5 SIM RACING ACCESSORIES I CANNOT DRIVE WITHOUT

These are the 5 sim racing accessories I cannot drive without (I probably could drive without them but I don't want to :P).

Accessories:

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Chapters:
0:00- INTRO
1:05 - BEZEL FREE KIT
3:00 - STREAM DECK
5:00 - MOTION/HAPTIC FEEDBACK\
7:00 - RACING GLOVES/SOCKS
10:33 - STEERING WHEEL EXTENSION SHAFT
12:39 - CLOSING REMARKS

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Simulator Partners/Affiliate Codes:

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All Products in Video:

THE RIG

• PERIFERALS

CAMERAS

LIGHTS

DESK

• Desk Top: Ikea Karlby

• Motorized Legs: Ergonofis

SIM PC

• CPU: Intel i9 13900k
• GPU: ASUS ROG Strix 4090
• MoBo: ASUS ROG Strix Z790e
• RAM: 64GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 6000mhz C40
• Storage 1: 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe
• Storage 2: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe
• Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB
• PSU: Corsair HX1200 Platinum
• AIO: Corsair H170i Elite LCD (420mm)

DESK PC

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5950x
• GPU: Aorus Master RTX 3080Ti
• MoBo: Aorus Master X570
• RAM: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB
• Storage 1: 1TB Crucial P5 NVMe m.2
• Storage 2: 1TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe m.2
• Storage 3: 2TB Samsung QVO SSD
• Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini
• PSU: Corsair SF750 Platinum
• AIO: NZXT Kraken Z63 (280mm)

TROPHYS

• 25 years of racing experience…

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Other Videos:

[zeekot]

My girl can’t live without the shaft either

[chrisc]

1) VR - I can’t drive without it, 2) gloves, yes. I used Mechanix perforated gloves and replace them about once a year. 3) LFE setup. I somehow killed my amp so I’m driving without it, but wow it really puts me in the car especially with headphones. The harmonics of the car just come alive

[mikepierson]

I personally like having a flag light on the rig. It adds a little of detail for various flags around the track and can be programmed to let you know when cars are alongside.

[buddy]

Had no idea there were sim racing socks. Been using bulky winter socks when racing. 😂 definitely something I’ll try!

[Alan-wwvi]

lower the music volume. Or increase your voice volume. Having to turn up the volume to hear you then being blasted by the music is not fun.

[nephroghost]

Nice video! For me 1. VR HP Reverb. 2. Buttkicker and SRS UShake haptic seat pad 3. Sparco hyper speed plus gloves. 4. Neo G9 monitor on swivel that I can pivot toward my rig when needed to navigate menus in iRacing. 4. For shoes I use the Puma Speedcats- Porsche variant as this gives me a few tenths on track🙂…Just ordered some gloves and socks from your site. I love the customized gloves option!

[polluxsimracing]

Thanks! I love your videos, very intuitive and i hope your channel grows!

[louisgreschner]

You made a really great point about the gloves needing to last longer, and it's something a lot of people don't consider.

It's the same about every piece of eqipment. QR for example, people think if it's used in a real car, it's good enough for their sim, because it's "just a sim". But a lot of the hardware in real cars, even race cars, just sucks. The QR is as light as possible, it's just a thin, loosely matching rod, and in lower series there's a bit of wiggle in the qr. It doesn't matter, it's solid side to side, and you get all the feedback through the car still, but in a sim rig, where stiffness in the mounting solution is essential because the wheel is the only connection you have to the simulated road, it would be horrible. In a real car it also doesn't need to last as long. There's maybe 20 races or so until the car gets a complete overhaul, so that's maybe somewhere around 100 times the wheel needs to attach and detach in a whole year. In your sim rig, you probably race every day or every other day, most people need to remove the wheel to get in and out, and then you sometimes switch the wheels in a session, or you take a break, so in one day you will use your QR anywhere from two to maybe six or seven times, possibly even more. That's gonna be 100 uses a lot sooner than a real car, maybe after a month already. And you won't check your rig throroughly, like they do in real cars after almost every session, your rig is meant to last a lot longer without maintenance. So if you expect your QR to be half decent for at least 3 years, which is already kind of a low bar, it needs to endure multiple thousands of uses, while being very sturdy, and still quick to use. In a real car, it just needs to be light as fuck, quick as fuck, and should absolutely not come off the shaft on its own.

So in many ways, sim hardware actually needs to be better than racing hardware. It doesn't need to be safe and fireproof and certified, but it needs to last a lot longer, it needs to be a lot more comfortable, it needs to be a lot more precise.

[Leynad]

Recently got my Pimax 8KX and nothing beats VR with proper FOV in terms of immersion, but I don't have access to a race-car and it's the closed thing I can get. Otherwise 6 DOF G-Seat and G-Belt with 7 shakers, SC2 Pro with HE Ultimates and other nice stuff. I switched from socks to beach shoes lately and the Buttkickers are strong enough vibrating through the thin sole, but socks with rubber-padding sounds like a nice alternative and now I got used to the grip. Otherwise I prefer finger-free bicycle gloves to type without taking them off and my goto-sim is rF2, which is both a sim and a game, since there are no real consequences if messing up. Even soccer is called a game despite the common injuries and one tip: lubricate your base-side QR a bit and the wheel will come right off for quite some time.

[dvelez]

Varjo Aero for me!! Then haptics second.. Active pedals should should up in a few days so that will be interesting
to test.

[OhItsThat]

#1 VR
#2 Pro Sim H-pattern
#3 Buttkickers
#4 SC2 Pro
#5 Gloves

[scottcrawford]

Very insightful, thanks for posting.
Side note, great job last Saturday marching through the field at Sonoma. My wife, daughter and I really enjoyed it. I was routing for you and my daughter (8), was routing for the BMW in front of you for while, before it pull off.

[tgiencke]

VR for depth perception, for car placement. Dolby Atmos for headphones, for front/rear ABS detection & brake balancing. Tillett racing kart seat fitted for my pelvis & lower back size without padding; it is the connection between body & rig for a very stiff brake pedal. American football wide receiver gloves with tips of the thumb, pointer & middle finger cut off & stitched. Palm stickiness & “feel”, and fingertip sensation. Converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoes. Natural rubber sole that wears in for foot & brake pedal connection. Correct amount of cushioning for a very stiff brake pedal. Coolshirt cool-a-clava for head temperature regulation for LFM endurance races. Not too hot or cold. Dyson fan with filter removed. Air flow without noise. 40oz Hydro Flask with flex straw lid; for all day iced drink.

[Sile]

I'm at the stage where I think need a driving shaft extension. Been adjusting the ergonomics of my rig a bit lately and I just can't get it to a point where I like it. Having watched a few different videos, the extension might be the key.

Great videos!

[test]

The Moradness gloves are the best. I used the size guide and ended up with medium (even though I’m normally a large). They fit perfectly and have enough stretch. The grip is great too. I thoroughly recommended them.

[Pzero]

Where did you get those socks from? I've been learning so much from you. I feel like you're the perfect medium to learn because you're a professional real racecar driver, so your knowledge and feedback is top. As far as accessories for immersion, I would check out Apex sim racing. They make these amazing carbon fiber dashboards with all kinds of buttons, toggles, funky switches besides the ton of use you get for me it makes your rig go to the next level. Also Sim racing addict makes really nice Ddus. I personally have the DDU6, also replica Racelogic lap times, replica Lumirank and I have a smart flag on each side of my upright profiles just for a little extra bling bling.

[kwisin]

That last bit, getting fitted every year. Thats one of the most important factors your information is truly valuable for young and old alike. Great work.

[Creederitis]

Man, now you're making me want to add a shaft of my own to my Simucube/GSI order. It seems way too fun to have a shaft then to not have a shaft.

[jonnovak]

Sim3d Pedal and Seat Rumble Motor Kits. The pedal kits are cool, and used them without the seat addon, but once i got the seat addon setup, it just changed everything. Speaker setups, buttkickers, whatever you can do, the feedback to the seat just changes the entire feeling. Cheap or expensive kits or addons, youll love the feelings

[critic]

I just got my bezel kit for my triple 32, very happy with it.