SuperLap driver, Sim Gaming Expo, Schaumburg, Chicago 2025
Jake Rupert
In his words, he could feel “the compression of the suspension coming up, and then it loading”: his description, not a measurement.
Recorded on the floor
See it move.
Drivers and first-time riders, filmed at shows as they climbed off the Portal Development Kit (PDK), unscripted. Recorded on expo demonstration units of the development kit.
Unscripted
Seven clips, all captioned.
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Everyone filmed here consented to being recorded and quoted. Nobody was paid, and nobody was given a product, a discount or anything else of value. Every quote we print elsewhere on this site is cut from one of these caption tracks — an ellipsis marks where words were removed, and nothing was added. Play the clip and read the captions if you want to check one.
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Rally driver, SimRacing Expo Dortmund 2025 · Our captions
Bruno Blumbergs
A rally driver's first run on the platform, recorded on the expo floor.
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Sim racing, on the expo floor · Our captions
Luke Crane
Recorded straight after the run, unscripted.
Expo attendee, first time on a motion platform
Ten out of ten
A walk-up rider rather than an enthusiast — the audience that decides whether an attraction works.
Expo attendee, right after a run
“I'm shaking”
This is what the active-gaming page is about: it is physical work, and people notice afterwards.
Road-racing driver, expo floor
A road racer, first time on a rally
Asked how it compared with the other sim rigs he had tried, straight after his first rally run.
SimRacing Expo Dortmund 2025
The floor at Dortmund
Three days, back to back, mostly first-time riders.
Both channels
There is a great deal more than this.
Full runs, build footage, expo days and the clips that traveled furthest live on the two YouTube channels. Clips above that are on YouTube load its player only when you press play; see our privacy policy.
ARK Dynamics on YouTube › Kinemaniacs on YouTube ›
Hear the PDK's six motors play music: ARK Thunder on SoundCloud.
Worth starting with: Inside Sim Racing — “Affordable High-End Motion Rigs? ARK Dynamics Explains Their Breakthrough”, which is an interview rather than a demo.
Then
What it actually is
The engineering behind what these people are reacting to, one subject per page.
Build on it
The PDK + ARK Ecosystem development kit, $8,499.99 (development-kit price): chassis, wheelbase, wheel, load-cell pedals and button box, matched. You add the seat, PC and screen.
Built to allocation for qualified recipients · ready to ship an estimated 3–6 months from order confirmation; delays of up to 12 months are possible
The community
Kinemaniacs is where development-kit recipients will share reactions, build notes and setup guides. The community site is in development.
Every build of the development kit starts with this platform. The PDK + ARK Ecosystem finishes it — racing chassis, wheelbase, wheel, load-cell pedals and button box, $8,499.99 (development-kit price).
Development Kit: early-access hardware, software in active development.
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Built to allocation for qualified recipients · ready to ship an estimated 3–6 months from order confirmation; delays of up to 12 months are possible