DEM DRS Integrale Professional Steering System up for Pre-Order

12/10/2015 Hardware 5 Comments

DEM DRS Integrale up for Pre-Order

In January of this year, Italien-based DEM Racing Simulators unveiled its new DRS Integrale Professional Steering System for the PC.

To quote the manufacturer, the wheel makes use of a Dual-motor Force Feedback System with a high accuracy and low backlash gear train. DEM Simulators aimed to keep the price lower than the current high-end systems on the market.

Today the DEM DRS Integrale has been made available for pre-order at the introductory price of 1 134,90 €. It has become clear that for this price, the DRS Integrale wheel will not include a rim nor quick release adapter. An optional DRS Endurance Rim is on sale for an extra 399,00 €. The shipment of the wheels will start in about 30 days.

For the moment, we could not find any info regarding the required quick release adapter on the DEM web page or web Store. So it is not clear how the DRS, and aftermarket wheels will be connected to the actual base unit.

While we appreciate the efforts that must have gone into the development of the product, we are slightly disappointed about the actual price point. Many community members were watching this product because it was promised to become available for a lower price than the current high-end wheels on the market.

While it is cheaper than the currently popular Direct Drive wheels on the market, we do feel that the current price of 1 134,90 € might be a little steep for a gear driven force feedback system without a quick release and rim.

Furthermore, the DEM DRS Integrale pre-order page does not show you any pictures, but merely a drawing of the steering system accompanied by the statement that the actual product may differ from the illustrations. It would seem unlikely that people would actively pre-order a product in this price range based on the provided info.

For pre-order go to http://shop.demracingsimulators.com/en/peripherals-by-dem/68-drs-integrale.html

DEM DRS Integrale Features:

Unparalleled force feedback quality and driving realism
Steering wheel connects directly to encoder, there is no motor shaft between your arms and the encoder
Dual-motor Force Feedback System with high accuracy and low backlash gear train, powerful dual motors support up to 16Nm of torque
Counter rotating strategy to reduce gears backlash to zero
Torque is easily adjustable for safe use by friends and family
Adjustable wheel dampening
Adjustable wheel inertia
High torque resolution for each motor
Perfect true linear render of force feedback forces, from min to max forces
Up to 6000Hz communication rate pc <-> steering wheel
Lowest possible latency due to integration of controller and motor drive system on a single circuit board
1080 degrees of rotation, user can modify this value in 240 – 1080 degrees range.
16,000 PPR (pulse per revolution) positional feedback
16-bit control loop resolution
Expansion port for 2 digital buttons and 3 analogic input (pedals and rotary encoders)