Playseat® Evolution PRO - Red Bull Racing eSports

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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. 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. These aluminium profile sim rigs offer much higher levels of customisation than an all-in-one solution. You can mount many parts of the chassis in a completely bespoke position to create a solution that is perfectly fit for your driving position. 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.

Fanatec has just celebrated their 25th anniversary, making them an incredibly established brand within sim racing. They offer a range of wheel bases from the lower-powered CSL DD, through to the high-performing Podium DD2. 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. The rest of the chassis is laser cut from carbon steel to ensure rigidity when using high-performing racing wheels and sim racing pedals. The NLR ES1 sim racing seat is a fully custom moulded all-in-one racing seat. It features a rigid construction with high-quality PU molded foam suede cushions covering the inside to ensure comfort while sim racing.

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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. 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. When building a sim racing setup specifically for F1, I would recommend either Fanatec or MOZA Racing. Both of these brands have a range of wheel bases covering different strengths and different price ranges. And they both have F1-style steering wheels. Fanatec 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.

There are mounting holes on the side of the seat allowing it to be mounted in a pretty traditional manner to any sim rig. The incline can be adjusted using these mounting holes, and at its most extreme angle, gives a pretty close representation of a real F1 seating position. The side mounting points allow this gaming seat to be mounted to a range of sim rigs via a set of side seat mounting plates. These mounting holes are positioned to enable an extreme seating angle. 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. 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.

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When you mount this seat using the bottom mounting point at the front, and top mounting point at the rear, the seat will ahve a pretty extreme incline. Compatible with all steering wheels and pedal sets on the market, including Logitech, Thrustmaster and Fanatec You can mount this racing seat to almost any sim rig, including any of Sim-Lab’s own rigs. And it will instantly change your seating position from an upright position to a more reclined position. You will require a racing wheel and set of pedals at the very minimum to get yourself up and racing. Beyond these peripherals, you can look at additional peripherals such as button boxes for extra control in-game, or manual shifter add-ons. This level of adjustability isn’t often found on many sim rigs, which makes the NLR F-GT Elite stand out from other 8020 sim rigs for F1 sim racers.

The seat itself is constructed from reinforced fibreglass to give you a rigid construction. While the seat does come with a head cushion, there is no additional padding on the inside of the seat. This screen is used to showcase a range of live telemetry from in-game including lap times, tyre temperatures and more. This addition really helps immerse you into your sim racing. And it makes this one of the best formula-style steering wheels available currently. Using the SmartControl software which is included you can csutomise every part of each pedal. You can change the output curves, deadzones and pedal forces required. It is compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S as well as PC, making it a good addition to any sim racing setup.The inside of this racing seat is covered in padding to give you a comfortable sim racing experience even after hours behind the wheel. The padding wraps up the side of the racing seat to cacoon you in, giving you an immersive sim racing experience.