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✅ What We Like ❎ Needs Improvement Introduction: Framing Your Driver Cam When you build a dedicated sim racing setup, adding a face camera or pedal camera is usually the next step once your driving hardware is sorted. Whether you want to stream your iRacing official sessions on Twitch, record telemetry overlays for YouTube, or … Read more
✅ What We Like ❎ Needs Improvement Introduction: Shaking Up the Cockpit Hierarchy For years, stepping up from a lightweight folding chair meant making a huge jump straight into bulky, industrial aluminium profile rigs. Playseat aimed to plug that middle ground gap with the Trophy. Priced around £549, it promises a sleek, high strength tubular … Read more
✅ What We Like ❎ Needs Improvement Introduction: The Standard Entry Option When you dive into the Fanatec ecosystem, the standard CSL Pedals are usually the first stopping point on the menu. At roughly £86 for the basic two-pedal set or £156 with the Load Cell Kit included, the price tag looks genuinely tempting on … Read more
✅ What We Like ❎ Needs Improvement Introduction: Direct Drive for the Masses If you’ve spent any reasonable amount of time grinding laps on a gear-driven or belt-driven wheel, like the classic Logitech G920, you know the exact moment you start looking for more. You want to feel the subtle loaded weight of the front … Read more
Over the past few years, sim racing has exploded. What was once a niche hobby has turned into a highly competitive space, with thousands of drivers grinding daily across titles like iRacing, F1, and ACC. The level of competition has never been higher — and with that comes a shared frustration that almost every sim … Read more
The Great Debate: Are Racing Assists Holding You Back? A Sim Racer’s Journey from Comfort Blanket to Raw Pace Let’s get one thing straight. You’ve seen the videos. The esports pros and YouTube creators all banging the same drum: “Turn off your assists! You’re losing crucial lap time!” I saw them too. And for years, … Read more
Powering the Pace: A Look Inside the New P1R Racing Command Centre Here at P1R Racing, the pursuit of immersion and lap time is relentless. Whether we’re battling for position in iRacing or hitting the perfect apex in EA’s F1 franchise, every millisecond and every pixel counts. In sim racing, your hardware can be just … Read more
Build Your Own Stream & Gaming Button Box (The Easy & Affordable Way!) Tired of fumbling with keyboard shortcuts mid-stream or needing more inputs for your favourite sim game? I was too! That’s why I decided to build my own custom button box. It’s surprisingly simple, budget-friendly, and you can tailor it perfectly to your … Read more
The Final Upgrade: A New PC for Max Graphics & Performance My upgrade journey has brought me pretty much to today. But I still felt the assists were holding me back, and gaming on console was becoming frustrating. My current PC, with its Ryzen 3 3200G, 16GB of RAM, and a 1650 graphics card, just … Read more