Qubic System Motion Platforms: The Professional End of Home Sim Racing
There is a clear line in sim racing motion platforms. Below it sit platforms designed for serious home users. DOF Reality and eMotion Simulators occupy this space, covering the entry to mid range market with capable hardware at accessible prices. Above that line sit platforms designed for professional driver training and commercial simulators. Qubic System sits exactly on that line, and for UK sim racers building a top tier home setup the question is whether crossing it makes sense for your build.
This guide walks through the full Qubic System range available to UK customers, explains where each product earns its premium, and offers an honest comparison to mainstream motion options.
Who Qubic System are
Qubic System are a Polish manufacturer focused exclusively on professional grade motion platforms for sim racing and driver training. Their products are used by racing schools, by professional drivers preparing for real motorsport between race weekends, and by serious home sim racers who want simulator hardware that would not look out of place in a commercial training facility.
What separates Qubic from mass market motion brands is the engineering tolerance, the precision of motion response, and the build quality of the components themselves. Where a typical home motion platform might cost two to six thousand pounds, Qubic products start at four thousand and run into the mid twenties of thousands. That price difference is not marketing. It reflects the engineering investment in every part of the platform, from the actuators to the control electronics to the mechanical frame itself.
Qubic QS-H13: the seat mover at £3,295
The QS-H13 is Qubic's most accessible product, and it is an unusual one in the motion category. Rather than being a full platform that moves your entire rig, the QS-H13 is a two axis seat mover. The seat itself pitches and rolls, providing motion at the driver rather than under the whole cockpit frame.
This matters more than it first appears. Motion seats are mechanically more efficient than full platforms. There is less mass being moved, so response times are faster and the sensations transmitted to the driver are more direct. The trade off is that the seat moves relative to the steering wheel and pedals, which takes some adjustment for drivers used to a fully integrated rig.
The QS-H13 suits serious sim racers who already own a high end cockpit and want professional grade motion at the seat without replacing what they have. It also suits buyers who specifically prefer fast, precise motion response over the heavier inertia of a full platform.
Qubic QS-CH2: surge and yaw at £8,800
The QS-CH2 is a two axis motion platform combining surge and yaw. Surge is the longitudinal forward and back movement your body feels under heavy braking or sudden acceleration. Yaw is the rotational movement around the vertical axis. This is the same sensation that traction loss provides in other systems, but mechanically achieved through a different motion path.
The QS-CH2 sits in an interesting position within the Qubic range. It does not have the most axes of motion available, but it delivers the two sensations that mainstream motion platforms most often struggle with. The pure forward push of acceleration and the rotational sliding of a car at the limit of grip are both transmitted through the QS-CH2 with a level of fidelity that most full motion platforms cannot match.
For sim racers focused on the precise feeling of grip transitions, late braking, throttle modulation on corner exit, or the moment of breaking away into oversteer, the QS-CH2 delivers those specific sensations at professional quality. This is the platform for drivers who want depth over breadth.
Qubic QS-V20: four axis professional motion at £20,400
The QS-V20 is where Qubic moves into truly professional territory. Four axis motion combining the precision engineering Qubic are known for with the comprehensive axis coverage you would expect from a premium full rig platform.
At twenty thousand pounds, the QS-V20 is not a hobbyist purchase. It is the platform you buy when you are training for real motorsport, when you are running a commercial sim racing experience for paying customers, or when you are building the kind of home setup most sim racers can only dream about.
What you are paying for at this level is motion fidelity that holds up under extended professional use, mechanical tolerances that do not degrade after years of operation, and the kind of precision motion response that lets you actually train muscle memory transferable to a real car. The QS-V20 is built to commercial simulator standards in a package designed for serious private buyers.
Qubic QS-S25: 6DOF Spider motion at £30,850
The QS-S25 is Qubic's flagship and the closest thing to a commercial driver in the loop simulator available to private buyers. Six degrees of freedom covers every axis of motion a real vehicle moves through, simulated with the same professional grade precision Qubic apply across the rest of their range.
At this level, the QS-S25 competes with bespoke training simulators used by Formula teams and original equipment manufacturer driver development programmes. It is an outlier product in the consumer market, but it is worth understanding what is available at the top of the range, if only to calibrate what the rest of the Qubic line is benchmarked against.
For most home sim racers the QS-S25 is aspirational rather than realistic. For the small number of buyers who want the best home motion simulation money can buy, it is the answer.
Qubic QS-BT1: the belt tensioner at £1,450
The QS-BT1 is Qubic's seat belt tensioner. Like the eBelt from eMotion Simulators, it physically tightens your harness in response to in game forces. Under braking, through hard cornering, when the car lands heavily after a kerb, the QS-BT1 pulls the harness tight to add a layer of physical sensation that motion alone cannot deliver.
Where the QS-BT1 differs from its competitors is in the speed and force of the tensioner mechanism. The same precision engineering Qubic apply to their motion platforms applies here too, resulting in harness feedback that responds faster and pulls harder than most alternatives on the market.
The QS-BT1 is available as a standalone product or as an add on to the QS-H13, QS-V20 and QS-CH2 platforms. When paired with Qubic's own motion hardware, it integrates directly with the platform's control unit and motion software, creating a coordinated sensory experience that platform motion alone cannot achieve. It also works with non Qubic cockpits, making it a genuine option for sim racers running other manufacturers' motion platforms who want to add high end harness feedback to their existing build.
Where Qubic fits in the UK market
For most UK sim racers, Qubic is not the starting point. It is the destination. The QS-H13 at £3,295 is the entry to the range, and even that price sits above where most buyers begin their motion journey. Qubic is the brand you graduate to after you have outgrown a DOF Reality or eMotion platform, or the brand you start with if you are skipping straight to the top of what home sim racing offers.
The honest comparison: a DOF Reality H6 at £5,995 gives you six axes of motion in a serious home grade platform. A Qubic QS-V20 at £20,400 gives you four axes of motion in a professional grade platform. The H6 offers more axes for less money. The QS-V20 offers higher fidelity within fewer axes.
Which approach matters more depends entirely on what you are trying to simulate. For most home sim racers, more axes wins. The breadth of sensation across six directions outweighs the precision of motion within four. For sim racers training for real motorsport, fidelity wins. The exactness with which a Qubic platform reproduces the specific forces of braking, cornering and grip transition is what makes the training transferable.
There is no objectively right answer between the two approaches. There is only the right answer for your specific goals.
UK delivery and lead times
Every Qubic System platform is made to order in Poland with UK delivery in one to two weeks from order placement. Free UK mainland delivery is included on every order regardless of model. Lead times on Qubic platforms are notably faster than most premium motion brands because the manufacturer operates a more controlled production process at lower volumes.
What is included with each platform varies by model, but the standard inclusions across the range are the motion platform itself, the control unit and electronics, the software licence required to operate it, and a manufacturer warranty. Cockpit, seat, wheelbase, pedals, monitors and PC are not included on any platform and must be sourced separately.
Talking to a specialist before you order
Qubic platforms are not the kind of product to buy on impulse. The differences between models at this level are not always obvious from spec sheets, and the right platform depends heavily on what kind of driving you do, what cockpit you are pairing it with, and what specific sensations matter most to you.
If you are considering a Qubic product, get in touch before placing your order. We are UK based, we know the products, and we are happy to talk through which platform would genuinely suit your build. For a purchase of this size the conversation is worth having properly.