The Dutch Heusinkveld Engineering firm has revealed a brand new high quality Sim Racing product, within the type of the Heusinkveld DisplayDash. This hybrid sim-racing peripheral combines the premium bodily controls of a button-box with the flexibleness of an built-in Digital Dashboard Unit (DDU).
Alongside the Touchscreen Show that’s able to offering real-time information, resembling velocity, gear, RPM, lap instances, monitor maps, and extra, the unit additionally options an arsenal of bodily controls, together with:
- 12 Push-Rotary Encoders: Knobs that may be twisted (for incrementing/decrementing values like Traction Management) and pushed (to toggle features).
- 4 Bodily Push Buttons: For normal toggle features.
- 1 Seven-Means Swap: Probably for menu navigation (Up/Down/Left/Proper/Rotate/Push).
Curiously, the product addresses a standard ache level in sim racing. The DisplayDash can keep in mind what particular buttons do when switching between completely different automobiles or simulators. The standout function of the DisplayDash is its skill to “contextually” label its bodily knobs and buttons.
- Digital Labels: Above every bodily rotary or button, the display screen shows the present operate of that particular management (e.g., “Brake Bias,” “TC,” “ABS,” “Wipers”).
- Actual-Time Updates: In the event you swap from a GT3 automobile to a Formulation automobile, or regulate a setting in software program, the textual content above the button updates mechanically. It shows not simply the label, however real-time values (e.g., displaying “ABS: 4” straight above the ABS knob).
The gadget is absolutely suitable with the famed SimHub software program, letting the consumer customise numerous features of the unit, resembling layouts, button mapping, and the configurable RGB LEDs.
The DisplayDash connects to a PC through a single USB-C cable. Nonetheless, the gadget contains a 2-port USB hub, permitting you to daisy-chain different Sim Racing peripherals.
On the rear of the fashionable housing fabricated from high-end composites, you will see an ordinary VESA 100×100 mounting sample, making it straightforward to connect to an aluminum profile rig or monitor stand.
The brand new DisplayDash Telemetry Show/Button field is scheduled to be launched this spring. Nonetheless, guests of this yr’s Sim Formulation Europe occasion held on the MECC Maastricht, The Netherlands, from 15–18 January 2026, may have the chance to check a working prototype of the unit.
Whereas the official value has not but been revealed, Heusinkveld has hinted that the worth shall be roughly €300.00 + delivery.
Official Webpage – heusinkveld.com
About Heusinkveld
Heusinkveld Engineering is a Dutch firm that provides a broad array of services to the actual and digital racing scene. From superior car simulation software program to simulator {hardware}. Sim Racers may also know the corporate’s founder, Niels Heusinkveld, as the principle physics creator for the Automobilista racing simulator by Reiza Studios.
