ESports Lab Facilities

The Esports Lab is open 7 days a week from 7am-12am and gives students access to state of the art technology from full motion SimRacing to all major consoles.  With a dedicated 10Gb fiber connection to the lab we aim to provide the lowest pings possible for gaming competitions.

With our corporate sponsors we are building pathways to internships in a broad range of studies that will give students real world experience. These internships will include Cybersecurity, Marketing and Business Management just to name a few. UM-Flint is also creating an Esports Management Certificate program to be available soon.

With students involved from all areas the Esports program has been able to connect students in cross study applications. Merging game designers with dance and theater, CIT students with physical therapy students. Cross learning and bringing what is taught in the classroom to practical use.

Example Pings

  • CS:GO  13ms
  • Valorant  16ms
  • Rocket League  12ms
  • Apex Legends  12ms
  • League of Legends  11ms
  • Overwatch 2   10ms
  • Fortnite  11ms
  • Call of Duty  17ms

Lab Systems

20 Alienware R11 Desktops

  • 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10700K
  • 16GB Dual Channel HyperX(FM) FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB G DDR6X
    • 6 Competition stations with 240hz 27” Alienware gaming monitors
    • 14 Practice stations with 144hz 24” Dell gaming monitors
  • Dark Side of the Moon chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling with and 1000W Power Supply
  • Alienware S5000 Gaming Chairs

Gaming Consoles

  • Playstation 5 
  • Nintendo Switch 
  • Xbox Series X  
  • 75” Samsung 120hz Display

SimRacing Setups

Full Motion Racing Simulator

  • 3 – 32” Curved Gaming Displays providing 7680x1440p resolution @165hz
  • 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10700K
  • 16GB Dual Channel HyperX(FM) FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB G DDR6X
  • Thrustmaster T-LCM Gaming Pedal Set
  • Thrustmaster TSS Handbrake Sparco Mod + – Handbrake
  • ThrustMaster – T300 RS GT Edition Racing wheel
  • Next Level Racing GTtrack – Gaming chair
  • Next Level Racing V3 – Gaming chair motion platform

Racing Simulator 2

  • 49 Odyssey G9 32 9 240 Hz Curved HDR G-SYNC VA Gaming Monitor
  • 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10700K
  • 16GB Dual Channel HyperX(FM) FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB G DDR6X
  • Thrustmaster T-LCM Gaming Pedal Set
  • ThrustMaster TH8A Shifter
  • ThrustMaster – T300 RS GT Edition Racing wheel
  • Next Level Racing F-GT – Gaming Simulator Cockpit
  • Casting/Streaming Desk
  • ggRock Server for Esports Lab management
  • 10Gb dedicated fiber connection to Esports lab with 1Gb internal connections
  • 6 Samsung 55” Displays
  • All active Esports members receive a jersey and hoodie.