One thing that has yet to be clarified is the warranty situation. As Endor AG will cease to exist after this then theoretically so do all the warranty obligations cease to exist. However I'm sure that Corsair, based on previous takeovers, will continue to honor the warranties, but a statement to the effect of would serve to put a lot of worried minds at rest.
ultimately depends on what Corsair will do with the company. Problem is that fanatec went belly up for a reason, so what would it cost to honor warranties and deliveries of goods thats paid for but not delivered, and how would creditors feel about that, fanatec under the old ownerships owes them money? this sort of thing is super complicated and is much more then just fanatec. If creditors feels that Corsair shafts them, then corsair will have harder time borrowing money. so its not black and white
When a new owner takes over the operational duties, that usually means they also take over the warranty responsibilities. I sure hope so (although I have moved away from Fanatec for my main gear).
They bought the entire company which includes assets and liabilities, unless the warranty had some kind of get out clause in it, they are still liable regardless of who owns the company. I don't know if Germany has any other kind of rules.
As someone new to Fanatec even after finding out about the bankruptcy I still bought their CS+ Extreme solely after doing weeks of research on wheelbases and finally concluding for my needs that a Fanatec base with console support and PC support was my the ultimate setup for me and my goals. I'm happy with my decision and got very good service from them via email with many questions asked along the way and very fast delivery. I first bought a CS+ then returned it for the Extreme within a timely manner for the better value of the extreme's steering wheel. This decision was made solely after looking at buying an entry level wheel and plus the QR2, it just made sense to go with the far superior GT wheel. (or F1 based on buyers needs.. for me I needed/wanted a round wheel for my desired needs)
What I hope for is that Corsair will introduce a retailer network by using the same stores they do for selling their products - that would be a huge deal in regards to customer service; no more hassle with international shipping when buying/RMA'ing products. Additionally, I do hope that they will honor the exisiting warranties as to not leave the existing customers out to dry.
The weirdest part is that a lot of their packaging for the boxes have retailer aspects, such as having plastic handles to carry the boxes. So I feel like switching over to retail sales and in store purchases wouldn’t even be a big jump for them and it would totally increase their sales and grow their fanbase.
I had quite a different experience this go around. Fanatec warehouse was moved to Dallas TX. 2 years ago it took over 2 months to get my order from them CSL DD, This time I ordered DD+ and a couple QR2's, Received in 3 days! I am just 1 state away though but never the less it was processed in a very timely fashion. All well packaged and everything worked!
maybe we'll start seeing fanatec stuff finally on retail. Also i have not sympathy for shareholders they, always fuel the greed of the companies and corsair is no better, thats why I respect gaben and valve
The weirdest part is that a lot of their packaging for the boxes have retailer aspects, such as having plastic handles to carry the boxes. So I feel like switching over to retail sales and in store purchases wouldn’t even be a big jump for them and it would totally increase their sales and grow their fanbase.
Well thought out analysis with logical conclusions. It all makes sense from a commercial standpoint as you have described. The brand needs to focus on basics to rebuild its reputation… quality, innovation, service, delivery and communication. Cleaning up the product line to focus on brand purpose. The warranty issue is being raised by lots of customers and needs to be addressed. My understanding is that the EU and Germany in particular are very strict with ensuring that warranty liabilities follow the business regardless of acquisition type. But in any case, as part of the reputation restoration process, they will have to honor the brand’s warranty commitments. Congratulations on your site. I just subscribed to it.
Great explanation!!! And one of the best we‘ve heard from content creators. We know about what you’re talking about. Our advisory company is working in restructuring, we are only a department of db3 solutions.
I took the bite and ordered myself a Formula V2.5. I was looking for one so I can have at least 2 rim (or for rally and other for formula/GT). I was certain that Fanatec would be still around anyways, and I would not have the opportunity to buy later, as I'm searching to buy a home. I glad that this issue has (at least for now) been solved.
Cautiously excited. I've highly considered selling my Fanatec gear while its still pretty new and not very used(it also all functions perfectly) but I'll hold on for a while longer to see how this goes. I got both Corsair and Elgato products and I love them. Glad the gato is ok! Meow- Cheers from cá em baixo!
I'm not sure you can use the acquisition of Elgato as such a direct comparison. Elgato was not in so much debt when they were purchased. I suspect Corsair will streamline Fanatec considerably, I would not be surprised if we see the number of products cut in half. There'll probably be a lot less wheels, to choose from for sure, maybe less bases and pedals too, but it depends on what they think will keep selling best.
The stock fulfillment issue was a one off systems issue that was exacerbated by internet trolls and so called ‘influencers’. People cried and moaned about missing out on limited black Friday sale and fanatec made it right by shipping the product WELL after the holidays instead of just cancelling all the errant orders. They handled it better than 99% of other companies who miss-price things or advertise stock they don’t have. Everyone wants premium gear for Logitech prices and doesn’t want to wait for things to ship. Your misplaced expectations are the problem. There are THOUSANDS of customers who have never had a single issue with shipping or support , myself included.
I had a Fanatec CSW 2.5 wheel for years. Great wheel. Went to buy a DD1 during black Friday. By February still had not received it. Cancelled my order and went to Simagic and have not looked back. I'm sure, There are many others like me.
I'm a cat lover, so glad to hear your kitty is doing well. As for Fanatec, I'm a Fanatec user / fan and hope Corsair revives the company and brings them back to the forefront in Simracing!
Personally I hope it will be a positive thing for us, the consumer, especially if the product becomes more available locally rather than more centred purchasing. The fees, deliveries etc especially for the UK market, it may help bring cost down as availability becomes more effective. And hopefully better customer support and service. And I'm glad your cat is doing ok.
The way customer support workes and communicates, has changed in the last half year. I had really bad experiences in the past with that, but have seen a turn in way of communication, the frequency of updates and in general in the way an issues was handled. More customer focussed. Let's hope they can continue with that under the Corsair ownership. Shipping issues needs a solution for sure. This might be a financial problem (with production and stock) that is not visible for the consumers. It might also be related to the third party(s) that handle the warehousing and shipping. The product portfolio really needs an update to get back into a pole position spot (they are midfield now, in my opinion). With the right management, this whole saga could be over in half a year. The reputation damage will last longer, so they also need a good sales strategy to compensate for that.
Hope they get an rma system up running fast, just because the company gone for now, ppls products will still need repairs and Im curious how much rma backlog there is with all this going on.
Really hope Fanatec products (whether they remain under that brand name or not) start getting sold through Amazon, so I can finally buy one without paying twice the cost of the product in shipping
I intentionally ignored all of Kireths Fanatec news videos because he's quite the cunny. Thanks for uploading this. Lets hear it for RandomCallsign, the channel for the common man. 👏
I feel sorry for fanatec but as you said with corsair take over someone like me finally can buy those wheels and pedals in my country. I'm from iran and because of sanctions and... there was no chance for us to find those products here.
I’m sure they have never been high up there in revenue and sales. G29 and t300 still make up over half of all sales if I remember correctly. Would make sense given everyone I have ever known starts with one.
my best wish is they'll start shipping direct to my country. and i won't need of using third party shipping company which the double the price of the product alone
I just hope Corsair has better luck running the company, and continue providing updates into the future. Last thing I want is my Fanatec gear to no longer work with new games or Windows updates
Thanks for the video! 👏🏼 Six months ago I bought a CSL Elite V2 and a McLaren steering wheel and two weeks ago I confidently bought a ClubSport DD+, so €1600 of material under warranty. Do you have any information about the active warranties and customer service regarding the Fanatec products in our hands today? 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
I thought about discussing what I think of Fanatec ahead of this acquisition... I am just going to say that Corsair may be just what Fanatec needed. They should get away from the online only model, and seriously step up QA /QC and customer service. They also need to fix the shortcomings with their current gear... And really flesh out the wheel hub products. That would be a killer angle that they can take to inject a huge dose of desire ability into the lineup. Develop a CSL hub w/o attached buttons and use mini USB connections for add-ons for it. Get away from wiring in ribbon cables and pin connections on hubs. That stuff should be plug and play. Let the price, material and number of connections be what differenciates a CSL Hub from a Clubsport Hub, from a Podium Hub. AND LOWER THE PRICE OF THE QUICK RELEASES!!! $100 for something that should be $60 at most is scummy! I wish them well, and I hope Corsair ownship will right the sinking ship.
Good news, Maybe I might be able to finally buy a Fanatec wheel here in New Zealand. Fanatec for some reason refused to sell to anyone in New Zealand and probably the same in other countries too, no wonder they went bankrupt. At least Corsair sells world wide.
I'm hoping they expand to nz, my plug adaptor died and I had to made stupid money to get one from America sent out as Fanatec doesn't service the NZ market.
As a Fanatec user I am relieved. Hopefully Fanatec will respond to my email about firmware issues after several months of sending emails with no response. Also excited to see some competition for MOZA who seemingly come out with a new product every few months. Lets see what Corsair can do and if it will be good for all us customers.
IDK your issue of course but I had a hell of a struggle last week trying to do a firmware update on my DD Pro. No matter how many times I downloaded the driver and tried to install it.. it would not work!! I was opening it from the zip file like they instruct us to do BUT... then I tried opening it from the desktop icon shortcut just for the hell of it... it worked straight away!! ...very odd but glad something worked for me.
I’m “stuck” in fanatec eco system. not really but have a base and 3 wheels i’d have to sell if I switched to a SC2, which is what i want to do. Never really had a lot of issues. two RMAs over 6-8 years. but want more power than my csldd. Can I use Fanatec wheels on a Simucube?
if Corsair can work in its RGB support to the Fanatec software you could then use your Corsair RGB for showing things like flag status in races imagine your whole PC turning yellow when the yellow flag comes out 😂
If Fanatec ideology will be changed from "Elite High End Racing Gear" to the what Corsair usually does, most likely, direct drive bases will now be dominant in any price category
Fanatec has it was was just a cesspool of epic fails. Some Products at the end were half baked but the biggest thing was the sponsorships of real life and esports events. People were waiting for their damn CSL wheelbase while Fanatec was splurging on event all across europe. Months on end for order to be filled while they were trying to get their name plastered over anything racing in real life and e sports. They truly neglected their fan base and buyers and their customer service was not the best. They had the world at their feet and their prez just ruined it for them. I cannot believe that they were the first at a direct drive at a reasonable price and that they managed to mess it up this royally.
Corsair also bought astro headset company. The astro headsets are still available with new headsets made lately and they were greatly improved. I'm sure FAMATEC will continue to exist because Corsair also now owns the trademark and everything else associated with FAMATEC.
Fanatec do not honour their warrantys. As a Fanatec Customer who has purchased numerous items, you will hear nothing from their tech support team should anything go wrong. They will take your money and ghost you. At this stage I do not see Fanatec as a reputable company.
German bankruptcy laws are brutal for investors. Not saying it is good or bad. Just brutal. I am glad I am not an investor, just a Fanatec user. I guess Corsair Fanatec now. The Fanatec name is NOT all bad. A lot of us have not had any problems. There are are a lot of people that have had problems. Plus every race track has had Fanatec sponsoring and that needs to be ended. That is great if you are making money hand over fist.
Now Fanatec will be garbage and their warranty dept will delay you as much as possible even when you provide them the receipt as proof of purchase. Corsair has the worst customer service I have ever had to deal with. Anyone who thinks this is a good thing has never had to deal with Corsair. Their customer service is a chat bot and since they're in India their customer service hours are while we're at work here in America. It takes at minimum 1 day for them to reply to each question you have concerning your warranty. I called about an item that stopped working 1 month and a half after purchase He we are over 2 weeks later and still haven't received the replacement. The best part is, they send out refurbished hardware as warranty replacements. This is not good news.
I just bought a csl dd with csl pedals and load cell, the load cell is faulty... Hopefully my interactions with Customer Support will be smooth sailing
Did you follow the correct instructions for connecting the pedals and especially the load cell? Because I failed to do so and broke the CSL pedals. I was happy that the load cell was OK and ordered a new set of CSL pedals.
After years of not giving a damn, I may actually buy into the Fanatec ecosystem with the new ideas that will inevitably come once finances are finally sorted. Glad it worked out!!
ahhhh bummer!!! I actually hope Fanatec will disappear since its peripheral ecosystem are already damn expensive. If so Moza may have a chance to get licencing for playstation series, its still expensive but a lot cheaper than Fanatec
Great idea from you, let's hope that only Moza will remain on the market, then they will surely sell their products very cheap, just to make you happy... :)
@@Lacktausch Except it probably could have been sold for < 1/2 that price if it didnt require paying for the BMW name. I don't need it to have a specific brands name on it.. I need it to just WORK and do its job well...
@@mikekopack6441 Regarding the used materials and the overall quality of the wheel, it should be sold for at least 2.000€. And that’s without the BMW licence. Did you ever use that wheel? It’s really extraordinary.
meow a sub to the channel
I can't because I'm already subbed, but I'm genuinely happy that your pussy is going to be OK.
Do you use a leoxz qr2 with your Wheel?
It's an aliexpress.com one
Glad the cat is ok! Hope for a quick recovery!
Same here
On next week's Fanatec board meeting:
"we need more RGB, make it happen"
“we need another turf roof”
One thing that has yet to be clarified is the warranty situation. As Endor AG will cease to exist after this then theoretically so do all the warranty obligations cease to exist.
However I'm sure that Corsair, based on previous takeovers, will continue to honor the warranties, but a statement to the effect of would serve to put a lot of worried minds at rest.
Agreed
ultimately depends on what Corsair will do with the company. Problem is that fanatec went belly up for a reason, so what would it cost to honor warranties and deliveries of goods thats paid for but not delivered, and how would creditors feel about that, fanatec under the old ownerships owes them money? this sort of thing is super complicated and is much more then just fanatec. If creditors feels that Corsair shafts them, then corsair will have harder time borrowing money. so its not black and white
When a new owner takes over the operational duties, that usually means they also take over the warranty responsibilities. I sure hope so (although I have moved away from Fanatec for my main gear).
They bought the entire company which includes assets and liabilities, unless the warranty had some kind of get out clause in it, they are still liable regardless of who owns the company. I don't know if Germany has any other kind of rules.
Kireth just released a video on this. They will fully honor the warranties.
As someone new to Fanatec even after finding out about the bankruptcy I still bought their CS+ Extreme solely after doing weeks of research on wheelbases and finally concluding for my needs that a Fanatec base with console support and PC support was my the ultimate setup for me and my goals.
I'm happy with my decision and got very good service from them via email with many questions asked along the way and very fast delivery.
I first bought a CS+ then returned it for the Extreme within a timely manner for the better value of the extreme's steering wheel. This decision was made solely after looking at buying an entry level wheel and plus the QR2, it just made sense to go with the far superior GT wheel. (or F1 based on buyers needs.. for me I needed/wanted a round wheel for my desired needs)
I ordered the csl dd on Tuesday, received tracking number on Wednesday. Expected delivery date is Friday
What I hope for is that Corsair will introduce a retailer network by using the same stores they do for selling their products - that would be a huge deal in regards to customer service; no more hassle with international shipping when buying/RMA'ing products.
Additionally, I do hope that they will honor the exisiting warranties as to not leave the existing customers out to dry.
Not having to jump through hoops and summon a magic genie would be awesome for Canada. The products are expensive and the shipping is half the product
The weirdest part is that a lot of their packaging for the boxes have retailer aspects, such as having plastic handles to carry the boxes. So I feel like switching over to retail sales and in store purchases wouldn’t even be a big jump for them and it would totally increase their sales and grow their fanbase.
I had quite a different experience this go around. Fanatec warehouse was moved to Dallas TX. 2 years ago it took over 2 months to get my order from them CSL DD, This time I ordered DD+ and a couple QR2's, Received in 3 days! I am just 1 state away though but never the less it was processed in a very timely fashion. All well packaged and everything worked!
maybe we'll start seeing fanatec stuff finally on retail. Also i have not sympathy for shareholders they, always fuel the greed of the companies and corsair is no better, thats why I respect gaben and valve
The weirdest part is that a lot of their packaging for the boxes have retailer aspects, such as having plastic handles to carry the boxes. So I feel like switching over to retail sales and in store purchases wouldn’t even be a big jump for them and it would totally increase their sales and grow their fanbase.
Well thought out analysis with logical conclusions. It all makes sense from a commercial standpoint as you have described. The brand needs to focus on basics to rebuild its reputation… quality, innovation, service, delivery and communication. Cleaning up the product line to focus on brand purpose. The warranty issue is being raised by lots of customers and needs to be addressed. My understanding is that the EU and Germany in particular are very strict with ensuring that warranty liabilities follow the business regardless of acquisition type. But in any case, as part of the reputation restoration process, they will have to honor the brand’s warranty commitments. Congratulations on your site. I just subscribed to it.
The most important news is that the cat is ok, everything else is irrelevant. All the best for you guys!
Thank you
Cats can be replaced.
i went with moza and i’m happy with it
and i hope your cat gets healthy quickly!
Great explanation!!! And one of the best we‘ve heard from content creators.
We know about what you’re talking about. Our advisory company is working in restructuring, we are only a department of db3 solutions.
Glad Panda is getting better. Enjoy every moment with him and don’t take it for granted
I took the bite and ordered myself a Formula V2.5. I was looking for one so I can have at least 2 rim (or for rally and other for formula/GT). I was certain that Fanatec would be still around anyways, and I would not have the opportunity to buy later, as I'm searching to buy a home.
I glad that this issue has (at least for now) been solved.
Cautiously excited. I've highly considered selling my Fanatec gear while its still pretty new and not very used(it also all functions perfectly) but I'll hold on for a while longer to see how this goes.
I got both Corsair and Elgato products and I love them.
Glad the gato is ok! Meow-
Cheers from cá em baixo!
I'm not sure you can use the acquisition of Elgato as such a direct comparison. Elgato was not in so much debt when they were purchased. I suspect Corsair will streamline Fanatec considerably, I would not be surprised if we see the number of products cut in half. There'll probably be a lot less wheels, to choose from for sure, maybe less bases and pedals too, but it depends on what they think will keep selling best.
The stock fulfillment issue was a one off systems issue that was exacerbated by internet trolls and so called ‘influencers’. People cried and moaned about missing out on limited black Friday sale and fanatec made it right by shipping the product WELL after the holidays instead of just cancelling all the errant orders.
They handled it better than 99% of other companies who miss-price things or advertise stock they don’t have.
Everyone wants premium gear for Logitech prices and doesn’t want to wait for things to ship.
Your misplaced expectations are the problem.
There are THOUSANDS of customers who have never had a single issue with shipping or support , myself included.
Glad your cat is getting better!
I had a Fanatec CSW 2.5 wheel for years. Great wheel. Went to buy a DD1 during black Friday. By February still had not received it. Cancelled my order and went to Simagic and have not looked back. I'm sure, There are many others like me.
Ho avuto una csw 2.5 e sono passato a CS DD+ a marzo, consegnato tutti in 5 giorni. Sono sicuro che ci siano tanti altri come me.
I'm a cat lover, so glad to hear your kitty is doing well. As for Fanatec, I'm a Fanatec user / fan and hope Corsair revives the company and brings them back to the forefront in Simracing!
Personally I hope it will be a positive thing for us, the consumer, especially if the product becomes more available locally rather than more centred purchasing. The fees, deliveries etc especially for the UK market, it may help bring cost down as availability becomes more effective. And hopefully better customer support and service. And I'm glad your cat is doing ok.
Hoping for better distribution into Canadian retail stores where discounts and promotions are more likely.
Hoping things get finally cleared up and good from here.
I really want to get back into this ecosystem asap.
I genuinely wih for this saga to be over. For things to get better and for Fanatec to thrive again with supervision of Corsair.
The way customer support workes and communicates, has changed in the last half year. I had really bad experiences in the past with that, but have seen a turn in way of communication, the frequency of updates and in general in the way an issues was handled. More customer focussed. Let's hope they can continue with that under the Corsair ownership.
Shipping issues needs a solution for sure. This might be a financial problem (with production and stock) that is not visible for the consumers. It might also be related to the third party(s) that handle the warehousing and shipping.
The product portfolio really needs an update to get back into a pole position spot (they are midfield now, in my opinion).
With the right management, this whole saga could be over in half a year. The reputation damage will last longer, so they also need a good sales strategy to compensate for that.
Warranty is the only thing…if that’s a thing I will stay with Fanatec-Corsair.
Hope they get an rma system up running fast, just because the company gone for now, ppls products will still need repairs and Im curious how much rma backlog there is with all this going on.
Really hope Fanatec products (whether they remain under that brand name or not) start getting sold through Amazon, so I can finally buy one without paying twice the cost of the product in shipping
I intentionally ignored all of Kireths Fanatec news videos because he's quite the cunny. Thanks for uploading this. Lets hear it for RandomCallsign, the channel for the common man. 👏
I feel sorry for fanatec but as you said with corsair take over someone like me finally can buy those wheels and pedals in my country.
I'm from iran and because of sanctions and... there was no chance for us to find those products here.
enjoy it sir!
I’m sure they have never been high up there in revenue and sales. G29 and t300 still make up over half of all sales if I remember correctly. Would make sense given everyone I have ever known starts with one.
Dude having fanatec in actual stores would be such an improvement for everyone
more trash in stores helps nobody
I ordered a Csl Dd yesterday, do you think it will affect my order?
No
my best wish is they'll start shipping direct to my country. and i won't need of using third party shipping company which the double the price of the product alone
I just hope Corsair has better luck running the company, and continue providing updates into the future. Last thing I want is my Fanatec gear to no longer work with new games or Windows updates
Thanks for the video! 👏🏼
Six months ago I bought a CSL Elite V2 and a McLaren steering wheel and two weeks ago I confidently bought a ClubSport DD+, so €1600 of material under warranty.
Do you have any information about the active warranties and customer service regarding the Fanatec products in our hands today? 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
glad panda slowly recover. i hope fanatec product available to purchase in asia
I thought about discussing what I think of Fanatec ahead of this acquisition... I am just going to say that Corsair may be just what Fanatec needed. They should get away from the online only model, and seriously step up QA /QC and customer service. They also need to fix the shortcomings with their current gear...
And really flesh out the wheel hub products. That would be a killer angle that they can take to inject a huge dose of desire ability into the lineup. Develop a CSL hub w/o attached buttons and use mini USB connections for add-ons for it. Get away from wiring in ribbon cables and pin connections on hubs. That stuff should be plug and play. Let the price, material and number of connections be what differenciates a CSL Hub from a Clubsport Hub, from a Podium Hub.
AND LOWER THE PRICE OF THE QUICK RELEASES!!! $100 for something that should be $60 at most is scummy!
I wish them well, and I hope Corsair ownship will right the sinking ship.
Good news, Maybe I might be able to finally buy a Fanatec wheel here in New Zealand. Fanatec for some reason refused to sell to anyone in New Zealand and probably the same in other countries too, no wonder they went bankrupt. At least Corsair sells world wide.
I'm hoping they expand to nz, my plug adaptor died and I had to made stupid money to get one from America sent out as Fanatec doesn't service the NZ market.
Are there still any shipping delay issues with fanatec products?
they have been mostly resolved since march
I ordered fanatec gear awhile ago..andnit arrived 6 days later
Calls on corsairs shares
Endor baggies on sui watch
Fanatec
Now for sale at Walmart
Wish the best for your cat 🙏
As a Fanatec user I am relieved. Hopefully Fanatec will respond to my email about firmware issues after several months of sending emails with no response. Also excited to see some competition for MOZA who seemingly come out with a new product every few months. Lets see what Corsair can do and if it will be good for all us customers.
IDK your issue of course but I had a hell of a struggle last week trying to do a firmware update on my DD Pro. No matter how many times I downloaded the driver and tried to install it.. it would not work!! I was opening it from the zip file like they instruct us to do BUT... then I tried opening it from the desktop icon shortcut just for the hell of it... it worked straight away!! ...very odd but glad something worked for me.
I’m “stuck” in fanatec eco system. not really but have a base and 3 wheels i’d have to sell if I switched to a SC2, which is what i want to do. Never really had a lot of issues. two RMAs over 6-8 years. but want more power than my csldd.
Can I use Fanatec wheels on a Simucube?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Corsair started incorporating RGB do what they do best am I right
if Corsair can work in its RGB support to the Fanatec software you could then use your Corsair RGB for showing things like flag status in races imagine your whole PC turning yellow when the yellow flag comes out 😂
My Clubsport dd makes a popping sound when I use it. It’s still under warranty. I don’t trust FANATEC. Going to use it till it blows up.
Been waiting a month and half on my dd pro
phew now i can buy csl dd soon
Corsair, time to school the Fanatec employees what customer service really means.
I got advertised the GT PRO mod video. The irony
If Fanatec ideology will be changed from "Elite High End Racing Gear" to the what Corsair usually does, most likely, direct drive bases will now be dominant in any price category
Fanatec are still number one in bases owned/being used. But they let it get bloody close to losing that.
The next 6 to 12 months will tell all I hope
EL GATOOOOOOOO EL GAATOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭
5:48 create a custom timeline all of the sudden
I've bought my new rig from Fanatec on your review.
Paid by credit card in case.
If i can buy in a store in Norway, its 5 year warranty , by law.
Guess they won’t be selling in a store in Norway then
@@MarkNOTW if they fix they some minor issues, that 5 year is not a problem
@@TheGabberworld maybe. If I’m running fanatec I’d shy away from any forced extended warranties.
Fanatec has it was was just a cesspool of epic fails.
Some Products at the end were half baked but the biggest thing was the sponsorships of real life and esports events. People were waiting for their damn CSL wheelbase while Fanatec was splurging on event all across europe. Months on end for order to be filled while they were trying to get their name plastered over anything racing in real life and e sports. They truly neglected their fan base and buyers and their customer service was not the best. They had the world at their feet and their prez just ruined it for them. I cannot believe that they were the first at a direct drive at a reasonable price and that they managed to mess it up this royally.
BIG W, CRSR MOON LETS GO 🎉
Sim Racing sites are all LOADED with Fanatec gear for sale. must be 9 out of 10 items listed are fanatec gear...
Corsair also bought astro headset company. The astro headsets are still available with new headsets made lately and they were greatly improved.
I'm sure FAMATEC will continue to exist because Corsair also now owns the trademark and everything else associated with FAMATEC.
Famatec😂 mamatec
Astro is owned by Logitech
My wheel has been in repair for 2 months :(
This explains why the black friday sales this year sucked ass
Great news for Fanatec IMO, Corsair can take the company forward now & repair their reputation....
Fanatec do not honour their warrantys. As a Fanatec Customer who has purchased numerous items, you will hear nothing from their tech support team should anything go wrong. They will take your money and ghost you. At this stage I do not see Fanatec as a reputable company.
So Corsair bought Fanatec. How much did they pay?
about tree fiddy
@@randomcallsign what do you men by that?
German bankruptcy laws are brutal for investors. Not saying it is good or bad. Just brutal. I am glad I am not an investor, just a Fanatec user. I guess Corsair Fanatec now. The Fanatec name is NOT all bad. A lot of us have not had any problems. There are are a lot of people that have had problems. Plus every race track has had Fanatec sponsoring and that needs to be ended. That is great if you are making money hand over fist.
Maybe they can start selling their shit at affordable prices now
If moza got console licenses, fanatech would be no more.
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Now Fanatec will be garbage and their warranty dept will delay you as much as possible even when you provide them the receipt as proof of purchase. Corsair has the worst customer service I have ever had to deal with. Anyone who thinks this is a good thing has never had to deal with Corsair. Their customer service is a chat bot and since they're in India their customer service hours are while we're at work here in America. It takes at minimum 1 day for them to reply to each question you have concerning your warranty. I called about an item that stopped working 1 month and a half after purchase He we are over 2 weeks later and still haven't received the replacement. The best part is, they send out refurbished hardware as warranty replacements. This is not good news.
I just bought a csl dd with csl pedals and load cell, the load cell is faulty... Hopefully my interactions with Customer Support will be smooth sailing
Did you follow the correct instructions for connecting the pedals and especially the load cell? Because I failed to do so and broke the CSL pedals. I was happy that the load cell was OK and ordered a new set of CSL pedals.
Now i can buy CS DD🎉
Looks like I'll never get my hands on that bentley wheel
Why?
Never say never 😉
After years of not giving a damn, I may actually buy into the Fanatec ecosystem with the new ideas that will inevitably come once finances are finally sorted. Glad it worked out!!
I hope Thomas Jackemeier is happy now 😂
ahhhh bummer!!! I actually hope Fanatec will disappear since its peripheral ecosystem are already damn expensive. If so Moza may have a chance to get licencing for playstation series, its still expensive but a lot cheaper than Fanatec
if starting at 399 for wheelbase, wheel and pedals, never have a look towards asetek or simucube then
I love my asetek wheelbase it’s high quality and great but also put me into debt
@@randomcallsigndude would scream if he saw the 3k pedals… per pedal
Great idea from you, let's hope that only Moza will remain on the market, then they will surely sell their products very cheap, just to make you happy... :)
Moza is priced to be under Fanatec. If Fanatec would disappear, Moza would become more expensive. Less competition = higher $$.
Well, enjoy Fanatec while it lasted. You now get to enjoy the Corsair tax and pay 3x the price!
Maybe no more dumb $1500 "real" racing wheels!
Those are actually good.
@@randomcallsignAgreed, the BMW M4 GT3 is a real bargain at 1.500€. Unironically!
@@Lacktausch Except it probably could have been sold for < 1/2 that price if it didnt require paying for the BMW name. I don't need it to have a specific brands name on it.. I need it to just WORK and do its job well...
@@mikekopack6441 Regarding the used materials and the overall quality of the wheel, it should be sold for at least 2.000€. And that’s without the BMW licence. Did you ever use that wheel? It’s really extraordinary.
You really been busy coping this comment on all fanatec videos 😂😂 get a life! That bmw wheel was for real racers and not for you