SIMUCUBE 2 Pro

The SIMUCUBE 2 Pro whether connected to the steering wheel by wireless or by USB is one of the best DDs on the market, robust and very well built,

If you want a real driving experience you will, but think about it, it is beyond of most people driving just a real karting that requires an above normal physical form after a few laps if not on the first.

So, if you just want to have fun with friends or in an online session without sacrificing your body and mainly your pocket you have other very good options to choose from and much cheaper.

I was so impressed with my first Simucube 2 Pro that I bought this one for my second rig.

I guess that tells you enough about how happy I am with the wheelbase hardware

I’m still not a fan of the True Drive software, for some reason the online Paddock profiles manager simply doesn’t work for me, but there’s an offline mode where you can fully set up profiles. That’s really my only complaint, and it’s a minor one.

Smooth, informative, immersive, and powerful – I think those four words sum this wheelbase up perfectly.

The build quality is 2 or 3 grades above what I was expecting – this really does feel and look like an industrial piece of equipment that is designed to last.

The setup was easy and intuitive with only the True Drive software needing to be installed.

This is my first experience with direct drive wheelbases, so it’s impossible for me to draw comparisons to competing products on the market, but having used this wheelbase for nearly 3 weeks now I have no doubt that this is a top notch quality piece of kit that is at the top of the game.

If I was to make one complaint, it would be about the True Drive software and the way it tries to force the always online Paddock element on you. The creation of local profiles is possible but I had to figure out how to get out of the Paddock element before I could do this. Not everybody want’s to be online all of the time.

Considered Fanatec at first, but got this instead due to ‘peer pressure’. Did not regret it in any way. Build quality is top notch, it’s just refined in every way. The driving experience is very very satisfying too, best I’ve tried so far. Wish more games supported it, and that we’re able to get setups easier but it being on the software side, I’m sure it’s being worked on eventually as more people are getting this wheelbase. You cannot go wrong with this option, literally.

Simucube’s are really smooth, which I appreciate, however my Simucube 2 Pro makes noise when force feedback being used – I measured it with a sound level meter – it’s about 50dB. Apparently quite a few of these make noise – I might end up sending it back, this is too much money for a product that isn’t 100% perfect. Giving it 3 stars for Value/performance/quality – without the noise, it’d be 5/5 in all those categories.

Excelent, amazing, best.. Which is how I feel about this product. Came from Thrustmaster 300 RS which was a lot better than Logitech G27. But this drive is way ahead of belt driven, I can feel every detail on the road. Simucube I purchased solely for BemNG Drive which I would recomend to try to everybody because drive physics and feedback is amazing on DD, plus there are a lot of mods to try. Start up and software of Simucube is a lot easier than I thought, actually plug-n-play. Bindings to BeamNG was without any problem and feedback setup was realy easy, not that hard that you should keep retesting it whole day.

Very good product and fast delivery!!

Quite expensive product but I find it corrensponding to the quality. Good package, perfect perfomance and nice included accessories.

Excellent quality wheelbase, bought from G-Performance. I have the R2 revision with only one power brick. Installation to the rig is very easy, but only the front mount is possible. Wheel motion is very smooth while the wheelbase is very quiet. It is hard to hear any noise. There is some, but totally unnoticeable while driving. There is absolutely no play in the shaft, neither in the Simucube Quick Release system. Very satisfied in this area. I am using SRB BB Ultra as the button box, no issues at all with the wheel detection, neither with missed button presses, signal is 100% all the time. Connection is wireless and wheelbase does not provide any power to the button box. For button boxes with illuminated buttons and displays, it will be necessary to connect via USB or to have internal battery, which would make these products even more expensive. True Drive software provides rich possibilities to fine tune the force feedback. There are two modes – Simple and Advanced. For the beginner it may be a bit difficult to understand all settings in the Advanced mode, some googling is necessary because there is not a lot of information in the True Drive software.

Regarding the price, this wheelbase is not the cheap one, button boxes and wheels are not cheap either. But overall, it is excellent wheelbase. I have no previous experience with direct drive. I like SC2 Pro a lot and don’t regret buying one.

Pros:

– very smooth and quiet

– build quality

– zero play in the shaft and QR

– fine tuning in True Drive software

Cons:

– no power for the button box

– lack of settings description in the True Drive software

– price the of wheelbase and wheels

Absolutely amazing piece of hardware! Although I am Coming from a really good base (CSW 2.5), this thing is from another planet!