If You look at the prices of other sim racing gear they don't look that bad. Especially since they finally removed the biggest flaw in their hardware - the previous quick release system.
Yes - the CSL DD still relies on plastic for the main shaft, but what do You expect from a cheap DD base...
Fanatec had a promo for more than a year where You could buy a CSL DD base for 200€ if paired with any wheel and pedals, which makes it a pretty cheap DD option.
As for the compatibility - it's normal that every sim racing brand has it's own hardware and drivers. You can buy 3D printed adapters...
LGS was buggy as hell, my G700s always lost it's saved profiles, wether I kept them in mouse memory, or on my PC, sometimes it would not recognize the mouse at all (usually happened when I switched from cord to wireless and vice versa (recharging the batteries). True - it was much easier to use...
Reminds me of old times where we rented a small hostel for 30 people and there was a thick rope braided from ethernet cables going through the corridor between rooms. :D
As for the case - I was always fond of simple, clean aesthetics, so I like it.
Don't know what was worse - cracked core cause of too-high/uneven pressure, or a hole in the MB from using a screwdriver to clip in the cheap cooler to the socket. :P
Compact keyboards are good for gaming, cause they leave more space for manouvering the mouse in fast games.
This Log setup however is a business solution.
ZF8 here too. :)
As for the "Ultra" moniker - I think Asus either ditched small phones cause of "below expectations" sales (same happened with iphone mini), but it was stupid to suddenly increase the screen size so much with next gen. while keeping the same name, or is just leaving a leeway in...
I increased it cause the MSRP hasn't changed since 2018 (RTX 2080) and You have to count in the inflation and it's rate was not insignificant for the last few years.
IMO 850-900$ would've been a reasonable price for 4080... 1,5 years ago.
4080 (super, or vanilla - doesn't matter, performance basically the same) should've have costed max. 900$ from the beginning.
Calculating perf/cost - if 4080 is 40-50% faster than 3080 with MSRP of 700$, then having to pay 1000-1050$ for the former gives us the exact same ratio, as with the...
Junkies gonna hate...
It's good that more cases try to be "backside MB connectors"-compatible, but unless motherboard manufacturers start adding 90° cable adapters, we're gonna end up with thiccc PCs.