What it is
The Simucube 2 Pro is the 25 Newton-metre direct-drive wheelbase that defined what a flagship sim racing base should feel like, and six years after its launch in 2019 it is still the benchmark everyone else’s flagship gets measured against. A Granite Devices industrial servo motor inside an aluminium chassis, the Simucube Quick Release as standard, and True Drive, the most respected force-feedback configuration software in the category, running it. PC only. No PlayStation route, no Xbox route, no console firmware option that ever will exist. This is a base for sim racers who race on a computer.
The Simucube 3 Pro is now in the catalogue as the proper successor, with refined thermal management, updated electronics and a slightly higher torque ceiling. The SC2 Pro stays in production beneath it at a lower price, which is exactly the right call. The hardware has not been outclassed by anything in its torque tier from Fanatec, Moza or Asetek over the past six years, and the SC2 Pro is the cheapest way to buy into the Simucube ecosystem at flagship level.
Who it’s for
You’re the right buyer if you race on PC and you want the most refined direct drive experience money can buy without stepping all the way up to the Ultimate tier. iRacing and rFactor 2 drivers in particular get value from True Drive’s depth, every parameter is documented, the live telemetry is clean, and the FFB signal it produces is the smoothest in the category. Nils Naujoks called it “five years without a rival” in 2024 and the line still holds.
You’re the right buyer if you plan to keep one wheelbase for five years or more. The build quality is the genre’s quiet boast, there is no consumer-grade Fanatec QC variability here, no Moza-era documented owner reports of rattles and slow support. Simucube ships small numbers of well-engineered hardware and the long-term ownership signal reflects it.
You’re the wrong buyer if you race on a console. Simucube has never licensed a base for PlayStation or Xbox and there is no firmware path that will change that. Buy a Fanatec Gran Turismo DD Pro for PS5 or a CSL DD for Xbox. You’re also the wrong buyer if you are shopping by feel-per-dollar, the Moza R12 V2 and R16 V2 deliver more torque per pound, and even the Moza R25 Ultra undercuts the SC2 Pro on price while matching it on headline torque. The SC2 Pro’s value case is refinement, not the spreadsheet.
In use
The first impression is the noise floor, or rather the absence of one. True Drive’s signal is clean in a way that other bases at this torque tier are not, and once you have driven a high-detail GT car or a formula on the SC2 Pro it becomes hard to go back. Tyre slip arrives as a continuous gradient instead of a step function. Kerb texture is crisp without being harsh. The motor’s ability to produce subtle low-torque effects without a hint of cogging is the thing that earns this base its reputation.
Setup is genuinely simple. Plug it in, install True Drive, run the firmware update if there is one waiting, and you are driving inside fifteen minutes. The wireless wheel system on compatible SQR rims is a real differentiator, Laurence Dusoswa’s long-term review specifically called out that latency is indistinguishable from a wired connection in normal driving, and that has been my experience with every Simucube wireless rim I have driven.
The 25 Nm peak is more than most road-car drivers need and right where heavy formula and LMP work starts to become honest. Push it hard and the motor has authority everywhere, the front-end load on a turn-in, the slip moment, the kerb strikes, without the soft ceiling you find on 12 Nm bases in the heaviest peaks.
What to watch out for
Three things, none of them deal-breakers. First, there is no console route. None. If anyone in your house wants to play Gran Turismo 7 or Forza on this base, the answer is no, and no firmware update will ever change that.
Second, the price-to-spec ratio looks bad on a spreadsheet in 2026. The Moza R25 Ultra ships with similar headline torque at noticeably less money, and the value-conscious buyer will struggle to justify the SC2 Pro on the numbers alone. The case for Simucube has always been refinement, software and longevity, not the per-Newton-metre price. If those things do not matter to you, the SC2 Pro is not the smart spend.
Third, the SC3 Pro now exists as the in-house upgrade path. If you are buying flagship for a ten-year horizon and have the budget, the newer base is the safer bet. The SC2 Pro is the right buy if you want the proven hardware at the lower price point.
Verdict
If you race on PC and you want the most refined direct drive base in its torque tier without paying Ultimate money, buy it. Nothing in the past six years has made it feel old.
If you want the latest Simucube hardware and have no price ceiling, buy the SC3 Pro instead.
If you race on PS5 or Xbox, Simucube has nothing for you. Buy Fanatec.
If you are shopping by feel-per-dollar, the Moza R25 Ultra is the spreadsheet winner. The SC2 Pro wins on refinement and on the next ten years of ownership.