DIRT 3 + Thrustmaster T500 RS

Kenya Replay Camera 2:00 / Kenya Interior View 3:43 / Kenya Hood Camera 5:32 / Kenya 2nd Stage T500RS 7:13 / Aspen Rally Cross 9:21 / Finland Ford Rally 11:22

Picked up the PS3 version of Dirt 3 today and tried it out with the Thrustmaster T500 RS. All I can say is Holy Crap what an amazing experience. The video doesn't do the combination justice as it can't really convey the feeling of the force feedback and all the nuances in the varying road surfaces.

I do have to say though there are a couple of minor bugs that hopefully Codemasters will patch in the near future.

one thing is the wheel will jerk to the left during the results screen when it's showing you the rewards. for each reward notification the wheel will jerk to the left about three times total.

another thing is during races, if you try to use flashbacks, the L1 and R1 buttons do not work so basically if you are using this wheel, then no flashbacks lol. but you shouldn't anyways since that's pretty weak.

Other than those two, one minor thing when you are setting up the wheel is just go to advanced wheel settings and change the scaling/ wheel acceleration to zero. I also turned up the force feedback strength to max and set the wheel resistance to max. default is at 50.

I also recommend turning off all driving aids for the best experience, i do have abs on though.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• DIRT
• CODEMASTERS
• RALLY
• KENYA
• PS3
• THRUSTMASTER
• T500
• RS
• GAMEPLAY
• FINLAND
• ASPEN
• 720P
• TRUE
• HD

[HenryHenHenners]

Yo, just ordered the t500, i know the pedals can be mounted like yours but can they be reverse mount on the 45 degree playseat pedal plates?

[jinsaitoda]

@HenryHenHenners Nope and why would you, makes it look really ugly.

[SuperDuperUberTuber]

Is it true that you can't play any older PS3 titles with this Thrustmaster ? The FIRST Dirt is one of my favourites would that title be incompatible ?

[jinsaitoda]

@SuperDuperUberTuber yah the only games that support t500 rs are dirt3 and gt5. the wheel itself may work with older titles but the force feedback and other features will not.

[ABOOODY0]

my fireind got t500 rs . and he cant play it with dirt 3

and he start the game by the t500 button

??

[jinsaitoda]

@ABOOODY0 make sure no other controllers are turned on and just the t500 is plugged in. It works as you can see in my video and many others are using it so there is something wrong your friend is doing.

[Texarmageddon]

@jinsaitoda Looks like a damn good wheel... I don't think this wheel would be compatible with too many games other than following: Dirt 3 , Gt5, F1 2011, WRC 2, and maybe shift 2 unleashed.... i'd say the same for the Xbox and their new CSR wheel... this is all from the console point of view though. I hear the CSR is multiplat though... think you would get that one?

[myztazynizta]

what wheel stand are you using?

[MagicAyrtonforever]

hey there, I've just reinstalled Richard Burns Rally (PC) and it is truly amazing with The T500RS.. Dirt 3 is also pretty good if you like arcaders.

[AceShot360]

This is awesome~! How much is that wheel cost?

[ABOOODY0]

@jinsaitoda THANX MAN :)