Playseat® Evolution PRO - Red Bull Racing eSports

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Both the wheel and pedal mounts have large levels of adjustment in them by default. Take the time to really nut that down to your favored position and this will be amazing. The F1 nose design also serves as a platform for the sim racing pedals to be mounted to. This is a neat solution to avoid suspending them too high in the air which can sometimes result in flex. The R9 produces 9Nm of torque from its direct drive motor. It features a much smaller form factor than the R21 as it uses the exterior casing as heat sync allowing it to remove internal fans.

This racing seat differs from its other seats by using a much more fluid design between the lower and upper parts of the seat. This closely replicates F1 racing seats and is designed to be utilised in a reclined position. However, if we were to choose a sim racing pedal set for our new F1 sim racing setup, we would look towards Heusinkveld. You can raise or lower the pedal plate, and adjust the angle to find the perfect position. When raised to the top of the mounts and angled down, they replicate a formula position pretty closely.Sparco isn’t a company that is known for their sim rigs despite offering a few options across the past few years. However, they are a company that goes hand in hand with all forms of motorsport, being one of the biggest motorsport product designers around.

Compatible with all steering wheels and pedal sets on the market, including Logitech, Thrustmaster and FanatecThere’s a lot of adjustability throughout this sim rig. You can adjust the position of the pedal plate and the wheel mount. And you can also change the recline angle of the racing seat. Once you have your wheel and pedals in place, you need to run cables from the wheels to the pedals. And to power and your PC or Console. The MOZA FSR Formula wheel looks impressive from the outset. And it’s hard not to notice the large screen on the front. The design of this steering wheel replicates a real F1 steering wheel much closer than the Formula V2.5X by incorporating the large screen. Next I’ll take a look at a set of sim rigs which are often referred to as 8020 rigs. This is a reference to the size of the aluminium profile that is used in their construction. Despite the name, many of these sim rigs actually utilise aluminium extrusion which is much larger than 80x20mm.

When paired with either the X1 Carbon seat or the Sparco GP seat, this sim rig allows you to have a fully reclined seating position. However, when it comes to choosing your wheel base, typically you will want to opt for a brand which has compatible steering wheels that you like. On the side there are a series of different mounting points. Most racing seats include a single mounting point allowing for limited customisation. However, the ES1 seat features multiple mounting holes. If you are racing on PC however, you have a much wider range of equipment that you can use. You racing wheel, pedals and shifters can all be separately connected to your PC allowing you to mix and match peripherals from different brands.

Both the wheel plate and the pedal plate come pre-drilled to ensure compatibility with all major steering wheel and pedals such as those from Fanatec, Thrustmaster, Logitech and more. He produces and hosts two popular podcasts, EFTM and Two Blokes Talking Tech. He also appears on over 50 radio stations across Australia weekly, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show each day and appears regularly on A Current Affair. It’s not ideal, or attractive. In the standard Playseat it really is neat how it all goes down the steering column. That hidden method would be difficult to replicate here unfortunately. Due to the design of this transforming sim rig, there is a tonne of built-in adjustability. You can raise or lower the pedal plate and the racing seat. Then you can also adjust the height of the racing wheel mount, and change the angle of your pedals and wheel. MOZA Racing in comparison is a much newer brand, having been on the sim racing scene for just a couple of years. However, during that time, they have released new products every few months to create a large ecosystem of sim racing products already.

It also frees up a lot of ground space that can be used to store other things. You could position your gaming PC under the pedals, or use it as an area to manage your cables and accessories.Your seating position is the same height, but the wheel in front of you is far more adjustable, and the pedal position sits much higher again with additional adjustments too. Setting up the Playseat F1 Ultimate Edition It’s a high price to pay, but you’re getting an extremely high quality seat with the Playseat F1 Ultimate Edition. Pair it with a quality wheel and pedals (we chose Thrustmaster for that), and you’re giving yourself the best chance of a good lap time. Your wheel base is the main hub of your electronic setup and will dictate what other peripherals you can use. If you are sim racing on a console, all additional peripherals will have to run through your wheel base. Often the trade-off of being able to attach almost any peripheral to an 8020 rig outweighs the aesthetics and design of the rig itself. Next Level Racing F-GT Elite