Inside Sim Gaming Expo 2026: New Hardware, Huge Simulators and Everything We Saw
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The article walks through the Sim Gaming Expo 2026 show floor (Sept 18–20 in Chicago), detailing booth setups and hardware from major brands. Coverage includes Heusinkveld's ecosystem (pedals, shifters, wheels), Simucube's high-end direct-drive and ActivePedals with Driven Dynamic motion systems, Moza's expanded lineup (motion, flight, direct-drive bases, pedals, licensed wheels like the Ford Mustang GTD), and Sim-Lab's new DDS direct-drive bases alongside unreleased products. The author provides hands-on impressions (e.g., testing Driven Dynamic motion) and context on ecosystem breadth, positioning the expo as a rare opportunity to compare products in person.
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Sim Gaming Expo 2026 is officially underway just outside Chicago, bringing together a pretty ridiculous collection of sim racing, flight simulation, VR, motion, and gaming hardware under one roof. The event is running from September 18 through September 20 at the Schaumburg Renaissance Convention Center.
I walked through basically the entire show floor, and there is a lot going on this year. Some companies brought their complete existing lineups, others used the event to show unreleased hardware, and several of the simulators on display are among the most extreme setups I have seen in person.
Heusinkveld and Simucube Start Things Off
Heusinkveld is positioned near the entrance with two clean simulator setups featuring its pedals, shifters, newer butterfly-style steering wheel, and control hardware. Most of these products have already been shown before, but having everything together makes for a pretty good representation of how much the Heusinkveld ecosystem has grown.
Directly beside them is Simucube, sharing space with Driven Dynamic. The setups here are loaded with Simucube’s highest-end equipment, including ActivePedals and premium direct drive hardware, while Driven Dynamic provides some seriously aggressive motion systems underneath them.
I had the chance to try the motion, and they feel about as crazy as they look.
Official Heusinkveld website
Official Simucube website
Moza Brought Basically Everything
Moza has one of the larger booths in the middle of the hall and brought a huge variety of hardware. That includes its motion system, flight simulation equipment, trucking hardware, direct drive wheel bases, pedals, and several of its newest steering wheels.
The upcoming Ford Mustang GTD wheel is one of the more notable pieces on display. Moza has been expanding extremely quickly across racing, flight, motion, and licensed hardware, and having almost all of it together makes that pretty obvious.
For anyone wanting to compare different parts of the Moza ecosystem in person, this is probably one of the better opportunities to do it.
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Sim-Lab Has Some of the Biggest New Reveals
Sim-Lab has also gone pretty massive this year. Its booth includes cockpits, pedals, shifters, handbrakes, and the enormous new DDS direct drive wheel bases, which somehow look even larger in person.
More interesting are two unreleased products being shown at the event. The first is Sim-Lab’s…
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