Mantis Simulators Reviews 7

Dealing with Mike from Mantis simulators is absolutely perfect he is an extremely helpful chap very prompt to answer emails regarding questions overall a very helpful chap.
From order my Sim it was delivered within a week and although one motor did arrive damaged the box looked like it had been dropped by the delivery company, which Mike promptly swapped out no questions highly recommended.

Very happy with the product and the service that was provided. Quick delivery of the product and replacements for any parts. Assembling the product was mostly straight forward but in cases of doubt help was provided every step of the way.

Couldn't recommend this company enough. A great product, well packaged, well shipped. Great customer service and support 👍 Had no issues.

Purchased the Mantis F1 second hand and it was missing a spacer that was lost by the previous owner.

Reached out to Mike and he responded quickly and with all the details I needed. Sent me the part and shipping was about as fast as it could be, given that I’m in the US. Mike also provided me with all the original assembly instructions and software setup instruction and answered any question I had.

As for the simulator, it is very well designed and easy to assemble. The RCC seat is super comfortable and has an authentic real feel to it. The 8020 aluminum profile gives it a nice sleek design and it’s easy to adjust. The whole thing is fully adjustable to make it just how you like your pedals and steering wheel placement.

I have the XL version, I weigh 200lbs and I’m 6’2” and it fits me perfectly. Super comfortable and very adjustable. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and can be moved pretty easily.

The motion feels great, it’s smooth and the motors seem quite powerful and responsive and everything can be adjusted with the Simtools app. The formula seating position feels natural and very comfortable. I was a little worried about having my feet slightly elevated but it feels natural and I don’t feel any pain or discomfort.

Would definitely recommend for someone looking for a motion rig that moves the whole chassis. It’s a super cool sensation. The 2 DOF translated all the sensations very well. You can feel acceleration and braking along with cornering g-forces. You can even feel the race car jump as you go over a curb, super cool feeling!

Mike has produced a fantastic kit, which is a very professional offering. Instructions were very clear and comprehensive. His aftersales support is exemplary and I can thoroughly recommend purchasing products from Mantis Simulators.

Ordering and Shipping:
After about a month of searching for the exact motion sim I wanted I finally found and F1 style sim rig that didn’t cost 3 arms and 4 legs. The ordering process was super easy. In spite of UPS best efforts I did receive the package after a bit of a delivery mix up. Throughout the week, that UPS was struggling with my package, Mike was always only a text or an email away and went above and beyond in the realm of customer service.

Construction:
The construction was quite straight forward with very well detailed instructions. I spent a couple hours a day assembling the rig over the 2023 holiday season and never once encountered a part of the build when I stopped and thought I was in over my head. It is a bit of a lengthy process building the rig, but its half the fun and so worth it in the end. The only issue I came across was I had a momentary power surge, that caused me to need to replace the Arduino board, this was not the fault of the rig it was my outlet. Yet again, Mike was immediately helpful with getting me a replacement Arduino and I was back up and running in no time at all.

Software:
Using Mantis Presets in sim tools is incredibly easy and the software instruction manual for how to set it all up is very easy to understand and well thought out. I had only one issue, the directions of the motors were reversed due to a SIM Tools update, but this was easy to fix and once more, Mike was right there ready to answer my questions and help keep me racing.

Using it:
Its amazing, running in VR with the motion brings the experience to an entire new level of immersion. Put the effort in to assembling properly and you will be rewarded with some of the best, high intense racing action you could ask for.

Final Thoughts:
I had an issue getting my pc to recognize the Arduino right away because of a driver that windows broke in an update and needed to reset back to an old driver. I opened SIM hub (separate sim program) and in the Arduino section there was a red button prompting me to roll back my driver.
I weigh about 230 lbs. (104kg) at 6 ft tall and I ordered the XL size and I fit snuggly but comfortably in it. I have turned the range of motion down on the motors so that the motors don’t have to work quite as hard as I am a fairly large person. But before I reduced the range I had no problems either.
The chair is ordered separately through a different manufacturer but the chair itself is of very high quality and I would order from them again if I ever needed too. Sometimes the email response time from the chair manufacturer can be a bit slow (a few days to respond) but once it shipped it arrived quickly and was very well packaged.

Conclusion: BUY IT, and convince your friends to buy one as well.

This is one of the best simulators I have tried. The experience from the beginning has been incredible, the company's attention and follow-up are quite good.

Mantis Sim is very easy to configure and the sensation is very realistic, it also has the ability to adapt new sim technologies as they come onto the market.