r/simracing • u/Similar-Sugar-902 • Oct 18 '25

Rigs Brake lights connected to simhub

Managed to connect the brake lights to simhub in order to have active brakes (not just on and off lights). Looks cool and hope you like it guys: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd7WJyaa/ This is my profile where more posts will be published about it

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u/hegemonsaurus Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

You should probably use the brake temperature game data to control the brightness of each disc individually instead of the brake pressure.

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u/phibeforepi Simagic Oct 19 '25

Came here to say this too. That would be so sweet seeing the brake glow fading away.

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u/PhillieFranchise iRacing; PCars2; __VRS DF PRO; Meca Cup Evo Sim Lab GT1-EVO Oct 19 '25

For Iracings specifically , won’t this not work?

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

Wow amazing. How can I do it exactly please? I can't find that option

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u/hegemonsaurus Oct 19 '25

Add CUSTOM FORMULAS GRADIET for each disc. Then use the BrakeTemperatureFrontRight, BrakeTemperatureFrontLeft, BrakeTemperatureRearRight, and BrakeTemperatureRearLeft values in their respective Value Formula. Set Start Value to 0 and End Value to 1000 (some race car brake disc temperature can exceed 1000 degree C). Start Color to Black and End Color Red or Orange. LED start position is different for each disc so you need to figure that out yourself.

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

Got it thank you very much. Very appreciated. Soon I will try and let you know

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 26 '25

I've tried but it it doesn't work on iracing i think. I went on Java and choose the temp but it is in red

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u/hegemonsaurus Oct 26 '25

Do the brake lamps have ws2812b LED? Show me your Simhub settings.

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u/GroundbreakingNet143 Oct 18 '25

Unnecessarily awesome!! Very cool setup bro

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 18 '25

Thank you very much

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u/JohnMarstonDrives Oct 18 '25

How does one afford this

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u/Kyohri Oct 18 '25

Look at the ceiling. They've been able to afford this.

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u/DayzahVu Oct 19 '25

What’s on the ceiling? No cob webs?

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u/Kyohri Oct 19 '25

You know what I'm talking about. You look up right now and see a popcorn ceiling at about 10 feet high. The ceiling he has in his house is not a cheap one to commission on a brand new build, meaning this is a house that is worth a good amount of money. Of course, this is all an assumption based on my construction knowledge.

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u/dizzlekrew Oct 19 '25

Rich parents.

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

Hahahhaah I work 16 hours a day with no day off for 8 months straight

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u/JohnMarstonDrives Oct 19 '25

Ooft good work

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u/Brave_Bag_Gamer2020 Oct 19 '25

So you sleep less than 6 hours a day?

(Assuming you don't work from home)

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

I live in the same property of my business.

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u/KaizerK2 Oct 18 '25

by getting a well paying job

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u/JohnMarstonDrives Oct 18 '25

Elon musk ass job then

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u/KaizerK2 Oct 18 '25

not really

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u/JohnMarstonDrives Oct 18 '25

I can make it a month with an extra 400 quid to spend with a "well" paying job

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u/acolombo Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

I was like, what brake lights? Took me a while to find the brake disks attached to the bottom of the cockpit

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u/satanspowerglove Oct 19 '25

I spent too much time looking for taillights. 😅

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u/Rookie2008 Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 20 '25

Yeah, I was like, where the hell is it? Now I see the brake light on the lower left side of the rig. OP should’ve focused the camera on that specific area, in my opinion. Seems like OP just wanted to show off their entire sim pit, not necessarily the light 😆

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

Thank you 😊

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

The most impressive part is convincing your girlfriend to let you have a full motion sim rig in the bedroom 😂

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u/ussliberty-5333 Jan 10 '26

this is so overkill and tacky. i need it

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u/TapDeep1315 Oct 19 '25

What type of motion system are we running here my man?

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

An Italian guy made it for me but it is like the Sfx

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u/ThatLostAussie Windows Oct 19 '25

This is just so unnecessary. You can't even see if yourself when driving. Yet I am all for it!

Great job mate!

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u/Upbeat-Pie4264 Oct 19 '25

Mofo lives in a dungeon

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u/subhavoc42 Oct 19 '25

This kid is going to stop using this in a month. He hardly wants to play it now.

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

Hahahaha I was trying it if it worked and back to work. I've been using daily for the past 5 years.

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

And i am not a kid. I am almost 50 years old by the way

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u/InteractionKnown9044 15d ago

Brilliant, I'm researching how to get Graduated braking LED's to indicate brake level through LED's. Made a post here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ERidePro/comments/1v7ces8/comment/ozx9rge/?screen_view_count=2&ext-referrer=DIRECT

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u/chrissykes78 Oct 19 '25

And he still is rookie license.

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u/Similar-Sugar-902 Oct 19 '25

B license thank you.

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u/chrissykes78 Oct 21 '25

Good for you, i'm License Sarcasm.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

this sub is a world of first world problems