Guides
Understanding before buying: technologies, the criteria that matter and the classic traps.
What is direct drive in sim racing?
The wheel is mounted straight on the motor shaft, with no belt and no gears. What that changes in practice, and from what price it earns its keep.
How many Nm do you really need for a sim racing wheel?
The short answer: less than you think. Useful torque is capped by your rig, not by your ambition.
Load cell pedals: what they are, and what they change
A load cell pedal set measures the pressure you apply, not the distance travelled. It is the change that buys the most consistency.
Sim racing in a flat: noise, space and neighbours
Space, structure-borne noise and airborne noise are three separate problems. The subject that decides a purchase most often, and the least covered.
What to buy first for your sim racing setup
Pedals, base, cockpit, rim: the order that returns the most performance per euro spent.
PC, PS5 or Xbox wheel: how console licensing works
Console compatibility does not depend on the USB plug but on a licensing chip. That is why a 1,500 euro wheel may not work on your machine.
Cockpit, wheel stand or desk clamp: how to choose
The rig is part of the force feedback chain. Going too small means paying for torque the structure absorbs.