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• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Awesome!!

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  Completes my entire Razer gaming setup. I feel blinged out. Gives greater depth of immersion and feels like a massage to keep me in the action. The only downside is the drop in fps (good %15) in games when using. That's with a 7950x3d.

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  Posted 1 year ago by Nitin

• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Incredible potential but not quite there yet

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  Razer's Project Esther got me really excited last year. As an occasional simracing enthusiast and even less occasional flight sim enjoyer, the idea of an easy way to retrofit haptics into a standard gaming/office chair was pretty enticing. I own a haptic pad from a simracing focused brand and use SimHub to integrate that pad into my games, and I was hoping the Freyja would take this to the next level. The Freyja is Razer's production release of their Project Esther technology and it shows that they are on the right track for providing an amazing innovation to mainstream gamers, even if it's not quite fully realized as of January 2025. #Unboxing/first impressions# Like most Razer peripherals, the Freyja arrives well packaged as expected from a premium product. I particularly like that the 2.4ghz dongle for the Freyja comes attached to a small cardboard card to make it harder to miss in the package. Compared to the haptic pad that I've been using for about 6 months, the Freyja is extremely easy to attach to my chair (a Titan Evo XL). The straps for the Freyja are elasticized and have buckles so you can click them closed after laying the Freyja on the seat - my other pad requires that the pad be slid carefully over the back of the chair and then cinched down strap by strap. The Freyja also has the advantage that it only requires the power cable and the communication with the PC is via proprietary 2.4ghz wireless. With my previous haptic pad, I damaged the 3.5mm cable for audio from leaving the pad connected all the time so the Razer Freyja is a big improvement there. I already have Synapse/Chroma 4 so the Freyja was immediately detected and configurable from there. If this is your first Razer accessory, you'll need the full suite to make use of the Freyja. You can also use the Razer Nexus app to pair the pad with an Android phone and get haptic feedback when playing Android games (or streaming from your PC/GeforceNow/etc). Also, I got a real kick out of the Razer logo being lit up in the seat. Even if you are the type to not love a few more LEDs in your setup, you're sitting on it so you won't see it. #Using the Freyja# From a comfort perspective, the Freyja is a significant upgrade in most ways from the simracing haptic pad I've been using. The cover of the Freyja is breathable and it has pretty substantial padding around the transducers. I've found the Freyja easy to sit on for long gaming sessions, although there are some "hotspots" on the Freyja that you may require you to adjust your seating position. Not literally hot (although there is some warmth from the transducers and LED light) but there are pressure points basically where you can feel the transducers through the pad. If your seating position puts you in direct contact with these points, you will feel it over time, especially for an 40 something overweight gaming dad. I found that removing the extra lumbar support pad I use makes a big difference in keeping my back from resting directly on the upper transducers. YMMV. Since the fabric of the Freyja is breathable, it's way cooler to sit on than my old leatherette haptic pad. I first gave the Freyja a whirl using the default "Controlled" preset in an "unsupported' game - Cyberpunk 2077. Compared to the "universal" audio haptics with my previous pad, the Freyja is in a different world. First of all, it "just works" for all audio outputs without needing any configuration or extra plugs to your computer. Second, it has simple configuration presets or full customization options in the Chroma app for determining what frequencies the Freyja will respond to. The haptic effects feel both stronger than my old pad but also have more sensitivity to them. It hits both harder and softer, basically. With Cyberpunk in the "Controlled" preset, bullets hitting you seem to vibrate your butt and shooting your own gun vibrates your back. It provides convincing feedback. Especially if you're wearing headphones vs using a speaker system with sub, this really offers a lot of benefit. I tried one of the "supported" games - Hogwarts Legacy - in the Sensa HD mode and it was ... less impressive. There's a slight tickle in your back when you use a spell, basically. I put this down to the developer implementation rather than the Freyja itself. I hope that in the future we'll see more games that use the Sensa HD haptics like Nintendo does in the Zelda games on Switch for HD rumble controllers. I was disappointed to find that the Freyja wasn't detected in Simhub and that no one has a third party module created yet, so for now you can only use the audio based haptics engine in racing games rather than customized effects for each vibration pad. In the "dynamic" mode in Assetto Corsa Competizione, you do get some base immersion with the Freyja but it's nothing like what is typically possible with a Simhub implementation. I went digging for the Sensa HD SDK from Razer/Interhaptics and was going to try my hand at an app to convert Simhub outputs into effects for the Freyja. That led me to the Interhaptics Discord server, where I had a really nice exchange with one of the developers who indicated there's nothing officially announceable yet but they fully understand the need for Simhub integration and are excited about the possibilities with this integration. Hopefully there will be something out there soon. #Conclusion# So - who is the Razer Freyja _for_? As of January 2025, without Simhub integration, this is a really cool product that is sadly limited to being a niche/luxury item. The audio-to-haptics engine is really impressive and does add immersion to pretty much every game (or even movies and music). If you miss having deep bass when headphone gaming in a shared living situation, you could definitely get some of that back with the Freyja - in a dorm you might have to turn it down slightly but in an apartment or house you will not hear or feel this pad vibrating from the next room. I'm sure once more developers make use of the SDK to integrate effects directly into their games it will move out of the niche market. And once someone creates a third party module for Simhub (or Razer/Interhaptics do it themselves), the possibilities for this pad in simracing/flight sims are endless. Hopefully that integration comes soon, but you can still get a lot of enjoyment out of the Freyja in the meantime.

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  Posted 11 months ago by Abhaxus

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Comfortable, Immersive gaming

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  I was not sure what to expect out of the experience I’d have with the Razer Freyja Sensa seat cushion. It really seemed like it would be a gimmick, or I would find it annoying somehow. That is not the case. In fact I have rarely been so pleasantly surprised with the reality of a product compared with my prior expectations. It is well packaged, easy to setup, and fits well even with my rare example of a gaming chair. I like the way the material feels and it has just the right amount of padding. Three elastic adjustable straps hook it to your chair and keep it secure but pliable. On the bottom left side, it has a small power breakaway cable and above that resides the control panel. It can be used with an Android via Bluetooth or on PC with the USB wireless dongle. A quick download of Razer Synapse 4 and it it immediately recognized and I was ready to play. Using either the app or the side mounted controls you can control the strength of the force feedback, although the app allows you to control each section independently. It provides feedback for any sound coming from your PC almost like a subwoofer you sit on. It works best with games that support the Sensa HD haptics. I spend a lot of time playing Forza Horizon 5 and was impressed by the haptics the Freyja added to the experience. It really was much more immersive to play that way and turned me into a believer. I’d compare the way it feels to going to a D-Box movie without the seat moving. It’s also very comfortable to sit on for extended sessions. I’m now looking forward to playing as much on my PC as I can to experience the new sensations the haptics bring to the table. I’m thoroughly impressed and glad I took the plunge to try it out.

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  Posted 11 months ago by Josh