Next Level Racing F-GT Racing Simulator Cockpit. Formula and GT racing simulator cockpit compatible with Thrustmaster, Fanatec, Moza Racing on PC, Xbox and PS

You can usually tell what kind of product you have purchased by how it was packaged when you receive it. The Next Level F-GT Racing Cockpit arrives in one box. How big you ask? Just look at the seat back which is packed tightly at the top of the box and you can assume the size of the box. Below the seat is another box banded secure, which weighs nearly 80 pounds. Because my cockpit would reside on the second floor in my mancave, it was decided early on to open the box downstairs and make several trips up the stairs with the contents in the box. How impressed was I in the packaging? It was packaged really well, so much so I must have taken thirty pics in the unpacking process. Next Level did a really good job in packaging as no space was wasted and it was packed so tight it helped in protecting it as well. With literally hundreds of parts, and use of bubble wrap, there was no damage in my box. So, I unloaded the box and relocated the contents upstairs into the room it was going to be used in. After laying everything out on the floor, I took the instruction folder, sat down, and read it cover to cover. After a quick read, I was ready to assemble. A note to anyone putting this together on carpet. All of the bolts, nuts, and washers were in very well put together shrink wrap cardboard. However, when you open these cards, you should use caution when you open them as they were shipped being oiled, and if you just dump them on your carpet, you'll need to clean the carpet afterwards from the lubricant on them, so, make sure you open the card(s) onto something other than the carpet. Once becoming familiar with the directions, assembly is pretty straight forward from there. Once assembled, this Sim rig is right at 65" long and about 22" wide. About 20 minutes into the assembly, I stopped, got online, and purchased the Next Level F-GT Triple Monitor Stand. Three hours later I was done, and after sitting there admiring my new rig, it dawned on me I had not yet purchased monitors, so back to laptop and a couple more hours later, I purchased 3 27" Asus gaming monitors. Approximately a week later, everything had arrived. The triple monitor stand was very easy to assemble as it matched the cockpit assembly exactly. I installed the Logitech G923 wheel and pedals, as well as the Logitech shifter. I got everything up and running for a couple of hours, then it was back to the laptop until I found someone who actually had one of the Next Level Racing keyboard and mouse stand in stock, and 5 days later when it arrived, it installed just like all of the other Next Level items purchased earlier.In summary, IMO Next Level Racing puts out an awesome economy racing cockpit package and accessories. If I had the opportunity to purchase all of this again, would I? Absolutely!

So you're sick of the hassle of hooking up your racing wheel to your desk and then packing it all away again when you need to do desk stuff. So was I. Shopping for a racing cockpit is kind of a challenge. Do some googling, see an interesting cockpit... $3,500. OK, too much. At the other extreme if you spend $100 for a pedestal with a post between your legs, still sitting at your desk, is that really going to improve the experience? Enter the NLR F-GT cockpit. For me, it ticked all the essential boxes: Included a seat, adjustable in every sense wheel height/angle, pedal distance/angle, and no post between your legs making pedal work awkward. The F-GT also gives you an option to angle yourself more horizontal (like a Formula 1 driver) or more upright like a GT race car. The delivery came in a single 89lb box that I broke down in the garage and carted smaller boxes up to my "VR room". Assembly took a few hours. There are a few tricky parts. The seat assembly to the frame will require you to tighten down bolts that thread through multiple pieces, and increasing the complexity is that the part of the seat you are threading into is buried behind faux leather and foam, so you have to go by feel. Suggest keeping things loose as you get all your left and right sides aligned and threaded together, then tighten things down. Giving yourself those critical few mm to "jiggle" things into place helps quite a bit. I assembled in Formula mode, leaving two support legs unused, which I actually found a use for. Next Level Racing sells a HOTAS kit to mount your flight stick and throttle, but the images and reviews I've read all point to the stick location being too high and outside for comfortable long sessions of flying. Those two unused leg supports gave me an idea. With just a few cuts on some plywood I was able to build a HOTAS mount that put the stick and throttle perfectly aligned with your arms. using the two felt/foam pads that they provide to create a tighter fit for the wheel supports, these support arms for the HOTAS tightly fit without having to drill any holes in the main frame. You can see in the picture that basically those supports slide onto the frame horizontally and the plywood creates a platform for mounting the stick and throttle. . Overall, this is a really solid cockpit. No wheel shake (though I have a modest Logitech G27 FFB wheel), with a relatively comfortable seat and unexpected flexibility to mount a HOTAS without any additional purchase. I don't think you'll be disappointed with this cockpit if you are moving up from desk-jockey racing/flying. My only small critique is the seat angle adjustment mechanism is cumbersome, and the robustness of the metal plates that you adjust with bolts to keep the angle is a bit suspect. Would not recommend large amounts of force applied at the top of the seat, for example if using the seat to push yourself up and out.