Thrustmaster

With the abundance of brands and sim-racing peripherals currently available on the market, it's more than easy to put together a setup to smash lap times on the world's most legendary circuits. If we take the Fanatecwhich is probably one of the best-known brands in...

As we all know, sim-racing made its PC debut a long time ago, thanks to brands like Thrustmaster and Logitech. At the time, simus were rather limited, but this has changed over the years, and today we have highly immersive games on both consoles and PCs. Fans of...

The world of sim-racing isn't just about having a setup like every other racer in the world, with identical bases, steering wheels, pedals and cockpits. The very essence of this discipline is the customization of your setup, but also the fact that there are setups for...

More and more sim racers are turning their attention to setups specific to a single racing discipline, such as F1 or GT3. These setups generally consist of a fairly powerful base, a high-quality pedal unit and a steering wheel adapted to the discipline, often in...

Admittedly, as time goes by, more and more racers are tempted to swap their good old controller for a sim-racing setup complete with steering wheel, base and pedals. I must confess that this was the case for me, a long time ago. I swapped my old Xbox controller for a...

If you're a racing fan, you've probably had the idea of setting up a sim-racing setup with a steering wheel, base and pedals. Each driver has his or her own set-up for blistering lap times on legendary circuits like Monza, or vertigo-inducing jumps on rally stages....

Today, virtually every petrolhead, car fan and racing enthusiast is involved in sim-racing. It's a discipline that has grown enormously over the last two decades, thanks in particular to the innovations of brands such as Thrustmaster, Logitech and Fanatec. Setting up...

Sim-racing has come a long way since its beginnings in the late 90s, with the emergence of brands such as Logitech and Thrustmaster. Back then, the discipline was still in its infancy, with a fairly small fanbase. But that soon changed, especially with the...

Over time, sim-racing has been democratized for a large proportion of gamers worldwide, giving rise to new e-sports disciplines. Naturally, good racers swear by their set-ups, which some have been slow to build due to the wide range of sim-racing products available on...

Although many sim-racing brands have emerged in recent years, the market leaders are manufacturers who have been around since the late 90s. With over 20 years' experience, Thrustmaster has offered us a wide range of products for all types of simulation: racing,...

Sim-racing is very simple these days, thanks to the wide range of products available on the market, and especially their different qualities. In the past, you had to make do with a single steering wheel for sim-racing, which greatly limited immersion and realism....

As with many disciplines and passions, you have to start somewhere. For sim-racing, it's the same, and beginnings are always made with a steering wheel, base and pedals bundle. Every sim-racer around the world has its own setup including the basic peripherals I've...

Since its beginnings in the 90s, sim-racing has come a long way to become what it is today: a highly popular discipline with many global players. I remember the first Thrustmaster or Logitech steering wheels, which were really basic compared with the best on the...

Sim-racing began to take off some time ago, particularly with the release of consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360. On these two platforms, racing game developers have had a field day, offering us titles that are realistic, immersive and fun. Naturally, manufacturers...