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his is the point where the hobby has officially become an obsession. The will place you directly inside the cockpit, with enough resolution that you can spy the apex from 500 metres away. Filling in some of the missing tactile is a professional-grade motion sim that can simulate not just pitch and yaw, but also things like surge, sway and heave. That last one might also be a thing you do after a prolonged session. Wheel-wise, the plug and play is a direct drive wheelbase that ladles out more torque than you’ll ever require, and it pairs beautifully with Fanatec’s hefty new which looks like it was pilfered directly from the spares bin in a Porsche pit garage. Finally, the are durable and feature a ‘load cell’ brake, which responds to pressure just like the real thing.

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