Simvibe by SimXperience Reviewed by Inside Sim Racing

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Full detailed setup guide coming soon!

[simracingtonight]

The material is called Aluminum Extrusion Tubing, also has a name like t-slot. There are several suppliers here in the US.

[simracingtonight]

Good pick up Logi. I was talking with Bernie at SimXperience and we talked about this very topic. I dont know if the work "wrong" was used but we did talk about mounting location. In some cases as crazy as it seems mounting them at a 45 degree angle might be best.

[simracingtonight]

Simrig: Human Racing GT Chassis
Wheel: Thrustmaster T500
Pedals: Logitech G27 Modified with Perfect Pedal
Shifter: Thrustmaster TH8RS
Computer: Intel I7 with 16 gigs of Ram, 120 gig SSD, Geforce 690 video card, Thermaltake 1350 watt power supply. in a Thermaltake Level 10 case.
Monitors: 27 Asus 120 Hertz

[AndyPetrie]

Great review guys. I purchased a ButtKicker 2way back when you first reviewed it, but I was never really happy with it's output...

[simracingtonight]

I have the buttkicker turned up quite a bit louder then normal for the purpose of the video. I wanted people to hear them and really understand what was going on.

Also there is a 4th extension that allows for wheel shaking. That is the 8th shaker but not commonly used or advised.

[simracingtonight]

This might work, but Simvibe is designed to work from a 2nd onboard sound card. Some times this scenario will work but is not supported. Same goes for external sound cars, there are some known not to work cards out there.

[simracingtonight]

I am running logitech g27 pedals that I removed from teh case and mounted to profile tubing. The brake pedal is the "perfect pedal" a hydraulic pedal that we reviewed on the show.

[ErichMoraga]

This is how tactile feedback was meant to be! Good idea about separating the packages out of the $80 bundle. Your enthusiasm about the added dimension to Sim Racing really showed... and will probably sell a lot of this software.

[MannyV]

because of this i got a pair of aura bass kickers and a 2 channel amp along with simvibe. I LOVE IT!

[harmoneyandgregcampbell]

are the pedal shakers needed if you already have clubsport v3 pedals?

[ChiefArwood]

Excellent review guys. Thanks for all the details and things to consider. It will save us a lot of time, while giving us a lot of confidence when making the purchase decision.

[AttilaTheHun]

So you can use the analog soundcard ( mostly onboard) with simvibe and the graphics card audio through HDMI for your game sound.

[Tony_P]

If the wife has a problem with the cost, give her a go in the rig. She may find it pleasurable ! Purchase justified right there :)

[LogiForce]

Is this 45 degree then oriented towards the center of the rig, front and back, or maybe more like the camber angle of your car? I don't know how much it matters, but I reckon that at least a 90 degree change of orientation if the BK is mounted at 45 degrees must be noticible, since the vibrations travel differently through the rig.

[LogiForce]

Guys, may I suggest positioning the buttkickers horizontally, not vertically like you have now. I found out that the feedback I got then from Simvibe was more accurate then when I positioned them vertically.
Vertically they just felt... wrong. For example a road bump would be an up/down movement of the car, but when you have the Buttkicker vertically this up/down motion would translate into a sideways tactile thumb. Hence the wrong feel.

[ShehuOnPoint]

This is what I've been waiting for... Thanks for the info

[TheMozza]

Hi Tom search " Aluminium Profile" you'll find it on EBay

[MrBluboy]

you know it's a must have, look at the smile on Shaun's face

[JasonJJasonJ]

It's a must have. Love it.

Mine : 1x Buttkicker2 and+ my onboard soundcard a supported seperate channel on the front audio so I didn't need to purchase another sound card. Also those using USB headset won't need to buy another sound card if they have onboard sound already.

[Fsxace]

I sure hope you guys still do ghetto rig of the week, I have a really ghetto rig I wanna be able to post for sure. my pedal plate is a laptop tray.