PC · direct-drive first · open & moddable
A hardcore grip racing simulator built from the force feedback outward — feel every kerb, slip, and load shift through a direct-drive wheel. Open and moddable, in a sim whose car, track, and championship list never stops growing.
What it is
Most sims bolt force feedback on at the end. Chevella Racing is designed the other way around: a custom physics core computes what the car is doing, and a low-latency force-feedback pipeline transmits that truth straight to the rim — kerbs, slip, load, and surface, legible through your hands. No canned effects, no scripted rumble. If the corner doesn't feel real, nothing else matters.
The pillars
One custom solver is the only source of truth. Feel emerges from the model — never scripted to please. Every car obeys the same honest laws.
Direct-drive force feedback is the primary channel, engineered for legibility and sub-frame latency — designed for, not bolted on.
Open content from day one — cars, tracks, championships, liveries, telemetry apps. The physics core stays sealed so competition stays fair.
The driving skill ceiling and the setup-and-telemetry depth are both bottomless. We flatten neither to widen the audience.
Why it exists
The sims with reference-grade feel are closing their doors. The open ones don't chase direct-drive fidelity. Chevella Racing is both — a force-feedback stack tuned specifically for direct-drive hardware, in a platform you extend with your own cars, tracks, and tools. Data-driven and moddable, interpreted by a sealed core that keeps every car honest.
Where it's going
The physics core and direct-drive force pipeline — the make-or-break. Nothing ships until a real car feels catchable at the limit through the wheel.
A complete hotlap loop with timing and a first-class telemetry harness — the tuning microscope that doubles as your analysis tool.
A handful of cars and tracks, full setup adjustability, leaderboards and ghosts to chase — and the first modding hooks.
A full modding SDK and workshop, deeper career and championship play, and async competition. Community becomes the content engine.
Follow the build
Chevella Racing is being built in the open. Get development notes as milestones land, or join the Discord to follow the physics and force-feedback work as it happens.