WATCH: Sensit! Aims To Simulate That Seat-Of-The-Pants Feeling


One thing sim racing cannot really replicate well is the sensory feedback drivers get from their seat. Sensit! aims to change this - Michel has caught up with them at SimRacing Expo 2024!

Often mentioned, never really simulated - g-forces and that seat-of-the-pants feeling real racing drivers experience in the car are not easy to replicate. Yet, Sensit! is trying to do just that: Their haptic feedback system makes seats come alive to give sim racers more of an idea what their car is doing.

To achieve this, their system uses telemetry data from the sim itself to simulate the experience that racing drivers often describe - namely that you feel that the car is about to step out in you behind first before the steering becomes noticeably lighter, for instance. How does this work? Join @Michel Wolk who had a chat with Sensit! founder Benjamin Heese at SimRacing Expo.

What do you think about haptic feedback in your seat? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our hardware forum!
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Its a good step if they can make it comfortable by proper integration into a seat.

That was the main issue with my HF8.

I could live with it, But then it died, and I took it off my seat, and damn, so much comfort I was denying myself.
 
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Its a good step if they can make it comfortable by proper integration into a seat.

That was the main issue with my HF8.

I could live with it, But then it died, and I took it off my seat, and damn, so much comfort I was denying myself.
Tried the HF8 back then as well, same result. Was trying to play around with what seat could maybe fit better but that was also a lot of money needed to have all of them and try them out XD so I gave up haha
 
Thanks for the coverage. I watched the video but still don't understand how the seat provides feedback. Is it using rumble motors (eg. Gametrix Jetseat, SimShaker JetPad)? Bass shakers / transducers (eg. Buttkickers)? Air/gas expanding bags (like F1 teams use to simulate G's on their sims)? Panels/flaps (eg. SimXperience GS-5 seat)?
 
Tried the NLR HF8 seat and sent it back as the seating comfort was compromised by the HF8. Nicely tried but not for me
 
Thanks for the coverage. I watched the video but still don't understand how the seat provides feedback. Is it using rumble motors (eg. Gametrix Jetseat, SimShaker JetPad)? Bass shakers / transducers (eg. Buttkickers)? Air/gas expanding bags (like F1 teams use to simulate G's on their sims)? Panels/flaps (eg. SimXperience GS-5 seat)?
It works with differently sized vibration actuators in the padding of the seat. This basically gives you 4 vibration zones in the lower part of the seat and also 4 in the back of the seat.
 
Its a good step if they can make it comfortable by proper integration into a seat.

That was the main issue with my HF8.

I could live with it, But then it died, and I took it off my seat, and damn, so much comfort I was denying myself.
I am using mine regularly and have no problem with comfort, even in endurance races I had no issue whatsoever, it feels just as comfortable as my normal bucket seat was without their cushions
 
Shades of Thunderseat. Designed for FS but many used them in race sims 25 years ago.
 
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