Unlike many of the sim racing wheels on the market, the Turtle Beach wheel comes with its own dashboard and button setup ready to go from the factory.

But there is one button on the back: a tiny reset button that’s used to bring it back when all other software fixes fail. It’s proof of the reliability of hardware, even in a digital world.

But the “add 30 seconds” button is a crack in the cold digital armor of the microwave, an area of control that lets users go beyond their allotted time, to sneak in a few more seconds to ...