Playseat Challenge Review (After 2 Years) - Can you be competitive in a foldable chair?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- I bought the Playseat Challenge about 2 years ago. This video covers a general introduction to the seat, the main features and ultimately what I think of it.
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Timestamps:
Introduction: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Key Feature / Folding: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Setting it up: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Build quality & features: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Demo in use: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Compared to others: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Can you be competitive: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
Conclusion: • Playseat Challenge Rev...
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EQUIPMENT:
GTX 1080 Ti
Oculus Rift
Thrustmaster T300 RS Wheel
Fanatec Clubsport v2 Pedals
T8HA Shifter
Intro Music:
Defqwop - Heart Afire (feat. Strix) [NCS Release]
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Fast, on point and precise review with no bs attached. No ads, no cringe jokes, and most importantly helpful. Thumbs up from me 👍👍
that's exactly what I thought @liam webber.
I appreciate this as well. Breath of fresh friggin air.
I totally agree with you, great video Thank you.
I'm competitive in a desk chair on wheels lol. Braking hard pushes me through the wall behind me but that's ok.
I use Velcro straps to hold my chair in place
@@matthewgamble95 hahaha
Unscrew wheels homie or use duct tape or a towel. Had same issue
@@dcease503 definitely would if I was the only user 100%, unfortunately the chair gets moved from room to room.
@@Hereforfun441 An acquaintance of mine used a stool for a while haha
Thanks for the honest review. Its refreshing to know that you don't need high end gear to have a great experience.
Really good review gave me everything I needed for a review just straight to the point
I appreciate this review. Thanks!
Thanks for the no bs review, looks like a great option as I too have very little room...subscribed!
Luv this review! i was looking forward to buying this playseat
looking forward for more
And it is nice to have couple of shake impact from wheel to seat. Really great product! :)
Thanks a lot. This review was perfect and straight to the point!
Thank you, pretty much exactly what i needed to know. Now to find one locally in Cape Town....
Thanks! Was considering buying one, and this has helped A LOT. 👏
Thanks for the helpful review, I am particularly thankful you showed the rigidness/flexibility, seems fine, I can't wait to finally get a rig for my wheel and pedal set, I have tried to make do with furniture set ups since I got the wheelset a lil over a year ago but it just discouraged me from using the wheelset because I was soo uncomfortable and couldn't drive near competitively lol. I know the wheelset has potential though so I can't wait to setup in a rig 👌🏻
Thats a hell of a great video, ill prob buy one of those and your review was perfect keep up the good work !
Thanks for the review, Paul, this was pretty informative...
Thanks for that. It answered a lot of my questions.
This is exactly what I need for VR racing. Simple setup and go.
I bought one pretty recently on sale and I could not be happier! It's so perfect for my use, plenty rigid for my use case with Assetto Corsa and BeamNG and the wheel translates some feel to the seat so it may be more communicative than some more expensive rigid setups. My only complaints are that the steering wheel plate doesn't fit my Fanatec CSR (so I have to use the clamp for now) and there's no adapter for a gear shifter. Both problems can be solved with some mild DIY, drill some holes for the wheelbase and hack a 35mm TV pole for $35 to make a shifter mount. Still way less expensive than the next best option!
Great review, very informative. thank you.
I am trading my heavy rseat for a playseat challenge. Moving from a house to an apartment the storage benefits sold me on this unit probably 5 years ago in anticipation of this day. Thanks for the excellent video.
thx mate. answered all me questions. ordered it yday 😅❤😊
Excellent review! I wanted this thing since it was announced over 6 years ago. I've got the Fanatec Wheel Stand which is ok. I may have to get this for Christmas!
Awesome! Let me know what you think. I'm planning an updated video soon of the playseat with all the new gear I've got on it now!
Great review! Thanks!!!!
Thank you! Nice review!
I like your video. Thanks for the review effort.
I find the pedals being lower relative to your seating position the most comfortable and most precise as far as inputs. I also find it much more enjoyable that way. After all you are not limited by the real life position of pedals and seating that you have to adhere to.
Great Video ! On point !
Very nice and honest review! Mine comes on Friday and I'm HYPED
Cheers - good choice! I hope you enjoy.
@@PaultheSimRacer its here, i have played 3 hours already, its very comfortable for its price, thanks for the great vid :D
Excellent review!
Very good review. Thanks.
I use this with the Fanatec DD Pro 8Nm and it works great. So Direct Drive isn’t a problem
great review, just ordered one today!
Hope you enjoy it!
This was a solid purchase. You can just leave your pedals where they are when you fold it up too
wow, good review - thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. I live in the US, retired and travel full time in a 34 foot RV with my wife. We have VERY limited room and I just got into Sim racing. This video helped me decide to buy one since I can put it away after use. Only thing for me is I have to figure out where to put a monitor. Right now I use a laptop to play and there is no mounting place for it.
If you want to get creative, I have DIYed and shifter mount and also mounted Dayton Audio Tactile Transducer Pucks. The transducers sit under each side of the pedles and on each side of the back of my Play seat Challenge. The seat is durable, very well made and fairly sturdy. The best part it all folds away. Running VR, so my whole rig is a computer, a wireless keyboard and the Play seat All can be packed up and stored in 5 mins. The transducer work very well and sitting in VR with them is pretty nice I gotta say. Great review
Great review!!!
Thank you so much mate.
I have this chair for a year. 5 10 215. I taped pool noodles to the arms to snug up the seat. I do push up on the wheel to make it more stable when I’m driving and it matters.
This chair is amazing especially if you have limited space, super easy to fold up and put away. Its really comfortable and sturdy. Definitely a good buy!
good review, straight to the point
The best budget sim setup period, i have had mine for going on 3 years now, and still works great.
I've had this chair for 2 years, I sit at 3k rating in Iracing. This chair does the trick perfectly and for a budget. I just got my Fanatec CSL Elite pedals, let's see if this takes me to the next level. Nice review mate.
How did fanatec csl elite pedals workout for you?
Yea any updates on the zip tie install?
Thank you for the review! Very focused and covered important points. One thing I missed in all the reviews I have watched, including this one, is what is the height of your eye level line. This is very important for me, since I pretend to use it in front of my office desk, where the center of my 35" UWide monitor is at around 103 cm (top of the desk is at 74cm). BTW, I am 1,72m.
Hmm, good question - I use VR (so I don't actually look at a monitor) but I think you do end up sitting quite low.
This is the best playseat challenge review i have ever seen.
No doubt now. Im getting this.
I'm still using mine years later - it's great. Stay tuned for my upcoming video on how I modified it to work with direct drive wheels!
@@PaultheSimRacer just purachased it! I also have the same wheel your using. The pedals are different. Did you come from the T3pa pedals? If so, how do they differ from the fanatec pedals your Using? Tanx again
@@Scientists_dont_lie I had the T3pa's - the problem with them is that they don't have a load cell pedal. That won't matter in most games, but if you need to be competitive - then it really matters. The Fanatec pedals have a load cell and now I have a heusinkveld sprint set of pedals - will do some videos soon about how I have them all mounted!
subbed, great review.
After almost a year i decided to buy me a more stable also yet better adjustable play seat evolution. The chair is really handy but for somebody that is bigger and heavier i couldnt find the perfect sitting position. The chair also struggles to have extra things mounted on like a handbrake or shifter. I order a sequential shifter but i sadly needed to send it back because there was no way it could be mounted on perfectly to make it stable so i hope my new playseat will give a better experience but for somebody living in a small apartment this chair is really chill and relaxt to race in.
For the people saying you can't get a shifter with this, playseat sells a shifter attachment that fits into this
But the shifter attachment from Playseat isnt really that good. And i personally wouldnt pay 40 Bucks for a piece of metal, but there are pretty good alternative options in the Web.
@@luxu6107 Get the Fanatec ClubSport Shifter Mod Mount System - R/H/D MODEL For Playseat Challenge. From ebay.
I use one of these. Much cheaper and does the job perfectly. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pulse-LCD-TV-BRACKET-35mm-Pole-Mount-ST01792-stand-tft-35mm-holder/323113819169?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Best shifter mount is on eBay "XL64R" for RH shifting...or "XL64L" for LH shifting
A lot of 3D Print Shifter mount for about 15 - 30 EUR in Ebay and they work fine...
Sold. Thanks for the review
No problem!
Great review
Great review! Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
I'm getting a used one today, fingers crossed it's as good as it seems.
Edit: if you have thick legs like me, this thing hurts like hell.
Good review, I totally agree with your comments on living in a small apartment and the Playseat Challenge. It is a game changer. Also I am not the smallest human, I weigh in at 90kg and I am 180cm (6ft). The seat is very comfortable and I can easily play for many hours no worries. Another little thing I have discovered - a buttkicker gamer fits perfectly on the lower legs and works a treat! Good video!
How do you mount the buttkicker?
@@edmunoz6524 directly onto the lower leg. No adaptors needed. Vibration and feeling is great!
great review
Very helpful
It does look very sturdy considering good choice it seems if lack of space
Man you can be competitive even without wheel coz there are some alien players that can beat anyone on some sim games haha. Great video will be buying this with my Logitech g29 with F1 addon
Lmao I was almost gonna buy that other version but glad you said the middle pole was annoying lol definitely gonna buy this version instead thanks
I’ve got a 10yr old Forza Playseat. Still great!!!
Considering you use HM Aeron and Eames Lounge, it's surprising you didn't go with other sim rig that's more 'sophisticated' regardless the space issue. Nice explanation, thanks!
I was looking at getting this vs the F-GT Lite chair, but I liked EVERYTHING about this chair better than the F-GT Lite. My concern; however, was if it could handle the pedals as I'm potentially getting the Fanatec CSL Elite wheel/pedals with load cell. While watching you drive in your review along with your zip-tie fix, I didn't seem to notice any problem at all, and you have a very similar setup to what I want to get. And to know you can be competitive in it is a nice bonus. Good job btw! 👍
Thanks for the review! It was EXACTLY what I needed to squelch my concerns with the Playseat Challenge! Thank you! 😊
Not only does it work fine with the Fanatec V3's (which are like the CSL Elites) - but I now run Heusinkveld Sprints on it and it's ABSOLUTELY fine :) so yeah you'll be good if you do those cable ties up really tight!
@@PaultheSimRacer
Great! Thanks! :)
The Playseat Challenge is a perfect beginner seat. Just add some support bars from the mounting plate to the side beams to minimize wobble while Steering.
Thanks for your upload. I am considering buying this myself and the G29 wheel. But I have no stores in my area allowing me to test it, do you think it would be possible to mount a table top on the metal plate, if you attach it with screws? Because I will use it for PS4, and I will use keyboard and mouse. Do you think it will be possible to adjust it, to make it comfortable to use mouse and keyboard (angle, height)? I hope you understand my questions :)
I have the exact same one, and modifyed it. I love its simplicity and weight!
Yeah I still use mine a lot!
how did you modified it?
just a curious point, how thick is the tube frame that hold the wheel?
Where did you tie the cable ties to? Sorry if that sounds stupid but the bottom of my pedals are flat and I don’t see how I could secure them using that method if that makes sense?
Great review - thanks. Do you have the measurements folded up?
Hi, how did you fixed fanatec pedals on the playseat challenge?
I have one and I love it.
You were using pretty light FFB, because at my end the steer moves a lot more up and down with the FFB setting I use.
is there any place i can get a replacement red part that secures the plate in place seen at 1:12? Mine has worn over time and i need a replacement part
How did you mount your steering wheel to the playseat? I’m having issues
I found your video after ordering one. I have the wheel stand pro. I didn't really have trouble with it, but just want to try something new I can fold all as one.
what are your thoughts on the playseat challenge now after trying it? I got the wheel stand pro aswell and think about switching ..
I've added these timestamps to make it easier to find what you're looking for:
Introduction: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.html
Key Feature / Folding: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.html
Setting it up: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.html
Build quality & features: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.htmlm18s
Demo in use: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.htmlm33s
Compared to others: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.htmlm05s
Can you be competitive: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.htmlm23s
Conclusion: th-cam.com/video/6oXYn6qpMW8/w-d-xo.htmlm44s
Is there anyway to attach an h shifter or handbrake you the seat? If not, had anyone found a workaround with say, a small table on the side of anything?
My g29 is messing up. Thinking of just upgrading to the fanatec csl elite. With the cheap pedals they come with. The g29 rn is so expensive and the fanatec is same price as normal
What´s your opinion about the fanatec clubsport v2 pedals? In 2021 they still a good choice? or not?
Excellent review. Racing in socks though, thats like flying a kite a night… 😁
How do connect a t300 wittige fanatec pedals? Thank you for your answer🙏😊
I have a thurstmaster tmx and I have 2 plastic pedals and was thinking about buying this. Will my pedals work on this stand?
I wonder what they are like for the more expensive inverted pedals.
Could you fit a handbrake and/or a year shifter?
Ive seen a next level racing foldout seat which someone attached a load-cell break to. When the breaks are hit hard the seat had the tendency to tip back(best description would be that the seat was trying to wheelie). does this seat have any similar issues with load-cell breaks?
So I run load cell pedals and I don't have this issue myself - guess it depends how stiff you have the pedals?
Thanx
perfect, just got this today with a g29, should be ace!
Zayn M How was it?
@@eduardoolmos60 very good, the video pretty much sums up my experience so far, if you are tight on space it's a no brainer
Great review. I'm definitely going to pick up one of these. Would you say the chair is stable enough for F1 games, the feedback being quite substantial?
Definitely should be okay.
I have one question: How can you put the seat away when you still have all the cables from the steeringwheel?
I think most wheels have long enough cables to properly route them on the seat.
yeah I just have either cables attached to the seat, or things ready for it to plug into (e.g. a male to female usb extension).
I always just unplugged from my PC and power brick. I only had 2 cables. I use the same practice with my collapsible stand. Unless you have a bunch of cables, that might be best practice.
I lack space. I thought this was rubbish. I'd like to thank you for this. I am getting one.
Nice one :)
Same here, just ordered mine today. Thanks :)
I just got the thrustmaster T150 racewheel to go with the playseat and it does the job. Most importantly it folds up hence why i got it.... now... its a little shaky and Im actually thinking of re-enforcing it down the road. Might weld a tube or two so the steering wheel doesnt wobble like it does.. overall Im happy with it
I literally just fitted a Clubsport v2.5 + Formula V2 Rim to mine today! :) It's actually pretty amazing how well the playseat does, I may upload a video of my current setup in the future.
The force feedback leaks through that unstable system the wheel is attached to it.
Great review had mine for a couple of months now going well. I do have an issue though I feel as if I can't the set lined up straight with the straps either side. Feels like my body is slightly tilted , have you encountered the same thing?
I don't have that problem myself? Both straps are pulled to equal tightness.
Per fissare la pedaliera hai fatto qualche modifica? Grazie
is it comfortable? does it open only from right to left to get it? i see pedals sit flat on the ground how is the reach to them? arent legs like suspended in the air a bit?
yeah comfortable enough. Yup only right to left. you can extend or retract the distance for pedals - they are fine for me, my feet rest on the pedal plate.
May be the steering wheel feels shoft with the movement? But may be also the vibrations goes to your back too isn't? mmmm.. I'm thinking in buy one of this ones XD
Lads I am telling you a yoga mat is the shit. stole my moms yoga mat to not slip and placed a plastic chair on it. You can say farwell to gliding away from your desk :)
POG. I just did this. Redneck Engineering FTW
Nice review, mate. Just one question: does it scratch the floor?
Mário Lopes no it doesn’t I am using it since 2017 on different Floors I think 5 different Floors and no scratches
@@stidjen_3042 Ok, thanks.
What steeringwheel do you use. I just got a playseat and my steeringwheel dorst fit on the playseat
I used a T300 in this video, then a Fantatec CSW 2.5. But now use a Fantatec CSL DD.
Getting one of these today. I cant help but think it's expensive, £200 for something that looks very simple. But there doesn't seem to be much, if any competition at all in terms of foldaway setups. They must be making a decent amount on them!
Are you happy enough? Ive just bought one aswell for 180
It’s well built with good materials. Definitely worth 200€
At what height is your eye-level if you sit in it at a normal position?
Hey :) Do you know (or others readers) if this chair would be ok for the new Fanatec GT DD Pro?
I use a CSL DD (basically the same) on the playseat challenge - it works fine - although check another one of my videos about how I improved it.
Video was a great help in making a choice thanks so much! Will be using a G29 on it but do you think it could handle Fanatec Belt Driven Wheel and Pedals?
In the review I used a Thrustmaster T300 RS - but if you check any of my latest videos I use a Fanatec CSW 2.5 and Heusinkveld pedals with my Playseat Challenge :D
Okokokok I'll subscribe :P Thanks again
Are the steering wheel bolts included?