In the market for a hideously overpriced gaming peripheral? Then you’ve come to the right place, as Sony has revealed the second officially licensed Gran Turismo 5 wheel, the Thrustmaster T500 RS – and its £449.99 price tag.
“The goal that I set for the Thrustmaster team was to design for me the most precise wheel ever developed, without any latency – to accurately reproduce the sensations of GT5, and let users truly feel the emotions experienced by drivers on real racing circuits,” says Gran Turismo head honcho Kazunori Yamauchi.
The post on the PlayStation Blog highlights the wheel and pedal kit’s “rugged, almost all-metal design”, “precision engineered steering, acceleration and braking inputs”, and the £449.99 cost of the whole thing. Oh wait, did I already mention that?
For what it’s worth, this is probably the definitive racing wheel you could be playing GT5 with, but at £449.99 (oh, I said it again), only the most die-hard enthusiasts are going to be buying a fake steering wheel for more than it costs to get a used car. Should you want one, it’s out now. For £449.99.
Source: EU PlayStation Blog.