Playseats Evolution Gaming Seat Black with Silver
Playseats Evolution Gaming Seat Black with Silver
With its completely renewed design and double-stitched vinyl cover, the black Playseats Evolution gaming seat puts you smack dab in the middle of your favorite racing game. The seat works with almost all racing peripherals on the market and every game console, including the Xbox 360, GameCube, PlayStation2, PCs, and more. More importantly, the chair is notably comfortable while delivering the most realistic racing simulation around.
Details include a reinforced steel tubular construction that adds stability and eliminates excess wobble, a non-flammable seat material, and an easy-to-assemble design. Just install a game steering wheel, such as the latest Logitech model, on the middle pole and attach a couple of pedals along the bottom (all sold separately). The setup is also easily adaptable, with multiple adjustment knobs letting you move the wheel and pedals closer or farther, depending on your height. Appropriate for ages 8 and older, the Evolution seat is the perfect accessory for gamers who want to boost their lap times in style.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Love my Playseat
I bought the seat and the xbox 360 wireless wheel. Make sure you purchase the bracket to firmly seat your whell to the playseat. Everything works and I can’t stop racing now, Im officially addicted.
5 Stars Flight Simulator Modification
I was looking at seats to construct a home flight simulator. After looking at cost of seats alone, my wife recommended that I look at gaming seats. An Amazon search found the Playseat Evolution…excellent idea.
The seat works great with the Playseats Gearshift Holder Mount on the left side to hold the throttle and the center post for the control stick. Flight controls are the Thrustmaster Hotas also here on Amazon. When I get rudder pedals, they will sit perfectly on the metal foot rest.
I plan to purchase the seat slider and an additional gear shift mount for a keypad on the right side. Recommend purchasing any accessories with the chair since the chair needs to be disassembled to install the additional equipment.
The chair system is designed for car controls but the kit came with zip ties and self-adhesive Velcro so modifying it for flight controls was very easy and with no additional cost since all hardware was provided.
Just look at the cost of other home flight simulators and this is the way to go. You can order all the parts from Amazon. Sign up for Amazon Prime and get them in two days.
Great product.
5 Stars Never more (..will you use a foldable table)
The Playseats Evolution is the perfect companion for a racing wheel. If you’re fan of racing games (and don’t merely play them for fun, like any other game) and if you own a wheel, don’t hesitate in buying this. Once you try one of these, you won’t go back to clamping your wheel on a desk, or using a foldable table, or any other thing like that.
First of all, the seat is very comfortable. You’ll find yourself racing for hours without your back aching or finding yourself in weird positions. Also, the seat folds, for storage, although it still uses some considerable space (that being said, it is highly recommendable that you have a dedicated gaming room, or at least you have decent space on your room).
The build quality is exceptional. At first glance, you might think that it will not be the most stable gaming seat available, giving that you have to put it together piece by piece. However, you’ll find that the entire thing is quite sturdy and stable. Moreover, when you’re in the middle of a race, you won’t notice any wobble at all. Also, it is notable that every piece fits perfectly. I didn’t have any trouble assembling the seat, not even one screw presented any trouble at all. Once completely assembled, you’ll see that the seat sits perfectly still on it’s base, the pedal platform is really sturdy, and the arm where you mount the wheel presents minimum wobble.
The design is fantastic. The seat, based on actual bucket seats, immediately invites you to sit on it and hit the gas. The metal parts have a nice color finish, and they fit perfectly into the overall design. The seat is covered with white or black high-quality vinyl, with touches of black on the “shoulders” and “head” of the seat. Overall, as stated before, the seat is very comfortable, very well cushioned, and has a great design.
Playseats gave a really appealing design to the Evolution, but that doesn’t mean that it compromised it’s functionality. The distance of the pedal plate to the seat is adjustable, and it will fit tall people without any problem (I’m 5′11″, like to play with the pedals as far away from me as possible, and the thing could expand way more than that). Now, the angle of the pedal plate is not adjustable; however, the angle given is very comfortable and I have no complains about it. Now, the wheel mount is adjustable both in separation from the seat, height and angle of the wheel (the wheel angle is adjustable by some mechanism that I don’t fully understand yet, but it gives you some 3 or 4 possible angles to fit your needs). One thing here: To avoid having to adjust the separation of the pedals and wheel everytime someone new tries your seat, I’d recommend the slider kit (Also sold here on Amazon).
It is important to say that the wheel mount, as well as the pedal plate, have pre-drilled holes that fit the Logitech G25 wheel (There is also a gear-shift mount sold separately), so it is ideal if you have it. However, if you own an Xbox 360 wheel, I highly recommend that you buy the mounting brackets (also sold here on Amazon) to fit the 360 wheel. This is necessary because the platform where the wheel is mounted is very thin, and the clamp on the wheel won’t be enough. There are several people (myself included) that have built home-made solutions to avoid spending 30 bucks on those brackets (Like drilling a wood board to the platform and then clamping the wheel), but I’ve found that the clamping mechanism of the Xbox 360 wheel is not _that_ reliable (if you are one of those that “feel” the game, you’ll find yourself holding the wheel completely separated from the platform from time to time), so I recommend that you buy the brackets along with the seat, if that’s your case.
My only complain on this thing is that they should sell it with the slider kit and xbox 360 mounting brackets included (even if it costed a bit more), because you’ll find that they’re quite useful. However, I understand that some people don’t need them at all (and instead maybe need the gear shift mount), so it’s logical that they sell all those extras separately.
All in all, the Playseats Evolution is a fantastic big-boy’s toy. The quatliy, design and functionality that it delivers make it a great investment. Seriously, this seat is some of the best spending I’ve done in a while. Once you receive yours, you won’t regret at all. Heck, I even thought first that this thing would have a huge girlfriend disapproval factor, but actually she likes it a lot.
5 Stars Great Racing Seat for the Price!
Yes the price was a little expensive at first glance, but in the end it was worth it. A must for racing games! I searched many racing seats before I decided to buy this one and I’m happy with Evo seat. I use the Logitech G25 wheel and the whole setup is awesome. The contruction of the seat is durable enough for my standards and I fit nicely in it (i’m 5′10″ 175lbs). It’s contructed with a strong metal and is sturdy. The chair also fits most adults and middle-aged children(get the slider kit for the seat because it makes easier to get in and out of; sold separately.). Since I have the G25 wheel I needed the sold-separatley shiftermount also. Putting it together was relatively easy, but did require actually looking at the instructions! My only issues is that the slider kit should be standard (not sold-separately) and included in the package deal. Also, it would nice if the design could include a mount for flight games. It’s a great looking cockpit for either a racer or pilot! This a great seat!
5 Stars This chair is awesome! Worth the money!
This chair is awesome! Took about 20 minutes to setup. Not a bad process. The manual could of been clearer on the instructions.
Once setup I mounted my XBOX steering wheel to it and turned on GRID for the XBOX 360. It takes about 30-60 minutes to really get good with the wheel, but once you do its hard to get out of the chair! Its the only game I have played since getting the chair. I dont want to play anything else. Its like having an arcade in your living room! If your on edge to buy this thing and have a XBOX 360, GRID and some money…I would definitely pick it up! You wont regret it. I like that it folds up for easy storage too so my Girlfriend doesnt have to look at it!