 Hello everybody, I'm evil rabbit today We're gonna be talking about the Mazda R9 and my RS steering wheel as well as getting a little bit into the CS steering wheel Giving you guys a little bit of a review over the past almost two months of using this R9 wheelbase and all of that here on a Set of Corsa and other games like that So I'm gonna give you guys a little bit overview of things. I've noticed things I've liked things I've disliked and stuff like that here over the past Month and a half almost two months. So make sure you guys find me on social media Let's find the description box below. Let's get to it So for sake of use, we're just gonna be out here driving here in a set of Corsa on a public Online session at Lime Rock. So overall my Impressions of the R9 is it is Substantially better and so much nicer than my previous wheels that I've used I've used of course my logic G920 That's where my channel really started and then I went to the club support 2.5 the bell drive the direct drive of the R9 is was substantially immediately better immediately Different and noticeably different when I first got into using it The precision that I found was so nice the adjustability and things like that We're so nice to be able to do things like that like go up to 1080 degrees and fine-tune the rotations and also not have to worry about hitting You know this bump stops and things like that the overall just Improvement in the force feedback feeling was also something that was incredibly nice for me to see and feel just Being able to increase my force feedback so much That I was able to feel almost everything going on in the car That was a little bumps on a little cracks and being able to get the wheel to rotate way faster than my other wheel Faster than my other wheel It's also a solid plus So overall the base the R9 itself is definitely a huge step up and a great direct drive wheel system It's a great entry into direct drive that you guys are looking to get into direct drive I absolutely love mine and I know a lot of people have purchased them After Mazda released them and they are also in love with them as well kind of creeped up on this train So the RS steering wheel the wheel that I originally got with my Mazda R9 base And the current one that I'm using is by far one coolest wheels that I've had in my arsenal of wheels You guys know with the fan attacks. I had all kinds of different wheels When it came to the NRG wheels and changing and stuff like that but the quick release was so much nicer with their Bluetooth technology and things like that That being able to take it off every time I wanted to get out of the rig was so much nicer Especially now with the new next level rig being so much closer and much more proper of a seating position It's nice to take the wheel off So not you know knocking my knee in the wheel But the leather feel of the RS was one thing that for drifting for me was a little bit Getting used to the texture on the RS wheel was something that if you're sliding it around with our gloves like I am right now You're hanging it numb after a little bit because of the texture sliding through your hands But for racing this wheel was by far probably my favorite wheel of thus far all the dials and all the buttons And of course that you know RPM display was so nice to have when I was doing racing games and being able to just use my peripherals with that shift light and everything and all of course the dials and all the textile buttons and everything so the overall the wheel was great hopping into racing games and it just was so much fun and Drifting with the wheel also was incredible. You know getting used to the original, you know a little bit smaller of a wheel With some I had to get used to because I was so used to running 350 wheels, but after finding the ability that you can Take a 70 mil hub wheel Gotta catch back on the strain and bolt it on to say this hub or even the quicker It's self to be one style quicker these and run it on the R9 without actually having You know the RS steering wheel or the new CS wheel was definitely a big win And I've utilized that a few times But I still definitely still love having these LED displays and all the buttons and everything like that So overall can't you know, thank Mazda racing enough for you know Hooking me up with the R9 and the RS wheel because it definitely has changed Well my feel of these wheels, so I'm gonna spawn back to this. We're gonna switch over to the CS wheel here But for sake before we get back driving this compact design is so great with you know Not having any pins or anything to break and just having the Bluetooth connectivity and things like that It's super great. So for a little bit of time that I've had this CS wheel It's probably become probably one of my favorite wheels The nice smooth leather feel and the full black feeling of the wheel with everything nice nice and sleek and design Stuff like that is Quickly, like I said becoming one of my favorite wheels the overall feel of the wheels are very structurally sound and can't find any real big things Wrong with the wheels Now with every great things comes a one or two little hiccups that you find when you start using new wheel bases and things like that So I did find every so often that I would have to refasically recalibrate my wheel I'd have to go into the pit house app. It would lose calibration. It wouldn't know where my end stops were and stuff like that and It was something I was in contact with them to try to figure out if they knew what was really going on And couldn't really figure it out And I boiled it down to when I plug in my Xbox controller to do other games and stuff like that if my wheel base was still on It would trigger some sort of thing in the pit house System that would lose its calibration. So that's just in the 30 seconds or whatever to recalibrate the wheel Which is not totally detrimental and was not like that big of a deal to me But it was one thing I did find Thus I haven't had any issues recently with it So I'm wondering if it got updated out or if it's just now that I turn my wheel base off before I plug in any other Like controllers that I'm gonna be using as a main But overall like the the R9 base works perfectly with my bainite parameters and things like that I'm pretty used to this roof cam a little bit of trouble Struggle-busting it but The overall Impressions of it in the past Almost two months. I've been using it the wheel is I have not done any hiccups with it I've never lost feedback. I've never had any real issues when I'm actually using it though Like I said the only issue I found was when it would lose its calibration every so often But other than that, I can't tell you any issues really I've never had it overheat on me or anything like that, you know And if I would find any overheating issues and things like that I would definitely let you guys know But I haven't found any loss of feedback. I haven't found anything it works perfect with like my fanatech parameters That I have from a handbrake my shifter my pedals. So it's great that you can use other Sources like that Along with it So for like I said for drifting it's definitely improved my feel of the cars And been able to Adjust some of my new cars to drive much better and much smoother with the direct-drive wheel So I like I said before I can't thank Mazda Racing enough for giving me the opportunity to partner up with them with the Release of the R9 and the CS wheel get the chance to try the CS wheel prior To release was definitely incredible Which any of them coming out with budget friendly equipment is making it way easier to get into the direct-drive world At a more manageable budget friendly price with you know Price fluctuation and everything going on right now You know budgets is on a lot of people's mind and this R9 with say CS wheel or even the R9 With just a D1 spec adapter and a standard wheel if you have one It's a great way to get in to direct drive and I can tell you will not be disappointed by any means With the R9 wheelbase I'm going to hopefully soon be comparing it to my buddies a fan sec CSL DD and some other wheel bases and stuff like that because Very curious how this DD goes against that one. I know a couple people have done that already But I would personally you know test it out myself But I can tell you going from Logitech to this club sport 2.5 to this I can tell you hands down I love this R9 won't be better than any of my other wheels. I've driven with before So you guys want to see more here on the channel You should just follow me on all social media which found description box below if you guys are thinking about picking up your Own Mazda racing equipment the link is in the description box below with my referral code You will have it down there and click on that link. It'll take you to Mazda site You can pick up your own Mazda racing equipment from there I don't don't know if they have any of the fancy R2-D2 style R9's left, but the black R9 definitely a very awesome Awesome wheelbase and it feels so good and I'm only using it at about 70% power And I'm gonna be bumping it up here shortly and doing some other stuff on higher power So make sure you tap to subscribe button if you want to see that stuff here in the near future And as always, I thank you guys for coming back and watching I'm EvilRabbit. I'll see you guys on the track