ProCoach

Yes, it's time!

switchface

Let's see some more pics of rigs or videos in action!

LuigiVampa

I see a lot of discussion on this thread about the benefits of sim racing as well as a debate of which wheel to use. What about the computer to use?

I bought a cheap computer from Tiger Direct a few years ago to go iRacing and it was horrible which is why I abandoned the effort.

What is the cheapest "I bought this and it worked out great" computer?"

I also want to connect it to my TV and will just use the HDMI. Already have a steering wheel and pedal rig which I use with xBox.

Just need to buy the wheel and computer and learned to call people racist names (I kid! I kid!).

Cadaver

FWIW. not based on actual experience, but my research (here and elsewhere) looking for a good reasonably priced unit out of the box. I’m sure others will chime in on other options so I apologize if this causes confusion. I tend to mind-F decision such as these. So, as the usual trend goes, I mentally exhausted myself and just pulled the trigger and bought the damn thing. I’ll report back with my findings. I’m in same boat, using my tv and a Logitech G29 wheel/pedal setup to just get my feet wet without dropping $5k

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypow...?skuId=6362981

dgrobs

Was waiting for that, LOL.

For the record, I thought it was gonna come a lot sooner, but I WAS SURE it was gonna be you who said it....or maybe Dave.

Paul Solk

Testing my "in car" view similar to my HD2 setup LOL...

Has anyone seen the Jordan Taylor vid of him rolling his Sim rig in a crash LOL

dgrobs

I actually enjoyed that Paul.

Not quite like watching you from the bleachers as you rip up the esses in the "goose", but a good watch none the less. (Can you tell I'm bored out of my gourd?)

Thanks for posting. I'm gonna video myself on my sim tonight and then watch how bad I drive. Never thought of doing the "in car" thing on a sim, but in these times......

Paul Solk

Haha, here is the in car from the PCA Sim Race last Friday... Sportsman class.

JTT

Paul Solk

The most realistic sim rig out there... Apparently something broke on his rig and it literally rolled him LOL

MarcD147

@paul start with fixing the color of your gloves before you go for the more complex stuff

switchface

Paul - have you tried turning the in-game wheel off? Your wheel looks nice; seeing a duplicate in my hands and on screen always threw me off, so I turned the in-game wheel off. Let me try to attach a quick example with the in-game wheel off (don't mind the quality, projectors are difficult to capture well on video)


I'd love to see a better angle of that Jordan crash, those SimCraft units can really roll ya! For fun, I once loaded up Mario Kart's Rainbow Road mod in Assetto Corsa. It was all fun until I remembered there is essentially a massive jump in the middle of outer-space. My motion rig nearly threw me out of the chair! Haven't loaded that up ever again lol

BH987S

Hi. Anyone have experience with the Thrustmaster TS-XW Racer P310 Competition Mod wheel and pedal set? New setup on Windows 10 using a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 and Oculus Rift. I can't get the wheel and pedal to work properly. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, some improvement but after a computer restart iRacing loses the control setup and back to square one. Thrustmaster tech support not answering. Any ideas?

Steve113

Paul, looks like a really cool set up


I always have an issue with set ups not giving me brake feedback. I cant get that seat of your pants feeling when braking to figure out whats enough without over or under braking .On the track that has always been to me what sets most of us apart. Any of you guys find you set ups give you this feedback? This to me make my SIM experiences just frustrating .

matt33

Steve - do you have a good quality brake pedal that "loads"? Anything with a hydraulic damper should help a lot.. if you have not already tried that.

Then the only other things that come to mind (other than building a motion rig which is a whole different thing) are: sim vibe + transducers so you can feel traction loss with vibration and/or ensuring the graphics settings are such that it all feels lifelike. iRacing now supports pitch/roll/etc and I think that helps trick your senses into feeling g-force (a bit like the 360 degree movie theaters where you lean all over the place despite a level surface under your feet)

Matty