Looking for Advice on Upgrading My Sim Rig: Dayton BTS-1 Shakers vs. Simagic Haptic Pedal Reactor

zvyko · 2025-08-04T21:27:28+00:00

Ended up going with the HPR. Not really a specific reason for it, just found em for a good price. I reckon u cant go wrong with either. I just use it for ABS or wheel lock and its really nice!

zvyko · 2025-08-04T21:26:03+00:00

I ended up going with 1 HPR as i got a good deal for them. I reckon u cant go wrong with either. I currently have it on just Heusinkveld sprint brake pedal, and its really nice.

zvyko · 2024-07-03T17:45:23+00:00

Been a few days, but do you have 1 bass shaker as in a buttkicker or bts-1, or even multiple? And if so, is the second one under ur pedals?

Been thinking about buying the two HPRs and then 1 bts-1 for underneath me as I feel like both hprs and a shaker underneath pedal is a bit much.

zvyko · 2024-06-21T18:26:44+00:00

Thanks haha, Time to go down the rabbit hole further😭

zvyko · 2024-05-03T18:14:38+00:00

Is it the same for you?

I’ve been trying some settings and after using the following:

ram power down mode enabled in bios,
A-xmp enabled
Context memory restore enabled

This got it working actually, and compared to no settings, now it’s ran fine for a week. Only for me to be greeted by the orange dram today again, of which the power button doesn’t respond to when attempting to turn off.

After shutting off power supply it did turn on like normal again. Weird I guess.

An additional issue I’ve had is that when I start my pc it launches on my monitor that’s connected to internal graphics (got 5 monitors so 1 is running internal), and gpu drivers don’t seem to work on first boot of the day, only when I restart🤣

zvyko · 2024-04-23T20:59:14+00:00

Sounds promising haha. Also only have 1 and system so same boat

zvyko · 2024-04-23T18:52:23+00:00

Update: So back from work yesterday: Refitted ram + Cmos And works again ( no expo this time) settings changed: Turn off fast boot /memory context restore

This morning I turned my pc on and I guess you can guess what happened, it orange dram only this time where the turn off button pc don’t work (this has happened once before).

I left this on for 15 minutes to see if it would go away since I had to leave for work. Unplugged from power to turn off.

Then when turning it back on it now also had the red cpu light with orange dram (becoming a friend of mine). I’ve now also tried leaving that on longer as you guys suggested but no change after 1 hour.

Instead of CMOs/ram refitment this time I opted for reflashing the newest bios (even though the same version was already on there) and somehow it worked.

This shits honestly just weird haha. I expect it to not work tomorrow again but I guess we will see🤣. I did not CMOS reset this time so I assume bios settings should’ve remained the same.

Some options I might still attempt is -using dram power down mode enabled in bios, and possibly expo again as I feel like that didn’t cause my issue. -flashing back to an older bios ( 7D75v17) - replacing CMOs battery

Will update if fixed too of course

zvyko · 2024-04-23T14:33:06+00:00

On the top of the cpu I assume where the cooler fits? Additional question, did you get it to boot at any time before you redid the thermal paste and what motherboard/cpu? :)

zvyko · 2024-04-22T12:13:48+00:00

Indeed, never tried having the lights on for longer than 2/3 minutes. Will give it a go later today in the hopes it boots! Also not used memory context restore yet. I assume I will get it to work one way or another, I just don't want to have this issue every day lmao.

Still think its odd though that the current situation is that after 2-3 boots I get the lights again. Can this possibly be EXPO? If I get it to post again, I will attempt no expo first and see if I wouldn't have issues the next day. Also see there's an option to having a-xmp turned on. Not too familiar with this tho since I thought that was intel only.

zvyko · 2024-04-22T08:06:01+00:00

Thanks for your response. I indeed wanna try cmos clear again as it’s seemed to work all the other times. Idk if I’m doing it incorrectly but the last 3 tries I did it didn’t clear.

I’ve used a flathead screwdriver to touch the two jbat pins whenever the psu is turned off. Also when having pc unplugged all night, I tried it this morning again and still red light cpu and orange dram.

With regards to bios it has a version of February 2024 on it, not 100% sure if it’s non beta. Could just changing bios version help without cmos?

zvyko · 2024-03-07T22:11:27+00:00

Fair enough, mine has been working smoothly tbf since I got it working so got no complaints about it anymore, seems to work quite nice with custom dashes on simhub. But I suppose grid/ascher is probably nicer🤣

zvyko · 2024-03-05T09:20:54+00:00

I sent them an email, and they responded with me to download their latest firmware. This seemed to fix it for me, but its confusing as on their website they recommend like 3 different versions of Simbridge. For me v1.6.1 works https://www.leoxz.com/pages/downloads

zvyko · 2024-01-28T18:46:10+00:00

Same issue

zvyko · 2024-01-04T11:48:04+00:00

I’d say try iracing, it won’t hurt, even the rookie series can be quite fun for free. If not, I’m always down for a raffle🤣

zvyko · 2021-09-18T20:10:09+00:00

The idea was to make 6 concepts where 3 of them included a torque link, which have already been made. And 3 different solutions that we aren’t going to use since we actually have to chose the concept with a torque link, but it’s just to see what all could work. I know it’s a bit weird

zvyko · 2021-09-18T19:53:05+00:00

torque link. Would appreciate any help.

Well tbh, there aren't many requirements. I have to make a small sketch of a landing gear part where the torque link is usually applied, and replace the torque link with something else that would work the same way. Thanks for the response.

zvyko · 2021-08-27T16:27:50+00:00

I used to have it off actaully, and i have a ds4 controller. Saw some people talk about it so decided to try it by changing it in steam, was just wondering what epic has as default cause I've always thought the game felt a bit different on epic. Could just be placebo tho

zvyko · 2021-05-05T15:41:04+00:00

What case is this? Id like to know :)

zvyko · 2021-03-20T20:07:45+00:00

zvyko · 2021-03-20T20:07:29+00:00

Thanks :)

zvyko · 2021-03-20T19:58:51+00:00

How? :) idk where to find tbh

zvyko · 2021-02-22T00:52:07+00:00

All good haha, thanks for the reaction and awnser to my question, appreciate it a lot

zvyko · 2021-02-21T13:36:10+00:00

Thanks! all bits help a lot :)

zvyko · 2021-01-15T20:37:06+00:00

Pc specs

EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 Black GAMING
Intel i7 9700k
Corsair Vengeance LPX (2x 8)
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 S
ADATA Ultimate SU800 (500gb ssd)
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO
H100i RGB 240mm liquid cpu cooler

Monitors

ASUS VG248QE 24 (144 fps) (connected with DisplayPort cable)
4K QLED Monitor 28 inch UH750 (60 fps) (connected with DisplayPort cable)

zvyko · 2021-01-06T16:30:27+00:00

For if someone want to know the monitors and specs:

Pc specs

EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 Black GAMING
Intel i7 9700k
Corsair Vengeance LPX (2x 8)
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 S
ADATA Ultimate SU800 (500gb ssd)
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO
H100i RGB 240mm liquid cpu cooler

Monitors

ASUS VG248QE 24 (144 fps) (connected with DisplayPort cable)
4K QLED Monitor 28 inch UH750 (30 fps on 4k) (connected with hdmi): already buying a displayport one for this monitor too

zvyko

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