Hardware

If you read my last review with the Thrustmaster T150, you know I’m new to playing sim racing games without a controller. I’m so new in fact that I had to mount my wheel to a TV tray in order to use it with my PS4. This isn’t exactly ideal.

Fanatec has announced some changes to its upcoming Podium Series of high-end sim racing hardware. These include a bigger, more powerful engine at its heart — and corresponding price increase.

Slightly Mad Studios took much of the gaming world by surprise in January when it announced it would produce its own console.

Fanatec is back with an evolution of its ClubSport Formula wheel. And you can even get a brand new game with it, for a buck.

Thrustmaster continued its sim racing product offensive this week with a pair of steering wheels. The Sparco P310 and Open Wheel have both been available before with wheel bases, but now sim racers can pick them up a la carte.

Slightly Mad Studios continues to be the topic of conversation as of late, and not without reason.

After a flurry of concepts from Slightly Mad Studios, it looks like the team has settled on the final design for its upcoming console, the Mad Box.

This is our first look at the rather unexpected new player on the console market: the Mad Box.

Audio. It’s an integral part of sim racing, but it’s safe to say it often takes a backseat to visuals, physics, and input devices.

Fanatec has been on quite a roll the past few weeks. After some big holiday sales and new product launches including a new CSL Elite F1 kit and the PS4-compatible direct drive Podium Racing Wheel F1, the company still has a few surprises to reveal before the end of 2018.

Fanatec has officially unveiled the Podium Racing Wheel F1, the first-ever direct drive racing wheel that is compatible with the PlayStation 4 console (it works with PCs, too).

They say it’s the season of giving. Fanatec is certainly taking this on board, as it’s announced a giveaway of one free item every day, starting now and running to Christmas Eve.

Did you see the limited-edition (and now sold-out) carbon fiber F1 wheel from Fanatec on Black Friday? Well there’s a more attainable version too, and it comes in plug-and-play package to boot.

You’re full of turkey. Your wallet is lighter after Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox sales. And there’s still more: Fanatec is offering some of its sim racing gear at the cheapest prices of the year.

The next generation of video game consoles is on the horizon. If a new patent filed by Sony is a sign, we could finally have our first concrete look at what’s to come.

Thrustmaster has a new addition to its Ferrari line up of peripherals. Joining the T80, TS-PC, and 250 GTO wheel add-on is a new Ferrari-branded accessory.

This year’s Gamescom is in full swing and already off to a fantastic start. On Monday, NVIDIA pulled the wraps off its next-generation video card lineup, the GeForce RTX series.

The team at Thrustmaster has confirmed the September launch of its TSS Handbrake for consoles. Joining it is a surprise item, and it will be available this coming Monday.

If I had to choose one word to describe my approach to sim racing hardware, it’d have to be “minimal.” For the vast majority of my make-believe career, I’ve plugged away with nothing more than a controller. When a brief stint with iRacing forced me to use a wheel, I snagged a Driving Force GT and improvised a rig using a folding dinner table, along with a large stack of books behind the featherweight pedals to keep them from sliding.

Sony will release a special edition PlayStation 4 later this month to mark a rather impressive landmark.