That Time Fanatec Tricked Us All

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • They got a lot of backlash for this.
    Try to resist popping off in the comments how you totally saw through it - I know, you probably did. Have a cookie. Still brilliant, though.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 35

  • @LaurenceDusoswa
    @LaurenceDusoswa Рік тому +19

    Great video :) This is an important piece of sim racing history

    • @dannyleeracing
      @dannyleeracing  Рік тому +1

      I'll be telling my grandkids about this for sure, as we fight over the last bag of dehydrated rice cubes

  • @junkercasualsimracing6326
    @junkercasualsimracing6326 Рік тому +5

    Funny twist... the 350$ DD has been out of stock basically since some weeks after the release and they only sell it with the more expensive power outlet or extras or PS version.
    This was masterpiece planned from Fanatec indeed!
    Love the joke, s*** myself with the release announcement, and it has been for real.. a new StandarDD

  • @dingusmagee3326
    @dingusmagee3326 Рік тому +3

    I have one, I waited 4 months, and I would do it again.

    • @AndrewTSq
      @AndrewTSq Рік тому

      i had my eyes on the csl dd for a month, and when I checked first time, it said august 17th to arrive in stock again. week later it said in stock... 2 days later out of stock again.. then week after it said in stock again, even if it was 7 days left for it to be in stock again, and I ordered it, and 3 days later it was in my house. So I would not trust the dates, instead check the site regulary... otherwise I would have waited a month for it :)

  • @jameslsimsports8514
    @jameslsimsports8514 Рік тому +4

    Yeah it was a brilliant piece of marketing that's for sure. A mini dd. If you think about it, it was the product that everyone wanted. Fanatec pulled it off first. Now you've got Simagic, Moza etc in the game. I love all the competition in the Sim Racing market. Just means we're getting the best of the best.

  • @doug_vickers
    @doug_vickers Рік тому +5

    I remember that day Danny.
    I laughed so loud.
    Then I ordered the CSL DD when it came out and of course I love it.
    I keep being told by people that 8Nm is not strong enough for a direct drive wheelbase but I don't agree.
    If I was still in my 20's or 30's with muscles like Popeye then yes, but sadly I'm more like Victor Meldrew these days so it's plenty for me.
    They fooled us all that April, but I forgive them.

  • @jediggs
    @jediggs Рік тому +3

    so when i saw this it was my hallelujah moment did i sit on the pre order wait list Yes did it arrive Yes ,almost 1 year of using it with just the 5nm and its the best thing i have done for my sim hobby

  • @V5HRL
    @V5HRL Рік тому +2

    Great video, teaching new people to sim racing about some history making moments!

  • @ShadowRacing
    @ShadowRacing Рік тому +3

    This was a funny day for sim racing.
    Btw, do you think Fanatec will ever bring the CSL DDs back in stock?

    • @dannyleeracing
      @dannyleeracing  Рік тому +2

      I think they would if they could, but the DD Pro is likely their focus going forward as it covers XBOX, PS and PC in one.

    • @giogamer4825
      @giogamer4825 Рік тому

      Q1 2023

  • @TheFlyingDrummer
    @TheFlyingDrummer Рік тому +2

    I have been sim racing for a little over 6 months and I have never seen a CSL DD in stock or available for sale anywhere in the US. So it's not a real thing as far as I'm concerned because you can't get one.

    • @dannyleeracing
      @dannyleeracing  Рік тому

      Honestly it's another whole side to this saga how great everything looked in 2021, only for the rug to be pulled due to supply issues in 2022. Supposedly 2023 will be back on track, but yeah - this stuff will seem like unicorns if you've only just got into the game!

    • @Username_Invalid
      @Username_Invalid Рік тому

      One of the main reasons I went with Moza r9.

    • @AndrewTSq
      @AndrewTSq Рік тому

      it says out of stock, and has a date that is way beyond, but its in stock atleast twice in a month when i checked, and i ordered it. So I got my wheel way before the date it said it would be in stock again.

  • @heelandtoeknee
    @heelandtoeknee Рік тому

    So good to go back in time. Thanks for the video! 👏 I started not a months before that with sim racing. 🥳

  • @ezpz4659
    @ezpz4659 Рік тому

    It was a blessing that there was a backorder, because i canceled my order and sent Simagic Alpha. BEST WHEEL EVER. IT FEELS SO REAL.

    • @dannyleeracing
      @dannyleeracing  Рік тому

      I do like Simagic's wheel choices!

    • @ohne_speed
      @ohne_speed Рік тому +1

      I have the CSL DD 8Nm for 1.5 years now and it's a great little angry box too. :)

    • @ezpz4659
      @ezpz4659 Рік тому

      @@ohne_speed yea but its nothing compared to Alpha Simagic, but its not bad

  • @gvnthomas
    @gvnthomas Рік тому

    Yeah it was a great stunt, I'm surprised other companies haven't done it in some way because it's a great way of teasing people with what they want without actually showing them what they'll be getting.

  • @AndrewTSq
    @AndrewTSq Рік тому

    I wish we had the driveshaft of the motor from the april fools mockup instead :) then it would not be problems with qr

  • @jimmymiddleton1307
    @jimmymiddleton1307 Рік тому

    I wish I'd never bought mine. I've had 1 replaced, and the second one is starting to fail now too, and is less than 12 months old.

  • @SpaceRanger187
    @SpaceRanger187 Рік тому +6

    I guess they think we can't find where their kids go to school

    • @dannyleeracing
      @dannyleeracing  Рік тому +4

      Uh *hovers mouse over 'Report to Polizei' button*

  • @patrickdiks8930
    @patrickdiks8930 Рік тому

    But if we look closer at that csl dd prototype you can also see the qr2 prototype.

  • @EluciaDeLuteIma
    @EluciaDeLuteIma 3 місяці тому

    4:17 I must know what is happening here.

  • @Simlife101
    @Simlife101 Рік тому

    3:06 no one going to mention the QR2. So they've had it for years yet still haven't released it? It couldn't be so they can get rid all of all the CSL QR stock and then charge its customers £150 too £200 for the new "QR2" could it???????

  • @wynarator
    @wynarator Рік тому

    Where is the full video of shenanigans @4:20

  • @mra091666
    @mra091666 Рік тому

    Now the joke is real cause you can't get one they have disappeared.The robots came and took them all back.

  • @amarokdcs1062
    @amarokdcs1062 Рік тому

    Only if they could make more, I had to fork out another $400 for a better wheel since they have no stock, it was either go double or go for another simple g29

  • @randomcallsign
    @randomcallsign Рік тому

    yep