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Latest news at 15th March 2025

I must apologise for the lack of news updates in 2025.  This is the first update of the year.

Demand for both the Emulator and conversion kits remains very high, but I am please to say that I am managing to keep up with demand and do not let the products go out of stock very often.

The tiny emulator has seen competition from a Chinese copy over the past months and although they sell a lot of them sales on SRM are still good.  I am delighted that you are still supporting me Thank you.

I have spent a lot of time developing a revision of the pin plug products which I think you will find an improvement once it's ready.  At the moment it's in the development stage and should be ready for some beta testing soon.  The main aim with the revision is to both make it easier to make and modular so that you don't have to replace the whole part in the future but just one component.

The next revision of Emulator products will use the new pin plug.  This means the next emulator will be smaller and have more features available.  Using the ARM processor and a USB plug for firmware updating this version of the emulator should have different firmware to enable it to simulate different Fanatec wheels... so if you want your base to think you have the BMW M4 or Bentley GT3 wheel attached it will be able to do that.  I will give more information when I can. 

Although I would love to share more information and images here I am worried it will just lead to more copies from China.  Some of these products require quite an investment in tooling and materials which I cannot afford to waste.

Stock products...

Simagic:

New arrivals this year have seen the Simagic Neo-X added to the shop as a converted to USB product.  The Neo GT continues to be a great seller for us and is a superb wheel.

The quick releases removed from the Simagic wheels are now for sale on the shop at very good prices.  These can be used on Accuforce, Moza and Simagic wheelbases.

Conversion to USB

The Fanatec conversion kit versions are gradually being streamlined.  I am selling off remaining stock of the 5x and 6.26x kits to leave the range simpler.  Once the older versions are sold we will just have these...
  • 7x Kit for most wheels
  • 5.2x Base side kit (as an option for a base side kit)
  • 5x Lite (For older wheels that do not have the QR2 or QR1)

The 7x conversion kit is now in full production and proving very popular.  I don't think I can get the casing any shorter than this, so expect the design to remain the same for some time now.

I am still working on the electronics and software for the kit though.  I intend to start looking at making it available for both Fanatec drivers and bespoke drivers that use SIMHub.

Emulator (Simulate a Fanatec steering wheel)

I feel we have too many variations of the emulator and will start to reduce and simplify the options as we move throughout the year.  The most popular version is the round (6 x 70mm) version and I will focus more on that style going forward.

Summary...

I would like to continue to thank you all for your support.  Sim Racing Machines would not be making these products and developing new ones without you guys buying them and providing feedback.

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