Our story
Why?
It all started with an idea.
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Magnus was moving between homes and couldn’t bring a simrig with him. He missed racing properly. The wheel, the feedback, all of it. One day he said, “What if we built something small that still feels real?” From that point on, the three of us — two brothers and our dad — started figuring it out.
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We didn’t have a fancy plan. Just a shared love for simracing and a bit of stubbornness. We tested, failed, broke stuff, and tried again. It was messy, and it still is. But piece by piece, it’s becoming something real. A controller you can actually feel, that fits in your backpack.
Thumpdrive isn’t built to impress anyone. We are building it because we need it. Because we believe there has to be a better way to race without needing a whole room for a setup.
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And if you’ve ever felt that same frustration, this is for you too.
What’s inside Thumpdrive
Every feature, packed into your hands.
900° Steering
Force Feedback
Wireless Freedom
6+ Hour Battery
Ultra-Portable
True 900° rotation, just like a real car.
Feel bumps, curbs, and traction loss through real motor feedback.
Sub-10ms delay for competitive racing.
6+ hours of playtime, recharge and race again.
Bring full racing immersion anywhere, even your backpack.
Future for Milantec
We are building the world’s first fully wireless force feedback controller designed to be compact, powerful, and intuitive, a controller you can feel, without needing a full rig.
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Our focus is simple: take everything that makes simracing immersive, the resistance, the road feel, the weight transfer, and pack it into a device that fits on your desk or in your backpack. We’re not stopping at making it work. We want to make it feel right, with precise tuning, responsive motors, and seamless integration across games.
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Looking ahead, we’re improving everything from ergonomics and materials to electronics and firmware. We’re testing better feedback algorithms, increasing wireless efficiency, and adding features like customizable inputs, display feedback, and extended battery life.
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This is not a finished product. It’s an evolving project, and we want it shaped by feedback, not just specs. We will keep sharing our progress openly, every upgrade, every prototype, every challenge.
If you want to follow a bold attempt at redefining simracing hardware from the ground up, this is where it happens.
Milantec Timeline
First proof of concept and working steering and pedal input and not wireless
Second prototype, wireless, new enclosure and STILL NO FFB
Third prototype finally with simple ffb and wireless, and receiving REAL FFB, still needing motor tune
December 2024
November 2024
Januar 2025
March 2025
June 2025
Approx July
First prototype, still wired and NO FFB, but now with an enclosure
All new enclosure and wireless, equipped with motor, but STILL NO FFB
Finalized v1 with a fully tuned motor and FORCE FEEDBACK, over 6 hours of wireless playtime, and core features including an RPM counter, OLED screen, thumbstick, and control buttons.
