Welcome to MVH Pitwall #2 — a concise look at the sim-racing and motorsport stories worth your time this week. This edition covers a useful Thrustmaster telemetry update, two Gran Turismo World Series races in Singapore, a long-term future for the World Endurance Championship and Formula 1's return to Sepang.
Thrustmaster brings SF1000 telemetry to Xbox
Thrustmaster's current 2026_TTRS_2 driver package adds MyThrustmaster dashboard support and updates Wi-Fi UDP telemetry for the Ferrari SF1000 Edition on Xbox. If you use the SF1000 with a TX or TS-XW base, Thrustmaster recommends wheel firmware v9.18 for the Wi-Fi telemetry feature.
Why it matters: the SF1000's screen can now carry useful in-game data on Xbox rather than acting as expensive decoration. Check the support notes before updating, particularly if your current setup is stable.
Read the official Thrustmaster support notes
Gran Turismo's best meet in Singapore
Round 3 of the 2026 Gran Turismo World Series runs in Singapore on Saturday 3 October. The Manufacturers Cup is scheduled for 10:00 BST, with the Nations Cup following at 13:00 BST.
What to watch: how the quickest drivers manage tyre life and traffic when the pressure rises. It is one of the cleaner ways to pick up racecraft ideas you can test in your own league.
WEC secures its rules runway through 2037
The FIA and ACO have agreed a ten-year extension covering the World Endurance Championship from the end of 2027 through 2037. Ford and McLaren are due to join Hypercar in 2027, while a more unified WEC/IMSA top-class framework is planned from 2030.
Why sim racers should care: long-term sporting stability gives game studios and hardware partners a healthier pipeline of cars, liveries and endurance stories to build around. That is an inference, not a content promise, but it is encouraging.
Formula 1 is back at Sepang
Formula 1 returns to Sepang for the first time since 2017. The 5.543 km circuit still has the ingredients sim racers remember: long straights, quick direction changes, heavy braking and weather that can turn a strategy upside down.
Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday at 09:00 BST; the 56-lap race starts Sunday at 08:00 BST. If Sepang is in your sim, this is an excellent weekend to revisit it before watching the real thing.
Check the official Formula 1 schedule
Why MVH? A wheel that can outlive the base
The RSR 4.0 CORE for Thrustmaster starts at £329 and is built around a simple idea: upgrading your wheelbase should not automatically mean replacing the wheel you already like.
Use it with a compatible Thrustmaster setup now, then change the mounting or quick-release adapter if you move to another supported PC ecosystem later. Depending on configuration, console setups use Thrustmaster emulation; PC setups can use Maglink with SimHub. Every RSR is hand-built by MVH in the UK with a 300 mm carbon-composite rim and CNC aluminium controls.
The practical difference: it gives you an upgrade path without locking the wheel itself to a single base family.
Explore the RSR 4.0 CORE for Thrustmaster
Product availability and pricing were checked when this edition was prepared and may change.