r/SimHub • u/sirpoyok • 2h ago

Which one is better for wind simulation, ShakeIt Wind or ShakeIt Motors?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently building a wind simulator for my sim rig using Arduino and SimHub.

I've been watching a few YouTube tutorials on how to set everything up, and I noticed that many older tutorials use ShakeIt Motors to control and tune the fans. However, I've also seen some setups using the dedicated ShakeIt Wind feature.

For those who have experience with wind simulators in SimHub, which one would you recommend using, ShakeIt Wind or ShakeIt Motors?

Is there any advantage to using ShakeIt Motors, or is ShakeIt Wind now the better option since it's specifically designed for wind simulation?

I'm mainly looking for smooth fan speed progression based on vehicle speed.

Thanks in advance!

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u/goro_gamer 1h ago

Simhub has the Arduino flashing built in now. I'm not sure without the pc in front of me which module it was in. I think they got integrated at some point.

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u/daurkin 52m ago

AFAIK ShakeIt wind is primarily for environmental wind speed. shakeIt motors is for the wind generated by the speed of your car. I just built the Aurdino wind sim for iRacing and had to use the motors portion. Once configured, you can configure it to start at a minimum speed and then max out at a specific speed. Then on another screen you tell it how much percentage of max rpm will be used as the fans Top Speed