The BEST Looking Sim Racing Cockpit EVER?! | Trak Racer TR8 Pro Review

The Trak Racer TR8 Pro is the new replacement of the company's highly popular TR8. Unlike nearly all new sim racing cockpits, the TR8 Pro is not made from aluminum extrusion and instead, uses a tubular design to give a unique look and feel to your setup.

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Chapters:

Intro 0:00
Features & Specs 0:39
Price 2:15
Positives 2:54
Negatives 6:57
Conclusion 8:48

[MrFWStoner]

I have this cockpit for about half a year now and I’m more than happy with it. Recently, I moved to another place and I could disassemble it in just 3 pieces and assemble it within 10 minutes in my new home. It has zero flex and it just looks so good

[puffycleod]

Wow, I still can’t believe how good the production quality is in these videos! Easily beats plenty of 400k+ sub YouTubers. Keep it up OC!

[martinmurphy]

You did a really good job on this vid. I am currently shopping a cockpit and I think I have watched every vid on every cockpit available. You got right to the point and gave me lots of valuable info. If the other youtubers had done this it would have saved me hours. Of course now that I am ready to pull the trigger on buying a cockpit nothing is in stock and they don't have covid to blame that on any more.

[RahulKumar-vhxr]

I think there’s definitely a market for these tubular rigs, but if aesthetics and ease of assembly aren’t high on your list of needs, going profile is a significantly better option. Less flex, more options for expansion, etc.

[andrewdear]

I have had this rig for around 4 months. Overall its really good and I am happy i purchased it. However there are a few major drawback he did not mention. Firstly the seat adjuster can come off really easily meaning you have to go under the seat and bend it back into position. The bucket seat is really uncomfortable for long periods and i have had to get a lumbar cushion to stop back pain. I would suggest getting your seat elsewhere. The monitor stand was unusable on my 32 inch display and I ended up using a normal monitor arm to attach it (way easier to add as well). The biggest issue however which is a constant pain, Is the mounting of the shifter. It has two box plates right next to each-other each with 2 bolts to keep in place. It is very fiddly to add this to the frame then tighten, which would not be an issue if you had to do it only once but these screws constantly come loose. If you use the gear shifter for 2 or 3 hours you will have to tighten the screws again which is a major PITA. I cannot stress enough how fiddly these screws are to get to!.

[JonIceInternational]

I just bought all the aluminum and everything to make my sim racing rig. In my country it is way cheaper to buy the actual material than a branded sim rig. Not gonna lie, I just went to a sim rig website and straight up copied a design I liked. Not even gonna say the brand because I have no clue if there are patents or copyright stuff behind all that. But that's what I did. I measured everything and copied it all. Looking forward for everything to arrive so I can start sim racing on it !

[sim_racing_pops]

I got the original tr8 had it for 2 years now it’s great no need to upgrade for me haha
Great video keep it going brother

[ciaranconnor]

Nice review. Have had the Pro about 6 weeks now and to get the monitor directly behind the wheel base, ie closer, simply invert the wedge shaped base plate prior to mounting.

[nickes]

Bought this one a week ago and have it in use since three days. I absolutely Love it an will be happy with it forever. There is so mich room to add and extend the experience with some more things like a buttkicker!
It looks incredible and there is ni flex at all with my Fanatec components in use.
Got a 400€ Discount during Black week and payed LEDs than 1000€ with Extras like the monitor Mount, rally seat, tablet Mount and more.

[vreplayz]

Always a good evening when King posted 👑

[Whatthehellisahandlefrongong]

You can get a harness for it which is a really cool thing since it’s rare to see sim rig stores supply harness’s

[snchuy]

trak racer make buttkicker mount for the tr8 pro so i dont understand how it would be hard to customize as i fell like most people are fine with one buttkicker

[HoracioJimenez]

So the keyboard and mouse tray isn’t good? I just ordered one but couldn’t find any reviews online.

[JDOG-ojhf]

I just got a thrustmaster tmx this morning and I love it

[maximilliank]

I actually moved from a SimLab aluminium profile rig to this purely due to aesthetics, as I was moving in with my partner and she didn't like extrusion cockpits.

The pedal deck flex was noticeable, even with brake force of 40kg. I had to modify it with a 8mm steel plate mounted with a SimLab pedal deck. I wasn't impressed with that.

The wheel deck has some flex when you push the wheel away from you, but it's only about 1-2mm of vertical displacement. Not noticeable during use.

There are three vertical holes to adjust the vertical height of the wheel deck via 6 screws. Those screws are a bit soft so be careful not to strip them.

Overall, once everything is set up properly, it's a good rig. I resorted to a standalone extrusion monitor mount to mount my triples, keyboard tray, button box and mouse pad.

If my SimLab P1X was a 10, I'd rate this cockpit a 7.

[jdmallia]

I have the same MSI Aegis desktop. It is pretty amazing!

[kalebjohnson]

How does this frame work with shorter people? I'm 5'6" (168cm) and want to make sure the wheel won't be mounted too high. I love the look of this frame when compared to the extrusion frames, but I worry about the wheel height since the baseplate cannot be adjusted.

[ppinheiro]

Bought the cockpit, and I have some concerns about 3 aspects...
1 - The monitor stand wiggles a bit because the screws ate half a milimeter too long and can't screw enought to tighten the monitor stand. Minor problem, but it shouldn't exist.
2 - The support for the bucket seat has 3 positions to attach to the main structure, but only one of the positions aligns with the base holes. The others can't be screwed, they are there only for show.
3 - The small screws that fit the rail (4 each side 4mm? diameter) dont reach the threads with the washers provided, you either take one of the two washers, or put a longer screw.

Other than that, fantastic piece.

[mrtracing]

I own the older version mach 3 I believe it's a great cockpit, especially for your first venture, but I will admit once you've got a nice collection of bit's there's just not enough mounting options the plate for the shifter and handbrake is not in the right place for me and you can't really move it, same thing with the wheel I just cant get the right angle while keeping the wheel low and where I wanted it but last year I upgraded to an aluminium exclusion rig and the customization is amazing compared. I got everything dialled in the first day and very happy for the switch

[Advanced.Motorsport]

Love those videos! Thank you so much for making these!