Simucube brought their DDX Precision from Tampere to SimRacing Expo Frankfurt. Three days on the show floor, a world premiere beside it, real laps at Hockenheim and Spa around it, and where to drive one yourself.
SimRacing Expo Frankfurt ran October 16 to 18 at Messe Frankfurt, and there was a DDX Precision on the floor: the one that lives at Simucube headquarters in Tampere, brought down for the show and given a seat in the Simucube booth. Thank you to everyone who waited for a turn, asked the hard questions, and came back for a second drive. And thank you to the Simucube team, who hauled a motion simulator across Europe, made room for it in their booth, and ran the weekend as one crew.
Why we were in Simucube's booth
DDX treats the force-feedback steering wheel as the heart of a racing simulator. Simucube's industrial servo-control heritage, in-house expertise across software, firmware, electronics, and motor control, and commitment to product quality make it a natural DDX partner. Our close relationship and low-level SC-API integration allow DDX to coordinate supported steering, pedal, and motion feedback as one time-aligned cueing system.
The simulator in the booth is what that looks like in practice: Simucube's own reference-grade DDX Precision, fitted with a Simucube 3 wheelbase and ActivePedals. Completed in April 2026, the DDX Precision at Simucube headquarters in Tampere is used for visitor demonstrations, internal testing and development, customer meetings, and events - such as Frankfurt.
Frankfurt was also the world premiere of Simucube's ActivePedal Sport, so pedals were the conversation of the weekend. On a DDX system the pedal is part of the cueing system, not an accessory: through DDX PreActiv and our SC-API integration, supported Simucube 3 wheelbases and Simucube ActivePedal hardware can provide net-zero effective-latency steering and pedal cues on DDX simulators.
What drivers felt
DDX Precision delivers the core DDX experience in a smaller, noticeably quieter, lower-priced package. It uses the same Dynamo and PreActiv software as DDX Prime, and it is built from the principles used in Formula 1 and factory-level simulator engineering: motion cues coupled directly to the simulation's vehicle state, delivered with low latency, rather than motion staged for effect.
Most of what a driver notices in a session comes down to timing: DDX motion delivers latency performance up to 10x better than traditional systems.*
From the show floor to the circuit
We bracketed the show with real laps - the Hockenheimring in a 911 GT3 and a 911 Turbo S the day before the doors opened, and Spa-Francorchamps in a 911 Cup car the Tuesday after - having driven both circuits on a DDX simulator first. The braking points, the kerbs, and the point of peak grip were where the simulator had put them, and we came home with notes of our own: the real car's wheel is lighter and its bump detail subtler than ours, and the belts could pull harder under braking. That list goes straight back into the software.
That is what the simulator is for. DDX helps drivers prepare before they reach the track: learning the layout and sightlines, practicing lines and braking points, refining car placement and consistency, recognizing weight transfer and the grip limit, rehearsing oversteer corrections and control inputs, and building confidence through repeated practice.
Drive one yourself
If you missed us in Frankfurt, or want a longer session than a show floor allows, qualified prospects can book a free, appointment-only demonstration at Driven DynamiX's Austin headquarters or Bellevue showroom. Austin normally offers both DDX Prime and DDX Precision; Bellevue normally offers DDX Precision.
In Europe, qualified prospects can request reference conversations or visits with selected DDX partners and installations, subject to host availability and permission - including the DDX Precision at Simucube headquarters in Tampere, now back home from Frankfurt.
*DDX motion adds approximately 2.5 - 3.5 ms from raw simulation telemetry arriving at Dynamo to accelerometer-detected physical motion onset. Comparison is to motion systems DDX has measured or observed; it is market context, not a controlled head-to-head ranking.