Despite Endor AG filing for insolvency, the company promised that Fanatec would continue operating without restrictions. A new housekeeping update highlights the CSL DD wheel base now featuring the QR2 out of the box, among other things.
It was the news bombshell of the previous week: Endor AG with its sim racing hardware brand Fanatec has filed for insolvency, the plan to stabilize the company via the StaRUG proceeding having been unsuccessful. Despite this, the company assured sim racers that it would continue operating "without restrictions" - effectively, nothing should change for sim racers.
If you want to catch up on the entire Fanatec saga thus far, check out our summary, starting with Black Friday 2023.
After the announcement of the insolvency filing, Endor's Chief Marketing Officer Belma Nadarevic took to the Fanatec blog to deliver another housekeeping update. The post mentions a new service partner that is supposed to have "a positive impact on our response time and we're expecting an even bigger impact every week."
Additionally, Nadarevic also mentions that Fanatec also intends to keep trying to move forward, as "R&D continues to develop new products, and we are excited to talk about some new releases soon." Could the Bentley wheel finally be around the corner? Time will tell - meanwhile, MOZA Racing has already released the Vision GS Steering Wheel that features a similar central screen. An "all-new Fanatec software package" is supposedly also being worked on.
The standalone version of this QR2 is made from "diecast aluminium with CNC-machined finish" according to Fanatec, whereas the pre-installed version of the CSL DD is listed as being made from "carbon fibre-reinforced polyamide" - so the same material used for the wheel-side QR2 Lite.
While it is good to see that sim racers do not need to buy an upgrade kit for the CSL DD anymore to convert it to the QR2 system, the steering wheels themselves that are available still only come with a free wheel-side QR1. The wheel-side QR2 is only available at additional cost.
If you are planning on buying this product and you like what we do here at OverTake, please consider using our affiliate link to www.fanatec.com. We make a small commission on each sale made using this link, without any extra costs for you. And with that, you support your favorite sim racing community, so that we can keep hosting all the downloads you need and post all the news, reviews, features and more.
What are your thoughts on the latest update from Fanatec and the QR2 on the CSL DD? Let us know on Twitter @OverTake_gg or in the comments below!
It was the news bombshell of the previous week: Endor AG with its sim racing hardware brand Fanatec has filed for insolvency, the plan to stabilize the company via the StaRUG proceeding having been unsuccessful. Despite this, the company assured sim racers that it would continue operating "without restrictions" - effectively, nothing should change for sim racers.
If you want to catch up on the entire Fanatec saga thus far, check out our summary, starting with Black Friday 2023.
After the announcement of the insolvency filing, Endor's Chief Marketing Officer Belma Nadarevic took to the Fanatec blog to deliver another housekeeping update. The post mentions a new service partner that is supposed to have "a positive impact on our response time and we're expecting an even bigger impact every week."
Additionally, Nadarevic also mentions that Fanatec also intends to keep trying to move forward, as "R&D continues to develop new products, and we are excited to talk about some new releases soon." Could the Bentley wheel finally be around the corner? Time will tell - meanwhile, MOZA Racing has already released the Vision GS Steering Wheel that features a similar central screen. An "all-new Fanatec software package" is supposedly also being worked on.
CSL DD Now With Base-side QR2 (Lite?)
Meanwhile, both versions of the Fanatec CSL DD now come with a base-side QR2 pre-installed for customers in the EU and US regions - but it is not the one that you can order to manually upgrade your wheel base. Instead, it appears to be a "Lite" version of the base-side QR2 Type-C.The standalone version of this QR2 is made from "diecast aluminium with CNC-machined finish" according to Fanatec, whereas the pre-installed version of the CSL DD is listed as being made from "carbon fibre-reinforced polyamide" - so the same material used for the wheel-side QR2 Lite.
While it is good to see that sim racers do not need to buy an upgrade kit for the CSL DD anymore to convert it to the QR2 system, the steering wheels themselves that are available still only come with a free wheel-side QR1. The wheel-side QR2 is only available at additional cost.
If you are planning on buying this product and you like what we do here at OverTake, please consider using our affiliate link to www.fanatec.com. We make a small commission on each sale made using this link, without any extra costs for you. And with that, you support your favorite sim racing community, so that we can keep hosting all the downloads you need and post all the news, reviews, features and more.
What are your thoughts on the latest update from Fanatec and the QR2 on the CSL DD? Let us know on Twitter @OverTake_gg or in the comments below!
