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Manual Porsche 911 GT3 RS Wheel

Thanks for choosing the Porsche 911 GT3 RS Wheel.

Before using this product read this manual for important safety and health information.

Keep all manuals for future reference.

For FAQs and further information please visit www.FANATEC.com.

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INDEX

GENERAL 05 CLEANING THE RACING WHEEL 24

CONTENT OF PACKAGE 08 TROUBLESHOOTING 24

COMPATIBILITY 08 TECHNICAL SUPPORT / FAQ 25

DESCRIPTION OF WHEELBUTTONS 09 MANUFACTURER 25

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS AND BUTTONS 11 TRADEMARKS 25

INSTALLATION WARRANTY 26

Installation of gear sticks 14

Table installation 16
Simulator installation 17
Installation of driver (PC only) 18
Electrical connection 18

SWITCH BETWEEN MODES 20

WARNING
TUNING 21 Before using this product, read this manual for
important safety and health information. Keep
CALIBRATION 23 all manuals for future reference. For replacement
manuals, go to www.FANATEC.com/support.
WHEEL CENTER CALIBRATION 23
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GENERAL • Play in a well-lit room.
• Do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued.
WARNING: Photosensitive Seizures If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures
or epilepsy, consult a doctor before playing.
A very small percentage of people may experience a
seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including
flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video
games. Even people who have no history of seizures or WARNING: Musculoskeletal disorders
epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can Use of game controllers, keyboards, mice, or other
cause these „photosensitive epileptic seizures” while electronic input devices may be linked to serious injuries
watching video games. or disorders.
These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including When playing video games, as with many activities,
light-headedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, you may experience occasional discomfort in your
jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, hands, arms, shoulders, neck, or other parts of your
confusion, or momentary loss of consciousness. body. However, if you experience symptoms such as
Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or persistent or recurring discomfort, pain, throbbing,
convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or aching, tingling, numbness, burning sensation, or
striking nearby objects. stiffness, DO NOT IGNORE THESE WARNING
Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you SIGNS. PROMPTLY SEE A QUALIFIED HEALTH
experience any of these symptoms. Parents should PROFESSIONAL, even if symptoms occur when you are
watch for or ask their children about the above not playing a video game. Symptoms such as these can
symptoms – children and teenagers are more likely be associated with painful and sometimes permanently
than adults to experience these seizures. The risk of disabling injuries or disorders of the nerves, muscles,
photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by tendons, blood vessels, and other parts of the body.
taking the following precautions: These musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) include carpal
• Sit farther from the TV screen. tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, vibration
• Use a smaller TV screen. syndromes, and other conditions.
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While researchers are not yet able to answer many • We strongly advise you to not drive a vehicle
questions about MSDs, there is general agreement immediately after using a video game.
that many factors may be linked to their occurrence, • Utilisation of the vibration and Force Feedback
including medical and physical conditions, stress and function may cause damage to your health.
how one copes with it, overall health, and how a person • Not intended for children under the age of 3
positions and uses their body during work and other years.
activities (including playing a video game). Some studies • Contains small pieces. Danger of swallowing!
suggest that the amount of time a person performs an • Do not open the casing of the device.
activity may also be a factor. • The device only contains components that cannot
If you have questions about how your own lifestyle, be repaired by the user and opening will void the
activities, or medical or physical condition may be warranty.
related to MSDs, see a qualified health professional.

WARNING: Electrical Safety

Attention!
As with many other electrical devices, failure to take
• The device must not be exposed to rain or humidity
the following precautions can result in serious injury or
in order to avoid risk of fire and the danger of
death from electric shock or fire or damage to the racing
electric shock.
wheel.
• Operating temperature: 0°C – 40°C.
If you use AC power, select an appropriate power
• The maximum operation time of the wheel with
source:
continuous Force feedback activity is 1 hour. Let
the wheel cool down for a few minutes before you • Use only the power supply and AC power cord that
came with your racing wheel or that you received
continue.
from an authorized repair center.
• Long playing may cause health risks. Take a break
of 5 minutes every 20 minutes, and do not play for • Do not use non-standard power sources, such as
generators or inverters, even if the voltage and
more than 2 hours per day.
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 frequency appear acceptable. Only use AC power
provided by a standard wall outlet.
• To avoid damaging the AC power cord:
• Protect the cord from being pinched or sharply
bent, particularly where it connects to the
power outlet and the racing wheel.
• Do not jerk, knot, sharply bend, or otherwise
abuse the power cord.
• Do not expose the power cord to sources of
heat.
• When disconnecting the power cord or power
supply, pull on the plug — do not pull on the
cord.
• If the power cord becomes damaged in any
way, stop using it immediately and contact
Fanatec Customer Support for a replacement.
• Unplug your racing wheel’s power cord during
storms or when unused for long periods of
time.

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CONTENT OF PACKAGE COMPATABILITY
• Steering wheel PC
• Quickguide manual Minimum requirement:
• Windows Vista / Windows XP SP2 (32 bit)
• 110V-220V Power supply for wheel
• 20 MB of Harddisk space
• UK Adapter (EU Version only)
• Free USB 1.1 or higher port
• Direct X9.0 or higher
The game must support Direct X Force Feedback func-
Optional Porsche wheel shifter set
tionality.
• 2 steel bars (410 mm each) Playstation 3
• 6-speed gear stick with reverse (7GS) Only racing games which support the Porsche wheel will
use the full functionality of the wheel.
• Sequential gear stick (2GS)
To ensure increased compatibility you can switch to a
• Gear stick connection cable compatibility mode which makes the Porsche wheel
compatible to games which only support other Force
Feedback wheels. Please note that we cannot guarantee
the full functionality for features like the 900° rotation, the
clutch or the 6-speed gear stick in this mode.
The Porsche GT3 RS wheel is only supported by a few
games on the Playstation 3 and compatibility cannot be
guaranteed.
To make the wheel work on some games you need to
set back the system date of your PS3 console to a date
before Dezember 2008.

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DESCRIPTION OF WHEELBUTTONS

Buttons on Wheel (Playstation Mode)

D-Pad

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DESCRIPTION OF WHEELBUTTONS

Buttons on Wheel (PC Mode)

D-Pad

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DESCRIPTION OF PARTS AND BUTTONS

Buttons

Basebutton

Shifter paddles
Tuningbutton Key mapping for Playstation

Right = R1 Left = L1

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DESCRIPTION OF PARTS AND BUTTONS

Shifter set (optional)

Base to Gear Stick

6-speed gear stick plus reverse PS/2 Slot

Sequential PS/2 Slot

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Cables

Power supply (DE) Power supply (US)

UK Adapter (EU Version only)

110V-220V Power supply for wheel

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INSTALLATION 3. To build up some counterforce use a flat
underground and place the wheel vertical on
Installation of gear sticks the tubes. Then push the wheel down with soft
pressure.
1. Make sure that the tube fixation screws are lose.
Use a coin and not a screwdriver.

2. Insert the metal tubes into the base from the left
or right side. The tubes has to be fully inserted
until it comes out of the base on the other side.

4. Tighten the tube fixation screws with a coin.

5. Choose either the sequential or the 6-speed gear

stick and attach it to the tubes.
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 7. Connect the gear stick connection cable with the
base and the gear stick.

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6. Put the wheel on the side to build up some Please note that only one gear stick can be active at the
counterforce and press the gear stick on the tubes same time. The gear stick can be connected on both
from above until you see the metal tubes coming sides of the wheel.
out on the other side of the gear stick channels. There is one PS2 plug on the left and two plugs on the
right side of the wheel. Please use the upper plug for the
gear stick (the lower plug will be used to connect the
pedals).

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Table installation 3. Mount the wheel to the table and then push in the
To use the wheel table clamp as much as possible. Please note that
the quick release clamps must be unfastened.
1. Open the table clamp fixation screw.

2. Pull out the table clamp a little bit.

4. Tighten the table clamp screw.

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 5. Fasten the quick release clamps. Simulator installation
If you prefer a permanent installation on a table or
simulator you can fix the wheel with 4 screws to any flat
surface.

Please note that if the shape of the edge of your table

does not allow the fixation with the table clamp you could
use some books to fix it.

Please use the drilling template to drill the holes.

The length of the screws depend on your table so we did
not include any screws but you can use standard metric
screws with a diameter of 6 mm.

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Installation of driver (PC only) Electrical connection (Wheel power supply)
For PC use, you need to install the driver before Step 1: Connect power supply
connecting the wheel. Please plug-in the power supply to the right side of the
The driver requires less than 10 MB of space on your base. When the wheel is successfully connected to the
hard disk and is compatible to Windows XP (32-Bit/64- PC and it powers up, it automatically self calibrates with
Bit) or Windows Vista (32-Bit/64-Bit). a full rotation to the right side and back to the middle
The driver can be downloaded at www.FANATEC.com/ position. Please keep your hands off the wheel during
support. calibration.

To make settings or test the functions of your wheel the

USB cable must be connected to your PC and the wheel
must be turned on. To open the driver dialog you have to
go to the control panel, double click „Game Controllers“
and choose the properties of „Porsche Wheel“.
In this window you can change several settings of the
wheel and test if all buttons are working fine.

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Step 2: Connect the wheel
After you installed the software (PC only) you can plug
in the USB cable of the wheel to a free USB port on your
PC or the Playstation 3.

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SWITCH BETWEEN MODES
Compatibility mode for Playstation 3

IMPORTANT: On the Playstation 3 some games require

to change the mode of the Porsche GT3 RS Wheel in
order to be fully compatible.
To change the mode, press “base button” + “Select
button” at the same time.
Please note that on some Playstation 3 games it is
required to use the SIXAXIS controller for Navigation in
the games menu.

Please do not switch to compatibility mode if your are

still in the XMB menu of the console system. You need
to switch to compatibility mode right after you started a
game.

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TUNING
With the TUNING feature you can fine tune the wheel
settings independent from the game or platform even
during gameplay directly on the wheel. To navigate in the menu

You can adjust the strength of the Force Feedback and

vibration motors as well as setting the best sensitivity for
your favourite game and permanently save 5 settings in
the memory of the wheel.

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To navigate in the menu: Force Feedback
1. Press „TUNING“. 0 / 33 / 66 / 100
The currently active set-up will Adjust the percentage of the total Force
appear, indicated by S_1 to S_5. Feedback strength.
You can save up to five set-ups in
the controller.
2. Select set-up:  and ‚ Vibration
3. Select function:  and € 0 / 33 / 66 / 100
4. Change setting of the respec- In the wheel rim are two additional vibration
tive function:  and ‚ motors which can be controlled by the game
5. Leave tuning mode: Press „TUNING“ if a game supports it. By default the vibration
The settings will remain. motors are synchronized with the gas pedal
to let you feel the vibration of the motor.
Sensitivity You can adjust the percentage of the
OFF (default) vibration strength you want.
If the Setting is „OFF“ the sensitivity of the
wheel will be controlled by the game settings
or the driver settings. This should work fine
with most games.
Use this mode for all PC games and make
the adjustment in the driver instead.
540/360/210/off
In case you are not able to choose the
sensitivity in a Playstation 3 game, you can
force the wheel to a certain sensitivity. The
value shows the wheel rotation which is
needed for a full rotation in the game.
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CALIBRATION ` Press the „start button“
If the 6-speed gear stick (7GS) is not working The display will now change to G_6
properly it might require new calibration. ` Bring the 7GS into 6th gear
Please go through the following steps: ` Press the „start button“
` Connect the power supply to the base Calibration is completed
` Press „start button“ + „TUNING button“
at the same time
The LED display will show G_n
` Bring the 7GS into neutral position
` Press the „start button“
The display will now change to G_r
` Enter reverse gear
WHEEL CENTER CALIBRATION
If you drive straight and the wheel is slightly off-center,
` Press the „start button“
you can recalibrate the wheel.
The display will now change to G_1
• Move the wheel rim to the middle position.
` Bring the 7GS into 1st gear
• Press the Start button + D-pad LEFT button at the
` Press the „start button“
same time and hold both buttons.
The display will now change to G_2
• Now also press the base button.
` Bring the 7GS into 2nd gear
• Release all three buttons.
` Press the „start button“
The display will now change to G_3
` Bring the 7GS into 3rd gear
` Press the „start button“
The display will now change to G_4
` Bring the 7GS into 4th gear
` Press the „start button“
The display will now change to G_5
` Bring the 7GS into 5th gear
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CLEANING THE RACING WHEEL in the options menu of the game.
Clean only with a dry or slightly damp cloth. Using • In GT5: Prologue you need to press the triangle
cleaning solutions may damage your racing wheel. button to activate the clutch.
• Please make sure that the gear stick cable is con-
TROUBLESHOOTING nected properly.
The Porsche GT3 RS Wheel must not be opened or • Please make sure that the gear stick is calibrated.
modified. ENDOR® AG expressly prohibits analysis and
utilisation of the electronics, hardware, software and Pedals are not working properly
firmware contained in the controller. In case one axis is always active, disconnect the pedals
In case difficulties occur in connection with utilisation of so that the pedals recalibrate themselves.
the Porsche Wheel, please use the following guide for
elimination of errors. Wheel is not working properly
On the website www.FANATEC.com you will find further • Please check if the game is supporting the wheel
details and contact data. and if you selected the right settings in the options
menu of the game.
Malfunctions on Playstation 3 • Make sure the latest version of the Porsche wheel
` Game does not recognize the Porsche wheel: driver is installed (PC only).
Please switch the wheel to compatibility mode. • Please make sure that the power cable is connected
` Saving the game is not possible: properly. After the wheel is connected it should
Set back the system date of the Playstation 3 to any automatically self calibrate.
date before December 2008.
Please make sure that your game supports this feature. Force Feedback strength gets weaker
Under certain circumstances it can happen that the
Clutch or 6-speed gear shift is not working at all Force feedback Motor of the wheel might be in danger to
• Please make sure that your game supports this overheat. The built in temperature sensor will automatically
feature. reduce the power of the Force Feedback effects until the
• Please check if you have chosen the right settings normal operating temperature is reached.
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Problems with USB headset TRADEMARKS
Some PC with AMD processor have problems with Force „Porsche“ and „GT3 RS“ are registered trademarks of Dr.
feedback wheels. In such a case please install a USB 2.0 Inc. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft.
PCI card and use it for the Porsche wheel. Manufactured under licence of Porsche Lizenz- und
Handelsgesellschaft mbH.
Problems with driver „PlayStation 2“ and „PlayStation 3“ are trademarks of
Please make sure to download the latest version of the Sony ComputerEntertainment Inc.
driver at www.FANATEC.com. „Fanatec“ and „Endor“ are registered trademarks of
ENDOR® AG/Germany.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT / FAQ

www.FANATEC.com

MANUFACTURER
ENDOR® AG
Seligenthalerstraße 16 A
84034 Landshut
Niederbayern / Germany
Fanatec is a brand of Endor® AG
www.FANATEC.com

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WARRANTY purchase as well as the company stamp/company print
Please check the FAQ database at www.FANATEC. of the first dealer.
com whether your problem can be already solved there.
Normally, the warranty period is two years. However, this 2) The warranty covers – at the choice of ENDOR® AG
may differ depending on the respective state. – either gratuitous repair or replacement of the device
or components of the device. With defects that are not
1) ENDOR® AG grants for the hardware product – as covered by the warranty and/or that are excluded from
extension of shorter national warranty regulations, warranty (see above), possibilities for repair are to be
if applicable – a two-year warranty for material and requested with the local customer service or the local
manufacturing defects. The warranty does not include dealer.
defects that are due to commercial use of the product As far as permitted by law, any further liability - with the
and/or normal wear and tear and/or damaging by third exception of intent and gross negligence – is excluded
parties and/or improper utilisation or treatment and/or for any indirect or direct damages and consequential
utilization of the product contrary + to the operating and damages, regardless of whatsoever basis of claim.
maintenance instructions and/or not intended installation This applies in particular to damages with other property,
and/or non-compliance with the local safety standards damages to persons, data losses as well as financial
and/or the results of an intervention by a third party or losses like loss of profit as well as transport damages in
a not authorised opening of the device including any connection with returns to ENDOR® AG.
measures for modification, adjustment and/or adaptation As far as liability limitations are not legally allowed or
measures (also in case of professional execution). effective in certain states or certain regions, the limitations
Warranty applies as of the date of purchase when the are to be effective to such extent that exclusions of liability
final customer purchased the product, and is exclusively can be agreed upon in accordance with the respective
limited to the rights as of 2), as far as this does not limit national laws or jurisdiction.
any further legal warranty claims on the basis of various
national laws. Warranty is subject to return of the defective
product with carriage paid, within the warranty period,
including the original receipt that must include date of
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