Like many sim racers I didn’t tell my wife when I bought mine. I was in the basement with it the first night and when I first turned it on she came rushing down from the 3rd floor asking me if I felt the earthquake. True story. I told her it was only $80
This is a long one but I’d like to talk a bit about the company who sells Buttkicker products. I have one Gamer 2 and two Mini Concerts from the simulation kit. All running off the SimVibe software. All I can say is fantastic with VR. I bought my Gamer 2 first. I had it for about 9 months and the little red knob on the clamp came off. Most likely due to two things. One being I had it clamped to something that was slightly to small. Two being it was running off the game audio and not software like SimVibe. When doing that it can really go nuts from certain sounds. The Gamer 2 kept shaking loose. I had to constantly tighten it down leading to over tightening causing the knob to break off the threads. There was no way I could tighten it down after that and had no other options for mounting under the seat. I contacted Buttkicker looking for a replacement clamp. They responded hours later to tell me it’s unacceptable that it broke and they apologized. They said they didn’t offer replacement clamps however they’d like to confirm my shipping address as they’re sending me out a brand new one. I confirmed my address and within 20 minutes I received a shipping confirmation.....absolutely incredible customer service. I was so impressed I decided to buy two Simulation kits right then and there. Upon receiving them, one of the amps stopped working within a month. I contacted them and received the same sort of response as before. An apology and shipping address confirmation. About 20 minutes later a shipping confirmation. Both times they sent me replacements before receiving the broken equipment. Both times they shipped across the US in less then 7 days helping me get back up and running fast. I commend that company for standing behind their products. I have a good friend who bought me a Oculus Rift for my B day a couple years ago. He’s a very busy guy running multiple companies he owns. Within 8 months one earphone stopped working on the Oculus. I contacted them attempting to get it repaired or replaced. Oculus said they didn’t have a service center but would replace the headset if I had the receipt. I told them it was a gift but I could get the receipt. Once I told them that they refused to go any further with me until i got my friend involved. Me sending them a picture of the receipt from Amazon wasn’t good enough. They needed to drag my busy friend into the mix. This led to email tag between myself, my friend and Oculus. This went in for about 5 days. Each time Oculus replied to our email thread it was a different customer service rep asking my friend different questions. Finally my friend said “stop fu*king us around Oculus and replace his damn Rift!” They finally did. It took about 3 weeks to get done as they had to receive the broken one first. On top of that I received a refurbished headset, most likely one that originally had the same problem as mine did....it’s a known issue with the CV1. I understand these are two very different products at very different price points. However, stand behind the products you sell.
Can’t remember the last time I commented on a comment but doubling down - this company’s customer service is out of this world good. It feels like an Etsy conversation how personal then you remember they run the category. Worth it for that alone.
If you do buy them. I suggest you mount them vertically. It will give you better road texture and bumps. Than mounting horizontally as seen early in the video. It can give you a sense of surge when using lower range frequency for these settings.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by vertically? I have mine mounted much like Shawn. Not sure how I would do it differently, but would like to understand what you're recommending.
Got one on my pedal floor and one under my seat. Using Sim Commander. I use them every single time I drive. And it has made me a better driver. And I refuse to drive without them. It takes weeks to get them dialed in perfectly to you and your rig. But it's worth the time invested.
Same here, only difference is instead of paying exorbitant amount of money for 2 buttkickers i instead paid £80 for 2 standalone transducers (more powerful than buttkickers too) and £80 for a good second hand hi-fi amp to run them from. Using this for the past few years now and I cant race without Sim Commander anymore.
It's rather annoying when the buttkicker transmits voice frequencies when someone speaks. Sim Commander cures that in sims which support it, by using the sims telemetry data to produce the vibrations instead of an audio input. Much more accurate feedback, imo.
You can still use "audio" for tactile as it also provides some effects that telemetry based tactile cant. To control this we use a crossover to use only low-frequencies for the unit to operate with. Typically below 150Hz are usable but many units do not produce much vibration over 100Hz.
You could get around this issue by using 2 soundcards, and output only the voice com via the headset and duplicate the game sound from the first to the 2nd sound card by using microsoft's stereo mix
I use mine all the time going from racing rig to my chair.. scared the crap out of me when i had it on and didn't know it when SpaceX delta 9 launch, was kinda cool.
I agree a buttkicker is awesome. I tried a motion rig and I like this better. It gives feedback that helps you drive better when paired with a software like Sim Racing Studio (free to try). I would not use it straight off the audio channel, waste of money. TRY THIS FOR INCREDIBLE AWESOMENESS... I started with the sim kit (mini concert and amp) under my RSeat S1. I then moved the mini underneath the foot plate and added a full size LFE with a 1000w Dayton amp to my seat. I had to move the RSeat bracket to the front of the seat for clearance and the front bracket to the rear of the seat with some drilling. Now you get feedback from feet, seat and FFB wheel, your 3 points of contact. Some people use multiple small buttkickers for directional vibrations, but I find the larger buttkicker is amazing and feels much more realistic than a small one or probably several. My rig is solid with good floor isolation so I get no vibration noise like I heard in this video. Of course I don't use trips, I use 12ft 4k HDR projection.
I just bought the latest Buttkicker Gamer Pro and it's amazing. Mine is no where as loud as his. I have my rig sitting on carpet. Barely hear it. I think his is so loud due to having his rig on hardwood floors. So if you're thinking about it, just do it. Adds so much immersion to the game. 🤗 Btw, I use simhub software and works perfect!
Have BK2 and running with SimVibe. Essential to my rig. Racing without is like turning off FFB. Don't hesitate, get one. Highly recommend getting SimVibe or similar telemetry based vibration over running from audio source.
Haha. I liked your style for this one Shaun, that was fun to watch! I always think of myself as a ‘budget’ sim racer, in so far as I do not have a direct drive wheel, or a motion rig or multiple transducers, but I have had one of these for years. I suppose I need to redefine ‘budget’ as I use my HTC vive for VR (rather than my 17’ monitor!), but I only have a Playseat Challenge which needs folded away after each session as my wife dislikes the clutter. When I first got the Buttkicker Gamer 2, I purchased SimVibe at the same time. Once you have factored in a cheap extra USB sound card, this does increase cost by around 50% sadly, but WOW, dial it in and it’s great! Was a bit confusing to setup first time, but now I can setup from cupboard to racing in less than 10 mins. .....just damn annoying I can’t leave it setup permanently😊.
I used to have a rocking chair that I would put my guitar amplifier under. I would crank it to full volume, and then put on ear protection that I would wear to races. I loved it, but my family did not.
My fiance is actually helping me pick out what I'm getting for my vary first sim rig told her what this dose and she told me to get it LOL moving from a G29 mounted to my desk to a Next Level racing F-GT rig
I had one over 10 years ago with my playseat that I bolted a bmx stuntpeg to, at the time it was gtr2, rfactor ect, back then you'd have to mess with the gain and stuff constantly, in the end of got bored of constantly adjusting trying to get it work over rumbles and not shake to death over wind noise or something stupid, pretty good when it works, but unless they have an official software solution to go with it now for the sounds as it's a bit gimmicky overall as it doesn't always work like you want it to, the physics driven rumbles is what I'd be looking for but also a faint rpm feel if possible. Also 10 years ago I could blast my Logitech z550 and buttkicker and have the it shaking next doors windows, now, I can barely have volume half way before a complaint. Forget about using this in a shared household on an upper floor, everyone will hate you.
@@UFwho I now work in proximity to an active quarry, when they do the blasting it's exactly like my old buttkicker feeling the floors shake 🤣 you'd very quickly make enemies having something like this in a apartment for sure.
Hi Shawn , just wondering ,i suffer from motion sickness , is the buttkicker anything like the motion "boxes" ? is this a good "replacement" for it? thank you , here is where i come when i need detailed information on anything sim , thanks again
The buttkicker is vibration only and shouldn't bother you, if you have ever been in a car with a loud subwoofer, it's akin to that kind of feeling with the noise. ~ Booth
One Buttkicker is better than no Buttkicker, but with small ones i would go 5. Four in SimVibe Chassis and one for SimVibe seat. I suggest to spring-load the rig with 8-10 Brooks-springs made for bicycle saddles. Much more immersion because of movements and full undocking from the ground, so no neighbors with pitch forks in front of your door anymore. With 80/20-rigs you just need M8 screws and the nuts, and for the ground-side i'm using some plastic-feet they fit in. Even with the GS-5 i'm using them, because the effects feel more natural. And the big Buttkickers are really a lot more powerful than the small ones. A bit more pricey, but worth it.
Q: I have a sim rig in the second floor with rooms underneath me. Does anyone have experience on how much the vibration gets transmitted through the floor ? I just bought a an anti vibration mat for underneath the 80/20 but I'm still quite concerned.
Is there a single amp you’d recommended to run four ButtKicker LFE Minis? I’m struggling to grasp ohms, watts, channels, etc so I’d greatly appreciate it if you or any of your viewers could point me in the right direction.
So what would you suggest as I am about to purchase an RSeat S1. Will any home stereo receiver/amplifier with numerous channels run the butt kickers? Or do they need to be some sort of sub amplifier? I thought of buying two butt kicker adapters for the RSeat S1 and make a brace extension to connect the butt kicker adapter to the front of the chassis coming off the pedal deck. I just don't know if having them mounted there especially running in multi channel through something like sim vibe would be too close together. If a home stereo 7.1 channel receiver/amplifier would work then I could mount up to 8 positions so long as I can isolate the higher frequencies through all channels to what I want and need. That means I could run all four corners for the tires, one for the steering deck, one under the seat and one for each side of the car close to the seat to simulate getting banged around.
Maybe use a Biamp MCA 8150 with 150 watts over 8 channels. That's more than enough to run a few Butt Kicker mini LFE's and it would give expansion room if someone chose to buy the butt kickers over a period of time.
I use this with battlefield 1 how do I get it to stop transmitting voice over the kicker? I just want to feel the explosions I use voicemeeter for it right now do I need another program?
An external program is needed in order to drive the shaker from anything other than audio, I'm not certain which programs will work for non sim titles but it's worth looking in to. Thanks for commenting
you have to turn it off if you are not in your program. for example, in a flight-sim like DCS world 2.5 open-beta, there is a special program that will drive it at just those right moments when you need an ass-kicking.
Please do a video talking about the difference in feel when using a buttkicker with and without software like sim-vibe. I rigged together my own system using two sub-woofer amps and two transducers for left and right stereo seperation under my seat. My favorite game to play is Dirt rally in VR with my vibrating chair. It feels awesome to catch air coming off a jump and to feel nothing just before the car crashed back down into the road and feeling the chassis bottom out. You can feel all the rocks hitting the undercarriage. Very immersive!
Reynaldo Luna Jr. There is no comparison between using one with and without simvibe; simvibe is a game changer. The Buttkicker people should pay Simexperience every time they sell one.
Can I connect my normal center or sub also or only the Buttkicker or the sub for example? And if yes how to connect both when the connects are already used for the buttkicker? Y Cable? Thx
Search the internet to know how many Buttkicker amps are blown even from the slightest, quietest and most gentle use. Mine is not waking up from sleep mode and a new amp costs same as a new Gamer 2 set.
Hi! Can the audio signal wire be connected directly to the sim's monitor audio jack (monitor which receives audio and video signal from the PC via a long HDMI cable) instead of using the PC's audio jack, which is several meters away from my rig? thanks
I bought a butt kicker years back when all of there amp's were faulty and catching fire ( I MEAN FLAMES ). As a company they did nothing to help the customers. So shame on you, we won't forget and thanks to social media thousands of people are now aware how you conduct your business.
Yeah. I ve just made 2 of them. 2 subwoofers, connected to my old amp hifi 100w. One below my pedals , the 2nd on my chair. So I don't need to spend 400 us for those. Yeah!
hell yes, best bet is to sit your rig on top of some foam squares that you normally use for kids soft play areas, really helps muffle the vibrations before they get into the floor/walls.
Use it with SimHub that is free, i had one long time ago, but even with chat it got activated, if i had simhub at that time never i never sell it, and simvibe was to expensive just for one butkicker. It's a pain every time when you change car or Sim to get the perfect volume... so just with sound it's a no go... I bought some dayton audio transducers and with 2 chinese small amplifiers from the ebay i have a good experience, 2 channels for road, one for rpm rumble and all for just for shifting.
I was using it through Simhub but I didn't like the feeling; something was lacking. I went for Simvibe and I can assure you it's like night and day, a totally game changer
@@Trilobito simhub it's improving the bass shaker section it's almost new, don't know when you have tried, but i read the opposite in the simhub discord, people with simvibe changing to simhub, there's a lot of potential in the new beta versions, and it's free, or a small donation well deserved. ;) But we agreed that butckiker only with telemetry software ;)
Mario Leitao what exact dayton audio transducers you bought? Model name pls. I has gt omega rs9 rig so how do younthink small dayton audio TT25-8 would do the job? Thanks
@@amigoz3201 for entry it's a good start, that´s the ones that i have. If you think in the future you want more power then you can think on other more expensive, search in my channel i have a video of the setup
Mario Leitao do you think it is better to get now buttkicker gamer 2 and later i would add 4 bass shakers , or just go directly for amp and bass shakers 4 wheel setup, what would you suggest?
Note of warning to everyone: once you have one, you'll want a dozen. You want one for each wheel on your virtual for road feel, one for the engine, one for the pedals, one for the shifter, one for under your butt, one on your back. But wait, now you have Simvibe and impacts are mostly sideways, so you need a buttkicker on its side on all sides to simulate impacts from the virtual car onto your rig. After this you'll want a GS5 seat. Than after that you will go full bonkers and get motion. It is just that good but it's one of those rabbit holes in our hobby that will keep us spending more and more money.
It would be nice to have one, though I worry that the sound / vibration of the sim cockpit would annoy the heck out of my wife in the other room. Thoughts?
It's not too bad, but if you're on a concrete floor it'll shake enough to cause a buzz in your furniture. Put the rig on carpet, or rubber feet, and make sure it's secured tightly and the noise if no louder than magnetic shifters, though it is more constant.
Actual Buttkickers are far too expensive, I acheived the same results with a second hand £80 hi-fi Amplifier, 2x £40 transducers and Simvibe (you'll want simvibe for your buttkickers too), running with one under my seat and one under my pedal plate. So I only spent £160 (exlcuding simvibe) instead of the £400 it would have cost to get 2 Buttkickers instead.
You don't use it fully...you need a dedicated audio source and a software like simhub or simvibe to fully use it independently from your audio. It need to use the telemetry of the games not the audio signal (subwoofer).
Buttkickers are very prone to failure. Fast forward two years and their new ones are over $300 and still failing. Apparently people don't learn and keep following the 'influencer' trends. Get a Nobsound amp and a couple Dayton Audio transducers... costs about $75 on Amazon. You get TWO units to place on your rig instead of just one.
I hope it is better in real life than it sounds on this video. It just sounds plain annoying to me. Like someone using a drill in the upstairs apartment. I can't see my wife giving it the tick of approval when she's watching TV in the next room.
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Intro: This is it, he's gone mental...
New title
“Man finds powerful vibrator to fill his deep void”
Like many sim racers I didn’t tell my wife when I bought mine. I was in the basement with it the first night and when I first turned it on she came rushing down from the 3rd floor asking me if I felt the earthquake. True story. I told her it was only $80
Having to explain to your wife that you spent $80 on a vibrator. When you actually spent more. 😁
Great comment!!
LOL
Dont worry buddy i do the same with mine oh ya was only 20$ dont worry 😂🤷♂️
Been there!!! LMFAO
Listening to Metallica right now with the Buttkicker on my chair. It literally kicks ass!!
No way man no fucking way its works with music too 😂😂
This is a long one but I’d like to talk a bit about the company who sells Buttkicker products.
I have one Gamer 2 and two Mini Concerts from the simulation kit. All running off the SimVibe software. All I can say is fantastic with VR.
I bought my Gamer 2 first. I had it for about 9 months and the little red knob on the clamp came off. Most likely due to two things.
One being I had it clamped to something that was slightly to small.
Two being it was running off the game audio and not software like SimVibe. When doing that it can really go nuts from certain sounds. The Gamer 2 kept shaking loose.
I had to constantly tighten it down leading to over tightening causing the knob to break off the threads. There was no way I could tighten it down after that and had no other options for mounting under the seat.
I contacted Buttkicker looking for a replacement clamp. They responded hours later to tell me it’s unacceptable that it broke and they apologized. They said they didn’t offer replacement clamps however they’d like to confirm my shipping address as they’re sending me out a brand new one.
I confirmed my address and within 20 minutes I received a shipping confirmation.....absolutely incredible customer service.
I was so impressed I decided to buy two Simulation kits right then and there. Upon receiving them, one of the amps stopped working within a month.
I contacted them and received the same sort of response as before. An apology and shipping address confirmation. About 20 minutes later a shipping confirmation.
Both times they sent me replacements before receiving the broken equipment. Both times they shipped across the US in less then 7 days helping me get back up and running fast.
I commend that company for standing behind their products.
I have a good friend who bought me a Oculus Rift for my B day a couple years ago. He’s a very busy guy running multiple companies he owns.
Within 8 months one earphone stopped working on the Oculus. I contacted them attempting to get it repaired or replaced. Oculus said they didn’t have a service center but would replace the headset if I had the receipt.
I told them it was a gift but I could get the receipt. Once I told them that they refused to go any further with me until i got my friend involved. Me sending them a picture of the receipt from Amazon wasn’t good enough. They needed to drag my busy friend into the mix.
This led to email tag between myself, my friend and Oculus. This went in for about 5 days. Each time Oculus replied to our email thread it was a different customer service rep asking my friend different questions.
Finally my friend said “stop fu*king us around Oculus and replace his damn Rift!” They finally did. It took about 3 weeks to get done as they had to receive the broken one first. On top of that I received a refurbished headset, most likely one that originally had the same problem as mine did....it’s a known issue with the CV1.
I understand these are two very different products at very different price points. However, stand behind the products you sell.
Hi all. Please use loctite on the threads.
You just sold me bro
@@Voltsify same
Can’t remember the last time I commented on a comment but doubling down - this company’s customer service is out of this world good. It feels like an Etsy conversation how personal then you remember they run the category. Worth it for that alone.
What the hell was that intro?
If you do buy them. I suggest you mount them vertically. It will give you better road texture and bumps. Than mounting horizontally as seen early in the video.
It can give you a sense of surge when using lower range frequency for these settings.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by vertically? I have mine mounted much like Shawn. Not sure how I would do it differently, but would like to understand what you're recommending.
Got one on my pedal floor and one under my seat. Using Sim Commander.
I use them every single time I drive. And it has made me a better driver. And I refuse to drive without them. It takes weeks to get them dialed in perfectly to you and your rig. But it's worth the time invested.
Same here, only difference is instead of paying exorbitant amount of money for 2 buttkickers i instead paid £80 for 2 standalone transducers (more powerful than buttkickers too) and £80 for a good second hand hi-fi amp to run them from. Using this for the past few years now and I cant race without Sim Commander anymore.
Yep, an essential, yet cost effective addition to basically any sim racing set up. Very important and helpful for immersion!!!
It's rather annoying when the buttkicker transmits voice frequencies when someone speaks. Sim Commander cures that in sims which support it, by using the sims telemetry data to produce the vibrations instead of an audio input. Much more accurate feedback, imo.
Good post! I guess it's important for Console users to make sure to use Chat Audio on it's own dedicated connection bypassing the ButtKicker. Thanks!
Simvibe it's totally worth it. A must!
You can still use "audio" for tactile as it also provides some effects that telemetry based tactile cant. To control this we use a crossover to use only low-frequencies for the unit to operate with. Typically below 150Hz are usable but many units do not produce much vibration over 100Hz.
@@Trilobito Definitely. Especially since a lot of sims have laser scanned track surfaces now.
You could get around this issue by using 2 soundcards, and output only the voice com via the headset and duplicate the game sound from the first to the 2nd sound card by using microsoft's stereo mix
I use mine all the time going from racing rig to my chair.. scared the crap out of me when i had it on and didn't know it when SpaceX delta 9 launch, was kinda cool.
Works great in my driving simulator and flying Il2 in my flight simulator!
I agree a buttkicker is awesome. I tried a motion rig and I like this better. It gives feedback that helps you drive better when paired with a software like Sim Racing Studio (free to try). I would not use it straight off the audio channel, waste of money. TRY THIS FOR INCREDIBLE AWESOMENESS... I started with the sim kit (mini concert and amp) under my RSeat S1. I then moved the mini underneath the foot plate and added a full size LFE with a 1000w Dayton amp to my seat. I had to move the RSeat bracket to the front of the seat for clearance and the front bracket to the rear of the seat with some drilling. Now you get feedback from feet, seat and FFB wheel, your 3 points of contact. Some people use multiple small buttkickers for directional vibrations, but I find the larger buttkicker is amazing and feels much more realistic than a small one or probably several. My rig is solid with good floor isolation so I get no vibration noise like I heard in this video. Of course I don't use trips, I use 12ft 4k HDR projection.
Ya I got one and I totally agree with you. Also adding a bass shaker to your peddle plate is a must have. Love it
Thanx for the vid
Dude this guys review took me to the next level. Bravo
I just bought the latest Buttkicker Gamer Pro and it's amazing. Mine is no where as loud as his. I have my rig sitting on carpet. Barely hear it. I think his is so loud due to having his rig on hardwood floors. So if you're thinking about it, just do it. Adds so much immersion to the game. 🤗
Btw, I use simhub software and works perfect!
Friend talks on discord:
Butt kicker: allow me to introduce myself.
Have BK2 and running with SimVibe. Essential to my rig. Racing without is like turning off FFB. Don't hesitate, get one. Highly recommend getting SimVibe or similar telemetry based vibration over running from audio source.
I live on the 2nd story of an apartment. Will this be an issue when used on my sim rig? I don’t want my neighbors below me to be complaining.
Haha. I liked your style for this one Shaun, that was fun to watch!
I always think of myself as a ‘budget’ sim racer, in so far as I do not have a direct drive wheel, or a motion rig or multiple transducers, but I have had one of these for years.
I suppose I need to redefine ‘budget’ as I use my HTC vive for VR (rather than my 17’ monitor!), but I only have a Playseat Challenge which needs folded away after each session as my wife dislikes the clutter.
When I first got the Buttkicker Gamer 2, I purchased SimVibe at the same time. Once you have factored in a cheap extra USB sound card, this does increase cost by around 50% sadly, but WOW, dial it in and it’s great!
Was a bit confusing to setup first time, but now I can setup from cupboard to racing in less than 10 mins.
.....just damn annoying I can’t leave it setup permanently😊.
I saw some "other" simracing show from long ago review this. It sold me to buy one and I don't regret it.
I got it for DCS world and its great.
flight sims can be awesome with this thing.
I used to have a rocking chair that I would put my guitar amplifier under. I would crank it to full volume, and then put on ear protection that I would wear to races. I loved it, but my family did not.
Ordered. Thx for the tip!
My fiance is actually helping me pick out what I'm getting for my vary first sim rig told her what this dose and she told me to get it LOL moving from a G29 mounted to my desk to a Next Level racing F-GT rig
@Dominik Olszewski that would work if there was any tracks close. I'm not going drive to other states for a lap day.
Dominik Olszewski and then the thousands you’ll need to maintain the old Bmw. Unless you have your own garage to work on it
I wholeheartedly agree. One single Buttkicker will add to your racing enjoyment better than any other low priced addition to your sim racing.
If u don’t have a rig would u still recommend it to use in an office chair? This vid convinced me to buy one but I don’t have a rig.
Aly Osman Yes, absolutely. It will mount to the upright post on your chair.
@@derekhanson4215 tits and a fiddle
This really is an amazing addition to my sim rig. Thank you Simpit
am playing DCS do you think this would make a big difference ? also is it really loud ?
Have one on my rig and agree it is the cheapest, massive upgrade available. Go with a thrustmaster wheel and the buttkicker, you will be happy.
I had one over 10 years ago with my playseat that I bolted a bmx stuntpeg to, at the time it was gtr2, rfactor ect, back then you'd have to mess with the gain and stuff constantly, in the end of got bored of constantly adjusting trying to get it work over rumbles and not shake to death over wind noise or something stupid, pretty good when it works, but unless they have an official software solution to go with it now for the sounds as it's a bit gimmicky overall as it doesn't always work like you want it to, the physics driven rumbles is what I'd be looking for but also a faint rpm feel if possible.
Also 10 years ago I could blast my Logitech z550 and buttkicker and have the it shaking next doors windows, now, I can barely have volume half way before a complaint.
Forget about using this in a shared household on an upper floor, everyone will hate you.
Haha! Good point! Not recommended for an apartment!
@@UFwho I now work in proximity to an active quarry, when they do the blasting it's exactly like my old buttkicker feeling the floors shake 🤣 you'd very quickly make enemies having something like this in a apartment for sure.
Hi Shawn , just wondering ,i suffer from motion sickness , is the buttkicker anything like the motion "boxes" ? is this a good "replacement" for it? thank you , here is where i come when i need detailed information on anything sim , thanks again
The buttkicker is vibration only and shouldn't bother you, if you have ever been in a car with a loud subwoofer, it's akin to that kind of feeling with the noise. ~ Booth
Bruhhh lmfaooo wtf did I just stumble upon 😂 thanks IG
I am 100% not interested in having a motion rig but is this something that I should definitely look into for my fixed rig
One Buttkicker is better than no Buttkicker, but with small ones i would go 5. Four in SimVibe Chassis and one for SimVibe seat. I suggest to spring-load the rig with 8-10 Brooks-springs made for bicycle saddles. Much more immersion because of movements and full undocking from the ground, so no neighbors with pitch forks in front of your door anymore. With 80/20-rigs you just need M8 screws and the nuts, and for the ground-side i'm using some plastic-feet they fit in. Even with the GS-5 i'm using them, because the effects feel more natural. And the big Buttkickers are really a lot more powerful than the small ones. A bit more pricey, but worth it.
Could you link a photo as an example? Would be greatly appreciated
Q: I have a sim rig in the second floor with rooms underneath me. Does anyone have experience on how much the vibration gets transmitted through the floor ? I just bought a an anti vibration mat for underneath the 80/20 but I'm still quite concerned.
I'm having the same concern myself, how did it go?
I found a way to connect it to a ps4, but would it also react to the chatting in the party because that is also audio
Is there a single amp you’d recommended to run four ButtKicker LFE Minis? I’m struggling to grasp ohms, watts, channels, etc so I’d greatly appreciate it if you or any of your viewers could point me in the right direction.
You could go with the Behringer NX1000. it has enough power for the LFE minis.
Seriously considering this for my S1 rig. Just need to confirm no issues with the Vive Cosmos.
I ordered it, plus a mount kit from RSeat. Looking forward to trying it. Hopefully I get some useful input for dirt tracking.
So what would you suggest as I am about to purchase an RSeat S1. Will any home stereo receiver/amplifier with numerous channels run the butt kickers? Or do they need to be some sort of sub amplifier? I thought of buying two butt kicker adapters for the RSeat S1 and make a brace extension to connect the butt kicker adapter to the front of the chassis coming off the pedal deck. I just don't know if having them mounted there especially running in multi channel through something like sim vibe would be too close together. If a home stereo 7.1 channel receiver/amplifier would work then I could mount up to 8 positions so long as I can isolate the higher frequencies through all channels to what I want and need. That means I could run all four corners for the tires, one for the steering deck, one under the seat and one for each side of the car close to the seat to simulate getting banged around.
Maybe use a Biamp MCA 8150 with 150 watts over 8 channels. That's more than enough to run a few Butt Kicker mini LFE's and it would give expansion room if someone chose to buy the butt kickers over a period of time.
Why is red knob so tight? I can't open it. Counter clockwise to release right?
I use this with battlefield 1 how do I get it to stop transmitting voice over the kicker? I just want to feel the explosions I use voicemeeter for it right now do I need another program?
An external program is needed in order to drive the shaker from anything other than audio, I'm not certain which programs will work for non sim titles but it's worth looking in to. Thanks for commenting
you have to turn it off if you are not in your program. for example, in a flight-sim like DCS world 2.5 open-beta, there is a special program that will drive it at just those right moments when you need an ass-kicking.
Please do a video talking about the difference in feel when using a buttkicker with and without software like sim-vibe. I rigged together my own system using two sub-woofer amps and two transducers for left and right stereo seperation under my seat. My favorite game to play is Dirt rally in VR with my vibrating chair. It feels awesome to catch air coming off a jump and to feel nothing just before the car crashed back down into the road and feeling the chassis bottom out. You can feel all the rocks hitting the undercarriage. Very immersive!
Reynaldo Luna Jr. There is no comparison between using one with and without simvibe; simvibe is a game changer. The Buttkicker people should pay Simexperience every time they sell one.
I got a motion sim not too long ago and you really miss the vibration of the engine. Can't wait when I get mine haha
Wow nice! How is it with the motion sim?
Brilliantly enthusiastic review! Informative and entertaining, thanks.
Can I connect my normal center or sub also or only the Buttkicker or the sub for example? And if yes how to connect both when the connects are already used for the buttkicker? Y Cable? Thx
Why did you plug the red into the white instead black?
Search the internet to know how many Buttkicker amps are blown even from the slightest, quietest and most gentle use. Mine is not waking up from sleep mode and a new amp costs same as a new Gamer 2 set.
Hello.
Up to which thickness on the tube can you attach the kicker? I have a gaming chair from Arozzi. And I can only use the thick end of the tube.
I would like to know that as well.....can I bolt to rseat frame directly
Hi! Can the audio signal wire be connected directly to the sim's monitor audio jack (monitor which receives audio and video signal from the PC via a long HDMI cable) instead of using the PC's audio jack, which is several meters away from my rig? thanks
it seems very loud ? is it ?
yes but depends on how stiff your rig is
I bought a butt kicker years back when all of there amp's were faulty and catching fire ( I MEAN FLAMES ).
As a company they did nothing to help the customers.
So shame on you, we won't forget and thanks to social media thousands of people are now aware how you conduct your business.
Yeah. I ve just made 2 of them. 2 subwoofers, connected to my old amp hifi 100w. One below my pedals , the 2nd on my chair. So I don't need to spend 400 us for those. Yeah!
How about on a console? Is it worth it and how does it hook up
Nice rig
I just got mine. I am using simhub through a usb soundcard. Any tips on “tuning” it in or is it really personal preference?
I am living in an apartment. Will my downstairs neighbors be very sad if I get a buttkicker?
hell yes, best bet is to sit your rig on top of some foam squares that you normally use for kids soft play areas, really helps muffle the vibrations before they get into the floor/walls.
i bought two and both amps went to shit. i loved it up till it broke. IDK maybe i DID somthing wrong? maybe the fuse popped?
I can not drive without my Buttkicker2 minimum. Music, movies, racing, driving trucks... Even some racing is cooler with Buttkickers.
Well done. Good review. I bought one and will install it this coming week.
Can You use it on a foldable racingchair like a playseat challenge?
Will this work with emulators? Like in Hyperspin?
how good would this be in a game like battlefield?
I Have Ben Trying To Find A Butt kicker Gamer 2 For Better Than A Year & It All Ways Says Sold Out Or Currently unavailable !
Interesting video, as an idea could I buy 4 and mount them on each corner of my simrig, and have each one linked to a separate tyre ? would that work.
Great bit of kit, shame Simvibe is so convoluted, at the very least is needs tool tips for the varies effect, sliders, etc.
Can you use this with any game u want
I see you went with Garmin multisport watch ⌚ 👌 is that the 5x or 5S ?
Great video/review. THANKS!!!
Shaun is kicking butt´s :D Nice one!
really miss your channel shaun
Shaun, everybody knows what a buttkicker is :-P
Use it with SimHub that is free, i had one long time ago, but even with chat it got activated, if i had simhub at that time never i never sell it, and simvibe was to expensive just for one butkicker.
It's a pain every time when you change car or Sim to get the perfect volume... so just with sound it's a no go...
I bought some dayton audio transducers and with 2 chinese small amplifiers from the ebay i have a good experience, 2 channels for road, one for rpm rumble and all for just for shifting.
I was using it through Simhub but I didn't like the feeling; something was lacking. I went for Simvibe and I can assure you it's like night and day, a totally game changer
@@Trilobito simhub it's improving the bass shaker section it's almost new, don't know when you have tried, but i read the opposite in the simhub discord, people with simvibe changing to simhub, there's a lot of potential in the new beta versions, and it's free, or a small donation well deserved. ;)
But we agreed that butckiker only with telemetry software ;)
Mario Leitao what exact dayton audio transducers you bought? Model name pls. I has gt omega rs9 rig so how do younthink small dayton audio TT25-8 would do the job? Thanks
@@amigoz3201 for entry it's a good start, that´s the ones that i have. If you think in the future you want more power then you can think on other more expensive, search in my channel i have a video of the setup
Mario Leitao do you think it is better to get now buttkicker gamer 2 and later i would add 4 bass shakers , or just go directly for amp and bass shakers 4 wheel setup, what would you suggest?
I see this on smart plugs with a DOF Reality rig. "Alexa, turn on Simulator".
Is this different from using the RPM function on the Accuforce wheel?
Simvibe from simxperience is required to fully extract the buttkicker potential !
dont even put links in for the products?
Note of warning to everyone: once you have one, you'll want a dozen.
You want one for each wheel on your virtual for road feel, one for the engine, one for the pedals, one for the shifter, one for under your butt, one on your back.
But wait, now you have Simvibe and impacts are mostly sideways, so you need a buttkicker on its side on all sides to simulate impacts from the virtual car onto your rig.
After this you'll want a GS5 seat. Than after that you will go full bonkers and get motion.
It is just that good but it's one of those rabbit holes in our hobby that will keep us spending more and more money.
I disagree, clearly 12 units is not enough :)
@@Mr_Latte_UK I am sure that's what she said. :P
Is this an infomercial?
Great vid. Cheers mate
It would be nice to have one, though I worry that the sound / vibration of the sim cockpit would annoy the heck out of my wife in the other room. Thoughts?
Do I want this if I have Dbox?
how loud is it?
It's not too bad, but if you're on a concrete floor it'll shake enough to cause a buzz in your furniture. Put the rig on carpet, or rubber feet, and make sure it's secured tightly and the noise if no louder than magnetic shifters, though it is more constant.
4Ocean! Good Man! Great vids!
The intro got me.🤣👍
Actual Buttkickers are far too expensive, I acheived the same results with a second hand £80 hi-fi Amplifier, 2x £40 transducers and Simvibe (you'll want simvibe for your buttkickers too), running with one under my seat and one under my pedal plate. So I only spent £160 (exlcuding simvibe) instead of the £400 it would have cost to get 2 Buttkickers instead.
You don't use it fully...you need a dedicated audio source and a software like simhub or simvibe to fully use it independently from your audio. It need to use the telemetry of the games not the audio signal (subwoofer).
Yeah they're fun. My wife likes to it on mine.
Sit!
I'd like to make this work with my PS5
YOu need to update this review but use SimVibe with your ButtKicker as it's night and day vs the plain output of your audio without it.
Simhub is now the best solution to use. By far much nicer interface and with more features than Simvibe
Great Intro Shaun🤘🏻😅
I have one its simple and effective!
How does this guy not know how to feed the BKG2 with actual telemetry based FFB using Simhub instead of just lame audio cues?
He does , he talks about Simvib ate the end . SimHub is better though ;)
Who wants to listen to that thing when playing
I am a buttkicker!
Save yourself money and get a Amp and two AuraSound AST-2B-4 Pro Bass Shaker Tactile Transducers. The butt kicker amp is crap and easily fails
That intro was terrifyingly cringe
It is a pitty that those always use audio and not the force feedback information of the games like the controllers.
I think the sim rig rattling from a Butt Kicker would be too annoying for me.
Buttkickers are very prone to failure. Fast forward two years and their new ones are over $300 and still failing. Apparently people don't learn and keep following the 'influencer' trends. Get a Nobsound amp and a couple Dayton Audio transducers... costs about $75 on Amazon. You get TWO units to place on your rig instead of just one.
I hope it is better in real life than it sounds on this video. It just sounds plain annoying to me. Like someone using a drill in the upstairs apartment. I can't see my wife giving it the tick of approval when she's watching TV in the next room.