Logitech G’s first racing cockpit prices $599 and is designed to suit its even costlier premium gaming wheels and pedals. The corporate teamed up with gaming chair maker Playseat to create the Playseat Trophy – Logitech G Version — a rebadged model of Playseat’s totally adjustable Trophy cockpit.
Its seat is made with the identical Actifit materials, which is meant to evolve to your physique and maintain you cool when you’re on the digital racetrack. You can too make changes to the seat hardness, the place of the backrest, the pedal, and the steering plates. The primary distinction between this cockpit and the one created by Playseat is that it options Logitech branding and a 37-pound darkish grey carbon metal body as an alternative of black.
Logitech’s advertising the expensive accent as the best house for its G Pro Racing Wheel and Pro Racing Pedals, though you can still use it with the wheels and pedals from different manufacturers, like Thrustmaster. “The Playseat Trophy-Logitech G Version works nice with our just lately introduced PRO Racing Wheel and PRO Racing Pedals,” Jim Hoey, the pinnacle of simulation advertising at Logitech G, says in a statement. “Now drivers can have the right setup and racing place to really feel the fun of racing.”
Not like different racing wheels made by Logitech, the G Professional Racing Wheel comes with Direct Drive know-how that eliminates the gears or belts between the steering wheel and the motor, permitting for extra immersive power suggestions when racing. However with the Professional Racing Wheel priced at $999.99 and the pedals costing $349.99, you’re taking a look at practically $2,000 for the entire setup together with the cockpit, which in all probability makes it higher fitted to professional racing sim gamers or hardcore hobbyists.