I love this shifter and I don't want to sell it, but my PC has developed a problem with it and I can't figure it out. When the SST is hooked up to another PC (like the laptop I have) it works fine. When it is hooked up to my gaming PC, it is recognized but the buttons don't show up as being pressed when I go through the gears. I'm not reinstalling windows just for this, so I'm going for the TH8RS (which I have always wanted to try anyway). Last year I modded this shifter so that 7th gear is blanked off (drilled a piece in place so the shifter can't enter that gate) and the shifter has a bit more resistance in shifting (just tightened it up). These are the only modifications I made. If you take it apart you can easily undo the blanked off gate. But it's 7th gear on an h-shifter..... would you really want to! $120 shipped (that's almost half price without the shipping). US only unless you want to cover the shipping (then we can discuss the price)
I found the prob after posting this- the newest 8.51 Logitech Gaming Software has a prob with the SST. I got a new Logitech headset and it updated the LGS to this version and that breaks the SST. I rolled back to 8.40 and it works again. So I lose some functionality with the new headset :-/ Still moving on to the TH8 RS. What do you use, Cactus Dave?
Do you still have the sst for sale? Mine crapped out after years. I might just give up simracing if I have to keep on with these stupid flippers.
G25 top left, SST bottom left, TSW sequential top right, TSW H bottom right. http://www.thewayiplay.com/mainforum/index.php?action=profile;u=1033;sa=showPosts
I decided to keep the shifter. I found the issue and just reverted back to the old version of the Logitech software to solve it. This shifter is just too awesome to part with. I do wonder about the TH8 shifter though, I have heard it's good
TSW stuff is bulletproof, both the H and the sequential. The SST takes a little time to get used to, it isn't gated and I missed many shifts before mastering it. The other thing was I broke it 2 times.. I slammed gears hard when learning it, and messed up the 2nd gear switch, but the guys at SST are super customer friendly and repaired it free both times. EDIT: LOL, now after putting on my glasses I see you were wondering about the TH8 shifter not TSW. oops.
As far as I know, they went out of business, so I'm screwed. Y I had a bad switch so I moved 7th to p2 and no luck.
Contact these guys. I've heard that they are still in contact with the guys who used to build them. http://www.gorillacustoms.com/main/
You can open up the unit and turn the gates (they are there but at the bottom) upside down and remap the buttons. I tried contacting gorillacustoms about the software issue but only got voicemail.