Horizon Labs vs SimHub
SimHub is a large sim-racing hub: dashboards, overlays, hardware such as shakers and LEDs, and motion. Horizon Labs is narrower: an overlay HUD with a full HUD editor, built to look good on screen and on stream.
Price
Pay what you want from €4.99, one-time, free updates
Free version; licence is pay-what-you-want from €8 (unlocks 60 FPS for hardware devices, auto game switching). Motion needs a separate licence.
Games
36 racing games: Forza Horizon and Motorsport, F1, DiRT, GRID, WRC, BeamNG.drive, LFS, Assetto Corsa, iRacing, LMU, rFactor, Automobilista, Project CARS, RaceRoom, truck sims, Gran Turismo
“100+” games per its homepage (another section says 80+)
Overlay / screens
In-game overlay; LAN mode shows the HUD on another PC, a tablet or a phone
Dashboards and overlays (Dash Studio)
HUD editor
Horizon Labs Designer included: build a HUD from scratch or from 104 templates, bind 80 telemetry fields
Dash Studio editor, community dashboards
Streaming
Browser source for OBS, Streamlabs, Meld Studio and TikTok LIVE Studio
Not stated on the pages checked
Platform
Windows 10 and 11 (x64)
Windows 11 x64 (Windows 10 listed as untested)
SimHub facts come from its own pages, checked on 2 November 2026: SimHub licence, SimHub download, SimHub. Products change: check them before you buy.
Choose SimHub if
- You drive hardware (bass shakers, LEDs, wheel displays) or motion rigs.
- You want a huge community library of dashboards.
Choose Horizon Labs if
- You want a HUD over the game and on stream, designed in a real vector editor.
- You play Forza Horizon or Gran Turismo and want Tune Architect or the console stream.
- You run Windows 10.
Horizon Labs 2.0 · Designer included
Get Horizon Labs from €4.99