Simagic Settings for Le Mans Ultimate

Simagic has become one of the biggest players in the sim racing equipment space over the last several years, the company making seismic waves since it was founded in 2018. The firm is made up of a team of engineers who felt they could take on the established pillars of sim racing, like Fanatec, and do it better. 

Like most of their rivals, Simagic offers a range of wheelbases, wheel rims, pedal sets, and other accessories that are crafted to replicate the feeling of a real racing machine.

Le Mans Ultimate has blazed a similar path over the last couple of years, transitioning from somewhat of an underdog to one of the fastest-growing and most popular sim racing titles on the market. If you’re looking to invest in the Simagic ecosystem and want to use it with LMU, you’ll need a solid base to start from. 

This Coach Dave Academy guide will outline the settings you can use on Simagic’s Alpha Evo range of wheelbases.  

Setting Up Your Simagic Wheelbase In Le Mans Ultimate

Step 1: For starters, make sure that your selected Simagic wheelbase is plugged into the rear of your PC, and that your pedals and other accessories are connected to the wheelbase. If you’re utilising hardware from other manufacturers, these will need to be plugged directly into your PC to function correctly.  

Step 2: After your hardware has been correctly connected to your PC, you’ll need to head to Simagic’s website and download its SimHub 2 software. This program will allow you to tweak the different force feedback settings available for your wheel, which are crucial to dialing it in to a particular sim.  

Once these steps are completed, you’ll be able to dive in and start getting your settings implemented.

The most affordable Simagic Alpha Pro on the menu is the 9Nm version, which costs $399. The mid-range 12Nm wheelbase will cost you $549, while the range-topping 18Nm wheelbase comes in at $699. 

Simagic SimPro 2 Software Settings

Before you jump into LMU, you’ll need to make sure your Simagic Alpha Evo wheelbase is correctly set up in the SimPro 2 software.

To access the LMU preset, first select the ‘Devices’ tab on the top left side of the SimPro 2 interface. Once there, click the ‘Expand Presets’ submenu, and select Le Mans Ultimate in the dropdown menu.

Once the preset is open within SimPro, you can tweak the corresponding values as laid out in the table below. You can also make different presets per car if you fancy, for example if you prefer a different feeling through the wheel when driving a hypercar versus an LMGT3 machine. 

Le Mans Ultimate In-Game Settings (Per Wheelbase)

Now that you’ve got your SimPro 2 settings set properly, it’s time to get the settings in LMU set correctly. The title has a range of different options that can be used to tweak your experience to perfection, though you’ll need to ensure that you don’t create FFB clipping by setting them too high, otherwise, you’ll lose critical fidelity, which can hurt confidence through the bends.  

Coach Dave Delta is on hand to help you fine-tune your driving style to make sure you’re not leaving any time out on track. The programme offers telemetry and AI Coaching in one convenient place.

Simagic Alpha Evo 9Nm LMU Settings

As the lowest-powered wheelbase of the Alpha Evo family, the 9Nm option is the most susceptible to clipping and loss of detail if you go too crazy with the settings. Your best bet will be to work your way up from lower values to higher, as you’ll run into clipping quicker at higher strength levels.  

Simagic Alpha Evo 12Nm LMU Settings

For most drivers, the 12nm Alpha Evo model will prove the perfect balance, as it offers a nice amount of torque that’ll give your arms a good workout, but not to the point of overkill. Most cars in LMU won’t need more than 12nm of force going through the wheel.

Simagic Alpha Evo 18Nm LMU Settings

If your budget can stretch to it, the Simagic Alpha Evo 18nm offers a handy amount of overhead that’ll make any kind of clipping or loss of detail pretty much impossible. This wheel will allow you to feel every little tiny bump or imperfection the sim racing title’s software can pick up, ensuring you’ll know what’s happening at all times. 

Starting from a safe FFB strength is suggested, as you’ll need to feel your way up to prevent an injury if you’re not used to higher strength levels.

Additional Tips

• If you run into any issues with the FFB being reversed, make sure to check the ‘Invert Force Feedback’ box within LMU, as this issue has cropped up for Simagic wheel in the past. 

These values will give you a solid place to start from when dialling in your Simagic Alpha Evo wheelbase into LMU, though don’t be scared to tweak some settings if these don’t give you the feel you need.

Force Feedback is subjective after all, so these are, essentially, a safe starting point that you can work from without having to start completely from scratch. 

The best thing to do is to load up a car and track, and just drive before tweaking the settings to your preference.