NLR GTTrack Cockpit Reveiw Part 2 "The Setup"

[@jef722]

Im hopefully getting back into sim racing over the coming months and so I’m looking at various cockpits and I have to say your reviews are superb.The amount of detail you go into is fantastic. 👌

[@eliporter3980]

I really appreciate this detailed review. I'm considering getting the GTTRACK cockpit and you answered a lot of the questions I had, specifically around the size and sturdiness of the shifter plate.

[@simplyracing04]

Which is unusual you are always the most thorough video out there I love your videos

[@godvsevolutionmythgodvsevo1038]

Love the sound of that car in your intro best sound ever, agreed can't deal with flex on that seat

[@MrNiceKnife]

Man those ARE some sweet looking pedals. Wish there was somewhere I could jump in a rig with a premium setup. Got to get behind a new Samsung ultra wide monitor recently, pretty nice, specially for driving games.

[@Felsenherzz]

You remember me of Robin Williams. Not sure why. May he rest in peace.

[@Fadecountier]

YOU ARE FUCKING AWESOME! THANK YOU SO MUCH! IM WAITING FOR THIS PIT IN THE MAIL AND THESE VIDEOS ARE SO INFORMATIVE AND AWESOME! BIG CHEERS!!! THESE VIDEOS MAKE SO SOO MUCH MORE EXCITED THAN I HAVE ALREADY BEEN. CANT WAIT! YOU ROCK!

[@kdub0988]

you're James May's American sim-racing cousin

[@johnnycage3673]

I keep saying he's the Bob Ross of sim racing.

[@lawyer4ever]

Great review Barry. I already have two cockpits, an Obutto Ozone, plus a NLR F-GT, but these videos made me want to get a third cockpit, plus the motion platform. LOL! Thank you!

[@dammitcooper]

I bought this recently. Haven't gotten it yet. But I plan to do sim drifting mostly and occasionally do some sim racing. Only concern I think is the position of the hand brake and shifter. But yeah definitely considering replacing that seat. Good review. Feel more confident on my purchase

[@1984kylea]

Thanks Barry for the review x2. I own the NLR F-GT that I've bolted my Accuforce to. Overall I'm happy with it, although will say the seat for this unit looks far more comfortable.

[@xXxXENcoreXxXx]

Hi I'm thinking to buy this cockpit for the Simucube 2, Dose it hold the Direct Driving wheel stiff and hard or it has a lot of flexibly on it ?

[@jacksparrow5281]

Did you have to do any mods to fit the non standard seat? I have this unit and I added two pieces of aluminum, one on either side of the tray using the existing bolts from the motor tray side to the one of the existing bolts on the same side bottom frame. Makes it a bit more cumbersome to get into the cockpit but I feel it is even sturdier. Also did you find the feet better than the wheels? Thanks you did a way better job explaining how it goes together than the instructions or the video from Next Level. Thanks!

[@catchabee9967]

Top notch work. As always.

[@etherkeither]

idk if you can help .Will the Track Racers direct monitor mount fit on the NLR GT elite

[@AtMyOwnPace10]

Little bit of flex doesn't bother me. I'm buying this right now! Waiting for my DD1 and V3 pedals and performance kit to come in!

[@MarceloTezza]

the best on youtube

[@Mikey6048]

Nice looking rig. As a GT Ultimate owner I hope this rig is more rigid than the GT Ultimate. The GT Ultimate has a few flaws I've had to personally correct in regards flex and rigitity issues. I'd be interested to see how the steel on this new rig varies than the GTU.

[@chrish4483]

I know this is an old video..Barry when you mounted your Sparco seat to this rig did you use the NextLevel Sliders or the Sparco sliding mechanisms? TIA; Ch

[@avavii]

I'd love to know as well.

[@DjTittySprinklez]

Yeah no one answered this?

[@chrish4483]

@@DjTittySprinklez FYI on my 8020 rig I mounted my Bride seat with the rails that TrakRacer sent in the kit

[@DjTittySprinklez]

@@chrish4483 but I don't have trak racer. I have GtTrack

[@orcunbab]

hey barry, how did you fix the sparco seat to the rig? thanks for the review.

[@Cronosxiwar]

Great review as always

[@allenphelps4291]

Have you seen the new NLR GTElite Cockpit? I would really like to see you compare the two side by side!!

[@nicholaswicks3077]

Without the motion v3 the seat feels incredibly low

[@coltonbucholz6278]

how much does that sparco seat cost compaired to the entire sim tho?

[@b.s547]

Fantastic review :)

[@olafwolfen4167]

Hi Barry, Really enjoy you videos. I recently picked up a GT Track and Heusinkveld sprint pedals which I really enjoy and one thing that I want to do is raise them a bit in addition to giving them a little more support since the stock mounting plate for the Heusinkveld has the U channel hitting the pedal plate pretty far from the edges of the GT track support members and causes some flex.. I can live with the flex but really want to raise them up a bit.. Would it be possible for you to provide where you got all the aluminum profile parts needed to mount your uber pedals to the GT Track? Thanks again and look fwd to your future videos.

[@robinkirk4542]

Fitted HE sprints to this rig direct, brake was too wide so had to drill out the slots 10mm or so. Getting some plate flex under heavy braking, I was thinking of attempting bracing it (failing that I'll get the baseplate)

[@biki515]

thanks you mate

[@fordharrison2649]

can I use & install RECARO seat to replace this one?

[@kevanhandley7521]

Would the Heusinkveld sprint pedals fit directly to the GT plate or are they mounted to the pedal plate first?

[@charleslevine9482]

As of right now, I have a full fanatec clubsport setup. I am looking to upgrade though. I can't decide if I should buy a new set a pedals of (HE Sprint) or a new wheelbase (Fanatec Podium). What do you think I should upgrade first?

[@ODIOPOWER]

i had a similiar experience to yours in the past, from full Club Sport to high end stuff. I took the osw first and the HE's pro later. The OSW direct drive is a light year better than the CS v2.5 but is not plug and play like fanatec stuff. You will fiddle a lot before finding the way you like, but it's worth evry dollar, prolly the Posium DD will be a lot easier to setup and be ready to race once you installed. The pedal, now i have the He's Pro, coming from the CS v3. The brake is phenomenal, you cant even put those two in comparison, dunno the Sprint how it is but i presume they are good too. The Gas and clutch pedal on the CS v3 are good, is hard to to better. Is the end ill adivise you to get the DD base first, pedal when you have the income. Be sure to have a good rig to put those high end component on, you don't wonna have any flex while racing. (srr for my english....)

[@charleslevine9482]

ODIO POWER, Thank you so much!

[@GordonJones88]

That seat looks to be a rebranded GT Omega RS6.

[@BJAntonio46]

almost all seats for these types of cockpits are made from the same manufacturer and just rebranded.

[@TheChadd1738]

Okay Barry am I confused or the way that the height is used to go up and down and it has a bar that slide down within another bar could you not take and wrap that with duct tape and hide it secure that really really snug and then put the bolts in to see further snuggit and then eliminating that tiny bit of play up and down from where you adjust

[@jeromepettiford8141]

Wonderful commentary. I am interested in a duel chair for x-plane 11 and American Truck simulator; can you demonstrate this please? Regards J

[@acrock21]

im curious about the fanatec podium series ... verses something like the osw mige 15015 im also curious about the new gs-5 seat =)

[@simracinggarage3026]

I will be reviewing the Fanatec Podium Wheelbase sometime next month.

[@acrock21]

@@simracinggarage3026 awesome man! Appreciate what you do here and thank you for your reply !

[@mentalterbelakang]

do you have plan to test and review SFX100 motion platform..??

[@S3ANPukekoh3]

Has anybody had any luck with mounting a simagic alpha mini to the base without any additional brackets or drilling? I did some rough measurement and it looks like there are 4 holes that should like up with the bottom holes on the unit but I want to be sure before I pull the trigger.

[@pauldimayuga4748]

Did you find out?

[@S3ANPukekoh3]

@@pauldimayuga4748 I ended up going with a Moza R12 and it fits perfectly. I can't say for sure for Simagic but I'm pretty sure the holes are the same as well as Fanatec.

[@eulogiomaldonadojr6774]

Hi Barry. Hope all is well and great video! I noticed you have some motocross gear there! I'm sure you whip it in the air lol. Let me guess. Yamaha?

[@simracinggarage3026]

Motorcross racer when I younger. Now I just ride my Supermoto. Mainly street fighter duties.

[@0verfiend]

Nice rig but a lower center of gravity seems better. Though, I’m short.

[@zaneislandd4650]

Hi Barry, you said you dont like any flex. But isnt there flex in NLRv3 ? Or doesnt that bother you?

[@simracinggarage3026]

Yes, it is noticable when not activated. As is any seat mover design. This because of the pivot point used. Some designs are worse than others. However, when you are running, the flex is not noticable because the motion is masking it. Also, the flex can be minimized by using a quality one piece bucket seat. I do my best to eliminate flex in all areas of my setup. Some efforts are more successful than others.

[@zaneislandd4650]

@@simracinggarage3026 Thanks for answer ! Happens that I will get my NLRv3 next week, but the thing I feared the most is that lose consistency in breaking. Now I have aluminium rig and good bucket seat and zero flex, good to hear that hopefully Im not inducing annoying flex to my setup👍

[@ronsmith5572]

Great review, as you always do. If you can could you do a review on the GTM Motion Simulator from gtrsimulator ?

[@Mega-i8k]

How does this rig compare with Trak Racer TR8?

[@Morcs33]

What would you recommend between this and the RS1 RSEAT? Both similar price which is more quality?

[@simracinggarage3026]

I haven't had a chance to use the RS1 yet. So, don't like to compare things unless I have had hands on experience with them.

[@Decoy629]

I would recommend RSeat ; )

[@thesoulsurvivor8666]

what is a good torque to use when assembling this rig?

[@gman6862]

Hi Barry, could you review the Simetek K2?

[@HomieFFM]

it's one of the best rigs in that price category out there. Very stable and lot's of adjustments possible. I have one for half a year now, works perfectly.

[@nathengonderman1491]

check out Gamermuscle he has a review of the K2. he actually stands on the wheel deck lol

[@baflabies]

@@HomieFFM Just orderd it:D

[@cacarey01]

Can you please review the trakracer rs8 or rs6?

[@bobolimasterflex]

can you buy it without the seat?

[@wuzumaki]

They recently announced a version without a seat.

[@iceman3024]

your opinion of sim rig about 700 800 eur...which one?

[@simracinggarage3026]

Sim-Lab P1X

[@iceman3024]

@@simracinggarage3026 tnx..and trak racer tr80 is similar?

[@stevereese6488]

How big a guy will this fit? I'm 6'3" 320 pounds

[@chamade166]

320? Wtf

[@stevereese6488]

@@chamade166 I'm not a little fella, more the size of a offensive lineman in the NFL. I do fit in my 70 prostreet...its a tight fit.

[@lordi29O]

Which monitor stand are you using?

[@simracinggarage3026]

Sim-Lab

[@lordi29O]

@@simracinggarage3026 Thanks. Is it the VESA 75/100 oder VESA 100/200 for the Asus screens :)?

[@simracinggarage3026]

The ASUS are 100mm VESA. So, either one would work. I bought the 100-200 version because it has the 40x80 profiles .vs the 40x40 for the monitor supports sections.

[@ReverendHogwash]

What is the weight limit for this rig? I am an obese American, will this support my fat rear end?

[@georgeewing2993]

Nice informative guide as always. Having purchased a GT Ultimate version 1 several years ago I can see the same inherent design flaws are still apparent in the latest generation of sim cockpits from this manufacturer. Inflated retail,Chinese quality manufacture,pedal and wheel deck flex,poor shifter plate design particularly if considering anything above a Th8a shifter as well as the omission of a decent one piece seat are all points to consider. My GT rig required serious bracing to remove flex and movement when installing a Derek Spears design sequential shifter as did the wheel deck. Be prepared for some tool time if you want a solid rig. Just my humble opinion.

[@Robstafarian]

With what did you replace your GT Ultimate?

[@koofdome]

Moza fits these perfect. But man, you’re looking at a $3k setup

[@nassau40]

Hi, I have been watching all your detailed videos. I am looking for a complete setup with motion that is ridged. I weight 175. I am in Canada. Are you able to direct me on what you think I should buy with my budget of $10,000. I like fanatic gear and the GT Next level racing cockpit also. Thanks or should I go with a different one on the market I want the best motion Sim setup for up to $10000 Thanks, love the videos

[@HomieFFM]

I'm curious what Fanatec will do with their Direct Drives... because there are no Mountingbrakets/Angleadapter included or even in work.

[@markkovalcson7243]

The Fanatec DD wheel bases also have the same three 6mm bolt triangular pattern of the CS 2.5 wheelbase on the bottom.

[@HomieFFM]

@@markkovalcson7243 yes I know, but still it will be impossible for many rigs to get any angle to it because of the depth (my simetik rig for example :D )

[@markkovalcson7243]

You can also just bolt it to the stock CS 2.5 bracket. Pretty much everything is compatible with that. I seriously doubt there will be any compatibility issues. I have my CS 2.5 bolted to my P1 Cockpit without the bracket. The DD would be a straight swap. No muss no fuss.

[@HomieFFM]

@@markkovalcson7243 won't work on straight surfaces because of the longer depth, or on my rig it would hit also some part at the back and wouldn't work... if they only would build something like here in the video that would be nice. Maybe there will be something from other producers for the DD's. For accuforce exists so nice mounting brakets with angleadaptation

[@markkovalcson7243]

I just looked at the Simetik K2 and it has the 3 holes in the plate for the Fanatec DD to bolt right up. The plate looks like it will tilt a bit as well. If you need a little height for more tilt, get some longer 6mm bolts and spacers. Done. It's not a big deal to make that work.

[@simplyracing04]

So u never covered the harnesses

[@iRDaBrit]

Do you ever have time to race? :) Nice review. Wish I could afford one of these cockpits. Using a old kitchen table and chair right now.

[@nathengonderman1491]

Hey Railz28 I don't know what you are using for a wheel but you might look into a playseat challenge. If you look around you should be able to find one for less than $200. its even foldable so it can be put in a closet when not in use with wheel and pedals still attached. it being fairly cheap and folds up to put away when not in use also makes it wife friendly lol WIN WIN .

[@xXxXENcoreXxXx]

0 flex !! even a real car has some car flex

[@JoeGeez100]

Lol what do you ride, I see those sidi and Gaerne boots