The Best Sim Racing Seats – Buyer’s Guide
Featured image: my sim racing setup with a Motorbase seat How did I end up spending three months researching racing seats? For me, it started with back pain after a…
The Best Sim Racing Button Boxes: Buyer’s Guide – 2026 Edition
Featured image: ReaperWare 30-Elite Sim Racing Button Box Even though many sim racing wheels have a comprehensive selection of buttons and rotary encoders featured as part of their design, I…
Avoid Locking Brakes with Threshold Braking in the Sim
Getting your braking right in the simulator is a huge win for lap times. With too much brake pressure, you lock and go straight on. Too little and you lose…
FOV: How to Setup and Calculate Your Field of View Settings in iRacing and Assetto Corsa
Sorting out your FOV (Field of View) settings in iRacing (or Assetto Corsa and Assetto Corsa Competizione ) is a thing a lot of drivers tend to ignore when they…
Samsung Odyssey G9 49″ Monitor – My Sim Racer’s Review
Featured image: my Samsung G9 As part of my new rig build, I upgraded my triple monitors to a single 49″ monitor, the Samsung Odyssey G9. I was lucky enough…
How to Replace your Valve Index Cable
About a month ago I had a strange period of unreliability with the HMD of my Valve Index cutting out leaving a black or occasionally grey screen that I was…
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: SteelSeries Arena 9 One item that’s often forgotten by sim racers is the speakers. However, just like any other constituent that adds to the realism factor of sim…
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…