Yesterday, I posted a first story on Team Redline’s Dom Duhan who got the chance to prove himself in a professional-grade Formula One simulator of an undisclosed Formula One team.

As promised, Dom has taken some of his time to write about his experience, explaining how the high-tech simulator compares to simulations we use every day.

By: Dom Duhan

The F1 sim felt similar to what we already drive (it wasn’t RF Pro, but a bespoke sim) I acclimatised to the sim pretty quickly despite not driving it before. I found it surprising that it was so close to what we already drive, however learning nuances on the fly was a little difficult! I decided as soon as I got it to really attack it.

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Since several drivers such as Alex Zanardi have already proven that a real race car can very well be driven using hand controls, there is no reason for disabled race fans not to become active sim racers. All it needs is a device for hand control, such as the Accessible Racing VXP Wheel Bar, which Tim Wheatly reviews in the following article.

By : Tim Wheatley

When I first heard of a the equipment that the team at Accessible Racing (AR) were building, it took me back to one of the earliest simracing controllers I owned and a race at Monaco in the Papyrus-produced title Grand Prix Legends.

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iRacing’s Tim Wheatley has had the chance to get a Obutto oZone Racing Cockpit and test it with his Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel. Is the cockpit worth the price of $259? Read Tim’s review below to find out.

By : Tim Wheatley

Over the holidays, my wife and I went to stay with my parents in England, it was the first time my parents had met her and of course it wasn’t long before they broke out the home movies. My wife only really understood what racing simulations have meant to me when she saw me in those movies, at aged 14, sat infront of a computer with a steering wheel in my hands.

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Tim Wheatley has got his hands on Fanatec’s Porsche 911 Turbo Racing Wheel that tries to take the fight to Logitech. He’s is kind enough to share his impressions with us by allowing me to post his detailed review.

By : Tim Wheatley

I was sent the Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel for review having not heard much about it, other than what I’d read on a few simracing Web sites, of course. I knew the build quality would be good and that I’d be overcome with new things to get used to, but really I had no idea what an ‘awakening’ I was set to experience with the first truly spectacular wheel I have ever owned.

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As many of you will know, VirtualR is open for guest articles. Jean-François Chardon is the first one to take up the opportunity, allowing me to publish his very interesting article for you to enjoy.

Please make sure to read his indepth story as it contains lot’s of interesting infos and quotes from developers and drivers involved in our favorite hobby. And when you´re done, why not let him know what you think in the comments?

By : Jean-François Chardon aka [GTR-O]Slowest – www.gtr-online.com

The universe of the online simracing is about to shake a bit. Until recently, it was mainly populated by three big entities: GTR2 (SimBin), GT Legends (SimBin) and rFactor (Image Space Inc.).

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