Project Motor Racing setup guide: Building a modern rig for a new sim

New game, same problem: your hardware either disappears… or gets in the way. Project Motor Racing is all about consistency, traffic awareness and doing the same thing correctly for 30, 60, sometimes 120 minutes. Comfort and stability matter more than raw force feedback strength. Release note: Project Motor Racing was released Nov 25, 2025 This guide matches the game to the hardware: which cockpit makes sense, which seat style fits the driving, and how to think about monitor placement without overcomplicating it. Key takeaways for Project Motor Racing

Endurance sims punish discomfort. If you fidget in the seat, you lose consistency.

Triples (or a well-positioned ultrawide) help with traffic awareness more than they help with lap time.

Choose a cockpit that’s easy to add accessories to: shifter, button box, dashboards and cable management.

Wheelbase, pedals and controller choice (and why your cockpit matters) Project Motor Racing will run on anything from an entry-level gear-driven wheel to a 20+ Nm direct drive wheelbase. The key is matching the cockpit to the forces you’re generating.

Entry wheels (Logitech G29/G923, Thrustmaster T248/T300) work best when the wheel mount doesn’t bounce or flex.

Mid-range direct drive (Fanatec CSL DD, Moza R9/R12, Asetek La Prima) benefits from a rigid 8020 cockpit so the force feedback stays clean.

High-end direct drive (Simucube 2, Fanatec DD1/DD2, Asetek Invicta) really wants a stiff chassis and a strong pedal deck — otherwise you feel flex instead of detail.

If you use a load-cell brake, cockpit stiffness often improves lap time more than upgrading wheel torque.

Cockpit choice: the part that makes everything else feel better A good cockpit does two things: it keeps your wheel and pedals fixed, and it lets you repeat the same posture every session. That’s what makes any game feel more predictable — and more fun. Rig picks from SimXPro

X80 GT Sim Racing Cockpit – A popular profile cockpit choice: rigid enough for load-cell pedals and most direct drive wheelbases.

XT120 GT Sim Racing Cockpit – More mass and stiffness for endurance sims where you brake hard, lap after lap.

XT160 - Black coating – A heavy-duty platform for high-torque wheelbases, stiff pedals, and lots of accessories (button boxes, dashboards, etc.).

Seat setup: your “driving position” is a performance setting Endurance sims are where seat choice becomes obvious. If the seat doesn’t support you, you’ll start fidgeting — and fidgeting becomes…