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 […]
REVIEW – VRS DirectForce Pro Direct Drive Sim Racing Wheel Base
Many Sim Racers will be familiar with VRS or Virtual Racing School as one of the major players when it comes to sim racing driver coaching, so we were surprised to see them come out with their own Direct Drive wheelbase, and then follow it up with a wheel and some of the best value […]
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 […]
REVIEW – The Frenchie Co. Speed Cockpit
If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the last 3 months, you’ll be familiar with the Speed Cockpit and the bold claims The Frenchie Co. have made, in particular around its strength and rigidity. The Frenchie Co. recently got in touch and agreed to send us the Speed Cockpit to check out, so […]
THESE AREN’T TOYS! – Sim Racing Safety Tips
Yesterday I posted a video showing how I almost broke my thumb with my Simucube 2 Ultimate Wheel base. Quite a few viewers were pretty concerned about the potential risks so I thought it would be good to cover what I did wrong, and what I could have done differently to avoid the injury, as […]
Simucube 2 Sport vs. Pro – DRIVING TESTS – Which is Better Value?
Welcome to Part 3 of our Simucube 2 Review series. So far we’ve taken a detailed look at the hardware and internals of all three models, as well as comparing the Pro to the Ultimate (those videos below). Based on the spec sheets alone, we expect a more significant difference between these two than we […]