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Illustration for “Why Sim Racing Hardware Spending Climbs as F1 Cuts Costs”

2026-10-31

F1 slashed budgets and started firing engineers while sim racing hardware spending climbs—because the barrier to real motorsport just got higher and the value proposition of a…

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Illustration for “Oliver Bearman, Haas, and the Philosophy of the Ceiling”

2026-10-28

Oliver Bearman says Haas' 2026 F1 car is hitting its ceiling — not breaking, just done getting faster. Twitch on what that means when the platform runs out of runway before the…

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Illustration for “Gran Turismo Eifel Cup 2026 and the Accessible Sim-Racing Shift”

2026-10-26

Gran Turismo's new Eifel Cup pairs Nordschleife hot laps in a Porsche GT3 RS with Fanatec hardware prizes—and it says more about where sim racing actually lives than any esports…

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Illustration for “What Mekies Changed at Red Bull: Managing Chaos vs. Causing It”

2026-10-24

Laurent Mekies restructured Red Bull's feedback loop, killed the blame culture, and starved the circus—concrete calls that separate a team principal who manages chaos from one who…

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Illustration for “Philipp Eng and BMW Part Ways After Eleven Years”

2026-10-21

Philipp Eng and BMW are parting ways after eleven years — a quiet reminder that even a decade of podiums and professionalism ends when the spreadsheet says it's time.

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Illustration for “BeamNG on PS5 and the Console Sim Racing Compromise”

2026-10-19

BeamNG.drive just hit PlayStation 5, and the internet rushed to write tip guides for a crash simulator running at 30fps. Twitch breaks down what the listicles won't say about…

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Illustration for “Sim Rig Build Order: Chassis, Pedals, Wheel Base, Displays”

2026-10-17

The sequence you buy sim rig components matters more than any single spec sheet—chassis, then pedals and mounts, then wheel base, then displays—because bolting expensive hardware…

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Illustration for “Christian Horner's Red Bull Exit and the Influence Problem”

2026-10-14

Christian Horner's exit from Red Bull Racing after twenty years offers a masterclass in institutional paranoia: when winning too much makes you the problem, not the solution.

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Illustration for “Porsche Esports Supercup Penultimate Round: Contact and Consequences”

2026-10-12

The Porsche Esports Supercup title fight turned into full-contact motorsport at Interlagos, proving that sim racing rewards aggression in ways the real-world paddock can't always…

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Illustration for “FSR One Twenty Chassis: Why the Platform Decision Comes First”

2026-10-10

The FSR One Twenty's extendable aluminum extrusion chassis changes every purchase after it—monitor stands, pedal plates, tactile shakers—because they all share one rigid reference…

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Illustration for “Motegi Repurposes Historic Oval Banking for Test Facility”

2026-10-07

Twin Ring Motegi is tearing up part of its historic oval for a test facility while the rest sits "for now" — the most honest two words in motorsport real estate.

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Illustration for “Nacon's PS5 Controller With Built-In Screen: A $299 Distraction”

2026-10-05

Nacon just announced the first officially licensed PlayStation 5 controller with a built-in screen, and it's exactly the kind of hardware flex the sim racing scene didn't need but…

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