Sim Rigs - Let’s see yours

[mace¬]

I'm pretty crap with this kind of thing but I'm pretty sure I just switched the display setting to VR in AC and used the datalink cable and away I went. Nothing else needed.
Actually I may have done some of this...

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Finally got my Meta Link working last night. Was a faff, to say the least.

I played a couple of races within AC, was f**king epic. Some lotus F1 car around Monza, f**king ace.

I put the headset down, went for a pee, came back and I couldnt get it to work for the life of me.

Headset in Link Mode.

Steam VR running.

AC Content manager open, hit 'Go' (or Race, I cant remember)

Headset would go black, game loaded on the PC, but I just kept getting some weird VR space on the headset, even though the PC was showing the game, with tracking working.

Any ideas? Sat for about 40 minutes trying to fix it but nada and gave up. Halp.

 

[Donny_Dog]

If it works, it works

 

[Pauleds]

I havnt used PlayStation for ages, as the setup went into my lads room. He's been getting into drifting and rally games so we've just got him a Playseat Evolution from ebay as it was local too.

So if anyone is after a stand, I'm selling the old one

£25 collected from near Wrexham
Even comes with the extra drinks bottle holder (beer can)

 

[Darren S]

So, I had a recent 'need' for having a monitor up above the TV that my racing seat is used with.

Although I was fully expecting a Next Level Racing (NLR) tax for having an additional monitor setup, I didn't think it would be that bad. Yep - piss-takes aplenty.

I enquired with NLR and got the following back...



Hi there,

Thank you for contacting Next Level Racing!

Regrettably, NLR-A011 is not compatible with any of the Elite overhead monitor stands, nor is there a product that offers this level of customisation. If you are interested in using two monitors stacked on top of each other, I would recommend considering an upgrade to the Elite Single Monitor Stand, along with the addition of the Overhead Monitor Stand.



Off I went to investigate the Elite Single monitor stand and saw it on Scan for around £250. Then, the Overhead monitor Stand was an additional £150. £400 for some box sections of tubing to mount an old monitor on? Crack-pipe smoking.

On a whim, I checked out Amazon and took a punt on one of their Amazon Basics single monitor stands - thinking that I could potentially flip it 90 degrees to the left and mount the monitor on that. At £20.97 - I gave it a go.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DHK5DHN/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Next was generous mate of mine who had a spare Dell 19" flat panel in his attic, left unused. Only 60hz, but it's simply displaying info and not actual race playback. More importantly, it came with the VESA holes on the back. Slight issue - only DVI and VGA inputs - so I ordered a DVI to DP cable also, for the immense sum of £6.99.

For the grand total of £27.96, I ended up with a fully working setup via Simhub at a 14th of the NLR price. Just need to do a little bit of cable management now.

 

[Matt Cup]

 

[McGherkin]

I was expecting him to bin it and get flying kicked off the chair and out of the shot

 

[Matt Cup]

I was expecting him to bin it and get flying kicked off the chair and out of the shot

That’s V2.0

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Bought a McLaren GT3 wheel, hard to resist at £171 delivered with a Metal QR2. Fanatec are doing free delivery before Christmas.

 

[N0ddie]

Bought a McLaren GT3 wheel, hard to resist at £171 delivered with a Metal QR2. Fanatec are doing free delivery before Christmas.

That is a superb wheel, though the gear change paddles could be described as a bit loud (According to the Mrs)

I found that with it being a slightly wider wheel (vs the Formula V2.5x I also had) it felt like a good chunk of FFB was lost (I was using, at the time, it on the 8Nm DD Pro wheelbase). Its a wheel I've considered re-buying since I moved to the higher force Asetek wheelbase (though I would have to purchase an adapter kit to).

 

[Neil Clio 182]

The V2.5 has rumble kits in it though...
maybe one day

 

[Strell]

I’ve had this a little while and just not using it if anyone is interested in a mega set up:

I’ve since added keyboard and mouse mounts

The spec is:

Simlab p1x pro - triple monitor, keyboard and mouse trays
Simucube 2 Pro
Ascher McLaren Pro Wheel
Heusinkveld Ultimate+ 3 Pedal set up
HRS pedal plates
3 x LG 1440p Ultragear 32GP850-B
Sabelt SRX1 Seat
Simcore UDJ2 dashboard
Other bits I’ll have forgotten

PC is mega - i7-14700F, ASUS 4080 Super ProArt, 32GB Corsair Venge DDR5 etc

I’d be after £6,250 it cost well over £10k

 

[mace¬]

How do the springs work in the brake pedal? At the moment I have it setup like this with two of the softest springs but I find the ABS is triggering to easy.

If I swap out one of the springs does it make a difference if I put it at the top or the bottom? In my mind it will make no difference as the softer spring will just compress before the harder one?

So I'm after quite soft initial grab and then a stiffer last part of the braking.

I originally found the poly things were too stiff for what I was after

 

[bozothenutter]

Just got myself an aliexpress shifter....

Actually not bad for 34 euros!
So I'm taking it apart to see how I can mod it.

top view

Electronics

Top of mechanism

Inner mechanism

As you can see it's beyond simple!
I'm thinking:
- mount a shaft on skate bearings fore-aft
- fit with torsionspring for centering
- fit its bracket to said shaft
- add bearing to bottom of lever
- maybe grind the outside of the tiny bearing to be more convex due to the lever changing angle when shifting

I have all the stuff and tools, so no cost....win right?

 

[mace¬]

Enjoyed this little series the other day.

His last video on Dirt Rally 2.0 was a tidy little drive.

Ryan's Road To Rally

I've got one year to go from rally fan playing on my kids Playstation, to competitive IRL rally racer in a national series. Lets see if unreasonable amounts of confidence and a finely-tuned sim rig can make this happen. #simracing #rally

www.youtube.com

 

[charltjr]

Installed a load cell mod to my Moza brake pedal today. Bloody hell, what a difference! Braking is suddenly so much more natural. Easy to fit too, well, apart from undoing the fuckups I made when I originally built the rig 😂

Alien Mods SRP Lite load cell kit Install Guide - Alien Mods

alien-mods-srp-lite-load-cell-kit-lets-get-you-set-up-and-ready-to-race-install-guide-handcrafted-mechanical-assembly

alien-mods.com

 

[Matt Cup]

Can you honestly say you’ve a proper sim rig unless you have got an automated scented tree hanging in front of your monitor.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Gear Shifter installed Dog was supervising.
The cable is a bit short to the wheel base and the M6 bolts were not included.

 

[Darren S]

Gear Shifter installed Dog was supervising.
The cable is a bit short to the wheel base and the M6 bolts were not included.
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Does your shifter clunk through the frame like a church bell?

I simply don't use my Fanatec shifter for that reason - it's just way too noisy.

 

[Neil Clio 182]

Does your shifter clunk through the frame like a church bell?

I simply don't use my Fanatec shifter for that reason - it's just way too noisy.

I mean it's way better than my PMS shifter in the CLio

 

[Neil Clio 182]

P.S. have you tried dynamatt type stuff?

 

[Darren S]

P.S. have you tried dynamatt type stuff?

I've got two layers of rubber matting squeezed between the frame and the gearstick stand itself - but it didn't make the slightest difference, really.

 

[Darren S]

So, it was out with the Fanatec shifter earlier and in with CB1 switchbox. Not done any cable management with it yet, but will over the weekend.

I do still want some form of shifter at some point, but I'm in no hurry. Might look at reviews of other brands, unless Fanatec has made progress in leaps and bounds with theirs?

 

[mace¬]

Am I stuck with just the Logitech Pro and Fanatec DD+ for PS5 and PC use?

 

[N0ddie]

Am I stuck with just the Logitech Pro and Fanatec DD+ for PS5 and PC use?

No. You can buy and use Simagic wheelbases/wheels/pedals on PS5 though it is not officially supported. SuperGT (Longtime Gran Turismo Youtuber/streamer) uses this gear now without issue. If you're looking to change out your gear then I'd definitely give his video a watch on the subject:

So, it was out with the Fanatec shifter earlier and in with CB1 switchbox. Not done any cable management with it yet, but will over the weekend.

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I do still want some form of shifter at some point, but I'm in no hurry. Might look at reviews of other brands, unless Fanatec has made progress in leaps and bounds with theirs?

Lovely looking button box. If you don't mind, how much did that set you back? Also, does it come with the appropriate hardware to mount it to your rig? On the shifter front; if you're after a sequential shifter, I can recommend the Moza SGP sequential. I picked one up a couple of days ago for my rig (to use on the oval/NASCAR side of iRacing) and find it to be very good. It has a couple of buttons on it also which is handy.

As well as the shifter I added a round wheel which I'm enjoying a lot. No buttons on it since its literally just a Sabelt wheel so I'm now looking to add some kit of button panel like the one above, or a stream deck.

 

[Darren S]

No. You can buy and use Simagic wheelbases/wheels/pedals on PS5 though it is not officially supported. SuperGT (Longtime Gran Turismo Youtuber/streamer) uses this gear now without issue. If you're looking to change out your gear then I'd definitely give his video a watch on the subject:


Lovely looking button box. If you don't mind, how much did that set you back? Also, does it come with the appropriate hardware to mount it to your rig? On the shifter front; if you're after a sequential shifter, I can recommend the Moza SGP sequential. I picked one up a couple of days ago for my rig (to use on the oval/NASCAR side of iRacing) and find it to be very good. It has a couple of buttons on it also which is handy.

As well as the shifter I added a round wheel which I'm enjoying a lot. No buttons on it since its literally just a Sabelt wheel so I'm now looking to add some kit of button panel like the one above, or a stream deck.



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I took a punt on AliExpress - never ordered anything before in my life from there before - but it did turn up alright.

It comes with a rudimentary clamp system that I didn't use - but was lucky that the shifter mounting plate on my NLR GT Track had holes already that lined up with the back of the switch-box. Once I'd removed the shifter, I just swapped it for this with three small screws.

Thanks for the shifter info - I'll definitely bear that in mind.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Does anyone on here have any experience with Richard Burns Rally? I've been wondering about trying it but, with people modifying it over the years, what's the deal? Where can I download the game and the relevant updates?

 

[McGherkin]

Rallysimfans.hu - rallysimfans.hu plugin

rallysimfans.hu

That should get you started. Will post in more detail later if nobody else does

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Rallysimfans.hu - rallysimfans.hu plugin

rallysimfans.hu

That should get you started. Will post in more detail later if nobody else does

I'm a total noob with this kind of thing, so not really sure what I'm looking at. Is that the best version? Ideally I need something totally idiot proof

 

[N0ddie]

I'm a total noob with this kind of thing, so not really sure what I'm looking at. Is that the best version? Ideally I need something totally idiot proof

 

[chazza114]

I'm a total noob with this kind of thing, so not really sure what I'm looking at. Is that the best version? Ideally I need something totally idiot proof

That's the only version of the game that's really worth playing. Has hundreds of stages, great online rallies and the most up-to-date physics the game can handle. Be warned though, I think it's over 100gb due to all the stages. It's a little bit tricky to install, but if you follow the guide they provide, and watch that video above, then you should have no issues.

 

[mace¬]

Finally fired up EA WRC the other day, really enjoying it and doesn't just equal certain carnage and death like Dirt 2.0. Found goping through the Rally School finally helped me understand the concepts of rally driving which was nice. Might give 2.0 another go now I sort of understand what to do.

 

[McGherkin]

I don’t think I’ve touched Dirt 2.0 since I got into EA WRC. Shame that the Welsh stages aren’t in it though.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

The thing I miss from Dirt 2.0 is Rally Germany. It had plenty of run-off, so was a good place for experimenting, and parts of it felt a bit like some of the stuff you'd see on club/SV rallies, so was a bit more like events I might actually be able to do in real life.

On the subject of EA WRC however, the trailer for the trailer for the latest DLC comes out later

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Some decent updates coming by the looks of it. A load more stages for Sweden and Greece, plus another six new cars. I thought the Clio Rally3 and Rally4 had been a big omission, so nice to see those in there, and another of the 2017-21 WRCs added. That Michelin Pilot livery on the Escort Cosworth is pure p**n too.

 

[McGherkin]

Since this is the final DLC for EAWRC, I’m slightly disappointed that there won’t be a 307 WRC.

 

[chazza114]

Some decent updates coming by the looks of it. A load more stages for Sweden and Greece, plus another six new cars. I thought the Clio Rally3 and Rally4 had been a big omission, so nice to see those in there, and another of the 2017-21 WRCs added. That Michelin Pilot livery on the Escort Cosworth is pure p**n too.

I can't get my head around why they've added the '99 Focus, which was barely developed and massively overweight, when they could add the '03-04 Focus which would be much improved over the '01 Focus we have already. Plus the '03 Focus would give the Xsara a good fight in game based on the stats, which would make some of the clubs I'm in much more competitive and varied.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I can't get my head around why they've added the '99 Focus, which was barely developed and massively overweight, when they could add the '03-04 Focus which would be much improved over the '01 Focus we have already. Plus the '03 Focus would give the Xsara a good fight in game based on the stats, which would make some of the clubs I'm in much more competitive and varied.

Yeah it's probably the worst addition in the pack in a way, as it wasn't a great car. There are so many things they could add to it, and plenty I would have picked above that Focus.

 

[McGherkin]

I can't get my head around why they've added the '99 Focus, which was barely developed and massively overweight, when they could add the '03-04 Focus which would be much improved over the '01 Focus we have already. Plus the '03 Focus would give the Xsara a good fight in game based on the stats, which would make some of the clubs I'm in much more competitive and varied.

 

[chazza114]

Continuing on with my mini-rant, what on earth do the new rally 3 & 4 cars have to do with the 'Hard Chargers' theme? Surely you'd be going for more cars that were known to be tough and could battle on, like the Octavia WRC? All seems a bit hashed together to me.

Maybe they've switched focus onto a new WRC25 game, so these little bits of DLC are just quick fixes to keep people entertained. Also the addition of what is basically only 2 stages seems like a bit of a joke, considering for the Dirt Rally 2.0 they remade all the old DR1 locations so that they would work in the DR2 engine.