Simucube 2 Discussion Thread

They have not arrived yet. It is possible that we could have those manufactured, but no decision yet.

No problem. Thank you for the update :slightly_smiling_face:

Are there schematics available how the on/off in the premium E-Stop works? Or can someone who got it take a look which pins are connected to it? Iā€™m not paying $100 for a better on/off button.

How did you come to a figure of $100?

One of the French resellers offered the E-Stop as an addon for the Pro. Priced at ā‚¬99. I looked it up after realizing itā€™ll not be included with my Pro. :confused:

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Itā€™s here ā€¦

Only had 5 minutes of driving.

10/10 IGN

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Gratz, SiPo, have fun, Mate!

Post any interesting settings you find up, do I can also give them a whirl :slight_smile:

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Very cool Simon!

Looking forward to your thoughts. I know you will be thorough and not not sugar coat things. :slight_smile:

Nice!! Who is you dealer if you donā€™t mind saying. I thought they were not going to be coming with ā€œSimucube ā€œ etched into the case.

Glad to see these are arriving. Can wait for your thoughts.

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I was glad about that too! My dealer was Jed.

I thought the same thing tooā€¦

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YEA! I have been waiting for (hopefully) your impressions of the Ultimate vs. Bodnar! Barry at simracinggarage.com just posted a review of the Pro this morning here in US. Sounds VERY encouraging! Sounds to me like Pro may be comparable to Bodnar in some ways for sim racers, depending on preferences, settings, etc. PS - Barry plans to do more vids with his preferred settings with the Pro for various sims, as a starting or comparison point for those whoā€™d like his opinons/settings.

Sorry, Simon - Iā€™m in US. Donā€™t recall who ā€˜Jedā€™ is? Sorry for dumb question, but I am new here! :slight_smile:

Jed is simtech racing I think.
A UK based reseller.

He is MX170 on here

Well I got a couple of hours with the Ultimate last night, thoughts so far :

Whilst itā€™s hard to gauge exactly how much of a difference there is without side by side testing I feel that the latency is noticeably lower than my previous DD system, Sim Steering 2. And thatā€™s a huge plus and worth the upgrade cost alone for me. The SC2 has an incredibly direct feel to it and now I have more time for Sim Racing again Iā€™m really looking forward to getting back to some serious hot lapping with this thing. Thereā€™s some bold claims that my friend in Oz has made with regards to the couple of tenths he expects me to shave off my lap times ā€¦ right now Iā€™m thinking he probably wasnā€™t exaggerating :wink:

With regards to the rest of the settings itā€™s going to take a lot more time. Thereā€™s so much more to play with than with the Bodnar and with my limited running last night Iā€™ve already seen just how much opportunity there is to create very different feeling wheel. What Iā€™m really happy about is that the reconstruction filter at around 8 gives a more muted Bodnar-Esque rubbery feel. That wonā€™t be to everybodyā€™s taste and Iā€™ve already started varying that filter, again dialing this in will take time.

The only negative Iā€™ve stumbled across is the resonance issues reported by others which seem directly affected by the amount of friction filter applied. The motor is noisier in normal operation than the Bodnar but not loud and I can live with that. However the resonance that comes through when driving over curbs is not only an unpleasant sound but is felt through all of my wheels too. Iā€™ve heard this is being looked into and should be fixable with the firmware, very much looking forward to that!

Sorry if I canā€™t give a more detailed review after one nights running but the added settings available whilst most welcome are a little overwhelming for a Bodnar owner! Canā€™t wait to get stuck in this week and start unlocking this beasts true potential though :smiley:

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Thanks SiPo, think I will have mine Tuesday evening so will hopefully get it mounted and a first drive on Wednesday.

Hopefully youā€™ll have all the settings worked out by then!!! :slight_smile:

Like Simon Iā€™m coming from an SS2.

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Thanks for the response!

You are very welcome!

you are really a big help to Nicsos :wink:

@Tero @Mika you did the right thing, congrats! And a BIG thank you! just filled out the version2 QR form.

and 1.0.3. did fix the issue with irFFB in iRacing - it works now!

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Does the sc2 come with rcon filter off out of the box or on 1 ?
That would be a really stupid decision. it should feel out of the box like a simucube 1 on rcon 9 and also have some damping friction and inertia set. as a out of the box experience and for the people who have a bit of knowledge just a button advanced so we can set up everything you want :wink:

You never want a totally dumbed down DD wheel with no settings. you can go buy a bodnar sim steering than if you want :wink: .
Fanatec and accuforce DD are definitely something you donā€™t want :wink: the fanatec dd really seems to be a non finished product!

aldough i dont know how rcon1 feels on a sc2 :smiley: but from the stories and videos which sounds it makes it isnt much better than a sc1 :wink: