Ultimate Trucking Simulator Rig Setup

The setup process for a truck simulator rig included assembling the seat, wheel, and controls for an immersive gaming experience.

### Building the Ultimate Truck Simulator Setup
* 🚚  Linus Tech Tips builds a custom truck simulator rig using the **Mosa R3 racing bundle** and **Next Level Racing GT Elite light wheel plate Edition**.
* 🎮  The R3 bundle includes an **aluminum steering wheel**, **direct drive wheelbase**, **steel gas and brake pedals**, and a desk clamp, with **high precision hall effect sensors** and **customizable pedal configurations**.
* 🛠️  Assembly includes mounting the wheelbase, adjusting the height for an authentic big rig feel, and installing a **VIVOR truck seat** designed for forklifts and tractors.
* 🖥️  The setup includes a TCL S Series 4K 55" TV, Star Forge pre-built PC with an **i9-12900KF and RTX 3080 Ti**, and Logitech G515 TKL wireless keyboard and **Pro X2 super light wireless mouse**.
* 🚦  Linus tests the setup with Euro Truck Simulator, struggling with **manual transmission** and **parking challenges**.
* 🕹️  The rig is further upgraded with a **Mosa truck wheel**, a **stronger wheelbase for increased force feedback**, and additional controls including an **electronic key ignition** and **tablet-based map display**.
* 🚛  Linus gains appreciation for the **immersion and realism** of the simulator, expressing a desire for a **vibrating seat** and finding himself **instinctively shoulder-checking** while driving.
* 💰  The video concludes with a humorous trailer parking challenge, highlighting the **complexity and skill required** in truck simulation games.

ah, sometimes I just I get tired of the go-go-go lifestyle. I just want to get comfortable, put on an old hat, grab some big league shw, and mosy on down to Bratislava with a truckload of Widgets. Or should I say mosey on down since they paid the bills for this sick Trucking rig. And I know what you're thinking, Euro Truck Simulator, really? But at the time of filming this, 12-year-old game was ranked number 26 on Steam by active player count. And you know what, I want to see what all the fuss is about. So, join me as we trade our high-octane gasoline for diesel and hit the open road. The R3 racing bundle from mosa is their first officially licensed Xbox set. You get this aluminum steering wheel with a direct drive wheelbase, steel gas and brake pedals, and a desk clamp. Of course, the main attraction for us is the ability to customize it both in software with their mobile and PC apps and in Hardware with their expansive ecosystem.

of sim goodies. Of course, we can't really get to any of that until we have a base to build around, and for that, we've chosen the GT Elite light wheel plate Edition from Next Level Racing. We wanted something that was easy to use, reasonably lightweight but sturdy, and adaptable. It's made of aluminum extrusion, and just want to shout out Next Level Racing who were like, we got you fam when we asked them to send this over. This is going to be a really good starting point for us. Some assembly is definitely required, but at least we get to skip a couple of steps because we won't need the adjustable pedal mount that changes the angle here, since we want a more upright, flat trucker seating profile. Question for you guys: is there a reason this is dirty as all heck? Yeah, I was living in labs for a couple of weeks while I was testing everything out, and then between me using it and everyone else, it kind of got a little dirty. Ah, okay, well that's a good sign when it's fun enough that it's not

clean anymore for its big ship day now the Keen eye among you probably noticed that the R3 bundle we said we were using doesn't have a clutch pedal but ours does that's because adding onto our R3 is as simple as grabbing one of these SRP clutch pedals moving everything over and you're Off to the Races or deliveries as it were all three of our pedals feature High Precision hall effect sensors and on top of changing the layout you can change the configuration adjusting the output curves of the pedals in their software since we were down here by the way we also added their mosa Performance Kit to the brake pedal I mean don't get me wrong they're good out of the box but this gives the brake a bit more of a realistic progressive resistance we're going to have links to all this stuff in the description by the way now it's time to mount our our wheelbase to our Shelf the R3 base offers 3.9 Newton me of torque and has broad compatibility on PC with presets

for many of your favorite Xbox racing and Sim games wouldn't have minded if more than two of the screws fit the cheese plate but seems like it's on there pretty good right that's not going anywhere oh yeah that's not going anywhere now normally you'd Mount this really at any height you want but you'd aim to have it around level with the ground but for us we're going to tilt it a little bit back to get more of an authentic big rig feel uh what are you guys thinking for height uh when I was testing I had a straight 90 vertical what shut up not even joking okay I'm super into it let's do it all right all right should we put it on the ground to determine height here what do you guys think what do we do the seat first oh no I've heard about this seat there's this company called vivor as far as I can tell their product portfolio is made up of whatever the hell we felt like making I mean they've got everything from

ultrasonic cleaners to kind of dangerous sounding High Press compressors anyway uh this is oh wow the base of the seat I guess yes here's the rest of it oh boy so here's how it works. You adjust the tension with this little lever right here depending on your weight, and it's like uh you put the seat on it calibrate it, and then it kind of bounces uh yeah I couldn't exactly figure it out either um as far as I could tell is once you had your tension set you just lift the seat up and it gets locked into the sprung position okay, and then when you sit on it you kind of just like bounce up and down a little. How does this Mount uh so we got to pull these screws off on the side here sure, and then we're just going to Huck it on there Huck it on there stop some bolts in okay now technically this is designed to go in a forklift or in a tractor but we just kind of liked the vibe you know like.

it's got an authentic feel that money just can't buy. Did we really have to buy this? Jake kind of went crazy on the purchasing. Oh, it was Jake. Yeah, I knew it. It is just under his purchase approval limit. That's why I didn't know about it. Oh, am I able to just slide this on there or what? Yep, that's all it is. Okay, you ready Jordan? Yep, help me line it up. Oh, that was going to watch. I was ready to watch, not to help. Okay, hey, nice. See, look at that. Great. Oh, yeah. Now, what's this lifting business we got to do? Yeah, guess we got to bring her down. Now, what is with the size of this seat? How is that adult size? Oh. Oh, so you see it just disengaged and now you lift it back up and it locks back in. Yeah, but it doesn't. It doesn't spring. Well, you got to be heavy enough to make it spring. Let's Get You On It quality. Okay. Oh, I guess now is a good time to take a closer look at our wheel.

too so it just goes on with a little there you go twisty on like that and okay this is this is quite vertical is it oh yeah okay yeah I see it 22 programmable buttons paddle shifters going to have to lose those immediately but I do like the radio button uh breaker breaker we've got a yeah I don't know trucker lingo crap there she is oh God you were rolling on that all right well anyway oh oh we're going to need a screen we got that oh hey look at that it's a Justin he's just in time I bet he's never heard that before either no never for our displays we chose what we had lying around in the warehouse from LTX that's not what Jordan wrote in here but I'm pretty sure that's the real reason anyway it's a TCL S Series 4K 55 S4 something something the point is it's great bang for the buck at 350 Canadian rubles with low input leg entry level HDR okay it's 60 hurts but realistically

do we need high refresh rate for trucking? Does this seem a little high? Oh, I mean, no, I get it right. It's all about and find out, right, right, right. It's trucker ergonomics. So I'm looking H. Actually, no, it might need to. Oh, how hard is it for it to come down a few inches? It does not. Oh, good, let's do that then. Okay, come down a couple more inches. I would say Jordan. I mean, that's not bad, actually. Did I say Jordan? Justin, you did. Days around here. Well, look, I just, I've been called worse. Used to yelling at him. It's like with kids, like occasionally you'll just be yelling at one of the kids and no matter who's in trouble, you just say the name of the biggest troublemaker. Oh, yeah, that's good. Hold it there. Hold it back. Up, back it up. All right, what, you don't want immersiveness, Jordan? I don't want to punch the window. Now you're probably wondering about the system that we're

using to power such an awesome looking Sim rig, and well, it's whatever we found in storage. It's a Star Forge pre-built that with a 12900 KF and a 3080 TI is more than enough to handle Euro Truck Simulator based on these minimum system requirements. Our pal at Logitech sent over G515 TKL wireless keyboard and a Pro X2 super light wireless mouse. Um, this setup is not the most optimal for this kind of keyboard and mouse. Realistically, their little like integrated trackpad combo thing might have been a better choice, but hey, we're going to make this work. Launch it. You cannot move freely about the world because you don't have a truck. I tried to buy us a truck, but Tanner put us into debt. Okay, I sort by price. I mean, yeah, how about ice cream? All right. Uh, who doesn't like ice cream? Offer expires in 5 minutes. Like, is this in real time? Yes, like these are real jobs like in the game world. Yeah. Yeah. What don't let anyone down. God, no.

pressure. Wait, what? There She Goes going, yeah, but I'm not. I, I didn't put it. I, uh, oh well, I didn't use the clutch. I guess I don't need it. Hey, cool. It's time to make a delivery. Use the route advisor to see where you are and where you need to go. There's more gears than one, by the way. I, yeah. Well, I'm in the, I'm in the parking lot, Jordan. It also red lines at 2,000 RPM, so you don't really got a lot to work with. Oh, wow. Yeah, how about that? Oh, my goodness. Also, there's a gate there. I mean, yeah, but like I'm a semi- TRU. What does a gate mean to me? Oh, okay. Apparently, a lock. Not even a scratch on it. Look at that. That's incredible. We're on the open road, boys. We're Trucking. Yes, indeed. We're Trucking. Okay, this really feels like a hack with all of this paddle shifting, though. Well, we do have a shifter right here. I mean, come on. Please. Oh, that's, that's not quite

your style hang on hang on oh Bo jeez why are you trying to distract me here. I'm driving boys. Oh God which way am I going how do I signal. Oh we're I know I know what you said which way am I going. I asked how to signal I know which way I'm going. Oh God which way am I going oh God which way am I going how about this oh no way yeah yeah that's more like it wow where did we get this. It's from SIM panel oh and then the custom length rod and adapter were made by me oh right on this is great so what we just take the knob off of this one I got you wow wow oh dude buddy wow that is so cool um hm that might be a little far yeah it's okay we don't use seventh anyways it's fine oh okay sure okay yeah let's go right there do we have a base yes well he doing that let's give you a keyboard stand oh that would be really useful is that in the notes am I

supposed to say anything about it. It is in the notes somewhere. Okay, it's a keyboard stand from Next Level. Oh, it's from Next Level. There you go. Is there a reason we didn't put that on in the first place? 'Cause you wanted to do a zle set up first. Oh, well, that's what you get for listening to me. I know, right? We should know better by now, but that is a lot better now. What? All right, so this is the fun part. Now we got to roll through all the gears. Okay, click on the thing so you can select the button joy for where it says joy button 14. Click that, right? Okay, so you just put it into first. Yes. No, reverse. Oh, bloody. And so you got to push down over. Yeah, there you go. You got it. I've driven the stick before. Riveting. Uh, I did not see if there were any cars coming before I decided to start making this turn. I could really use a bit of a wider field of view. Do we have any more of these TVs handy?

might just go that way. Am I in third? Oh, fourth. You're in fourth. It says over there as well. Uh, yeah if that's easier to read. How am I only going 23 km an hour? You're very slow. There's also a red light coming up. I mean it'll turn green. That's very confident. Have you? I think it's going to turn green. I think it was green. Oh, dude, you get a ticket. You lost 80. What the heck? Yeah, you think that's funny, Jordan. You think that's funny. Oh, oh, well, I guess I better break. Oh my God, she takes a minute to stop. Oh, okay, yeah, we got to get some more TVs. Yeah, I need more TVs. There's no way I can play this with less than three TVs. No, unacceptable. Okay, yeah, that looks pretty good to me. Close. Oh, yeah, bud. Oh, yeah, bud. I mean, hold on a second, Colin. Uh, he does his best. Can you lift it up a bit? Up, up. Okay, no, no, no. I'll do it. Forget it. Wow, boy, is that ever something. Okay, we

can get these angles a little. These angles are not great. I'm working on it. What you guys do over here? I'm working on it. You're making it so much worse Jordan. No, I'm not. Yes, you are. You can't see what you're doing. That's fair. Uh, okay, that's good. Then you got to bring the height down a little. No, stop. It's ever so slight. You know what, it's good. It's good. It's good. Don't touch it anymore. Mimer isn't going to matter. Yeah, it's fine. Oh my God, this is more like it dude. Now I can see where I'm going. Let's turn this bad boy on. Red light. She yellow. No, no, we could do a rolling stop. We could do a rolling stop. Okay, hold on, rolling stop. 80 EUR baby. No, what? No, no, no. I stopped. I stopped. I stopped brother. It was 80. No, did it said it? Yeah, where in the corner? What? No, I no. You blew past the line man. Well, yeah, but the line is I mean it's arbitrary. It's

paint fun fact. Fact I failed my first driving test road test for stopping past stop lines. I think four times. I just see them as more of a suggestion. I mean I can't see for past the thing without if I not pulled out a little any more monitors. Oh I'm taking this exit right away okay dude. I'm only going 37 km an hour you're not very fast. Yeah what the heck you're supposed to do 80 here it says 80. Yeah what am I in did I put it in reverse. Oh we stalled it did I just kill my car truck. Oh my God I'm going to have to start on a hill. I don't want to start on a hill you're in E. I'm an eighth oh gosh darn it second all right there we go there we go that's what I need second second. You've driven before right I driven before never anything with gears this short. Oh my God I'm supposed to be going 100 that guy just about hit me he's all over the road okay here we go.

am I in seventh now. Okay, I really don't like the indicator on this one. Okay buddy, move, move, move, move. Wait, where am I supposed to be going? Oh my God, I'm supposed to take this exit. No, no, I got this. I got this. I got this. I got this. I'm just going to she's, she's rev turning to she's revved a little high. She's revved a little high. She's revved a little high. You got this. Okay, uh, which way am I going? I know. Oh my God, I got to go to the right. Okay, this is where we fail. Okay, the road's optional. The road's optional. Uh, what, what, probably like Fifth, Fifth or something. Am I in fifth? I'm in fifth. Oh man, I think I landed. I think I landed the gear there. So what happens if I do hit someone? I don't know. Go for that tanker. Yeah, I want the tanker. Hey buddy, get off the road. That's my ro. Oh jeez, the tree. Yep, I found the tree. Let's

finish off the setup, and we'll come back to the missions tomorrow. Boy, this is quite the get-up. Where'd you even find a belt with a big L on it? Amazon. I love what you've done with the cockpit though. Are these my jars in D? Why do I have so many? Can't stop Trucking, addicted to the shindig. I guess it's time for The Full Experience now. Oh, I thought we didn't get it. Okay, in the time we've been working on this, Mosa released a truck wheel, and we... I was told we didn't get it in time. This is so cool. Oh, we upgraded the base as well. I guess the point of that is just more modularity or... or do you just need the stronger base to account for the additional... don't need it, but it gives you more force feedback. Oh, this is so cool. Okay, now you have some different controls you're going to have to learn. You gotta use your panel box now. Oh, Lordy. So, accessory one is going to be your electronics on. So now you can see your

dash it lights up now. Just turn the key a little bit. You don't have to hold it. And your engine's now fired up. No way. How fun is that? Did you configure the lights and Pie beams and stuff? Yeah, yes. Oh, no way. I could see it. Okay, it's time to really truck. Parking brake is on. So you got to pull your parking brake. No, you got to pull it. Pull it says pull to apply. Well, that's backwards. All right map there still. Oh, oh, oh, oh, no way. Oh, the map's on a tablet. Yes. Oh, that's so cool. It's running an app called simhub. Where am I supposed to go? Um, unfortunately it actually doesn't give you your GPS direction. So you still have to look at the one down to the car there. Oh, no way. Going the wrong. Oh, I could look at both Maps. Well, no, no. I'm turning around. I'm turning around brother. I started out with man. Why is anybody playing a Sim game about driving a truck? And now I'm sitting here in this rig and

I'm like, Heck yeah, like, this is freaking awesome. You're going left at the next intersection. Yeah, I'm going left at the next intersection. Also, feel free to skip gears, they do in real trucks anyways. Oh, really? Yes, I mean, and actually, nine times out of 10 when you're shifting gears on a real truck, you don't use the clutch either. What? Yes, no way, I'm joking, you just rev match. Oh, wow. I mean, I won't be doing that, but sure. Okay, okay, we're going straight to Fourth, we got a signal, can't see my mirror. Well, good luck everybody. Oh, wow, a dick buddy. But hey, where's the horn, where's the horn? I'm driving here. So, I'm going to toggle this thing and then I'm in eighth. Hey, there, there we go. Okay, I'm not in the lane, but I'm in the right gear going right. Oh, you got to tell me a little earlier, son, I am a truck driver, I go where the open road leads me and I signal because I'm a.

professional driver this is incredible. The only thing it needs is like a vibrating seat. That would be freaking awesome. Yeah, that wasn't in Jake's budget. Yeah, you know what's really wild? I feel so immersed in the game right now that when I go to turn left or I go to change lanes, I want a shoulder check. No, I'm serious though. Like more screens for that. This is so cool. Approach the entrance gate to get a clearance to bring the cargo to a particular spot. May be a good time to adjust the marking the spot where to stop the truck. Oh boy. Okay. Well, surely what could go wrong. Only take a couple hours. Trailer delivery. Where do you need it? Let's play it safe. Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Now I think we got to go. Where do you need it? Confirm. Proceed to unloading area. Oh man. No problem, bud. Am I in reverse? Um, I'm in reverse right now. Yeah, you do appear to be. And I stalled it. No, the other way. Damn it. You' backed up before, right? Yeah, I have. Okay. I used

to actually drive our trailer all the time. I know this. Oh my God, you know what the issue is? Is it just takes so long to correct. I was turning it the right way. I just didn't account for how ridiculously long it takes to course correct. My goodness, how do people do this? Okay, no, no, no, I got this, I got this. Serenity Now, right? You're in the wrong lane there, but dude, I'm working on it. Oh God, what just happened? You just hit a cow. No, I hit no cow. Oh, I have an innovative new idea. Okay, they can just go around to the back of the truck and get everything. Okay, okay, here we go, this is it. We just got to take her in for the landing. No, no, no, no, dang it, dang it, we, no, no, that's okay, that's okay, that's okay, that's okay, we're good, we're good, we're good. Okay, so we just need to straighten her out a little bit. Okay, there we go, there we go, and then I

just got to all over it. Just tap, tap, tap. Tapper, it's raining down. I mean, how do I tell if I in it'll tell you there turn green. Yeah, woo. Now you got hit the trailer, unattach, switch on the button box, trailer unattach, decoupling, nice, there you go. L 61 hours. So, this is how you end up with negative money. The last thing I told Mazo we'd mention is that the Xbox wheel is modable with different frames around it. And on PC, you've got all kinds of different options for wheels that can go onto their wheelbases. If you guys enjoyed this video, you might enjoy the time we checked out a $30 racing setup versus a $10,000 racing setup. That was a lot of fun.

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Exploring the World of Truck Simulation Gaming

The Euro Truck Simulator is surprisingly popular, ranking 26th on Steam for active players.

The R3 racing bundle from Mosa offers an immersive gaming experience with its Xbox set and customizable features.

The gaming setup also includes the GT Elite light wheel plate Edition from Next Level Racing, known for its sturdiness and adaptability for a trucker seating profile.

Assembling a Racing Simulator: A Step-by-Step Guide

The team discusses the mounting height and the unique seat design of the vivor company.

They question the authenticity of the purchase and struggle with the assembly of the seat.

The focus then shifts to examining the racing wheel as they continue the assembly process.

A new truck simulator rig is being customized with a 4K 55 S4 display, a Star Forge pre-built system, and Logitech peripherals.

The rig's design process involves adjusting the screen for trucker ergonomics and making the setup work despite suboptimal keyboard and mouse choices.

The team is also navigating real-time job offers and a tight budget in the game world.

Confusion and Distraction While Driving a Truck

The speaker is struggling with using the clutch and gear shifting while driving a truck.

They also encounter a gate but feel unfazed by it.

The conversation then shifts to equipment installation and the need for a wider field of view while driving.

Chaotic Driving Lessons and Ticket Trouble

Struggling with low speed and disregarding red lights during a driving lesson.

Getting a ticket for a rolling stop and debating the significance of stop lines.

Feeling unprepared for driving with manual gears and struggling with the speed.

The speaker is learning to drive a truck in a simulator, practicing different controls and features.

They are excited about the upgrades to the truck's base and the new driving controls.

The simulator includes a tablet for the map and requires the driver to pay attention to GPS directions.

Players share excitement and tips while navigating the virtual trucking experience.

The driver mentions the desire for a vibrating seat for a more immersive experience.

They also encounter challenges with parking and getting the cargo to the right spot.

The speaker is having a difficult time maneuvering a trailer and is feeling frustrated.

They come up with the idea of having people go to the back of the truck to get everything, and eventually, they successfully detach the trailer.

The video also mentions the modifiability of the Xbox wheel and the variety of options for PC wheelbases.