The Sim Racing Rig Thread

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#61

Your rig looks awesome @oltman!

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#62

I like that idea!

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#63

We just need Captain Greg to find us those sponsorsā€¦

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#64

Lol. Bollocks to that! Iā€™m the broke-arse, part-time employed, bond and university fee paying semi-pensioner, remember? I bloody well need a sponsor for my life. :grinning:

You lot are the young, energetic talent. Get out there and start marketing yourselves already! I mean really! Come on team! Go out and just do it!! Rah, rah!

Was that managerially motivating enough? Too much?

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#65

Continuing the discussion from My Sim Racing Rig:

Hi @oltman

Please can you provide me with your contact details, i am on the same path at the moment, and i would like to talk to you.

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#66

Hey @Slayer

Looks like you accidentally posted a reply instead of a private message. The forum software also reckons you typed this message too fast.

Are you a bot? A spammer?

If not, please drop by the Introduce yourself topic and tell us all a bit about you.

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#67

Iā€™m going to use this thread rez for good - @oltman: You mentioned a local guy that supplied you with the aluminium extrusions, care to name drop?

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#68

I only use my powers for good :wink:

I ordered the aluminium from MODUASM and the guy I ended up dealing with, Malcolm Emms (EMAIL him) was really helpful. There is another place in Richardsbay but their prices were consistently more.

Also, I cannot rate MAY-CAD enough! it is so simple to design your own rig with this!

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#69

Iā€™ve got a license for Solidworks, and the weldments feature is specifically designed to easily draw structures with I-beams and channels, and it works really well with Alu extrudes as well. Iā€™m going to try MAY-CAD, though, just to compare. Iā€™ll report back!

EDIT: Moduasm has cad files!! I love them!

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#70

Guys,

Does anybody know of someone that wants to sell there setup?

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#71

@oltman where is the photos of your fan mod??? :stuck_out_tongue:

#72

I need a safe way to mount the Arduino to my rigā€¦ Without shorting it out. So no cable tiesā€¦

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#73

Inside a kosblik?

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#74

So, a small update :wink:

Through a serious of fortunate events and incredible generosity, I managed to get 3 of those XCEED-ingly good monitors from Checkers! (See @Darthmolā€™s thread)

It has long been a dream to have 3 monitors, as the level of immersion is next level (ta dum tiss), and some driving accuracy is just a bonus. I now see apexes for sharp corners easier and I can judge when to accelerate better.

I am under no illusion that guys drive way better than me on far worse rigs, but that is just proof that I need all the help I can get.

For example, Ty Majeski, a pro racer, has more than 10k iRating, yet drives on THIS:

But I digress.

This is my new monitors in position. Please ignore cable management and position. Trying to source some table mounted arms to get the screens closer to the wheel so I can have a better FOV.

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Tonight will be my first race with these monitors and I am SUPER excited!

Special thanks to my significant other, you ROCK hard, Lumpy!

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#75

Oh man, that must be heaven. Are those 60Hz monitors, or something faster?

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#76

Theyā€™re 144Hz monitors :grin:

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#77

Very nice setup. Enjoy it!

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#78

oh my PP

Valhalla

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#79

Looks right proper mate! Wish you may happy miles of going cross-eyed trying to watch all 3 monitors at the same time, all of the time! :joy: What would do without our significant others?!

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#80

That looks so unbelievably cool dude. You have created Sim racing nirvana. I am infinitely jealous and hope you enjoy it thoroughly.

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