I broke my Direct Drive steering wheel in rFactor 2!

This video is a sobering reminder of the large forces involved with direct drive steering systems.

To try and save a little on my direct drive Open sim wheel build, I 3D printed the servo shaft clamp using ABS filament. It seemed to be a very strong component with 70% infill but as you will see it was no match for the small mige and 20Nm of force.

I had just finished testing the motion platform with Open sim wheel on Euro Truck Simulator and yesterday turned my attention to rFactor. rFactor is one of the most advanced and realistic racing simulators and it has a plugin for my SFX100 motion platform and has built-in presets for OSW wheels. I spent a while getting the Heusinkveld pedals and wheel set up before taking a Porsche around Silverstone for a few practice laps.

Following the suggestions from some serious racers, the force feedback setting in Simucube was set at 100% and in rFactor the force feedback strength was 40%. And so yesterday the testing began. As a new GT driver, I was hitting the red and white rumble curbs quite a bit and having a blast even without the motion platform turned on. Then the wheel shaft completely snapped.

It was pretty funny until I hit the wall. I was thankful that the motion platform wasn't also on.

I decided to replace the clamp with one offered by ascher racing in Germany.

https://www.ascher-racing.com/shop/cl...
*make sure you choose the correct servo shaft diameter*

Music: Bensound - Epic