Gaming Chairs - misnomer

[Jabout]

"Gaming Chairs" are just office/swivel chairs.

A large proportion of gamers are into racing and flight sims, but the swivel feature common to office chairs produces a sway when using foot pedals or rudder pedals, and this instability is detrimental to precision simulation whether it be racing or flying.

A true "Gaming Chair" would have a lockable swivel, otherwise it's just an office chair, even if you can get a youtube reviewer to drool over it.

 

[ttaskmaster]

but the swivel feature common to office chairs produces a sway when using foot pedals or rudder pedals

Which is why the all-out hardcore simmers build full-on simpits using aircraft/vehicle seats...

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

I use an Ikea Poang, no sway here and very comfortable:

My joystick is now bolted to the right arm of the chair.
The only issue is the height. My solution was to use some mounts to create a shelf suitable for my keyboard which is at a lower height than normal.