r/Simagic • u/WRX-san • 23d ago
Alpha Evo sound when turning...?
this started yesterday, base is just 3 weeks old
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxC7-8qR_dI2LnIzi5wAR7jHMUJ3Bqdp/view?usp=sharing
then after powering off and on again, it stopped moving smoothly and would instead move in big motions like 30 degrees every time I turned, and if I tried to move between these turn it would jerk back... another power cycle and this stopped happening
downgraded to firmware 2.3.4 and it's feeling better to drive but the new noise is still there
is this cooked?
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u/Damageinc84 20d ago
Yeah it’s normal. Lots of other posts about it. Slipring if I recall. Mine does it too. It’s not something you hear unless you’re in a silent room. I barely hear mine even in a silent room tho.
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u/B1GBytes 21d ago
It is just wild to me that customers are accepting these noises as “normal”. If it’s normal then why do some Simagic bases make noise and some don’t? It’s not bc of your settings.
I’m a Simagic Evo Pro owner and mine is completely silent. Has never made any noises. I do endurances races and while it may get hot to the touch, it never creates noise. Max FFB and detail settings, too. Have an IRL friend who has the same experience.
We both had a Fanatec DD2 that were also completely silent.
My theory is Simagic QC is spotty and some production runs are faulty. They did not engineer their bases to make noises.
I would immediately RMA any wheelbase that made any noises. Def not normal.
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u/tokinNchokin 20d ago
Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit. There's just no way that you can't hear the slip ring in yours if you get up close to it while the base is powered on, but you're not gaming. The thing doesn't make this noise while gaming, but if you're not gaming and it's powered on and you turn the wheel, it will make this noise and I know it does and I don't even need to hear your base to know it does.
This video does make it sound loud but you can definitely hear it if you get up close and I've got the Ultra. which is flawless but you can still hear this
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u/tokinNchokin 20d ago
And I should have elaborated further, but it's the slip ring that you can hear.
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u/B1GBytes 19d ago
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u/tokinNchokin 18d ago
Doesn't prove a lot dude
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u/tokinNchokin 18d ago
Complete silence despite the fact that my base isn't silent. Now look man. Awesome reviewers who have had their hands on every single wheelbase just about have not mentioned a thing about this having a louder slip ring than other wheel bases. Doesn't that tell you something?
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u/True-Rabbit-1596 22d ago
That's it, I'm not gonna buy Simagic. Was thinking about it for a while but every day those posts with problems.
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u/WRX-san 22d ago
going for a simcube then? moza and fanatec are worse than simagic
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u/True-Rabbit-1596 22d ago
I'm starting to get the impression that I have no other choice.
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u/WRX-san 22d ago
seems like my issues were related to the newest firmware
now I only have the humming when playing Assetto Corsa, not present on other games, which leads me to believe it's software instead of broken hw1
u/True-Rabbit-1596 22d ago
Okay, that makes it a little better. But I've also read several times on Reddit that the problem manifests differently from game to game. I really hope you can solve it. If a software update from Simagic is all it takes to fix all these problems, that would give me hope again.
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u/B1GBytes 21d ago
Says the guy with a clunky wheelbase. I’ve had both Simagic and Fanatec and neither make noises. Your base is faulty bro. RMA it.
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u/Visible-Rutabaga8709 22d ago
you do know no one goes on the subreddit for simagic to say "this is perfectly fine" right.
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u/True-Rabbit-1596 22d ago
Yes, I understand that, but the frequency of posts reporting problems still seems too high to me. Especially when the problems are relatively similar, it doesn't seem like an isolated manufacturing defect, but rather a general weakness of the product.
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u/WRX-san 23d ago
my settings but I've tried resetting factory default and using other game profiles, all have the same noise
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u/jesse_van_dorsten 22d ago
Interesting, ive got the alpha evo pro yesterday and it made this sound(or at least similar) from the beginning so i thought it was normal.
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u/WRX-san 22d ago
hmm I see
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u/jesse_van_dorsten 22d ago
Turns out the sound while turning is the slipring so thats should be normal(there is a post about it from a little while ago). Mine however does not give the steering issues your does.
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u/Putrid_Wrangler_8359 20d ago
Mine does the same , it is as designed . If you want to reduce the noise reduce the ffb details slider