Tyler Morgan

After logging more than 400 hours behind a direct drive wheelbase over the past three years, I can tell you exactly when I noticed gloves mattered. It was a Sunday morning endurance race at Spa, three hours in, palms soaked, my hands slipping on the Alcantara rim every time I went off-throttle into Eau Rouge. … Read more

I spent six weeks testing eight racing wheels under $200 across Forza Horizon 5, Gran Turismo 7, Assetto Corsa, and F1 25 to find out which ones actually deserve your money. After logging over 80 hours of seat time and swapping wheels between PS5, Xbox Series X, and my gaming PC, I have a clear … Read more

I spent the last three months comparing load cell pedal sets for sim racing, mounting them in my rig, and running hundreds of laps in iRacing and Assetto Corsa Competizione. After burning through brake pads, swapping elastomers, and chasing tenths of a second off my lap times, I can tell you which sets actually deliver … Read more

A good sim racing cockpit is the foundation that turns force feedback into feel. I have spent more than 200 hours across 8 different rigs in the last year, and the difference between a budget wheel stand and a stiff aluminium profile cockpit is night and day. If your wheelbase rocks when you turn in, … Read more

My apartment is roughly 90 square feet of usable space, and I have been running a sim racing setup from the corner of it for the past two years. After burning through three different wheel stands and watching two of them refuse to fold small enough to fit behind my couch, I learned the hard … Read more

The best shifters and handbrakes for rally sims are the MOZA HBP handbrake, the Thrustmaster TH8A shifter, and the aikeec USB handbrake. A good rally setup pairs a sequential shifter for fast flat shifts with a progressive, analogue handbrake you can modulate mid-corner in games like EA Sports WRC and DiRT Rally 2.0. Those three … Read more

I have spent the better part of three years racing from the same desk I work at every day, and I learned one lesson fast: your wheel is only as good as what holds it down. When I clamped my first Logitech G29 straight to a wobbly laminate desk, the force feedback rattled everything off … Read more

After logging hundreds of hours across MSFS, DCS World, X-Plane, and Star Citizen, I can tell you the single biggest immersion upgrade for any simmer is a proper controller. The best flight sticks and HOTAS setups for flight sims turn vague mouse inputs into precise, confident control, whether you are greasing an A320 onto a … Read more

Flying a spaceship with a mouse and keyboard feels a bit like steering a truck with chopsticks. I flew my first hundred hours of Elite Dangerous that way before I finally plugged in a proper stick, and the difference in precision was immediate. That upgrade cost me less than a new AAA game, which is … Read more

I spent three months sliding around the pattern in MSFS with twist-grip yaw and wondering why my landings kept drifting left off the centerline. The day I bolted a proper set of pedals under the desk, crosswind landings finally made sense. Rudder is half the airplane, and no stick or yoke reproduces it well. Our … Read more