Sim chair budget build
Sim chair budget build
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scrw.

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2,998 posts

210 months

Friday 27th March 2020
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So I used just over 1/2 an 8x4 of 1/2" ply, some offcuts of various kitchen tops I had around and an MX5 RS seat & made a thing....

2020-03-27_09-22-50 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

Still needs the sides triming down and painting, however it works...

2020-03-27_09-23-19 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

2020-03-27_09-21-47 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

Need to have a proper tweek of the screens and lower them a fraction.

2020-03-27_09-22-11 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

2020-03-27_09-22-28 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

Well impressed with it, running 3x 27" 144hz screens and a Ryzen 7 with 32gb RAM and a single RXT2070, monitors are QHD, need to check what frame rate I am getting at the mo, certainly seems smooth enough. Off to play some more now....

skinny

5,269 posts

255 months

Friday 27th March 2020
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Nice, you might want to secure the pedals down and maybe tilt them up slightly too (to get a better angle on the pedals, i find them a bit too reclined as standard).

I did a thing today too, adding a tactile transducer (bass shaker) to my PS4. Mounting needs a bit of tweaking but it's definitely got promise.

scrw.

Original Poster:

2,998 posts

210 months

Friday 27th March 2020
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Pedals are angled, hard to see but mounted to some 60mm laminate worktop at about 20° with 6 x m6 bolts, may screw some 1" angle iron across the base as the laminet does flex a touch!

scrw.

Original Poster:

2,998 posts

210 months

Saturday 4th September 2021
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Mk2 version just put together for my son, he bought the wood, went with 3/4 ply this time, seems more sturdy than my scrap wood effort.

20210904_192607 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

20210904_193622 by Old_Chad, on Flickr

Just needs sanding down now

SturdyHSV

10,315 posts

187 months

Sunday 5th September 2021
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Good effort thumbup

I'm also happy to give it my personal seal of approval and say yes, that does look more Sturdy hehe