8/15/2023 0 Comments Sim racing rigThis means, if you’re turning left, push with your right hand if you are turning right, push with the left hand. The bottom hand has more of a supporting role. When turning, your top hand is doing the main job and has the strength and finesse that will make you go faster. It’s good to realize that when you’re turning, the hand on top of your wheel, is the hand with most sensitivity, vice versa. Take your middle finger as a reference point. It’s there that your hands will have the best ‘feel’ for what the car is doing. Your hands should be at 3′ and 9′ o’clock. Just like a real racecar, the top of your wheel should be as high as your shoulders. The distance should still allow you to turn the wheel 180 degrees to the left from the center, and 180 degrees to the right from the center, without taking any hand of the wheel. Try to aim for an angle of 90 to 120 degrees in your elbows. Your elbows should be sunk a little bit below your wrists when holding the steering wheel in the 3′ and 9′ o-clock position. At first, this will seem just a bit too close, but try practice the new posture in the sim.įor your elbows: you need to comfortably bend them. The top of the steering wheel should be at around the middle of your forearms, or at maximum your wrists. A way to measure is stretching your arms over the wheel. Your wheel should be as close as possible. The angle of your wheel should ideally be such that it points directly at your shoulders. Your shoulders and the top of your wheel should be at the same height. In F1 racing, the manufacturers want to have the center of gravity as low as possible, but that’s not relevant in sim racing.įor office work you want to have your keyboard and mouse just above your waist level, so your forearms are parallel to the floor, but with a wheel you don’t want that. Your back and neck will be very curved, creating undesired strain. The latter may seem comfortable, but it’s not. We’d recommend the GT-style seating position, which is more upright than a Formula 1 style positioning. If you can’t do this with your office chair, the cheapest fix is a folding chair for campsites, and the most expensive option is a dedicated race seat in a full blown rig. Your chair, on its wheels, is going to move all over the place, putting your joints in unwanted positions and distracting you from the racing itself. Here, we’ll cover the positioning of your seat, monitors, wheel and pedals.Ĭlamping a wheel to your desk and sitting behind it on an office chair is disastrous, and if you’ve ever tried this you can probably concur. Make sure you’re comfortable, and in top shape. While simracing is physically less demanding than real life racing, you must still control the car with your body. Written with the expert advice from driver coach Martti Pietilä.Įrgonomics is one of the most overlooked subjects in sim racing, but it can help your performance a lot.
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