Driving simulator
Discussion
Hi
Been looking in to setting a driving simulator that i can use for my business to help out customers to learn a race circuit before we go or for additional training. I've looked at rfactor/2 and it seems to be a good system that covers most circuits UK are most important but major European circuits are important too (Zandvoort, Nurburging GP, Zolder, Estoril etc.)
Would be interested in a 2/3 screen system if this is possible or at least to expand to that sort of setup in the future, fully open to suggestions though of every bit of kit.
Can someone help spec a full system right from Computer basis, monitors to driving chair, steering wheel. budget is flexible although would like to keep it below £2k if i can
Thanks
Been looking in to setting a driving simulator that i can use for my business to help out customers to learn a race circuit before we go or for additional training. I've looked at rfactor/2 and it seems to be a good system that covers most circuits UK are most important but major European circuits are important too (Zandvoort, Nurburging GP, Zolder, Estoril etc.)
Would be interested in a 2/3 screen system if this is possible or at least to expand to that sort of setup in the future, fully open to suggestions though of every bit of kit.
Can someone help spec a full system right from Computer basis, monitors to driving chair, steering wheel. budget is flexible although would like to keep it below £2k if i can
Thanks
£2k isn't an awful lot to spend...you need more money.
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http://obutto-uk.com/
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You can spend £2k on just the PC if you are serious.
Same again on the wheel and pedals.
And again on the seat/extras.
Any gaming PC should be ok, I'd go for something i5 or i7 based but with a powerful GPU and 3x monitors is a lot of pixels.
The minimum you should be looking at with regard to wheel and pedal is a Logitech G27 (£270ish) or Fanatec £250+ or more for professional set ups.
Lots of people doing seats/cockpits probably get one with a monitor support built in. I think you can spend upwards from £300 here.
For monitors get the 3 biggest you can afford or consider an Oculus Rift - Virtual reality headset total game changer in this field, not yet a full consumer product but the development kit is available to anyone and lots of games support it.
I think you will be best off looking at Rfactor2 or Assetto Corsa as these both support mods (community built cars and tracks) i like I racing and that has lots of UK and European circuits as well. The Ring is coming, Spa, Brands, Silverstone, Donnington, Oulton, Zandvoort, Zolder, Giles V and Monza and Imola are also coming. I think they have other UK circuits also planned but nothing official.
Same again on the wheel and pedals.
And again on the seat/extras.
Any gaming PC should be ok, I'd go for something i5 or i7 based but with a powerful GPU and 3x monitors is a lot of pixels.
The minimum you should be looking at with regard to wheel and pedal is a Logitech G27 (£270ish) or Fanatec £250+ or more for professional set ups.
Lots of people doing seats/cockpits probably get one with a monitor support built in. I think you can spend upwards from £300 here.
For monitors get the 3 biggest you can afford or consider an Oculus Rift - Virtual reality headset total game changer in this field, not yet a full consumer product but the development kit is available to anyone and lots of games support it.
I think you will be best off looking at Rfactor2 or Assetto Corsa as these both support mods (community built cars and tracks) i like I racing and that has lots of UK and European circuits as well. The Ring is coming, Spa, Brands, Silverstone, Donnington, Oulton, Zandvoort, Zolder, Giles V and Monza and Imola are also coming. I think they have other UK circuits also planned but nothing official.
fair enough i need to up my budget, but what do i need as a good system that will run it no problem with 3 monitors, quality steering wheel etc. not worried about sound system as i have something that will work with that but everything else is needed, i'll work out the finances once i have an idea of what i need.
been a while since i've really done any computer stuff so bit out of touch with what is the right kit to power what i need
been a while since i've really done any computer stuff so bit out of touch with what is the right kit to power what i need
Bullett said:
You can spend £2k on just the PC if you are serious.
Same again on the wheel and pedals.
And again on the seat/extras.
Any gaming PC should be ok, I'd go for something i5 or i7 based but with a powerful GPU and 3x monitors is a lot of pixels.
Sorry don't agree with that. For a gamer in a bedroom that may be OK but as this is a business venture, more thought needs to be put into it.Same again on the wheel and pedals.
And again on the seat/extras.
Any gaming PC should be ok, I'd go for something i5 or i7 based but with a powerful GPU and 3x monitors is a lot of pixels.
Speed is the most important factor here, as a paying customer shouldn't have to wait around for games to load etc, so....
I'd go for an i7-5960x Extreme, it's a £760 CPU but has 40 PCI-E lanes. Enough to drive two GTX 980's in SLI and have lanes left over for a PCI-E SSD.
An X99 motherboard with 64Gb DDR4 RAM and using that as a RAM-disk will out-perform the fastest SSD's.
Add 3x AsusRog Swift G-Sync monitors, (although they are TN panels, which is a downside) and now we're getting to a decent spec for a PC for this type of business. All imho, of course.
petery said:
that looks the sort of thing can you send me a spec of that.
cheers
Like others are saying you will need a better set up than this for a commercial environment but this is what I have (PC doesn't break a sweat)cheers
Seat - £300 nearly new from eBay... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111231183829
Monitor stand - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111235731877?_trksid=p20...
Keyboard stand - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111235709171?_trksid=p20...
3 x 24" monitors - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IF152SQ?psc=...
Trackir 5 Pro - http://www.flightstore.co.uk/pilot-supplies-c1/tor...
Logitech Wheel, Pedals & Shifter - Off a mate but brand new - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gaming/pc-gaming-acce...
Keyboard
Mouse
Headphones/speakers
Misc. (cables etc)
rFactor licence
PC... £400
i7 870@2.93GHZ
2 x AMD Radeon HD 6850 GFX (Crossfire)
Asus P7-P550E Motherboard
8GB DDR3 Ram
750W PSU
128GB SSD
2TB WD Black HDD
Wifi card
LG Multi Drive
Coolermaster CM690 USB3 Case
Windows 7 64bit Professional
Edited by Avidfanofstuff on Sunday 9th November 23:41
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