I never said having a £5000 setup makes you an "expert" enthusiast I was referring to the fact that:

enthusiast ɪnˈθjuːzɪast,ɛnˈθjuːzɪast/Submit noun 1. a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.

If you're an enthusiast you would have a high-end setup, so then you can gauge on how enthusiastic people are regarding a certain hobby, since when do you see enthusiast photographers using a disposable camera?

The second part of your comment makes me laugh, because it's a contradiction, how can say a low budget gamer possibly know more about a product than the guy who has had those products?

You can have a G25 for 10 years for all I care, it doesn't make you knowledgeable on high-end gear, which they've never even tried, in this instance the guy who whips out his credit card has much more knowledge and experience with the actual products because you know, he's actually used them.

I don't "constantly" bash anyone, this subreddit is full of people who have low-end gear some of them actively search out my posts only to downvote them, regardless of what I say, I say it's pure jealousy. The fact that a £1000 setup gets more attention than a £10,000 setup is just comical and shows this.

I don't have a Leo Bodnar, but my setup cost me £10,000. I was actually going to buy a Direct Drive but it sounded confusing with all the different rims and kits etc, but I'll be buying Fanatecs DD, I had the GT Ultimate V2 motion rig and I didn't like it, so I bought an 80/20 for sturdy-ness and customization, I actually have just bought a buttkicker and transducers they'll be here tomororw.