Realism at their core

Simulation titles are all about accuracy and immersion – they make you feel as though you’re genuinely there in the game world, racing, flying or spacefaring in a way that feels fantastically real. Of course, that also means there’s a lot of calculations to be made and processed, in order to deliver that look and feel to you, whether you’re at your desk or in a cockpit. That makes it vital to have hardware that can keep up with all the magic happening in the background, namely, an ace CPU and GPU combo, with some added RAM and lightning-fast storage for good measure.

Processors with both high clock speeds and a good helping of cores and threads will take care of all the maths, whilst a powerful graphics card will handle the heavy lifting when it comes to stunning visuals. Meanwhile, having more RAM paired with some ultra-fast NVMe or SSD storage will help the likes of maps, race tracks, and other large files, to load up in a heartbeat, so you can get into the sim as soon as possible.