When it comes to upgrading your sim racing equipment there are so many options, it can be daunting to decide where you should spend your money. Of course there are many people out there that don’t have to worry about where they spend their money.
For the rest of us, we want to make sure we get the best bang for our buck.
It doesn't matter who you speak to, they will most likely have a differing idea. Some sim racing friends might say that you need a direct drive wheel base, others may say a good set of pedals are more important than an upgraded wheelbase.
It can get even more nuanced than this, you might be advised to upgrade your PC but stick with Intel as they perform better on a single core, or you must buy a RTX GPU so you can utilize NVENC in OBS.
There are many ways to upgrade and everyone appears to have a differing opinion, so wouldn't it be great to take a middle of the range sim racing setup and see where the RD community would upgrade or replace.
Let us imagine for a moment that you own the following sim racing hardware and you are fortunate to have come into some money - £1500, $1960 etc.
And with permission from your nearest and dearest you are able to spend this amount upgrading your current setup.
For the rest of us, we want to make sure we get the best bang for our buck.
It doesn't matter who you speak to, they will most likely have a differing idea. Some sim racing friends might say that you need a direct drive wheel base, others may say a good set of pedals are more important than an upgraded wheelbase.
It can get even more nuanced than this, you might be advised to upgrade your PC but stick with Intel as they perform better on a single core, or you must buy a RTX GPU so you can utilize NVENC in OBS.
There are many ways to upgrade and everyone appears to have a differing opinion, so wouldn't it be great to take a middle of the range sim racing setup and see where the RD community would upgrade or replace.
Let us imagine for a moment that you own the following sim racing hardware and you are fortunate to have come into some money - £1500, $1960 etc.
And with permission from your nearest and dearest you are able to spend this amount upgrading your current setup.
- 27” monitor, capable of 120 Hz but only displays a max resolution of 1920 x 1080.
- ART Simulator Cockpit (XL RS variant), which is a steel frame and pre-drilled for Logitech, Thrustmaster, and Fanatec.
- Your PC is 4 years old, with the following specifications (very generic specs FYI) - i7 8th gen, 16GB RAM, GTX 1080 GPU - middle of the road motherboard, 650w PSU
- Thrustmaster TS-PC Racer Ferrari 488 Challenge Edition - no extra wheels
- Thrustmaster T-LCM Pedals
