The paddles and mounts are made from carbon fiber, and even sport a cube controls logo which you can barely see. Not too clicky, but still have a good throw so you have no chance of doing a double shift by mistake. The magnetic gear shifters feel really good. This is perfect when you have specific presets or scenarios that you need to select. Where most other encoders, including the other ones on this wheel, register 2 inputs, one for when you scroll one way and one for when you scroll the other way, the 2 large encoders on this wheel actually have 8 inputs each. There are more than enough even for the most complex of requirements. Their locations are good and it’s really easy to make adjustments on the fly. While I'm waiting for others to grid up, i often just play with them because they really feel so nice. They’re really clear to the touch and the detent is crisp and accurate.
Their feel is like no other encoders I’ve used. The rotary encoders on this wheel are pretty perfect. Both the on and off positions register a shared input, so the input is perfect for things like headlights or even wipers. They came up with a nice combination but I can imagine that many people would love the ability to change the backlighting like you can with some other wheels.The toggle switches are really discrete, and when switched to ‘on’ mode, they light up in red which is a really nice touch. There are two green buttons in the middle and the other 7 are all blue. The buttons are backlit, 4 red, two at the top and two at the bottom.
They’re quite heavy, so you wont end up accidentally pressing them. This was a real surprise for me, especially as I initially wasn’t sure about the material. I don’t think that any other wheels I’ve used have fitted my hand this well. I’ve raced all sorts of open wheelers, from F1 to Indy Car to Skip Barbers and Formula 3. This is not only down to the materials though, the size of the grips just seems absolutely perfect for the type of driving I’ve done with it. The material is going to wear well, and wouldn’t look out of place in a real race car. The level of grip that you get with bare hands is huge, and with gloves, it feels like the wheel is glued to your hands. However, this is probably where that proprietary technology comes in, as the CSX2 doesn’t suffer from this problem at all. I’ve had steering wheels with a similar feel before and the first thing that crossed my mind was how dirty those other wheels got as any dust and cat hair just stuck to the grips. I don’t know exactly what that entails, but it makes for fairly rubbery feeling grips. The grips on the wheel are elastomer moulded using a Cube Controls Proprietary technology. That simply wont suffice for the CSX2, which sports an incredible 56 inputs. For example, The Simucube wireless system, which some of the other Cube Controls GT and Formula wheels use, supports up to 28 inputs. there are just too many inputs for most systems to handle. Unfortunately, there isn’t a wireless version of this steering wheel. I’ll go into more detail on each of these later in this review. Finally, there’s a red rotary dial at the bottom left which allows you to control the clutch’s bite point on the fly. There are two magnetic shifters, and two clutch paddles.
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It also features a full 8 way directional joystick with integrated rotary encoder and click down. It has a 4.3″ Ultimate Game Tech LCD screen, 13 backlit buttons, 6 along the left and 7 along the right hand side, 2 toggle switches, 6 rotary encoders two at the top of the grips, two thumb encoders either side of the screen, and two on the face of the wheel, just below the screen. The wheel has some stickers pre-applied, but most of the stickering is left up to your personal preference. And it doesn’t come with a quick release as that’s up to you to decide which wheelbase you’re going to fit it to. I was expecting it to be heavier but it is largely made of carbon fiber and aluminium. When I first grabbed the wheel out of the box, it was surprisingly light.
You can specify your T-shirt size when you order your steering wheel. It even comes with a Cube Controls T-shirt. The box contains a coiled USB cable, power adapter, some mounting hardware including a tweezers for sticker application, a manual, 2 sticker sheets, and the wheel itself which comes with a protective, branded, drawstring bag. They try to surround them with an experience, including trendy phrases on the box and making the unboxing of the product an important part of buying and owning a CSX2. Cube controls packages their products extremely well.
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