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2025 FANATEC Sim Racing Buyer’s Guide – Which FANATEC gear is best?

Fanatec Buyer's Guide

Some of our most frequently asked questions regarding Fanatec Sim Racing Gear are: What are the best Fanatec products for a starting point? What are the best value Fanatec products and bundles? Is Fanatec worth it? How does compatibility with different wheels and bases, as well as PC, PlayStation and XBOX work? So let’s go […]

Get Forza Horizon 5 Working with Any Wheel & Pedals

Forza Horizon 5 dropped this week and as expected, third party hardware support is limited. So in today’s video I’ll show you how you can get Forza Horizon 5 working with just about any wheel and pedals, with functional force feedback. Experience will of course vary as this is not a sim racing title, but […]

REVIEW – Simagic Alpha Direct Drive Sim Racing Wheel Base

The Alpha is a 15NM Direct Drive Sim Racing Wheel Base from Chinese manufacturer Simagic. Depending on where you live, price wise it sits in the same ballpark as the Fanatec DD1, Simucube 2 Sport and VRS Direct Force Pro, so lets take a detailed look and see how the Simagic Alpha performs. We’ll take […]

FANATEC DD1/DD2 TEARDOWN – How a Fanatec Direct Drive Wheel Base Works

We had an unfortunate accident in the Boosted Media Studio. A shelf collapsed which resulted in my DD2 falling about 1.5m onto its nose, causing the shaft to seize. So today we’re going to pull it apart, see if we can fix it, and more importantly see how the Fanatec DD1 and DD2 Direct Drive […]

GUIDE – How to update Fanatec Firmware, Drivers & Fanalab

Fanatec have just released updated drivers and firmware for just about all their gear, as well as an updated version of Fanalab, so I thought today was the perfect opportunity to show you how to install them. There are a few things I do in addition to Fanatec’s instructions which seems to help streamline things […]