The Best Sim Racing Shifters – Buyer’s Guide
Featured image: SIMAGIC DS-8X sequential / H-pattern sim shifter Today, I’m going to walk you through a handful of higher-end intermediate to advanced sim racing gear shifters – if you’re…
Gaming Speakers: What are the Best Speakers for Sim Racing?
Featured Image: Logitech G560 Lightsync PC Gaming Speakers With so many parts and components (read: money) that go into building your first simulator setup, it’s often easy to overlook the…
How to Heel and Toe in the Simulator
When we were growing up, we’d watch racing and rally heroes like Ayrton Senna and Walter Röhl using the heel/toe technique to smooth their downshifts when they were braking for…
Flex in the Fanatec DD2 Hub fixed with the Z-Ring
I think the only major difference between the Simucube 2 Pro I’ve been testing and my Fanatec DD2 is the quality and rigidity of the hub you get in the…
Fanatec’s USB Adapter – a quick “everything you need to know” Guide
Featured image: Fanatec USB Adapter (for SQ 1.5 shifter or handbrake) If you’ve been dependent on your Fanatec wheelbase for game controller compatibility between your PC and Fanatec shifters, handbrake…
Fanatec Podium Hub: Mount any Wheel to a Fanatec Wheelbase
Featured image: Fanatec Podium Hub I finally came up with a reason to order the Fanatec Podium Hub when I acquired a Cube Controls Formula Sport wheel from my friends…
The Best VR Headsets for Sim Racing: Buyer’s Guide
Featured image: (my) Pimax Crystal Light VR Headset I’ve been racing with VR since I bought my first headset: the Valve Index. VR is an entirely different experience from racing…
How to Update Your Fanatec DD2 Wheelbase Driver and Firmware
Featured image: FPSbible Updating the Fanatec DD2 to the latest beta Firmware release made for an interesting morning for me, with a few surprises along the way. While it took…
The Best Sim Racing Gloves Buyer’s Guide: 2025 Edition
Featured image: Syncmesh M2X Sim racing gloves are an essential accessory for serious sim racers, protecting your wheel while improving overall grip and control. After testing dozens of pairs of…
Your first Sim Racing Setup: Our Ultimate Beginner’s Guide
Featured image: My sim racing setup If you’re new to sim racing, then this is the guide for you. I’ve been sim racing for well over 5 years and in…
Force Feedback: what is FFB, how does it work and how do I set it up?
Featured image: Fanatec DD2 The joy of working with direct drive wheelbases is the huge scope to make adjustments to the wheelbase’s force feedback (the way it feels). You can…
Test drive: SimPlicity SW20 V3 DD
A few weeks ago I tested an SW20 v3 20nm direct drive wheelbase. Anything that isn’t Fanatec might seem a little off the beaten path for most of my readers,…