Cherry Browns
Nav keys are more important than numpads for sure
if you like linears but want more feedback, consider yellows or blacks instead; I find blues way too loud and many browns and purples excessively mushy, but heavy linears are great
itās not that I donāt want to open up my K65 again and try desoldering switches
itās that I wonāt desolder switches because I cannot be trusted with a soldering iron (ask me about glassing over my thumb and index finger) (actually I need to remove a switch because it very clearly either needs to be deep cleaned or lubed or both)
at any rate, this new keyboard is just for typing crap into the terminal and breaking things so I donāt need hair-trigger presses
let me mull over that offer, Iām not sure when Iāll be back home and itās not a pressing need or want
please help im thinking about racing wheels again
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I got my used g29 for like $150 and I canāt complain at all at that price. the pedals suck, but you do get a clutch and the wheel itself is really nice. any meaningful upgrade is over double the cost
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thinking about modding the N30 arcade stick i got from @doolittle with a seimitsu LS-40ā¦ and buttons maybe? the buttons should be easy right just pop in some 30mm? RIP meā¦ anyone got any words of advice/encouragement/discouragement/pyschedelia
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i absolutely LOVE the hardware but i just think iād love it more with the perfect stick and probably buttons
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I have the newer 8bitdo stick and a button upgrade is super easy and worth it, you just pop them out and in
the stick is a lot harder to replace and their stock stick is m actually pretty good
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I feel this deeply. My heavily modded and abused G29 has been flirting with death lately. The siren song of Fanatec or even Simcube 
has been calling!
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LS-40 is the best stick! No idea what work would be required to get one in the 8-bit though. I guess the stock is a Sanwa clone?
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as far as i understand itās a JLF clone, and it IS pretty good, but itās not incredible and anything less than incredible makes me want to go back to the m30 instead
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Wondering if the G29 is less durable than the 27 Ive been ripping on mine since 2010 ish,ā¦ Though I did take it apart to renew the grease just in case about a year ago.
A new wheel is tempting especially the direct drive units for more precise drifts. Though they can apparently like, injure you.
If youāre getting into STGs an LS-40 is a great choice. These days I use a saturn pad but the LS-40 was my go to for years. Canāt abide the noise of a stick anymore though haha.
I canāt play anything on a JLF, always felt too loose for me.
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The only Logitech wheel that completely crapped out on me after just about a year was the G920. What a garbage product from a company that usually makes very solid stuff. Oddly, the G29 seems to be much more reliable, but I do feel like the G27 is a tank compared to the G29.
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the new fanatec looks extremely good and worth it, huh, hmmmmmm
@ticky if you wait for me to sneak this past customs in 6 weeks could help evaluate a purchase
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what are your thoughts on buttons? anything specific you prefer?
enthusiastic endorser of seimitsu stick, sanwa buttons checking in
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I have only ever used Sanwa OBSF or stock buttons. I donāt really play fighters and I feel like thatās where they really count.
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I canāt figure out what āthe newā one is from their siteā¦ but also from the looks of their stuff itās probably way out of my comfortable price range and also Iād have absolutely nowhere to mount it
This seems very weird given they look to be largely identical aside from platform compatibility? How on earth did they manage it
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