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Force feedback (FFB)

Motor-driven resistance a wheelbase sends back through the wheel so you feel the car through your hands.

Force feedback (FFB) A wheelbase motor pushes torque back through the wheel to your hands so you feel kerbs, grip loss and weight transfer; peak strength is quoted in newton-metres. Wheelbase motor torque Wheel feel Your hands kerbs, grip, weight shift Peak strength: e.g. 8-15 Nm a ceiling, not a setting Smoothness and fidelity often matter more than Nm

The motor-driven resistance and detail a wheelbase sends back through the wheel — the forces that let you feel kerbs, grip loss and weight transfer through the rim. Peak strength is quoted in newton-metres (Nm), but the headline number isn't the whole story: how cleanly and quickly the base reproduces small details often matters as much as raw torque, and most drivers run well below the maximum.

Concrete example

a 8 Nm base set to a comfortable strength can feel more informative than a 15 Nm base cranked to a level you have to fight.

What it means when you're buying

treat peak Nm as a ceiling, then judge bases on smoothness, fidelity and software tuning rather than the spec sheet alone.

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