Most cheaper pedal sets don’t allow for any adjustment of the spacing between the pedals. If you do a lot of heel and toe driving, this, in particular, can be very important. One thing that’s often overlooked is the horizontal spacing between the pedals themselves. This is why many experienced sim racers will tell you that a better-quality pedal set is one of the largest contributing factors to faster and more consistent lap times.ĭon’t forget that there are three types of positioning sensors used in sim racing pedal sets potentiometer-based, hall-effect based, and load cell-based, but since both the Heusinkveld Sprint and Ultimate pedals sets are at the higher end of the market, we are only concerned with the latter here.įor a closer look at all three technologies, you can head over to my in-depth pedal buyers guide. Since physical force provides a physical point of reference, it’s much easier to train your brain this way. Heusinkveld Sprint brake pedal fitted with rumble kit modification Essentially, you’re having to teach your brain to move your ankle to a specific position to apply maximum braking force without locking up rather than using a certain amount of force.
They only really stiffen up right at the very end of the range of travel when you reach the bump stop, which, as you can probably guess, makes it a lot more challenging to establish muscle memory. Cheaper pedals tend to have a more consistent feel throughout the majority of the pedal stroke. The harder you want to brake, the more force you have to apply, and this is perhaps where most people will feel the most significant difference between pedal sets. The brake pedal in a real car generates an increasing amount of resistance against your foot as you push it down. When something feels real, it’s easier to drive properly Heusinkveld uses some technological trickery to achieve more realism, such as implementing hydraulic dampeners on its Ultimate pedals, which can provide valuable feedback, but it still doesn’t replicate what you feel in a real car 100%. This includes all the things that happen in a real-life race car or streetcar that is currently very difficult to simulate, such as the effect of brake fade due to changing fluid viscosity relative to temperature. There are all sorts of things that Heusinkveld have done to achieve a more authentic feel, but certain things are not possible at the moment. That’s to say that no set of pedals currently on the market can reproduce the feeling of things like pedal shudder as a result of ABS activating or the textured feel of brake pads interfacing with a spinning rotor. Obviously, developing a sim pedal isn’t a simple affair, and you don’t just put these things together and hope for the best, but it’s important to understand that regardless of how much money you spend, at this point, no set of sim racing pedals is perfect. I want to kick things off by discussing what technologies go into Heusinkveld’s pedals that make them feel so real. However, the company also makes other sim racing products that are generally lesser-known, like rigs, handbrakes, and shifters, so I’ll be going through Heusinkveld’s complete product catalogue in today’s post and talking about their benefits and features. Needing little introduction as one of the best-known pedal manufacturers in sim racing, Heusinkveld offers two fantastic pedal sets Ultimate and Sprint.
Prototype Sprint clutch undergoing mechanical stres testing
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