Playseat® Challenge Black
About Playseat
The Playseat chair features a robust and stable metal frame and a well-thought-out design that makes these game seats comfortable, responsive and unique. All race seats include our patented unique folding mechanism for added strength and durability. The complete adjustability means your Playseat car game accessory will work with almost every game, computer, player and steering wheel.
Playseat Gaming Seats
Playseat’s range of Gaming Seats caters to all, whether you are looking for an entry level racing seat or an advanced driving simulation.
The adjustability of all Gaming Seats from Playseat means that even the youngest drivers can find the perfect driving position. The combination of quality, comfort and sturdiness means Playseat Gaming Seats are ideal for any living room racers.
- Compatible with most steering wheel and pedal sets on the market
- Superior build quality, stability and comfort
- Adjustability allows for the perfect driving position.
- Highly realistic driving experience
- Unique folding design
Find your perfect driving position
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Comfortable and StablePlayseat Gaming Seats are designed for comfort and stability. The seats’ adjustability allow for even the youngest racers to sit comfortably and drive. Modelled after real car seats, the chairs are built to help you find your ideal driving position. | Compatible with consoles and accessoriesAll Playseat Gaming Seats are designed to be compatible with most steering wheels and pedal sets on the market. They are also compatible with a number of consoles including PlayStation, Xbox and PC. | Foldable for StoragePlayseat’s Gaming Chairs are easy to assemble and store thanks to their unique, patented folding designs. |
Dimensions: | 81.28 x 58.42 x 20.32 cm; 1.5 Kilograms |
Model: | RC.00002 |
Origin: | Netherlands |
Great product, solid, comfortable and easy to assemble. My son has improved his F1 lap times and is made up with this play seat.
This thing is awesome, it is a glorified deck-chair but it makes for a great race cockpit – I have sat in far more expensive rigs that feel worse. After the initial setup, it takes under a minute to go from being in the cupboard to race-ready. It’s great.
Sturdy enough for a logitech g29 but wouldn’t recommend anything like a fanatic wheel on it. Comfortable for a long time even when you’ve broke your back and had it screwed together.
Great you can bolt logitech gear to it. It’s worth the price.
Got this chair for my son ..very good quality material feels like suede..xbox steering wheel fits very good to it ..folds up for storage. Would recommend this item .
Brilliant. Comfy easy to adjust and super fast to assemble.
Comact and sturdy. I would like a full rig but lack the room. I don’t feel like I’m compromising much. I’ve got a G29 with a shifter mounted using a VESA pole mount. I still can’t drive for **** but I know it’s my faul
Christmas present for my 17 year old son. He was delighted very happy and rates / recommends this gaming chair very highly
Great product if you’re struggling on permanent space.. folds up nicely with pedals and wheels fixed in place. Sturdy enough for the fanatec wheel … Love mine
Got my playseat challenge a few days ago. It does what it says on the box, overall seat and fittings are of a good quality for what you pay. Assemble in 10 mins and and easy to fold away to store. My only slight negative is that it can feel a bit cramped in the seat, you can adjust the distance of the pedals but you cannot with the wheel, so if you are taller it could feel a little awkward
Absolutely love it, works perfectly and changes the experience of using a wheel
I was afraid about the flexibility because it is a foldable chair. But I can tell you that was the best decision I had made when I bought the challenge. Very, very solid, well made. I can easy kick the break on F1 without problems. I am very happy. I’m 60kg and 1,69m.
What an absolutely brilliant piece of kit. I am 6’7″ / 2 metres tall and this works perfectly for me. Having read some reviews I wasn’t sure if it would be any good but it is. It’s very well built and folds up enough to be kept out of the way.
It is still quite heavy and cumbersome when folded and didn’t fit in any cupboards so I just lean it on the wall next to the sofa.
I made the mistake of purchasing a wheel stand which was an awful wobbly useless thing, this is solid and you can really get stuck in with online racing as the pedals and wheem remain stable.
This is literally all you need if you want to set up a racing sim, more expensive seats that don’t fold offer nothing more.
The only thing I would say is that I am 15 stone and if I was any bigger I think I would struggle to fit in width wise, also you do need to be quite athletic to get in and out of it!
It works well, even for a taller person, but it is very expensive at 200 for essentially a glorified deck chair, however in this market its basically the cheapest option. It is quick and easy to fold up however very heavy to move around and still takes a lot of space. It is very comfy though. I am using with a g29 with no issues so fa
This is a really good piece of kit. Easy to put together and feels very solid.
It has multiple position setup – you can slide the seat further or closer to the pedals. You can slide the wheel away from you. The pedal unit has a tilt function so you can have them then tilted up towards you or flatter if you prefer.
It comes with some very string sticky back Velcro so holds my wheel and pedals firmly in place. The mounts for wheel and pedal come with a variety of drill holes, so is possible to bolt your controls in place if that is an option on your setup.
It has a nice bucket seat feel and good lumber support. It is very low, which took a bit of getting used to. I managed to tilt my monitor screen down and now feels very realistic. It’s added a new level of realism to me playing F1 2020 game. Love it!
Got this for my son, he is really pleaded with it, he says it’s helped him to be better at his game. Folds up flat too
Great product, bought to share with my son. Often moved between rooms which is easy. Very comfortable and we do full f1 race time so we can be in the chair upto 90 minutes. I am also a larger man and it’s still comfortable and easy to get in and out of. Easy to set up andvi would recommend for use to anyone. It’s also a good space saver, we fold it up and stand in the corner of the room when not being used.
This play seat is fantastic. It is very comfortable and high quality. It is foldable even with the week attached to it, so we can store it in a closet. Very reasonable price
I had a previous wheelstand pro for my xbox 360 and didnt want to get another for my xbox 1. I also was limited by not having a great seat to use with the wheel. This kills 2 birds with 1 stone as i have the logitech g920. This setup is great and can easily be folded away. Even the kids love i
What can I say? The Playseat Challenge when combined with a Logitech G920 steering wheel and pedals has transformed by PC Dirt Rally and Project Cars driving experience. I’m 5′ 9″ and 14 stone fully clothed (I don’t race naked, yet) and the seat is incredibly comfortable to sit in for hours at a time and much easier to get back out of than I was anticipating.
If you’re worried about steering wheel cables hanging and getting damaged when you fold the seat, just buy 2 metres of 12mm black spiral wrap and use this to hold the cables on to the seat frame. 2 metres is perfect to wrap all the way down from the steering wheel to the pedal extension.
I’ve only had this seat for a short while but must have spent over 50 hours in it so far with a few 3 hour plus stints and can fully understand another reviewer who said that he’d rather spend time in his Challenge than sitting on his sofa. It really is that comfortable to use.
Highly recommended. I’d give it 6/5 stars if I could.
I bought this racing seat to play Gran Turismo Sport on PS4 & Logitec G29, I wanted to go with the Playseat GT but with space being an issue this model was a good compromise. I was sceptical at first but decided that the reviews were good enough to take the punt.
I am so glad i did, the build quality is good and feels reassuringly solid. It was easy to setup and has a multitude of adjustments. The force feedback from the G29 transfers through the frame of the PlaySeat offering further immersion into the game, especially in VR mode where you get the most realistic experience.
At first my laptimes were worse, I had gotten used to using an office chair and PC desk but after a few hours I started shaving time off my previous fastest laps and by the following day I was gaining as much as 3s.
The wheel mount is on a hinged arm which can be raised to get in and out of the seat easily but it also makes it quick to remove the entire arm complete with wheel via the spring loaded guide pin. This is useful at times when you merely want a comfortable gaming chair, i have worked from home on a laptop in it too.
Bought this as a birthday present for my son. He really likes it. It’s a great space saver, in that ,once the steering wheel is attached to the frame, it doesn’t need to be taken off. The seat can be set up for individual comfort. A bit expensive, but well worth the money.
Fantastic buy. Muiltiple positions to play racing games. Made a great difference for f1 2019 on ps4 with my logitech g29 steering wheel. So comfortable and when im finished fold up like a ironing board to store away. Wish i bought this before instead of a stand. Great buy. Must buy if your into racing games
Perfect really, thought it might not be very robust for e gaming from the pictures, but in reality very sturdy when sat on it, driving position is pretty much perfect with loads of scope for adjustment left and right for your pedal set up, takes me no more than 30 seconds to unfold and set up my steering set up and get gaming, even when I want a break from racing, simply slide the front panel for your steering wheel off and you’ve got a really comfy gaming chair 🙂
I’ve been watching this for ages and decided to take the plunge. It has completely changed my gaming experience, I couldn’t go back to using a controller now! If you love racing games I definitely recommend it, this is brilliant for F1. As for the chair itself it is really well made, it is extremely sturdy and comfortable. None of the pieces feel flimsy, it doesn’t shake or rattle or anything. The seat material itself is great as well, nice and thick. The chair can be reclined, the pedals can be adjusted and even they shake about no matter how hard you drive. I am 5 ft 7 and fit perfectly.
Nice bit of kit took a while to put together some have said it’s a bit wobley but mine is fine all I can say make sure you tighten the nuts up properly no sqeaky seat eithe
It’s great because it’s very easy to move. I’ve spent hours playing and the chair is very comfortable. When you are done with it you can fold it and move it away which is great.
Pretty much the cheapest sim rig going, with the very practical feature of folding up with everything connected to store out the way or in a cupboard.
Surprisingly comfortable seat, I’ve spent many hours at a time in it and it’s honestly better at fatigue than the seats in an Audi A1.
The steering wheel platform is sturdy left to right, but forward and backwards it does flex a bit. This doesn’t impact on driving though, even though it seems like it would.
The pedals are secured with a velcro strap and they are surprisingly solid, I haven’t had to make an adjustment even after about 2 weeks of heavy use.
I just wish it had a mount for a gearstick, if it did it would be perfect. There is a bracket you can buy that clamps onto the wheel platform but it puts the gearknob at an impractically high up position.
I use a logitech G920 and its great, I don’t know how it would fare with a direct drive wheel and pedals with more resistance.
2nd one I’ve had in the last 5 years as we moved house and I didn’t have space for original one. Only only downside is that it could do with some gripping feet for carpet and my knees hit the adjustment screw under the wheel all the time but otherwise these are great. (Highly recommend getting the seat slider by the way)
Great racing chair, very functional and surprisingly adjustable too. Very sturdy design with very little give from the frame which is great. Very comfortable for long stints of racing. No spot for a separate gear stick if that’s what you’re after but if not then great product absolutely worth the price.
I bought this because it looked good and when I recieved it, I found that it was easy to build and actually had quite good cushioning.
However I did not research this enough to find the maximuim size – I’m about 6ft and my head is just hooked over the top of the headrest which is not comfortable and my legs hit the steering wheel rack. This means that it’s not as advitising to sit playing F1 or some other game for very long, which is annoying in my opinion.
Very comfortable and Ideal if you need the space back when not playing.
Very easy to assemble, adds to the whole experience of playing games
Fantastic product. Ignore any previous bad reviews. Product arrived well packaged and secure from damage in transit. Product clearly well engineered and constructed. Bought slider kit as well and all goes together easily and securely. Stem for steering wheel platform doesn’t get in the way and additional bolts make attaching wheel and pedals easy and secure. No wobble.
Works very well and is fully adjustable for both adults and kids!
I’ve had this chair quite a while before submitting this review. It was easy to setup and for me its an ideal size, I’m 5’10” and around 13 Stone. Plenty of adjustment available to get yourself in the ideal position to win some long races. My only problem with the chair was that it has nowhere to fit a gear changer! This was easily solve by going on eBay and buying a bracket for around 10. My setup is with Logitech G29 Wheel, peddles and stick.
Great piece of kit! i coupled it with my Logitech G29 Driving Force Racing Wheel and pedal set with stick shift. The only thing to be aware of is theres nothing to mount the stick shift on so i manufactured my own to fit it, that still allows the seat to fold up as intended (if you want to know how, drop me a line) . Its very comfortable (i’m 6’2 and 90kg) and ive used it in sessions lasting several hours and suffered no aches and pains or stiffness.
Bought for my son for Xmas, he’s happy with it, he says it’s comfortable to sit in. I would of given a 5* but I think for just a chair it’s a bit pricey. My opinion. My son likes it so I would recommend i
It’s good materials, easy to fold, suggested for simulation lovers with not much space at home
Well mad and comfortable. Although it is a little lower than I had imagined. Until I can raise it on a small platform I will have to look up to my monitor
on the desk.
The playseat looks good, the cockpit on itself looks very high quality! I had had it for around a month already, and all i can say about is good! Myself, using with a g29, the game experience and real feeling is very good for an “amateur simulator”
It’s heavy, and can’t be fold, so better have space in the house, because it takes some…
Get on, you won’t regret it, I couldn’t set a fastest stage time in Finland playing dirt with the controller and now banging in fastest stage times with this setup.
Nicely made and comfortable.
Easy enough to put together, sturdy and decent quality for the price. Would recommend purchase of slider to go with chair unless there’s only yourself set to play this.
Bought this as I have been eyeing up a racing seat for yonks!
Some have said it takes a long time to build, but for me it only took 30mins and was very simple and easy to do. Instructions were clear enough and to be honest you don’t really need to follow them to build it, it’s that simple.
Seat is comfy to play in for a long while, I’ve played for a good 2hr and a half in one session and only stopped as the wife wanted to go out :p
Paired with the thrustmaster t300 and f1 wheel add-on and playing F1 2017 is makes for a great experience!
It would be nice if it folded up a bit more, as it is quite bulky and does take up a bit of room.
A great, cheap and compact way to race without taking over the family home. Simple to set up, plenty of adjustable parts to make it your own. The seat can even be adjusted to achieve different racing positions. There is a lot of Velcro but it works to great effect. The Alcantara seat material is comfy and won’t leave you sweaty unlike leather. The Playseat Challenge folds away neatly and compact. your own body weight creates the ridged and solid seat to sit in for those long endurance races. Works well with the Logitech G29. you can even purchase a gear shifter attachment if you wish.
Great game chair at an amazing price – fully adjustable and surprisingly comfortable
Having previously had a full racing seat setup in the lounge – sold to the wife on basis of “of course it will blend with the furniture” and being told to put it on eBay as it very much did not blend with anything , I was looking to find a better compromise .
This is exactly that – Offers enough stability for steering wheel (G29) and for me (40 something fat Dad) plus 11 year old boy . it folds away like a deck chair essentially .The foldaway is sufficient that it will go in a cupboard ( if you could put a deck chair in there) and saves on any domestic conversations that start along the lines of “What the **** is that and it needs to go”
Well constructed , straightforward to put together and holding up well thus far .
I love it. If you don’t have enough room for a solid seat but want to take gaming to the next level then this is for you, really easy to assemble and fold away after use and when folded it takes up as much space as a child’s high chair.
I’ve made a gear shift bracket out of wood that does the job and a hell of a lot cheaper than buying one.
Very comfortable even after a hour or two.
Very easy to adjust to suit you but if your a big lad you might struggle, I’m 5.11 and 12.5 stone and I’m very happy with it, there is still plenty of adjustment as my 8 yr old daughter can use it very easily by sliding the pedals closer and I don’t have them at full stretch for me so it would be ok for people taller than me too. you won’t regret it for the money you can’t beat i
Great space saving chair. Paired with a Logitech G29 and love it.
Absolutely love this playseat
My wife bought my this and a thrustmaster t150 for Christmas
The seat is super comfortable and very strong.
The setup is very simple and full of ingenious features.
The best feature is how easy it is to store away, it folds together with the steering wheel and pedals and can fit nicely away in a decent size cupboard.
Reassembly takes only 5 mins and your back in the driving seat
I would give this seat 6 stars if possible
This is a great seat. It is well made and folds away very easy. I am 5;10 and it is very conformable and great fun. I bought this together with the Thustmaster T150 wheel and they work together very well. Once set up, the wheel remains fixed and the whole package folds away in seconds. Key to me is the practicality of storage and setting the unit up, getting 2 or 3 hours of “play time” and then folding away and carrying up stairs. In short this is a great value seat that is well engineered.
i love i
Been looking at this model for a year and from the pictures thought it was a over priced camping chair. How wrong i was! Quality and build is great and at 6″2 I feel confortable very adjustable. The wheel platform is sturdy enough and has a neat way of opening to let you get in to the seat. Pedal holder can be adjusted for that F1 lie down position too. For the price it’s impressive!
Amazing for the money. Clever design, really comfortable and holds wheel really will. Folds flat ish too, real bonus. I love it, bought a second.
I’ve had the Playseat Challenge for a few days. Very happy with it.
It only takes about 10 to 15 minutes to put it together as most of it is already pre-made.
Lots of velcro cables are included together with four bolts and two allan keys to secure your steering wheel. The manual just uses pictures to show you how to set it up and adjust everything. It’s easy to understand, but would have preferred a little more detail.
Let’s get the negatives out of the way. The Playseat Challenge doesn’t scream quality. It has a plastic build. It doesn’t feel like anything will break, but it does just feel like a cheap plastic chair. I saw a few scrapes on the poles, but nothing that would make me send it back.
There is no gearbox (shifter) mount on this chair. There is a bracket available from PlaySeat for about 30, but if you search online you will find lots of people sharing tips on how they created their own support for the gearbox using brackets, clamps, etc.
Now onto the positives.
This thing is fun. A lot of fun. It doesn’t look it, but the chair is very comfortable to sit in once you’re strapped in. It’s easy to get in and out too (as long as you stand up by grabbing one of the poles to stand).
The first time you fold it up you will be frustrated by how it all works, but after doing it a few times you’ll be able to fold it up very quickly.
The fact the chair folds up is one of the best selling points about the challenge. It’s very practical. I’d love to have room in my house for a full size racing chair and setup, but the reality is that space is limited. That is why the challenge was the right fit for me.
In summary, the chair looks a little cheap from a distance, but it’s comfortable to sit in, easy to set up, and easy to put away.
I did consider some of the wheel stands, but so glad I opted for the challenge. Would highly recommend it.
Highly Recommended people as this is really great bit of well made kit,beats my old creaking wobbly wheel stand and no more numb bum from a wooden kitchen chair/cushion ha ha…if your after a wheel/seat combo which folds up for easy storing and is multi adjustable to suit driving style this is the one…very happy with my purchase
I have read a lot of reviews about this product but i was still not convinced about quality. unnecessarily. It’s made very solid. Can be adjusted to very comfortable position for me (I’m 180cm). The only problem I found is that it can be a bit to small for very tall people (more than 190-200cm). But for its price is giving great driving experience. If you’re struggling with your desk and chair it’s an answer for you. Plus another profit you can fold it and hide if you’re not having to much space at home
Unless you’ve a spare room and a box of cash to blow nothing compares to this thing. It took a few days to adapt from the controller but worth it. Not so useful if ur big framed but otherwise perfect.
Had been using a wheelstand pro V1 since they first came out with a kitchen chair, I thought it was good but this is 10 times better.
Just sitting in the correct driving position improves everything. I can now use the pedals in a much more controlled way and the view that you have to drive with makes the games so different.
Very easy to put together, I would say some bits are great quality others are ok. The powder coating on the metal work is not the greatest in places but I will not be returning it for that. The seat is quality strong material but to be fair it needed to be. The side straps that form the arm rests are also very good quality but again they will take some strain getting in and out.
The only adjustment I had to make was moving the wheel plate away from me.
My whole setup folds away and lives in a cupboard under the stairs.
134 can not be beaten by anyone so now is the time to buy.
I never write reviews by the way 🙂
Excellent racing seat for a reasonable price.
You can adjust pretty much anything on this thing, height, angle of the wheel, distance of the pedals, and it all folds nicely when you are not using it.
It’s pretty comfortable as well…I was playing for hours, didn’t have any back pain whatsoever.
Decent build quality, stiff frame for what it is.
You also get a few velcro straps to secure the cables.
I’m using this with Logitech G27 wheel, 4 screws for mounting the wheel were included with the seat.
This review is for the Playseat Challenge. I’ve noticed the reviews seem to be for any one of the seats in this listing, so I figured I’d make that clear. The wheel I have is a Logitech G29.
As glorified deck chairs go, this one is really good. I really enjoyed putting it all together. There are simple instructions but you don’t really need them, it’s quite a logical thing to do. There’s bolts to fix the wheel to plate, which are kind of fiddly to put in. I recommend doing that before you attach the cross beam to the chair.
The cross bar hinges on one side so you can get in and out. There’s a small bar the extends from the front leg to ensure it doesn’t tip up when the bar is lifted. For the pedals, another small bar stops the unit slipping forward and a strap wraps around and secures by velcro. The seat is comfy, it’s not tiring to sit in for any period of time and can be adjusted by tightening / loosening the straps that hold the alcantara seat cover on. The chair is steady and if tightened sufficiently, the wheel fixture still has an occasional wobble but once playing you don’t notice.
Folding the seat is as simple as you imagine a deck chair would be. The top ties together with the supplied Velcro straps and the pedals fold up and are secured in the same way. It’s not as light as a deck chair though but it’s easy enough for an average human to carry.
Although it’s early days (2 days in fact) I’ve not found a downside to it. I certainly don’t regret opting for this over the more expensive Evolution. Although obviously, the dream is the Playseat F1!
This chair is absolutely excellent, please ignore reviews regarding the seat/pedal position as these can be easily changed.
I bought this chair and a Logitech G920 wheel and it is perfect. Seat is comfy and storage is fantastic.
Would definitely recommend this seat for use with a steering wheel. Adjusts in lots of ways to find your ideal position. It is sturdy build quality with nice suede style fabric. If you have limited space meaning you cannot leave a seat out permanently then the seat can be set up and folded away in minutes with the wheel and pedals in place. Thrustmaster wheel bolts straight on with included bolts.
Bought it three years ago. Overall, very pleased with it. As other reviews will have pointed out, does become slightly uncomfortable on your back if using for more than an hour or so. Not suitable for endurance racing. Other than that I can’t fault it. The bar in the middle isn’t an issue for me at all. Maybe deserves 4 stars but giving it 5 due to the value for money.
One of the best purchases I’ve ever made, if your not blessed enough to own a mansion (and lets face it not many of us are) and space is a bit tight, then this is for you, easy to set up and fold away, so if you have the buy one today
Excellent sim seat for this price! The pictures dont do it justice. It’s made from high quality materials. Very comfortable ( I’m 6′ 01″ and 14 stone) Easy height adjustments using very strong Velcro. Simple pictorial assembly instructions.
I use the G29 wheel and pedals .
It dosen’t look like it but, it always feels solid even when driving aggressively. I love it!
Depending on how long it lasts, could be one of those rare cases where simplicity of design = Genius.
Folds away really nicely, great seat if like me you can’t have it out all the time.
Let’s get started with how incredibly good looking this chair is. It truly is a hell of a chair, it is an entry level chair of this sort, although it is very stable, comfortable and feels very very good considering. I do have a few small niggles one being the “add-ons” they are expensive for what they are, the main niggle is they’re is some movement within the steering wheel, around an inch left and right. Also the screw holes to place an itilia 458 doesn’t quiet match up so instead need to use the bolt that comes with the steering wheel. The peedle rest is great. All in all a fantastic accessorie. Well worth the money
Very good seat that folds away easily. The quality seems very good to me and I can only say good things.
Brilliant… Well made, stylish, easy to put together. My son loves it.
This item is exactly as described. I am very pleased with it.
Purchased for our 10 year old, perfect for him although doubt the fabric would be suitable to carry adult weight. Overall a really good buy and we are very pleased with i
Well what can i say, i am very impressed and the build quality and the build simplicity. comes in one box and could not believe how well the seat is folded and packaged. This item is great and compliments my thrust master T300 RS force feedback wheel and peddles fantastically 🙂 one great addition for a very happy 43 year old boy’s man cave 🙂 GAME ON SANTA!!!
I live in this chair – super comfortable, nice and sturdy and the TS300 sits well on the metal frame.
great chair. Missing the place for a gear shift but otherwise very good
I’m 5’11”, 78kg, and I’m pleased with the chair. I bought it as I wasn’t getting enough use from my G29 due to the hassle of tabletop setup and putting away each time. I now keep the seat in a sliding door cupboard and use with my PS4 and PC. It’s portable enough to take up and down stairs with ease, and keeps the wheel and pedals safe. There’s no space for the gear-stick, which I’ve never actually used as I play in automatic at the moment. I’d recommend buying a set of black nylon cable ties for safe cable attachment and locking. The chair came with velcro cable ties, but I worry that kicking the pedals out with too much force will rip the cable. The pedal section is a slightly weak joint, hence dropping a star. It has two nylon locking screw to easily adjust the pedal distance, but my son unscrewed one too much and our dog ate it!!! I use a anti-slip rubber pad (designed to hold mats in place) under the pedals to stop movement. The chair is very comfy, although the triangular arm supports connectors tend to dig into my legs a little. The chair is very adjustable. I’m pleased with the quality of the chair fabric, metalwork and overall package. I believe it will last.
Great fun!! Makes driving games much better. I am 6′ 1″ and, ahem, a little overweight, but I find this comfortable to use. I have long legs, but the pedal board moves far enough away for me to have my legs straight. My knees do touch the sides of the steering wheel mount, but that’s ok, and does not hinder the operation of the steering wheel at all. I can understand some comments about the pedal board moving when the pedals are pressed hard, but I, like most people, have my desk and monitor up against a wall, so the pedal board fits to the wall and I move the chair back instead, and I have no problem with unwanted movement. The abilty to fold the chair with both the wheel and the pedals in place is fantastic! It can be a bit awkward to stand up when being stored if you have a heavy wheel and pedals like I do, but it’s still a brilliant design. In short, you may well get a better chair, but for a lot more money, and it won’t fold up, so I heartily recommend this chair. My F1 2016 game arrives next week, and this chair has made me look forward to getting my new game much more than ever before.
I’m an average sized man and just about fit into this with no issues, if i was on the wider side i might find it a bit tight. At its price point its a good piece of kit for the casual racer like myself. I was tempted by more expensive rigs that would obviously take up more room and not store so well, but having used this, then being able to tuck it away in the corner after use its ideal for me.
The alcantara is very nice and its a sturdy enough bit of kit to use with no wobble when in use and i’m pleased with this purchase.
Brilliant seat, a lot more sturdy than it looks and I’m 6 foot 4 weighing 17 stone!! only issue is the wheel plate is too small to put a gear lever on also, but wouldn’t be in correct position so have a small table, 5*
Brilliant for small areas and very stable when seated. Adjustable steering and pedals.the only down side is the steering adjustment. You can’t move it in or out as standard.but I nodded mine so wheel can move in/out.if it had that adjustment out of the box i would have given it 5 stars but it’s only a small grip. I would highly recommend this product. Brillia
First thoughts was wow! Quite easy to build and the fold up storage is a total winner. Its comfortable for up to an hour of play but then gets a little unbearable after that. Its quite hard to adjust the levels and get it right again.
Love my playseat, I can sit comfortably for hours playing Project Cars. I use a G920 wheel which has force feedback and it holds this perfectly.
I am 196cm and weigh 100kg and I am still comfortable in the seat. It also folds away and I tuck it behind a door when not in use.
Wow this playseat challenge is a must for any serious car gamer. I spend hours in this seat n well comfortable folds away so easy which is the main reason for me buying this seat as I play in living room. Very good finish n well built bargain at this price at the end of the days guys don’t hesitate just buy it ur be well happy u did
comfy and secure base for mounting ur wheel and pedals. cheap price but quality design and feel
Arrived yesterday, really impressed with the quality and ease of use.
Bought this to go with my Logitech G29 which fits great, the wheel bolts onto a metal plate whilst the pedals stay in place with a Velcro strap and is more secure than I expected.
I’m 6’5″ and 16 stone so was worried that it would be really uncomfortable but it’s actually amazing.
To get in and out of the seat the bar that the wheel attaches to swings up and out of the way then you pull it down and lock it in place when you’re in.
There’s loads of adjustments possible if you just spend a little bit of time tweaking the straps etc.
When you’re finished it folds up really well without having to take off the wheel and pedals. It basically takes up the same room as an ironing board only deeper.
Great bit of ki
This is a great solution for any gamer who is short of space. Only reason I knock a star off is that you have to create your own mod to attach a gear shift. There are some you tube videos that show you how. Obviously this doesn’t matter if you are not bothered about a gear shift, in which case it’s a 5 star purchase.
Very well designed and very sturdy. Foldable chair but can be adjusted lower (f1) or higher (rally) driving positions using tough Velcro straps that double up as arm rests. Super comfortable, easy to get in and out – whatever your size as wheel flips to the side with a counter weight at ground level. After 10mins you forget all about the seat and totally engrossed in racing – moral being – why spend 300+ as this does a great job of giving a racing experience, is comfortable and affordable. Instructions are simple, easy to put together in 30mins. When your gaming for a few hours at a time and slot this away in the living room corner, you won’t notice it’s there. Takes up less space than a upright Hoover. Highly recommended.
Excellent piece of kit. Is very solidly made, really makes the immersive experience of racing much better. If you are buying a steering wheel I would highly recommend this to go with it.
Don’t be put off by its looks because this is all most will ever need from a gaming seat. Took 10 minutes to put together and is easy to adjust using very strong Velcro straps. The seat itself is alcantara, pedal base is padded and adjustable and when everything is done up its surprisingly solid feeling with almost no movement from anywhere. The wheel base is pre drilled to hard mount to and the pedals are secured with Velcro once against the end plate. Only note of caution is that if you are big it wont be as comfortable as its quite a slim fit, although it states it can take 120 kgs of weight to give you an idea of how well its made. Really cant see why people would buy a stand now this is available.
Bought this and a Thrustmaster T150 for PS4. Wow, it transforms a good game like Project Cars into an amazing game. The seat was fairly straight forward to put together and feels really stable. This setup is ideal for when VR launches. I don’t seem to have the noisy spring issue either. If you are considering an entry level seat/wheel combo I can highly recommend this and the Thrustmaster. I am around 6″ and did not have any trouble getting the seat and pedals comfortable.
This is the best thing you can buy to mount a steering wheel and pedals on if space is an issue its folds neatly with Velcro straps with wheels and pedals still attached (see pic).
Super easy set up ! Comes in three parts that slot together . It’s fully adjustable I’m 6ft and could easily set it up for my 5 year old to have a go in seconds . I can have it sat upright like a standard road car position or down low F1 style . Some reviews have said its hard to find the right driving position but set the two Velcro arm rest straps is quick and easy and once set they won’t change when folded away .
Additional Velcro straps are supplied to tie the wires neatly to the frame and so are hex screws to fix your wheel to the plate in the pre drilled holes.
Pedals will not move no matter how hard you accelerate or brake and are secured with another Velcro strap
The build quality is amazing .
This seat could also be used as a gaming chair as the wheel mount bar is removable.
Shifter mount is not included which is a shame but one can be bought additionally (I’m making my own custom mount )
All in all very happy there is nothing else like it and I saved money not buying a separate stand and chair which would of taken more room and less comfortable driving position.
This is the first time I’ve felt the need to write a review for a product I’ve bought off Amazon!
After playing DiRT Rally with the wheel clamped to my PC desk for about 8 months the time had come to look into a gaming seat but the main issue I have is space and the lack of it. Whatever solution I chose it had to be able to be put away in a cupboard and this is why I opted for the Playseat Challenge.
I was a bit dubious about it at first as basically it’s a deck chair with a bit of tubing! After assembling it which was easy and made some adjustments to my seating position via the Velcro straps I instantly found it a vast improvement to what I was using previously, in fact it really feels like you sitting in a proper gaming seat built to a high quality.
It takes about 2 mins to set up from getting it out of the cupboard and the same to put away again, the width of it when folded up is 21″ which allows for easy storage when not in use.
If you’re looking for a real feel gaming seat but want the convenience of actually having your room back when it’s not in use then I highly recommend this product.
Update:
I bought the G29 gear shifter whilst it was still half price at PC World but there’s not a lot of mounting options on the Playseat, so I opted to make a custom bracket using 2″ x 2″ aluminium angle and a U bolt.
The angle needed a little bit of jig sawing and drilling and is clapped from the underneath with the U bolt, it’s very rigid and doesn’t move at all. The Playseat still folds up the same and the bracket doesn’t get in the way whilst using the seat.
When I get time it’ll be sprayed black to finish the job.
My first racing seat. I play F1 2015 a lot and this seat, along with my Thrustmaster T150 wheel has brought a completely new dimension to the game.
It’s easy to assemble with multiple setting. I’m 6’01” and it suits me fine. It is very comfortable and allows hours of fun. If you like racing sims then this is a great purchase. Highly recommended.
Amazing chair!
I’m using it with G29 and G29 shifter (shifter holder is separate)
+ it’s fine for tall people (~190cm)
+ chair doesn’t flimsy when you’re in
+ wheel is really stable
– shift holder 20 (although made it myself for 5)
– cables all over the place (even bundled together)
– not that easy to fold
Excellent build quality and superb value. Best of all you can fold it up out of the way.
The foldaway playseat challenge is a brilliant alternative if like me you are short of space, it’s very comfortable, I’ve spent many hours in it without any back trouble.
Awesome seat. You just can’t believe how stable this is.
A very good chair! Easy set up and folds away perfect. Me being 6 foot 2″ tall, I fit very easy into it, and was very comfortable over a few hours,wiith adjustable pedal base to suit my legs. The build quality is very good. The wheel positioning isn’t great as only up and down adjustment, but set the chair as far back as possible with the wheel slightly upwards works better for me. Could of had a pedal base where you can have upward tilt instead of just sitting on the floor, but put a few books underneath it works ok, also does take a bit of time to set your perfect seating position, thats why its only got 4 stars.But overall it’s a great chair for the money. I nearly forgot to mention mine didnt come with the pedal strap holder, was a bit miffed but an easy fix with cable ties!!
Pros
Good value for the money
Good build quality
Comfortable
Ok for the taller person
Folds away easy
Easy set up
Cons
Wheel adjustment
Pedal base tilt adjustment
Awkward Seat adjustment
No pedal strap!!
Excellent product!! Sturdy and well made, using with my t500rs wheel!! Easy to assemble and folds away very easily! Recommend to anyone looking for a good quality race seat!!
Very pleased with this product,good quality materials used and easy to set up .All that takes a bit of time albeit a couple of minutes is setting the seating position to your preference.I use this rig with a T300RS wheel and pedals set .Also when gaming session is over the chair folds up very compact taking up very little storage space.All in all a very good would definitely recommend to others.
Definitely worth getting one of these if you are after a racing chair for your gaming wheel, but don’t have the space to store a full size rig when not in use. The chair is much sturdier than I was expecting and is easily adjustable to let you get your preferred seating style.
Doesn’t take up loads of space when it’s folded and I love the fact that you leave the wheel and pedals attached before folding it.
Assembly is easily done, just takes a little bit of adjusting at first to get the chair how you like it, this is easy to do though and once you’ve got it right it can stay with these settings when folded. It feels like it is made from good quality materials, the frame is thick metal and the material used for the seat cover is very comfortable. Also it’s not too heavy to lift when it’s all folded up, which is a bonus.
I originally looked at buying either one of these or a foldable stand for my racing wheel, but the playseat will allow me to use other wheels on it as well should I change my console in the future- whereas some of the stands are wheel-specific so would need to be changed if buying a new wheel. Like some of the online reviews say, it’s not a hardcore racing-sim chair, but it definitely fits the bill for me.
Overall I’m very pleased with this purchase- just wish I had bought one sooner!
I brought this for my husband for his birthday, and he said it’s the best present he’s ever had!
Folds away well.