Sim Racing Rig Review

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Jason gives you a sort-of secret demo of what he things will be the best sim racing rig of the year. Asetek is known for high-performance sim racing gear but for the first time ever, the brand is launching a value model, and I’m the first person on the planet to try this $1,000 rig. The demo includes testing the wheel, pedals and even the seat! Don't tell them I'm showing you this...

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00:00Sim racing can be a rich person's game, but more and more companies are trying to make

00:05it more accessible.

00:06This is the AceTech .

00:10I've had to censor that last bit because I'm technically not allowed to tell you what it's

00:14even called.

00:15I can't really talk to you about it, but you know what?

00:18I'm going to go a bit rogue and I'm going to say some little bits and bobs here.

00:22It may have five newton meters of force feedback through the wheel.

00:27It may have a completely customizable acceleration and brake pedal system with a load cell brake

00:34system going on here as well.

00:36The wheel may feel really, really good on it and there may be a lot of detail coming through

00:41this direct drive wheelbase that is on here.

00:43Stuff that you expect from a company that has such a premium pedigree in Sim racing.

00:50Oh, and if you were to ask me about console support, then I could say yes.

00:56I would add the condition that PlayStation support is coming later.

00:59But in terms of out the box, you could plug this into your Xbox and play something like

01:05Forza Horizon 5 here.

01:06But here's the kicker.

01:08While I crash into a lamppost.

01:11This is where the value proposition of this comes in.

01:15Because what they're aiming for is to get basically all of this.

01:20So I'm not just talking about the wheel and the pedals.

01:22I'm talking about the wheel, the pedals and the very throne I'm sitting on right now for

01:28around about the $1,000 mark.

01:30So I know we're wondering around the four figure price tag going on here, but for an entire

01:34thing like this, that is seriously good value for money.

01:38And in terms of when you can get it, well, you absolutely won't be able to find it maybe

01:46around August.

01:47Obviously you didn't hear that from me.

01:49Don't get me in trouble with AceTech.

01:50And also it's something that will be easily upgradeable over the course of time as well.

01:55So as you start to get better and better at Sim racing and you need something like a

01:58strong wheel, maybe you need like a more advanced pedal system.

02:02Maybe you want like the shifter to kind of work on value.

02:04It will all work with this as part of AceTech's ecosystem.

02:08So I want to know what you think.

02:09First of all, are you as obsessed with Sim racing as I am?

02:13Totally fine if you're not.

02:14I know I'm a bit of a special example.

02:16But would you buy something like this?

02:18Go ahead and let me know in the comments.

02:19And for more Computech stuff, keep it locked on TomSky.com.

02:32Thanks.

02:34Bye.

02:35Bye.

02:36Bye.

02:37Bye.

02:38Bye.

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