THE SIMRACING DEN / GUIDES
Find your starting point.
Build from there.
Practical advice to help you plan your setup, understand the gear and get more from sim racing.
Written guide + videoGETTING STARTED
So You Want to Start Sim Racing?
PC or console, wheelbases, pedals, cockpits and displays: work through the decisions behind a balanced first setup.
By Mike · Original video: January 17, 2023
Written guide updated September 2026
Written guide + videoDISPLAYS
Monitors, Triples or VR?
Single screen, ultrawide, triples or a headset: pixel workloads, GPU headroom, mounting and field of view, from someone racing on triple 45-inch OLEDs.
By Mike · Original video: May 23, 2023
Written guide updated September 2026
Written guide + videoMOTION
So You Want to Add Motion?
What a platform can and cannot do, degrees of freedom decoded, the four things that wreck installs, and the cheaper route most people should try first — from someone running a Qubic QS-210.
By Mike · Original video: October 10, 2025
Written guide updated September 2026
Written guideHARDWARE
So You Want to Build a Sim Racing PC?
Why sim racing is CPU-bound in a way gaming is not, what triple screens really demand, and what to buy or refuse during the 2026 memory shortage.
By Mike · Written guide, September 2026
Read the guide →FIELD OF VIEW
What FOV Should You Run?
Work out the geometrically correct field of view for your screens — single, triple, flat or curved — and read off the number your sim actually asks for.
By Mike · Published September 2026
Open the calculator →Turn your ideas into a setup.
Explore specific equipment in the review library, plan compatible components with the Rig Builder, and check available offers before ordering.