How To Set Up A Simucube Wheel: Installation, Firmware & Recommended Settings

After choosing to spend rather a lot of money on a new direct drive Simucube whee base, you’d hope the installation process is simple enough so that you can get out on track in your favourite sim pretty quickly.

Thankfully, setting up a Simucube wheel base is fairly straightforward. Although with a fair few settings, and elements to configure during set up, I thought I’d share my own experience when setting up a Simucube 2 Sport wheel base.

In this guide, I’ll run through exactly how to set up your new Simucube wheel base, and recommend settings to use for various sim racing titles.

Which Simucube wheel base to choose

There are currently three different Simucube wheel bases in the Finnish company’s lineup. All three wheel bases offer high-quality force feedback at different peak strengths, and all are incredibly well built to Simucube’s exacting standards.

The Simucube 2 Sport is the cheapest Simucube wheel. It offers 17Nm of peak torque from its direct drive motor and costs $1199. The Pro sits in the middle of the three wheels with 25Nm of torque and costs slightly more than the Sport at $1380.

The most powerful Simucube 2 wheel is the Ultimate, which produces a whopping 32Nm peak torque at a staggering cost of $2950. This ultra-premium wheel base is really reserved for professional sim racers and real-world racing drivers due to its high price tag.

Read our detailed comparison between the Simucube 2 Sport and Fanatec ClubSport DD+ to see which wheel is best.

Installing and mounting a Simucube wheel

The first step in setting up any Simucube wheel is to mount it to your cockpit or sim rig. All three Simucube wheels produce incredibly powerful force feedback, so they should be mounted to a rigid surface. Desk mounting a Simucube wheel base is certainly not advised.

I have my Simucube 2 Sport mounted to a Sim-Lab P1X Pro cockpit which is one of the best 8020 sim rigs you can buy. Most tubular or aluminium profile sim rigs should be rigid enough to support all three wheel bases.

There are various ways you can mount a Simucube wheel base, and your options depend on which sim rig you have. The four mounting points on a Simucube base are at the front, requiring the use of a front mount.

If you have a wheel deck on your sim rig and no way of front mounting, Simucube does sell its own front mount that fits most cockpits.

Cabling for a Simucube wheel base

After you mount your Simucube 2 wheel, the next step is to run the cables to your PC. There are a few cables that all need to be attached to your wheel base.

• A power cable attaches to the power brick and then your wall socket.
• Then, there is a data cable that connects to your PC.
• And finally, an additional port connects to the emergency stop button. This button should be accessible on your sim rig just in case.
• There is an antenna included with Simucube wheels, which should be installed if you wish to use a wireless steering wheel such as those from Cube Controls or Ascher Racing.

Below is a wiring diagram from the Simucube 2 manual showing the cabling required for the Sport and Pro wheel bases.

Mounting a steering wheel

With your wheel base mounted to your sim rig and wired correctly, the next step before powering on your wheel is to attach a steering wheel. All three Simucube 2 wheel bases use the excellent SQR hub which can be attached to most steering wheels.

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The quick release is only included with the Ultimate wheel base, while with the Sport and Pro models, only the base-side quick release is pre-installed. This means you will need to purchase a wheel-side quick release, which you can get from Simucube.

The SQR Hub can be mounted using either a 50.8mm or 70mm PCD, and this should fit most sim racing steering wheels and wheel rims.

Simucube does sell its own steering wheels, the Tahko and Valo range, and these are excellent options if you want a complete Simucube setup. Alternatively, you can use steering wheels from brands such as Ascher Racing, GSI, Cube Controls, MOZA Racing and more with all Simucube wheel bases.

Below is a list of Simucube compatible wheel rims

All of the wheel rims below are compatible with all three Simucube 2 wheel bases, and there are plenty of other compatible wheels.

Downloading Simucube software and updating firmware

Now we have everything installed, mounted and configured. The next step is downloading the software to our PC and getting our Simucube wheel base working. This is a crucial step as your Simucube wheel won’t be recognised or useable in any sim racing title without the software installed.

The software you need to install is called True Drive and is available for free from Simucube’s website. Here is a quick link to the download page. You will need to scroll down and download the file titled “Drivers(True Drive)“.

1. To install True Drive, simply open up the downloaded .zip file and execute the .exe file included. This will run you through the install wizard and install True Drive to your PC.
2. Next, update your wheel’s firmware by clicking “start firmware update”. This is a prompt you’ll get when opening True Drive for the first time, or is available within True Drive at any time. Let this complete and your wheel is then good to use.

Follow our detailed guide on how to update Simucube firmware for a more detailed explanation of the software setup process.

Configuring your wheel base force feedback settings

With your wheel updated, you could jump right into your favourite sim racing title, whether that is iRacing or Assetto Corsa Competizione. Before you do though, I’d recommend downloading a recommended profile.

Simucube profiles are sharable files that include settings configured by the profile creator. These will adjust how the force feedback reacts to your game and how your wheel feels.

You’ll find a range of profiles available to download from inside Simucube’s True Drive software allowing you to quickly try out a range of settings.

Below are our recommended Simucube 2 wheel settings for a variety of games if you wish to use our profiles.

• Recommended Assetto Corsa Simucube 2 wheel settings
• Recommended Assetto Corsa Competizione Simucube 2 wheel settings
• Recommended iRacing Simucube 2 wheel settings

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