Trak Racer TR160 MK4 Cockpit Review

Final thoughts on the TR160 MK4 Cockpit Kit from the guys at Trak Racer. The kit arrived well packaged with no obvious damage to the parts. They do take extra care with the profiles by double wrapping the in a thin foam like paper and then sealing in a heavy gauge plastic wrap. The profiles used here have shallow channels in them that can accommodate spring ball T-nuts. However, most of the T-nuts
in the kit were the leaf spring type. I’m sure this helps them keep the production cost down. I would rather see all the T-nuts be spring ball units, as they are easier to use. I do like the corner brackets used for connecting the rear 40/160 profile to the 40/160 profile base assembly. At 5mm thick and requiring no less than 8 M8 bolts per bracket, you certainly get a very strong joint. This carries over to the same 8 hole corner brackets used to secure the wheelbase mount’s upright supports. The front mount wheelbase bracket fit my 20Nm Mige servo motor with no issues. During my testing sessions, this bracket design displayed no noticeable flex while using all the available 20Nm of torque. The pedal deck has a familiar looking design that many cockpit constructors use. This is because it works so well. I couldn’t feel any flex from this deck during some pretty spirited heel and toe driving. The shifter mount also has a familiar look to it. And accordingly a very solid feel. As solid as any other shifter mount assembly I have used on other top tier cockpits. Not everything was meeting the expectation levels set by the price point this kit comes in at. The Rally styled seat I got displayed a fair amount of flex in use. This due to
the relatively thin shell that is used in its construction. During heel and toe driving, I noticed the flex straight away. Also, the bottom foam cushion needs a bit more thickness to it. It felt a bit hard at the rear of
the cushion where the taper of the foam was at it’s thinnest. While the front thigh support felt firm like it should. The price point of this seat does not match its performance, I think. For the same amount of money, there are better seats to be found for sim racing duties. Of course, the seat has nothing to do with the cockpits’ performance. I did meet my expectations that it would be a very solid unit that should be the last cockpit you would ever have to buy. As it has the good scalability for future sim racing needs.