I have an Xbox series s and I want to get a racing sim but all of my usb ports are taken up...

Hi there! This is Ronnie, an independent advisor.

Nice to meet you and I hope you are having a great day!

I understand you have a question about using a USB hub to your console.

Actually, there has been no issues using USB hubs on console and they work fine.

You can check this link for similar to your concern:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

Hope that helps!

@iBakez

That's one of the issues with trying to keep the console and PC crowds both happy.

The PC sim racers simply want the racing series (GT, Nascar Late Model, Skippy, etc etc) so all you need are the real world cars or even generic versions of the cars in those series. Physics and the MP (ability to form leagues and organize series) are really
all that matters.

The console crowd wants the SP "campaign" and 100's of cars even if those cars aren't to be found in any racing series. We've become accustomed to collecting and unlocking cars on the console. If they don't include enough cars the console crowd may feel
cheated on content.

When I was in the beta there were probably no more than 10 cars all representing different series. I don't know what their plan is at this point. I would hope they stay true to the racing series. As a sim racer I find it ruins my experience when I'm running
a MP race with a field of GT cars with one guy running a 62 Volk Bug that's been "tuned" and he's lapping us, takes the realism out of it.

Hi,

No, sorry it won't work. The USB ports on the Series X|S are USB 3.1 which have a maximum speed of 500MB/s. This means, no matter what drive you buy, no matter what speed it's rated at, you're stuck at the max speed of the USB port.

The only drives that can be used for Series X|S games are either the internal or the storage expansion card.

I have the Expansion card for my Series X. I also have an external 2TB USB SSD in an enclosure. I can only use the external SSD for Xbox One games. They do load a lot faster than a mechanical hard drive, but I can't play my Series X games off it.

i have a one more question i have a DVD/CD drive that can be connected via USB can't i just use that on series s that is a digital version and have no DVD /CD drive and i bet there is a USB port on Xbox series s can't i use that please tell

@J3rs3y Devil, looking at the back of teh Xbox One S two more USB ports would not have taken up that much more room. They also could have left one on the side. Do USB Controller chips take up that much space on a motherboard? I also would not be able to
leave anything plugged into the front on an Xbox One S as that would mean leaving the cabinet door open, so with my Kinect and TV adaptor I am left with zero ports and having to connect my external hard drive to the front every time I play. There is clearly
a need for multiple USB ports so why not include them rather than people having to make an extra purchase?