NEXT LEVEL SIM RIG IMMERSION FOR UNDER $300 – Adaptive Ambient Lighting using Phillips Hue Lights
What if you could make the ambient lighting cast on your sim rig and your body match what it should look like in real life? Real-time Adaptive Ambient Lighting has been something we’ve been wanting to do for a long time but didn’t think was possible. But a recent video from Sim GP tipped us […]
HOW TO GUIDE – Using a Smartphone or Tablet as a Rear Vision Mirror for Sim Racing
Have you ever considered running an old Smartphone or Tablet as an additional screen to use as a Rear Vision Mirror for your Sim Racing? I’ve seen this pop up as a concept a few times now, but I’ve never seen anyone actually do it before, so today I decided to see if I could […]
FANATEC HACKS – Connecting your Fanatec Handbrake through a Heusinkveld or other controller
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I realized last night after hooking up my new Heusinkveld Ultimate pedals that I no longer had a way to connect my Fanatec Handbrake to my PC. OOPS! Fanatec do sell a USB Dongle, but I didn’t really want to buy something and have to wait for shipping, and I knew the HE controller had […]
DIY SIM RACING WIND SIMULATOR – We Nailed It!
How to Build a Wind Simulator Today we tackle the Arduino-powered DIY Wind Simulator build! We’ll find: How hard is a Wind Simulator to build? How to choose the best components for your build How much does a wind sim add to the driving experience? Is it worth making a DIY wind simulator for […]
Building a DIY Wind Simulator – Part 1
In today’s video, I’m going to show you how you can build your own DIY Wind Simulator with variable fan speeds based off your in-sim speed! In this Part 1 video, I cover the hardware and software configuration and go for a test drive to see how well it works. In Part 2 I’ll refine […]
SEAT BELT TENSIONER MOD! The BEST $15 I’ve spent on my Sim Racing Rig!
OK so this completely blew my mind! One of our Discord Server members, RamjetX, suggested I do a simple modification to the way the seat belts attach to the cockpit frame on my Next Level Racing GTTrack and Motion Simulator Platform V3. Normally you connect the belts to the seat rails so they move in […]