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Fanatec CSL DD Review, Road Feel for the Spare Room

Direct drive puts the front tyres in your hands. After driving Fanatec's entry-level CSL DD bundle at 5 Nm, here is how much road feel it delivers, what the box leaves you to buy and bolt down, and where a rig fits beside a real car.