Sim Rigs - Let’s see yours

[massiveCoRbyn]

I suspect they put the Rally3 and Rally4 cars in because they were increasingly glaring omissions for a game that's supposed to reflect the current WRC. Not having the latest cars in didn't look very good. I'm fine with it to be honest, as I spend more time driving cars like that than all the fancy Rally1/WRC type machinery.

Will be interesting to see what they do next, and whether they wait now and do a heavily revised version at the end of this year/early next.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Downloaded RBR tonight. Seems to be working ok on the laptop with just keyboard inputs (though is obviously impossible).

Will connect to the TV tomorrow and see if it works so smoothly when I try to connect the wheel etc!

 

[mace¬]

Daughter can drive in July so was thinking get her started on the Sim Rig for the basics. Also a good excuse to add clutch and gears

I see there is this one but doesn't seem to have British rules.


Or this one coming in May


Set her up in VR and can teach her the basics.

Good idea or do more harm than good?

 

[McGherkin]

I’ve got City Car Driving somewhere but haven’t really used it. I will say that I did most of my learning in Live For Speed - the clutch physics are pretty good and the circuits all have public roads you can drive on.

BeamNG is probably the best though, the clutch physics is very accurate and there’s all sorts of mod layouts with simulated traffic.

 

[Matt Cup]

Daughter can drive in July so was thinking get her started on the Sim Rig for the basics. Also a good excuse to add clutch and gears

I see there is this one but doesn't seem to have British rules.


Or this one coming in May


Set her up in VR and can teach her the basics.

Good idea or do more harm than good?

Get her on No Hesi.

 

[Matt Cup]

 

[mace¬]

I like the look of this

 

[Matt Cup]

Redneck sim rig.

 

[Donny_Dog]

Ruski sim rig

 

[jenic]

Just pre-ordered the GT Omega Prime Lite-R.

Been researching rigs for a few weeks now, really do fancy one. I was going to get a basic aluminium tube cockpit but I watched Karl Gosling's review of this small profile rig and it looks really good.



I need to decide on a chair now, I don't like the look of a shitty old car chair, the GT Omega ones look alright but don't know if they are any good? Some cheap ones on marketplace that look basically new though if I go down that route. Any other suggestions? I'd like recline and slide, but could live with just slide.

Wheel wise, I think I'm going to go with the T598, if anyone knows a way to get them on a discount that would be handy too. Amazon/Currys/Argos all have stock it seems.

Not in a rush as I'm away until July, the prime won't come until late June anyway, so can wait for things to pop up on offer. Not willing to wait @mace¬ levels of time though

 

[mace¬]

July 2026?

I've got the Prime Lite Which I think is the same as the R but comes with the side mount, I've got the monitor mount fixed to the rig as well, probably wouldn't do that if I went back again although it does look quite cool. Only other issue I have is that I need to tighten the seat back into the mount every few months because it works loose.

I went for the fixed bucket Inertia seat. Its alright, does what it says with no flex just the bolts issue.

 

[jenic]

July 2026?

I've got the Prime Lite Which I think is the same as the R but comes with the side mount, I've got the monitor mount fixed to the rig as well, probably wouldn't do that if I went back again although it does look quite cool. Only other issue I have is that I need to tighten the seat back into the mount every few months because it works loose.

I went for the fixed bucket Inertia seat. Its alright, does what it says with no flex just the bolts issue.

Is the the side mounts on the bucket? Or the mounts into the rig itself?

Maybe threadlock would make all the difference if it's taking months to work loose?

 

[mace¬]

Is the the side mounts on the bucket? Or the mounts into the rig itself?

Maybe threadlock would make all the difference if it's taking months to work loose?

It is rails on the rig itself. So yeah, it is not the seat, it is the rails that come loose fixing to the rig. I guess that is standard whatever seat you get.

 

[matttr6]

Just pre-ordered the GT Omega Prime Lite-R.

Been researching rigs for a few weeks now, really do fancy one. I was going to get a basic aluminium tube cockpit but I watched Karl Gosling's review of this small profile rig and it looks really good.



I need to decide on a chair now, I don't like the look of a shitty old car chair, the GT Omega ones look alright but don't know if they are any good? Some cheap ones on marketplace that look basically new though if I go down that route. Any other suggestions? I'd like recline and slide, but could live with just slide.

Wheel wise, I think I'm going to go with the T598, if anyone knows a way to get them on a discount that would be handy too. Amazon/Currys/Argos all have stock it seems.

Not in a rush as I'm away until July, the prime won't come until late June anyway, so can wait for things to pop up on offer. Not willing to wait @mace¬ levels of time though

I've got the prime lite. Very happy with it. As for the seat, I went with the GT omega rs9 seat as it was the only one they had in stock when I ordered the rig.

Comforts ok but it creaks and groans a bit. I thought the recline and slide would give plenty of options but to be honest, I hardly ever move it . If I was to buy again, I'd probably go with either the GT omega chase or inertia.

 

[jenic]

Someone local is selling an RS9 for £100 which looks unused, I'm tempted to grab that to put me on. The more I read about them the more I think that a fixed seat is probably best.

 

[Matt Cup]

Someone local is selling an RS9 for £100 which looks unused, I'm tempted to grab that to put me on. The more I read about them the more I think that a fixed seat is probably best.

I suppose you’d only need one on sliders if you share it with someone else. Otherwise why would you need anything but a fixed seat once you have got it to fit to your size?

 

[jenic]

I suppose you’d only need one on sliders if you share it with someone else. Otherwise why would you need anything but a fixed seat once you have got it to fit to your size?

Yeh I think so, I only have one mate who would want a serious go on it really and he is the same size as me too so wouldn't need to change then either.

 

[mace¬]

Someone local is selling an RS9 for £100 which looks unused, I'm tempted to grab that to put me on. The more I read about them the more I think that a fixed seat is probably best.

I went for the fixed seat because the reviews I saw said there was quite a bit of flex on the back for reclining chairs under heavy braking.

Also, because I have the right hand side of mine up against the wall, with the handbrake being able to move the seat back is a saviour for getting in and out. Even more so for when I get the gears I imagine.

That is it fully pushed back that allows me to get out no problems and then move it two clicks away from touching the handbrake to get it where I want it.

 

[mace¬]

I'm having a bit of a head scratch moment and getting myself confused.

want a GT\Formula style wheel

so Fanatec I can get:
Clubsport F1 wheel with a QR2 £239
But I then need:
QR2 Base - £60
QR2 Wheel side for my other wheel - £99

Total: £398
But I'm still stuck with my 8Nm CSL DD and tied to Fanatec (w*****s).

Or....
Simagic Evo Alpha £575
Simagic GT Evo wheel £295
Is my CSL DD wheel compatible and can I get a third party adapter to make it fit?

Total: £870 - Minus whatever I can get for my CSL DD.

Or.....
Are there other GT wheels that are compatible with Fanatec that I can migrate slowly and upgrade the DD later?

 

[N0ddie]

Go Simagic and sell the Fanatec stuff (it sells easily and quickly). This leaves you open to buy any aftermarket wheel you want in the future.

 

[charltjr]

Someone local is selling an RS9 for £100 which looks unused, I'm tempted to grab that to put me on. The more I read about them the more I think that a fixed seat is probably best.

I still have this kicking around if you want something mega cheap

https://cliosport.net/threads/gt-omega-xl-rs-racing-seat-%C2%A3120-inc-p-p.849006/

 

[mace¬]

Go Simagic and sell the Fanatec stuff (it sells easily and quickly). This leaves you open to buy any aftermarket wheel you want in the future.

Looking at the Simagic wheels the cheapest road wheel with buttons is £400.

What do you mean by aftermarket? They are cross compatible with other brands?

Other option is Moza R12 with the CSV2P for £699 and that is QR out the box? Then add the KS2 wheel for £249 and I'm all in £949 or around £600 once I sell the Full Fanatec CSL DD bundle.

 

[jenic]

I still have this kicking around if you want something mega cheap

https://cliosport.net/threads/gt-omega-xl-rs-racing-seat-%C2%A3120-inc-p-p.849006/

Cheers for the offer, decided to hold off buying anything for now as my spending list was getting out of control, going to go full mace timescale wise and wait for winter

 

[Heez]

Looking at the Simagic wheels the cheapest road wheel with buttons is £400.

What do you mean by aftermarket? They are cross compatible with other brands?

Other option is Moza R12 with the CSV2P for £699 and that is QR out the box? Then add the KS2 wheel for £249 and I'm all in £949 or around £600 once I sell the Full Fanatec CSL DD bundle.

If it helps I have no complaints with my r12.

You can also use different aftermarket wheels as they do a qr 6 bolt adapter and there’s a lot out there that then just connect via USB for the buttons.

 

[N0ddie]

Looking at the Simagic wheels the cheapest road wheel with buttons is £400.

What do you mean by aftermarket? They are cross compatible with other brands?

Other option is Moza R12 with the CSV2P for £699 and that is QR out the box? Then add the KS2 wheel for £249 and I'm all in £949 or around £600 once I sell the Full Fanatec CSL DD bundle.

By aftermarket I mean 3rd party wheel manufacturers like Cube Controls, GSI, Ascher etc.

 

[McGherkin]

If it helps I have no complaints with my r12.

You can also use different aftermarket wheels as they do a qr 6 bolt adapter and there’s a lot out there that then just connect via USB for the buttons.

Even easier, it’s just a normal NRG quick release so you could get any wheel you like, buy a cheap NRG and away you go.

I still rock the ES as a road wheel, albeit with a chinese 13 inch carbon rim, but if you were more after something like a GT3 butterfly or F1 style wheel the KS is dirt cheap.

 

[Heez]

Even easier, it’s just a normal NRG quick release so you could get any wheel you like, buy a cheap NRG and away you go.

I still rock the ES as a road wheel, albeit with a chinese 13 inch carbon rim, but if you were more after something like a GT3 butterfly or F1 style wheel the KS is dirt cheap.

The KS will be my next purchase. I only really play LMU or R3E but still just rocking the cs wheel, feels massive when racing a prototype 😂

 

[Cookie]

Decided to dip my toe into the water finally. Can't really have anything set up static so gone for a GT Omega Sprint (because some guy called Karl on YouTube said it was good) and a G29 so I can play on my PS5 or PC

I'll be 5 grand into pointless s**t by Xmas

 

[mace¬]

Decided to dip my toe into the water finally. Can't really have anything set up static so gone for a GT Omega Sprint (because some guy called Karl on YouTube said it was good) and a G29 so I can play on my PS5 or PC

I'll be 5 grand into pointless s**t by Xmas

5 grand? That’s mental.

Ask my Mrs and she’ll tell you I’m about £1.5k, PC included.

Welcome to the game, whatever you tell the Mrs it costs is the true price.

 

[Cookie]

5 grand? That’s mental.

Ask my Mrs and she’ll tell you I’m about £1.5k, PC included.

Welcome to the game, whatever you tell the Mrs it costs is the true price.

I'm already deep into PC costs tbf, although my 4080S looks like a bargain compared to a 5090

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

 

[Cookie]

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Technical difficulties all round

 

[Darren S]

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Cats don't judge, do they?

"Pardon?"

 

[Matt Cup]

How f**king cool is this? This is next level sim racing.

 

[Rojer]

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