r/SimRacingSetups

Four days before my Dad went into hospital, we went to a local sim place. After we left, he wanted to buy me a set up, but I insisted I would save up and buy it myself.

One hell of an upgrade from the Playseat Challenge I had before and I’m at LEAST a tenth quicker.

Love ya, Dad.

I already had a single monitor mount on my foldable rig, so I reused its vertical extrusions, and on them I mounted a single monitor mount and two side monitor mounts from trak racer. I'm now running 3 27inch 1440p monitors on an rtx3080.

I still have some alignments to do and cable management but had to test it out. Next on the upgrade list are pedals and wheel. But first, some iRacing and Assetto Corsa!

Bonjour,

Désolé pour la taille de la photo du setup de luxe, je n’ai pas réussi à la réduire.

Je viens de lire le désespoir d’un simracer sur reddit et ça m’a fait me poser encore plus de question sur l’amélioration que je pourrais avoir en simracing.

Principalement sur LMU, et ACE

J’ai un matériel assez daté, un T300RS avec un pédalier T3PA et ses pédales molles monté sur un wheel stand pas très rigide avec une chaise de table à manger

Une télévision de salon 4k et un pc qui affiche ~90fps en course

J’ai globalement un niveau qui me permet d’être entre 102% et 103%, rarement en 101%

Et récemment je fais des tours et des tours sans vraiment me sentir mieux ce qui me frustre un peu j’avoue

Je crois que le problème vient principalement de mon freinage, je ne crois pas pouvoir utiliser ma mémoire musculaire puis je ne sens pas de force dans la pédale donc je n’arrive pas à être constant dans mes dégressifs, ce qui influe sur mes trajectoires dans le virage et donc mes sorties.

J’ai un ami qui est plus rapide que moi d’une seconde, et en course j’ai toujours 0,700 à 1,300 de seconde retard sur les temps des premiers

Est-ce qu’un changement de matériel me ferait du bien ou est-ce que je suis juste mauvais ?

Quand j’entends des gens dirent qu’ils y’a des pilotes compétitifs en G29 je me pose vraiment la question

Le plus gros serait surement un vrai pédalier load cell , ensuite et un volant direct drive ?

Eventuellement un châssis rigide plus tard, je n’ai pas vraiment l’argent pour tout acheter maintenant.

Aussi, est-ce que j’y gagnerai à passer sur un format triple screen ou 1 écran incurvé plutôt que la télévision dans mon salon ?

Merci de m’avoir lu,

Hâte de lire vos avis et conseils toute aide sera la bienvenue 🙏🏻

Friend got a wheel and was super excited but forgot to get a desk clamp...this is what he did 😃

Hey guys so i’m pulling the plug and diving into the rabbit hole. I’m thinking of Buying the Fanatec Clubsport DD , Fanatec Clubsport pedals V3, Fanatec Clubsport Wheel.

I have attached the photos below. My question is do i need any other accessory to plug in the wheel to the base? Is it compatible and ready to go or do i need something else?

And thoughts on the Fanatec Clubsport GT rig (attached) Or can get something cheaper? Seat not included which is a bummer.

Leaning towards getting the ERS3 seat, it has dual reclining lock which is supposed to be rigid for heavy braking.

I don’t think the sparco offers that, and it’s around $130 more, which one would you go with?

Any users here with the ERS3 or R100 seat? would love to hear your long term reviews on the seats.

waiting for this 4080 frame to arrive, and I was wondering if these charger seats would be an easy mount up as I heard they may be wider than most sim frames

anyone have experiencing using one or a challenger seat on a 4080 alu frame?

I made the base for the pedals and seat out of scrap plywood pieces. Same as the console on the right and keyboard tray on the left. I found a free corner desk on marketplace and used a jigsaw to cut the top to suit my shifter and hand brake. I then added brackets to the desk to bolt it to the floor. I also used large angle brackets to reinforce every connection on the desk to make it solid. I bought a triple monitor mount for my 27s it has poven to stay level and true. It does shake a bit under crazy moments. But it's realistic! Lol.

- I use a tablet bracket bolted to the desk that holds a phone for running lovely dash through Sim hub. I also run bass shakers in the seat and on the pedals.

- I bought a used BMW M5 seat online for 50 bucks and it has all the adjustability and comfort. So, we're up to $170 bucks and some brackets and screws that were laying around. As the monitor bracket was $120.

- 3 x Asus 144hz /1 ms 27s in monitors. Asus bezel feee kit. A decent PC that could use updating with a 3060ti and an amd 3700x cpu.

-A Moza set with an Rsv2 wheel, R12 base, srp pedals with custom brake mod. Moza shifter and a modified Amazon handbrake.

- Surround sound, Arctis gaming headset and a Quest 2 VR for immersion on occasion. And a wind mod for cooling and immersion.

I’m pretty sure the standard seat installation made me throw my back out after two months… it leaves all your weight on your tail bone … so I rearranged some of the profiles and came up with this inclined position without buying anything extra…

It’s a game changer for comfort with these seat, now I feel cupped in and my weight distributed between the back rest and the bottom rest.

So im debating with myself if it’s more cost effective to source the profiles for a rig myself or buy one of the 400/500€ kits.

In order to decide I’m wondering where you guys source your profiles and mounting options.

Since I have to build a custom solution for my monitors anyways, I’m looking for your recommendations. Would be best if the profiles are compatible with the ITEM 8 series.

Thanks in advance.

Bought the T598 in January. TH8-A shifter, raceline 3 pedals.. Loved it, didn’t think I’d need an upgrade. Then came the disconnects, and now I doesn’t even turn on. Did my research and thought I needed a power cable so I reached out to Thrustmaster, who told me I’d need to send my unit to France so have it repaired which would take weeks. I use this thing daily so I figured that doesn’t work for me, I’m just gonna go buy another one while I wait for the repair. Noticed this G pro was on sale for 999 and decided well, let’s just see what the hype is about it’s getting retuned anyway.. Well… it’s not getting returned lol. Difference is night and day. Makes that T598 feel like a child’s toy. Only thing I miss on there is the shifters, they just feel more satisfying to pull. The gear jolt was also nice. Aside from that, the quality feels so much better on the Logitech side. Load cell pedal is amazing. Wheel selection feels limited but I don’t think I need all the fancy wheels other brands offer. Anything I should look out for? Preventative maintenance maybe? I didn’t know about the T598 issues until it happened.

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk

Has anyone put their rig on these rubber vibration mats made for compressors or A\c units? My rig is upstairs so I'm trying to prevent as much vibration noise as possible. I like the fact they have a bit more surface area to hold the weight vs the spring style isolators.

Hey guys

I’ve recently assembled a new p1x

And after 30 min of seating in it, my lower back is dead.

You know what adjustments I should make for this to not happen ?

Hey folks, after 2 years in a playseat challenge I finally got a profile rig!

After several days of swearing I think I've managed to put it together correctly.

1. How does my posture look for GT racing?
2. I'm not happy with the shifter side rail. In this position I feel it's too high, but changing the position of the rear upright means the wheel deck is too far from the seat. Maybe I just need to get a shorter section of profile for the horizontal bit?

Thanks everyone.