to take the amazing force feedback performance of its predecessor (the T-GT) to even greater heights. With the T-GT II, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC gamers can enjoy new levels of precision and durability. Officially licensed for PlayStation 5 and Gran Turismo, the T-GT II racing wheel offers key advantages and realistic sensations in GT Sport thanks to innovative technologies including T-LIN, T-DCC, and especially T-DFB (3D perception of Force Feedback effects).
• Product dimensions : 38 x 52.5 x 31 cm; 13.2 kilograms

You can buy it in pre-sale in this link when it will be active again.

See you on the track!