It’s been almost a year now since I made the decision to dive headfirst into Sim Racing. While I have been in the very lucky position to receive a lot of the upgrades I’ve done in the past year for free, I still made an initial investment of well over $3500AUD, and over the course of the past year, I’ve forked out well over $20,000AUD of my own money to get to where I am now.
Anyone who’s been into Sim Racing for a while will tell you it’s a slippery slope. But what is the experience actually like with a more moderately prices setup.
In this video series, we’ll be finding out!
Our friends at Next level Racing and FANATEC have very kindly provided some of their more entry-level gear, including the CSL Elite range and Challenger cockpit to put it to the test and see if it can provide a good experience for the money when compared to a more high-end alternative.
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Will Ford operates Boosted Media with his brother Tom and is the on-camera host and technical lead behind the channel’s sim racing hardware reviews.
With a background in electrical engineering, adult education, and automotives, he combines hands-on product evaluation with practical technical analysis and a passion for motorsport and sim racing to explain how sim racing hardware performs in the real world, and is one of the most experienced people on the planet when it comes to reviewing Sim Racing Hardware.