Just bring money- even sim racing is expensive.
Brabham Branding and Base Performance Simulators (BPS) today launched a limited run of special edition simulators. The marketing goal is to celebrate the renowned history of Brabham in motor racing while bring the racing cars into the e-sports age. Each simulator pays homage to three famous Formula 1 Brabham cars: Jack’s BT19 , the BT46B Fan Car and Nelson Piquet’s BT52. They can be bought through Base Performance at £24,990.00 or ~$33,940.
Base Performance was founded by veteran sportscar racer Darren Turner in 2010 and has become one of the UK’s leading driver development simulator companies. Before that, Turner shared back-to-back Le Mans 24 Hours victories with David Brabham, Jack’s youngest son, as part of Aston Martin Racing’s factory GT1 program in 2007 and 2008.
BT19
The BT19 from 1966, is the car that Sir Jack Brabham raced to his third Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship, and Brabham’s first Constructors’ Championship. It was a notable achievement because it made Jack Brabham the first and thus far only driver to win the world championship in a car of his own construction. The BT19 sim reflects the green and gold color scheme of this pioneering era.
BT46B
The BT46B, aka ‘Fan Car’, was introduced at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix as a counter to the dominant ground-effect Lotus 79. The Lotus design was so prevailing, that after consultation with the sport’s governing body, the FIA, then-Brabham F1 team owner Bernie Ecclestone decided to withdraw the car from competition after just one race. The BT46B sim brings the red, white, and blue of this iconic car back to life.
BT52
The BT52 was designed for the 1983 F1 season and took Nelson Piquet to his second world championship title during Formula 1’s turbo years. What makes this car remarkable is that Gordon Murray and the design team had only six weeks to design the car after the FIA banned ground-effect cars late in 1982, meaning that the planned BT51 could not be raced. Piquet made superb use of the BMW-powered BT52, which had in excess of 1200 horsepower in qualifying trim, to score three victories on the way to the title.
Built on a specially-commissioned, rigid, powder-coated steel frame, the simulator has a carbon fiber, two-pedal box with electric fore/aft adjustment and a bespoke BPS carbon fiber race seat. The Brabham Motorsport racing sim has the Precision Sim GPX Steering Wheel and runs a professional steering motor from Simucube. For sound and vision, it is supplied with a Cambridge Audio speaker system and Sennheiser headset plus a single 49” curved Samsung monitor with 120hz refresh rate, which creates a fully immersive driving experience.
The sim runs Assetto Corsa software and is delivered with all the car and track models that are used in the full-size single-seater and GT simulators at BPS’ headquarters in Oxfordshire. Car models are constantly updated in-house with real data and validated by professional drivers. Track models are also regularly updated to keep up with the subtle changes to tracks, meaning that anyone using this simulator to prepare for their next real-world race is up to date.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Brabham Branding launches Formula 1 Simulators for Gamers
Just bring money- even sim racing is expensive.
Brabham Branding and Base Performance Simulators (BPS) today launched a limited run of special edition simulators. The marketing goal is to celebrate the renowned history of Brabham in motor racing while bring the racing cars into the e-sports age. Each simulator pays homage to three famous Formula 1 Brabham cars: Jack’s BT19 , the BT46B Fan Car and Nelson Piquet’s BT52. They can be bought through Base Performance at £24,990.00 or ~$33,940.
Base Performance was founded by veteran sportscar racer Darren Turner in 2010 and has become one of the UK’s leading driver development simulator companies. Before that, Turner shared back-to-back Le Mans 24 Hours victories with David Brabham, Jack’s youngest son, as part of Aston Martin Racing’s factory GT1 program in 2007 and 2008.
BT19
The BT19 from 1966, is the car that Sir Jack Brabham raced to his third Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship, and Brabham’s first Constructors’ Championship. It was a notable achievement because it made Jack Brabham the first and thus far only driver to win the world championship in a car of his own construction. The BT19 sim reflects the green and gold color scheme of this pioneering era.
BT46B
The BT46B, aka ‘Fan Car’, was introduced at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix as a counter to the dominant ground-effect Lotus 79. The Lotus design was so prevailing, that after consultation with the sport’s governing body, the FIA, then-Brabham F1 team owner Bernie Ecclestone decided to withdraw the car from competition after just one race. The BT46B sim brings the red, white, and blue of this iconic car back to life.
BT52
The BT52 was designed for the 1983 F1 season and took Nelson Piquet to his second world championship title during Formula 1’s turbo years. What makes this car remarkable is that Gordon Murray and the design team had only six weeks to design the car after the FIA banned ground-effect cars late in 1982, meaning that the planned BT51 could not be raced. Piquet made superb use of the BMW-powered BT52, which had in excess of 1200 horsepower in qualifying trim, to score three victories on the way to the title.
Built on a specially-commissioned, rigid, powder-coated steel frame, the simulator has a carbon fiber, two-pedal box with electric fore/aft adjustment and a bespoke BPS carbon fiber race seat. The Brabham Motorsport racing sim has the Precision Sim GPX Steering Wheel and runs a professional steering motor from Simucube. For sound and vision, it is supplied with a Cambridge Audio speaker system and Sennheiser headset plus a single 49” curved Samsung monitor with 120hz refresh rate, which creates a fully immersive driving experience.
The sim runs Assetto Corsa software and is delivered with all the car and track models that are used in the full-size single-seater and GT simulators at BPS’ headquarters in Oxfordshire. Car models are constantly updated in-house with real data and validated by professional drivers. Track models are also regularly updated to keep up with the subtle changes to tracks, meaning that anyone using this simulator to prepare for their next real-world race is up to date.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.