Thrustmaster TS-XW Racer Sparco racing wheel - Unboxing, First Look and First Impresssions

The TS-XW sim racing wheel is the new collaborative effort of Thrustmaster and Sparco. This is the Wheel of Wheels out of Thrustmaster and we got our hands on one.

In this video we will open up the box for the first time and then take a detailed look at what its made of. WE will mount it to our rig and then give it a drive for some of our initial thoughts.

Join this live stream and take part in the experience and get your questions about this wheel answered live from Shaun.

[LoOnyCal]

Sparco wheel is hands down my favorite wheel so far.

[TMERUNNR]

Nice to see Thrustmaster is making Real looking wheels and moving away from toy like wheels. Great Work Thrustmaster!

[Case_]

You don't need to turn damper and spring down in control panel with Thrustmaster wheels. It's an old advice meant originally for old wheels and games where damper and spring were constant effects. With current Thrustmaster wheels, they're not constant and it's up to the game developers to decide how (if in any way) they want to use these. Some games completely ignore them (Automobilista, for example), some allow you to tweak them from the game itself (which includes iRacing with its damper slider) and some use them to convey essential FFB information to the driver (Dirt Rally), which means that turning them down for those games can fundamentally change the FFB in a way that's not desired at all.
The people at Thrustmaster know what they're doing with their default settings. Trust them.

[Aireisor]

Any summary or timeline please? 4h is impossible to watch

[adventuresofjandk]

How does it compare to the csl Elite? If you could only have one which would use day to day?

[Jarek_iRek]

Will this Sparco wheel rim work with T300 or 500 wheel base? Does Thrustmaster have plans to sell this wheel rim as a stand alone?

[zaaakize]

is it working with the TS PC racer add on?

[reviewforthetube]

Please help me out here I'm purchasing a wheel this week so please tell me your experience with both the thrustmaster ts xw and the fanatec v2.5 im choosing between those one reaosn why im even thinking about the thrustmaster is the way they feel and I heard the fanatec dont have an cog or any dampening and sometimes a little bit is ok to feel idk just a question what one would you choose if you were me the other reason why I'm even contemplating thrustmaster is because of the plug in play aspect of it and the feel of the notches are from the belt on the gears there are 2 and they have notches that's exactly what it is you can open it and look at it as some have but I'm cool with that so again what one do you reccomend give me some pos and cons of both I know you did in this video hut I mean against one another what's better and what's worse in areas please and thank you

[markweatherall]

Hi Shaun, due to time restraints could you or your subscribers please let me know what game where playing here?

[hammer_]

@2:46:00 Looks like you're not using Triple Screen Rendering. That left side mirror looks stretched.

[RacingGB]

Is this much better than the TX. Not sure whether to upgrade or not.

[nunopinheiro]

How much stronger will this wheel be compared to the t300?

[logo]

Are they going to offer just the wheel as an add on?

[OhItsThat]

That's a bad ass looking wheel. I wish Fanatec would do something like that. I don't like that Xbox Hub and my BMW wheel which is awesome is just so heavy it doesn't transfer forces that well.

[Case_]

Oh and about the Porsche pronunciation - "porsh-ah" is quite close really, it's just that it the german pronunciation is basically "porsh-eh", not "-ah".
Same applies to "Nordschleife", BTW :)

[nddbulldog]

Who made your animated intro and what did they use to create it?

[LewisDalton]

Is the base the same as the TX servo base?
Is the ffb the same as the TX or has it been improved?
Want to upgrade my wheel and don’t know whether to get the TX leather edition or if I should wait and go for the TS-XW
Or, would a fanatec elite be even better ?

[nickiaffaldano]

My ts xw loses connection to my xbox series x Any one else having this problem

[d.o.]

I pity anyone buying that for $650 instead of Fanatec CSL Elite Advance bundle for $600. The bases are probably more or less the same, but CSL pedals are so much better that there's simply no comparison