Paul, I have three sets, right now. The Perfect Pedal from Gary Gibson’s company (cheap, good), a tunable hydraulic load cell setup that was state of the art several years ago by the fellow out in Oklahoma that went down in flames, recommended to me by two top flight NASCAR drivers, a factory Aston Martin GT/LM Pro driver and an Indy Car driver who is no longer with us when iRacing was still in beta, and a set of https://heusinkveld.com/ Ultimates (it appears the site is down now).

There are others that have cycled in and out but the key is to make sure the load cell is between 60-90 kg at full deflection. This requires a frame that firmly attaches the pedal base to the seat in such a way that there is no bending or movement. Makes all the difference to my experience, more than a DD wheel...

Might have to try Mark Lutes’ pedals made up with racing car components and actual hydraulic masters with a balance bar! https://fasttracksims.com/products/t...unt-sim-pedals

For those who haven’t tried... the Ruf track car (based on the 997 GT3) is great fun and to me pretty realistic.

An aggressive initial brake pedal to help the front end bite, rotate the car and then use throttle to control the slip.. incredibly satisfying drive but does take some time to master.

Highly recommend it (and the new F3 car)

Just got the F3 car. Cool!

As great as pedals are, I have the HE ultimates, I’d say the OSW direct drive wheel is more important for me. Since I can’t get the feedback from my body/butt, I need the wheel to do the talking. The feedback in the OSW is miles ahead of other wheels and the software maturity makes it plug n play now. Even iracing just overhauled their UI for forcefeedback to accommodate direct drive wheels.

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I have that motion seat on my rig. It’s quite good but know it’s more of a nice add on than an essential component. I enjoy it but if it’s off, my times and consistency are not impacted. An hour long session with motion and VR on Nords with a Zonda R is exhausting and stressful!

The adjustability of motion platforms is a double edged sword. In theory, all the motion should come from the game engine meaning the level of movement per car and track should be just handed to the platform which maps it on a 1:1 basis and clips any info it can’t execute. However the motion platforms instead try to approximate so in an extreme example, you can have a GT3 car dive and squat like a MX5! Clearly this creates some concerns how about the queues you are feeling and responding might be inaccurate and thus giving you false muscle memory.

For a core setup, an aluminum 8020 rig with a direct drive wheel and high end pedals is where the budget should be focused first.

Try Assetto Corsa. I believe that car is in there.