Racing simulators

[Great Dane]

Saw in the Mail on Sunday supplement that you can get this simulator costing up to £16k






But here is the place where somebody sat who actually did make the break from sofa to the Le Mans podium... (Lucas Ordonez)

[weyland yutani]

I thoroughly enjoy sim racing but some people spend ridiculous amounts of money on pretending to drive a car when they could actually drive a car on a race track.

[CBR JGWRR]

It's a product with a market...

[weyland yutani]

I don't dispute that, if money was no object I'd buy two of those bad boys!

[Pints]

weyland yutani said:

I thoroughly enjoy sim racing but some people spend ridiculous amounts of money on pretending to drive a car when they could actually drive a car on a race track.

The obvious difference being the risk involved though.

[Rufus]

I know a chap who races in britcar and has a son involved in karting, massive petrol head, who bought an old F1 shell, and had it set up as a simulator at his home, only to find he is too large to get into it! Bloody expensive toy for the two young lads.

[Altrezia]

There are loads of options.

These, for example, are way cheaper: http://www.simxperience.com/
Or, you can spend much much more than £16k!

[designndrive62]

16k! Pfft... built my own this week for £20! yes its made of wood and isn't the prettiest thing but its got no wobble and cos its so stiff the force feedback from the wheel vibrates through the frame making it feel like you are going over curbs! Lol

[bayemvay]

I quite like this one:

http://www.inmygarage.com/?p=1550

[robmlufc]

weyland yutani said:

I thoroughly enjoy sim racing but some people spend ridiculous amounts of money on pretending to drive a car when they could actually drive a car on a race track.

Its not always possible to get a race license, medical conditions for example.

[Turn7]

bayemvay said:

I quite like this one:

http://www.inmygarage.com/?p=1550

Thats very clever....

Love the working speedo/tacho

[Altrezia]

robmlufc said:

Its not always possible to get a race license, medical conditions for example.

Or money, or time.

It's a different hobby. With sim racing you can drive any car on any track with people all over the world, or on your own against computer opponents. There's a really good community behind it, and it's great for those 30 minutes of downtime between other things.

Plus, it's not exclusive, there's no reason you can't do both

[CocoUK]

Turn7 said:

bayemvay said:

I quite like this one:

http://www.inmygarage.com/?p=1550

Thats very clever....

Love the working speedo/tacho

But most importantly somewhere to put your beer - great stuff!

[dapearson]

I love racing online on GT5 with a Logitech G25. It wasn't too expensive and the quality of the feedback is excellent. I'd go as far as saying that it gives me some of the thrill i get from actually racing. I also think that working hard at something like time trials - trying to squeeze more time out of a car - is good practice for the real thing.

It's still seen as a "geek" thing when i tell people about it though.

[Pints]

Gobsmacked.

That E30 set-up is fantastic.

[stephen300o]

[24lemons]

Has anyone seen the video of the racing seat one guy built in his garage/home cinema? From memory it was a steering wheel/flight yoke and pedals which was built onto a collapsible frame which actually folded down into a void in the floor.

When not in use the floor was flat and the room was a home cinema. A press of a button saw a car seat and steering wheel setup rise on hydraulic rams out of the floor and into position. You could switch between car and aircraft controllers depending on what game you were playing. It looked awesome but I can't find the video anywhere. If anyone has the link or photos please share them!!

[weyland yutani]

This one seriously cracks me up everytime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFCRh-anfRg

[dapearson]

weyland yutani said:

This one seriously cracks me up everytime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFCRh-anfRg

Awesome. Surely you'd have to be an engineering genius otherwise it would make you sick?

[team underdog]

And at the higher end of the sim scale!

http://shop.mementoexclusives.com/base-performance...

Yours for just £66k!