Buttkicker Gamer 2 - Unboxing - Installation - Software Setup and Review
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
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The Buttkicker Gamer 2 adds a deeper level of immersion and realism to your games, particularly simulator racing and is a product that's been on my radar since I first looked in to building a simulator rig, and as you'll see at the end of the video, something I'd prioritized more highly!
It works very much like a subwoofer, with the audio signal from your PC or Console being sent to an amplifier, which powers a voice coil inside a vibration transducer rather than a speaker. This creates deep vibrations that let you feel what's going on in the virtual world.
For sim racing, things are taken even further, with software packages such as SimVibe and SimHub allowing you to output specific signals to the Buttkicker to simulate things like ripple strip and tyre vibration, road texture. Engine RPM and even the thud of a gear change in incredible detail.
In today's video I unbox my brand new Buttkicker 2, get it installed on my simulator cockpit and walk you through the initial software set-up in SimHub to get you up and running with the most realistic experience. I'll then take you along for a drive in F1 2018 as I experience it for the first time and give my impressions.
I'll be putting together another video in a few weeks once I've got a few hours of usage under my belt to walk you though how to fine tune the settings in SimHub to optimize the realism.
Note that I paid full retail for this product. This video is my honest opinion and impressions of the product and is in no way sponsored by any manufacturer or reseller.
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Will I can't thank you enough for these videos. I've learned so much in my 3 months of sim racing from you and these videos. Very much appreciate your dedication to the community. Installing my ButtKicker now and this made it so simple. Cheers!!
Mine arrived today and I’m setting it up this weekend. This is the video that finally sold it to me! I can’t wait to play dirt rally 2.0 in VR with this ! Thank you for a great and enthusiastic video !
I’ve been holding off on getting this for a while now but seeing your instant joy as soon as you started driving, I’m buying mine right now!
You won’t regret it :)
Found sim racing 3 months ago (and VR) and am now spending $6500 on a new computer, Valve Index headset and P1-X Cockpit/Accuforce DD wheel/HE Sprints/Fanatec shifter, and NOW i have to get a Buttkicker 2 also, doh! lol
Am i pretty close with it bein about 2500 for the pc. And vr and then 4000 for the seat/wheel an pedals n shifter
That's awesome. I started with a a used TM wheel, GTlite, and some Chinese parts. 4 mo later just dropped over 1k on the fanatec website. Lol
OMG relatable tho 😂
Get the ho reverb if you are ONLY going to.use the vr for racing. The index is amazing(speaking from owning one) but the color and how the screens look on the hp beat the Index. If you are planning to play vr too, then 100% go to the index with their controllers and stuff.
Me too, I’m 12k in
Buttkicker ordered and wind machine now built and installed, its gonna be a fun weekend. Keep up the great videos Will, you are one of my favorite sim youtubers at the moment.
Your reaction when it kicked on sold me! Great video!
Me too! “Over the moon”... and chuckling like a kid? I’m in!
You talking way too fast for me.
12:36 - Wow. So _that's_ how it works. I never knew you could customize each specific sound like that. I would _love_ to get a Buttkicker now.
Yep BK2.0 makes it more immersive. Great addition and also great video. Nice to see your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!
my buttkicker was stored since my ps3 because I did not knew how to mixte the sounds on PC. Thanks!\ I will now use it again! Such a big difference with it!
I have one and it's amazing. Definitely adds immersion. Very durable also.
your reaction alone has me sold on this, ima get one
nice review
Your reaction is what has sold me on this product. Gold! Thanks mate :)
Just ordered...thanks mate, cant wait to get it hooked up.
This is a brilliant review. Your reaction is priceless when you start driving but also your consideration for those of us who have families who we don't want to annoy with vibrations and sounds. Subscribing. Great stuff
Thanks mate. I have kids myself so it was a big consideration for me.
I ordered one of these kits after watching this vid. keep up the great work.
How is it?
@@bugsenbunny I can’t race without it at this point.
@@nathengonderman1491 sounds good lol
And thanks mate. Your video sold me. Received mine today for my F-GT rig. Will now go and get it going. Looking forward to my own outbursts 'Boosted Media'-Style. :P
Ok this is now on my list of things to buy! Thanks 🤗
Watching this video in 2021... the advances in ur Sim setup since this is mind blowin lol!! Sim racing the dark rabbit hole!! It gets us all!!
Really helpful and covers what is important thanks... mine arrives tomorrow am using for Fs2020 so looking forward to using it
Nice purchase, I’ve been using these for years & just ordered 2 more for the front of my rig.
I feel like it’s a must have for rig users. Enjoy!
Do you have to run 4 amps one for each one?
Yeah, each buttkicker has its own amp.
Is there an amp made for 4 buttkickers? Seems like there would be 🤔
This is an awesome way to get into somewhat of motion racing without breaking the bank thank god I watched this vid otherwise I wouldn’t have got it thinking I needed a motion set up
Came back here...almost 2 years later to say thanks for this video it helped me a lot get my buttkicker going...thanks for telling the world about simHub.
Thanks for this will , just got one as well!
Totally mint videos always super informative and really well explained
Thanks Tony.
Thanks for the review, answered a few questions for me.
Glad to hear it :)
It's a blast for shooter games as well 😎
I used to have a five transducer setup with simvibe (4 corners + 1 under the seat) but kept blowing the fuses in my amp. Still worth the money I think for the extra immersion before motion rigs. Lots of cables though.
thank you for this review 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Just bought one because your reaction🔥🔥🔥
Holy Smoke Will from NZ...I watched this vid when researching bass shakers for using on my Sim in ACC and PC2 .....
This Really Really is as good as your reaction once driving ....GAME CHANGER does not even describe it..
Works so well and not noisy you just feel that Rumble.....I really need a lesson though on fine Tuning the Simhub bass shaking software
I think this could be your next video mate
Craigo
Any chance you can send me a pic of your simhub screen with what you have turned on and the volume values and Amp settings...Cheers Dude
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Okay cool part is I am getting
Next Level racing F-GT rig with triple monitor mount and the buttkicker so this is perfect. Letting me actually see how it works in my future rig
Liked for the enthousiasm
Great Video!
Wondering whether you have tried SimVibe at all?
Also, what settings do you use on your amplifier? low filter cut off: on/off?, High cut off frequency number and High: on/off?
If adding a second kicker, where in the back of the PC do you connect?
So I want a kicker on the seat and one for the pedal. How do I connect PC to both Amps?
My wife HATES mine! She says it crazy loud. LOLOL! Nice review and tutorial, thanks Will.
hi just got mine and this is a great addition to my VR setup. Only thing i could not get right till now is the vibration from the kerbs (in ACorsa). I can't feel them. did you find a good way to configure this?
Will, I'm looking at the ButtKicker Simulation Kit. If I want a second mini Concert, does it require a separate (2nd) amplifier?
I ran one of these back when they first came out. great product.
Here’s my build from back in the day, not much sim gear available back then and what was available was very expensive mysimracerproject.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-sim-racing-project.html?m=1
@@andrew1977au Oh man that's epic. Brings back some memories for me with some of that old hardware. Is that an N15 Pulsar dash you used?
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Mine just arrived, on an F-GT, so thanks for this
Buttkickers are epic ... I have the “advanced” buttkicker 300watt version and it shakes my entire couch 🛋 decently for my sim driving. When I first got it with Call Of Duty, a friend fired his LMG next to me in game and I had to jump off the couch from the shock lol.
How do you fix the fact that the vibrations coming through simhub don't correlate with the FFB coming through the steering wheel? Like the wheel ffb will pick up a bump but the shaker won't. It's kind of mushy and confusing feedback at the moment.
Loving your videos man! A heads up for you...pluging both the LFE and Centre (black & red RCA plugs) into the amp can cause slight phase cancellations (a large drop in amplitude). Use one or the other but normally recommend the LFE (black plug). If the sim doesn't output a specific LFE (like iRacing) then swap it out for the red centre channel or one of the front channels and crank up the intensity to get some low frequencies out of it. iRacing will get XAudio and it will fix all this. Cheers!
Thanks Greg. I’ll check this out.
Aussie Greg Hill
Thank you for the ButtKicker review. I picked one up for my rig after SRS ShakeKit was hurting my butt even adding extra paddings.
Hello mate great vids, thank you. Recently bought a buttkicker and use it on my ps4 but obviously cannot change the parameters of feedback with the ps4. If i were to connect to my pc use the simhub software to adjust then plug back into my ps4 would that work? Or am i just being silly... I'm not great with tech mate.
Will I just got the Buttkicker 2 for Christmas. I really love the new immersion. But I cannot get the settings to what I like. Did you make a settings video for what you did with the SimHub settings? I would be curious how you have yours setup. Great videos and content. I am amazed at the 65's. That must be ridiculous to drive in.
I know this is an older video now but just wandering if you know where can get hold of the buttkicker mount that you have. I dont have a nextlevel rig but i have a similar point on the frame to be able to bolt a mount to and so i can then get a BK to work effectively. I assume that came with the rig I guess? Hatrd to find something that works. Even if tried to get some aluminim piping with a clamp and a piece of pipe but not sure where. Cheers.
Will it clamp on a 2 inch diameter piping? I have the TR8 and really don't like thier mounting solution on the left or right hand side.
Quick update; I bought the BK gamer 2 thanks to your review. Im not as exited as you, but thats more because the oculus rift s was much more of a wow factor. I tried the subwoofer mode 1st, but that wasnt good, then went the simhub route and that is an amazing piece of software. I like how that feels and how you dont hear the gamesounds through the speaker like with the sub mode. Overall Im happy
Thanks for the update! Yeah Simhub is brilliant.
Hi, tank you for the vidéo.
One question ! Do you think thats coukd be great on a fgtlite seat? And What's could be the Best setup on ?
So I have my PC sound coming out of my Soundbar and wireless Subwoofer (JBL 9.1) connected through ARC... how would I connect the amp to the back of my PC so that the sound and bass still comes out from my soundbar and also to have the vibration coming from the shaker separately? Like I have the one black and red cord (black only plugged into the top port), then do I plug the other end into the green port on the back of my PC?
If I was setting up a 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos, but in a gaming layout, could I pass-though the subwoofer sound from Receiver-Buttkicker Amp-Subwoofer via the RCA in & out?
Hi. Nice video.
Is your tv attached to your rig? I'm wondering if the vibration will do any damage to the tv.
Which frequenzy do you use on the buttkicker amp? Do you have it on high or low filter ? & what volume do you use on the buttkicker.
Amp settings: Myself i have it on 60 on the scale, just tried the high filter, & 4 cliks on the volume, but I seem to struggle a little with the fine tuning, because every game seems to be a little different.
Any tips and advice on the Sim hub settings? :)
i want the rumble to feel as Realistic as possible :)
Thanks and congratulations for the video.
Do you know if it is compatible with consoles (PS4 and Xbox)?
I have NLR GRtrack+V3+traction+fanatec V3 pedals. What do you think, will this add some more immersion, or is a waste of money on this kind of rig?
hi mate, do u know why my right audio source on sim hub doesnt vibrate? thx mate
I'm interested in buying one, except worried because of how many people have mentioned theirs breaking (blown amplifier). It's like 20% of the comments are about this breaking. Is there a decent alternative that won't break?
Can it be used to simulate the vibration the Xbox controller would produce in any game that supports Xbox controller vibration? I use a flight and pedal setup for racing games but miss having vibrations.
You are awfully hard on my wallet Will...........and thank you for that. 😉
Did you ever test on the swivel chair? It rattles on the wheels and the up-down system
Can you do some simple thin solution to prevent the vibration to transfer to the floor for those who are in an apartment?
7:51 is that true? you can connect into the line out to give stereo signal? I did not see that anywhere in the quick guide
what i need help i made the connections one seen and i also have simhub set but it doesn't work. can you help me?
Hi Will, loving the channel. Any chance you can review the Realteus Forcefeel Gaming Pad and compare to the Buttkicker?
Ok after seeing all the praise for the gamer 2 I pulled the trigger. Would this still be the preferred setup method for iracing or using the lfe in the iracing sound menu. Thanks!!
Can this be run from your tv with Xboxone with a generic setting or do you need the software on pc to get it started and setup properly?....perhaps laptop?
Finally on pc and can really see what this thing can do with “more” discreet audio signals… seems like I’ve had it over a decade on console. Thanks in 2024. 🥳🥳🥳
Hi thanks for the video helped me a lot to install my buttkicker, all working fine using
simhub, one problem when i plug my headphones in buttkicker stops working, it's a problem because i use f1 2018 mostly at night when family are sleeping so need to use headphones
headphones i use are mic headphones with a 3.5 jack if that helps.how do i get around this ?
i noted that you was using headphones, how are they set up.
thanks for any help
Garry
Having used it for a while, do you have a starting point for iRacing settings?
Hello. Great video and I also watched your GT Track build video since I just purchased one and assembled today. In the manual it says to mount on either of support brace under seat that run front to back under seat but you mounted on one of the left to right cross members. It would seem your approach would make more sense because the manual would have it slightly off center to one side or the other whereas your mounting has it centered. Did you test this or get guidance from NLR to setup this way and ignore manual? Thanks and keep up the great videos.
Disregard my query... The assembly video on the NLR site has it mounted just like you have so it is just difference in the assembly manual.
Will..... man!! This is insane
I follow you for about a year now, and there still so much to catch up on!!! After watching randomly your videos, I found this about but kicker ... bought one, installed and I attest everything you said!! This is ridiculous hahaha
Cheers mate ...thanks one more time!!!!
Did you ever get the settings tweaked to your liking for a single BK Gamer 2 Setup?! Mine comes in tomorrow and I'd love to have a great place to start with the settings.
My order is finally being fulfilled and I expect it in the next week or so but I paid $A375. You certainly got it for a great price.
I couldn't find the follow up video, could you please share the link?
Is everyone happy with the amp that came with it? I’ve heard some say that they’ve bought a different amp because the one supplied is no good?
how do i connect two buttkickers to my audio off my pc?
I have a senhimer gsx 1000 amp and dac how do i connect the butt kicker with my amp and dac? It is connected with a usb cable to a micro usb to the amp and dac. The amp and dac sits on my desk
SimHub doesn't look like it supports DCS or Il2, what software options are there for flight simmers?
Also, Buttkicker Gamer 2 vs Buttkicker LFE vs DIY option (like Dayton BST1 or Aurasound AST-2B)??
Great video! are you going to get some bass traducers and put one under your pedals to feel the vibration in pedals and what about getting another to enable more effects or is one buttkicker fine?
Finding one is OK for now.
can I use this with my notebook? I use the same computer running my sim and working....
Do you know if this works with emulated games? Or is it only specific to pc games?
The important input sensation is how accurately it relates the sensation of the back left and back right tires. I ca appreciate the "clunking" noises but it will be most useful when recognizing weather or not you are losing traction to the rear tires.
Absolutely agree. Ultimately I intend to have 4 set up.
I like the look of this product. I would like to use it with a theater seat. Unfortunately this ButtKicker Gamer 2 is not designed to be installed inside of theater seating. Could I use this setup with a different ButtKicker transducer?
Hi, is it possible to use this with console ( PS4 Pro ) ?
8:07 you were supposed to plug it into the black subwoofer out since you have a 5.1 card no?
Great review. I have a A/V receiver connected to my Nvidia video card (HDMI) driving 5 speakers and headphones are wireless connected through USB. Will the buttkicker work with both sound outputs?
You’d need to use a seperate output so maybe the headphone or audio out jack on your main board.
I'm so glad I found this video as I am getting a gaming PC and thinking of getting buttkicker gamer 2 as well. I got an old "Creative desktop theater 5.1 DTT3500 digital" and I am thinking to hook up along with buttkicker gamer 2..both on separate soundcard..will that works? And occasionally I would like to use my wired headset....I hope u understand what I intended to achieve. 😂
Thanks in advance - one of your big fan.
Not sure if this question is already answered somewhere here, But here goes. I installed the buttkicker gamer 2 on my Simetik K2, and installed simhub and finally got it to work - sort of. I noticed that when driving on a road course (lime rock in IRacing), I get rumbling when the left side tires hit the curbs but nothing when the right side hits. I have simhub setup for left/right. Can anyone help with setup?
The coil wire from the buttkicker to the amp has a big and a small coil, make sure you put those in the right spot cause mine came off. I put it on correctly but the manufacture did ask if I placed it on correctly.
Where you install the buttkicker on you sim seat ? 1 or 2 but kicker ? thx
Hi,
does the Buttkicker work well with the V3?
Im using HDMI Audio to my TV as well as the Buttkicker running from my headphone jack. How do I get the sound to come out of the tv like it did, and the BK2 as well?
Also using SimHub
How do i install multiple ones?
So, how is the sound being split between the PC to the Headphones? do you use voice meeter or a external sound card?
Simhub sends a seperate audio signal to a different audio device. The game audio goes to whatever output you set in windows as usual.
Can it clamp onto a 2" diameter tubular frame?
if i was to plug this into my xbox one i could just plug it into the green port on my logitech speakers that are attatched to my xbox one through the audio port?
Yes but make sure that doesn’t disable the speakers.
Can it be run without the remote? Thank you.
I have an American bass setup running 2 15's behind me 1 10 inch under the seat and 3 12's up front, running a second amp for low mids 2 door speakers and 2 rear speakers with 2 tweeters on each side of the dash. Can I configure this to a surround system? Or wire this into my current one? I see they sell the buttkicker without the wiring so you can wire it yoursel
My sub under my seat can def produce more power, but is the buttkicker worth integrating if I already had sub under Neath my seat?
would the buttkicker 2 be compatible if I use a wireless logitech headset? I didn't know if various sound outputs could be active at the same time
Yes if on a pc
Ive had a few issues with my AMP - Can anyone else speak for the longevity of the AMP? I suspect quality is quite low, but im no electrician.