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Controller:Thrustmaster T500

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Thrustmaster T500
Thrustmaster T500 cover
XInput support
Connection method
USB-A
Successor
Thrustmaster T300
Thrustmaster TS Racer
Thrustmaster T-GT

The Thrustmaster T500 is a racing wheel released by Thrustmaster on January 5, 2010.[1]

Unlike previous Thrustmaster's force feedback racing wheels which employs the Hybrid belt-pulley-and-gear-driven force feedback, the T500 is the first Thrustmaster racing wheel to have the belt-driven force feedback in the form of dual-belt-and-pulley-driven mechanism, powered by a 5Nm motor. Also new to the T500 is Thrustmaster's proprietary wheel quick release system and hall-sensor-based steering position tracking. There's an additional Mini-DIN port on the back for accessories.

The standard model comes with a Gran Turismo-branded steering wheel[Note 1] and a 3-pedal T3PA Pro pedal set. The Ferrari F1 Wheel Integral T500, which was released in October 2011, swapped the standard steering wheel with a replica of the Formula 1 Ferrari 2011 steering wheel.[2]

On PC, the T500 is compatible with games that support it, but requires to have Thrustmaster's driver to be installed to work. The wheel's settings can be adjust within the control panel (See Thrustmaster Control Panel).

General information

T500RS (Archived)
Ferrari F1 Wheel Integral T500 (Archived)

Inputs (with T500RS)

  • 1 × 2-axis steering wheel axle with 1080 degree lock-to-lock
  • 1 × digital functional button on the base: ᴍᴏᴅᴇ
  • 2 × digital face buttons on the base: L3, R3
  • 2 × steering-mounted paddles on the wheel: L1, R1
  • 1 × digital directional pad on the wheel: ↑, ↓, ←, →
  • 6 × digital face buttons on the wheel: △ ᴛʀɪᴀɴɢʟᴇ, ○ ᴄɪʀᴄʟᴇ, × ᴄʀᴏss, □ sᴏ̨ᴜᴀʀᴇ, L2, R2
  • 3 × digital functional buttons on the wheel: ► sᴛᴀʀᴛ, ◼ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛ, PlayStation
  • 3 × analog foot pedals on the pedals: ᴄʟᴜᴛᴄʜ, ʙʀᴀᴋᴇ, ᴀᴄᴄᴇʟ

Use with PC platforms

MacOS and Linux are not supported.
Depending on the wheel attached, the wheel base can appear as either the "Thrustmaster T500 RS Racing Wheel" or "Ferrari F1 wheel Integral T500". See Technical information for more info.

Windows

Windows 10 and Windows 11 do detect the wheel, but requires Thrustmaster's driver to be installed to work.

Thrustmaster Control Panel

Default software that come installed with the Thrustmaster driver.
The steering sensitivity, various force feedback settings, steering locks, shifter/handbrake settings can be adjusted.
Can be used to update the wheel's firmware.
There is no game profile function.

Hardware

Expansions

Thrustmaster T-LCM Pedals

Pedal set with 3 pedals, with the hall-sensor-based clutch and accel pedals and a load-cell-based brake pedal.
The springs on the brake pedal can be adjusted and replaced with the included springs set.

Thrustmaster TH8A Shifter

A shifter that can be switch between H-pattern (with 7 gears and a reverse) mode and sequential mode.
Can be clamped onto the desk.
Can be connected directly either to the wheel base via the included DIN-to-Mini-DIN adapter or to the PC via the included USB adapter.

Thrustmaster TSS Handbrake Sparco Mod + -

Handbrake with analog input
Can switch between handbrake mode and sequential gear shift mode.
Can be connected directly either to the wheel base via the included DIN-to-Mini-DIN adapter or to the PC via the included USB adapter.
Require the use of TM Racing Clamp to be able to clamp onto the desk.

Adapter

Thrustmaster TM Sim Hub

Dedicated sim hub designed to connect multiple Thrustmaster sim racing accessories to a wheel base.
Can connect up to 4 accessories at once.
Can only connected to the wheel base via the Mini-DIN port.

Support in games

Selected games has native support for the rev indicator LED and OLED screen on certain Thrustmaster wheels. It is possible for non-supported games to provide support for either functions or both by using 3rd-party wrappers such as Fanaleds.

Other information

Technical information

With normal wheels (pre-firmware 37): device name: Thrustmaster T500 RS Racing wheel, HWID: 044F:B65D
With normal wheels (post-firmware 37): device name: Thrustmaster T500 RS Racing wheel, HWID: 044F:B65E
With Ferrari F1 wheels: device name: Ferrari F1 wheel Integral T500, HWID: 044F:B662

Firmware update

The Thrustmaster Control Panel can be used to update the firmware of the wheel and other attached Thrustmaster sim racing products..

Notes

  1. ↑ In Codemasters-developed games, it was named GT Wheel.

References

  1. ↑ Press release on Thrustmaster (Archived) - last accessed on May 2023
  2. ↑ Press release on Thrustmaster (Archived) - last accessed on May 2023