Hardware

Team Redline, one of the more prominent teams across all of sim racing, has teamed up with Heusinkveld to unveil a special edition of the Heusinkveld Sim Pedals Sprint. The pedals themselves are three distinctly different setups, each of which is specially crafted to perform at the highest levels of sim racing. Each pedal has…Continue reading “Heusinkveld, Team Redline announce special branded Sim Pedals Sprint”»

The latest piece of sim racing equipment from Next Level Racing is a redesigned wheel stand that stands on its own. The Next Level Racing Wheel Stand 2.0 takes the design of the first model wheel stand, added with feedback from more than ten years from the sim racing community, and optimizes it for the…Continue reading “Next Level Racing Wheel Stand 2.0 announced”»

The known high-end, Direct Drive wheel base company Simucube is expanding into steering wheel peripherals later this year. Just announced, the Simucube Tahko GT-21 Wireless Wheel is slated to release at the end of November. The first officially branded Simucube wheel was made in conjunction with Finnish company Granite Devices. The GT-style wheel comes with…Continue reading “Simucube Tahko GT-21 Wireless Wheel releasing late November”»

A new racing cockpit from Playseat is on the way and it’s compatible with Direct Drive wheels. The new Playseat Trophy was announced over the weekend as a new piece of hardware that is able to withstand the forces created by Direct Drive wheel bases. While the seat looks fairly simple, there is more than…Continue reading “Playseat Trophy racing seat available soon”»

If you’ve been following along with the Fanatec Esports GT Pro Series this season, you may have noticed all of the sim rigs that have been used by the competitors. Being sponsored by Fanatec, the majority of the equipment was provided by Fanatec, and that of course included the steering wheel components. That particular wheel…Continue reading “Fanatec announces Podium Steering Wheel Fanatec GT World Challenge bundle”»

Aracde1Up has built a reputation on the finest modern-era interpretations on the classic arcade game cabinet. Now it’s the turn of the OG Ridge Racer from 1993. The new Ridge Racer Arcade Machine stands at just under 4ft and features a 17” LCD display, two speakers, a headphone jack, a gear shifter, throttle and brake…Continue reading “Relive Ridge Racer’s glory years with the latest Arcade1Up machine”»

Nacon is releasing a brand-new controller for those on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Windows 10 PC that aims to be a step-up from the regular gamepad. This wired device features all the regular Xbox face buttons, asymmetric thumbsticks and a dedicated share button. But it throws into the mix four shortcuts and interchangeable…Continue reading “Nacon’s Revolution X Pro Controller for PC and Xbox launches 13th October”»

Revealed at the recent ADAC SimRacing Expo, motion systems expert D-BOX and hydraulic sim racing pedal set creators SIMTAG have teamed up to deliver the world’s first haptic feedback brake pedal set. The unique setup has been FIA licenced and is designed so drivers can feel ABS feedback through the pedal for the first time,…Continue reading “D-BOX and SIMTAG partner to create haptic feedback sim racing pedals”»

While we wouldn’t normally cover new phone hardware at Traxion.GG, the new Microsoft Surface Duo 2 launched earlier this evening caught our eye. The Android-based folding phone-tablet-thing’s main aim is the multitasking of apps. Outlook on one side, Word on the other, for example. It has a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, 5G connectivity and…Continue reading “Asphalt 9: Legends, Game Pass touch controls coming to Microsoft Surface Duo 2”»