As a long time Sony loyal user, will of course buy the PS4. Hopefully stupid Codemasters will finally make a real rally game before I will be too old to play it :s :p :
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As a long time Sony loyal user, will of course buy the PS4. Hopefully stupid Codemasters will finally make a real rally game before I will be too old to play it :s :p :
I'm going to stick with the PC solely because of the sim racing bug I have. I've always had it, but now it's gone even deeper. :p What I have found to be the best way to beat work related stress is some adrenaline pumping racing. This keeps me away from alcohol and comfort food as well. :laugh: I did real racing when I was younger, and even recently, but it's proven to be just way too expensive lately (including the traveling + kits + license fees etc.). And as of now, all the best sim games are on the PC, namely iRacing, rfactor 2, Project C.A.R.S (soon), Assetto Corsa, Simraceway etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I've taken on building my own sim rig as a pet project now, and a PC is an important part of it. Could build it around a console too, but then it would be too limited to semi-sim or arcade racing games. Got permission from my lovely wife too as she knows how much I love racing. :D I'm gonna source parts for it over a year or so, and when finished, it should look something like this, hopefully with a much better wheel:
http://photo.vitsco.com/temp/Racing-1.jpg
I will post progress pics in case anybody will be interested.
I've never really been a gamer. To me both controllers aren't very comfortable or natural at all. I think I could make a more ergonomic controller myself. No kidding.
We have a PS3 that is really my daughters, and having seen/used the Xbox as well it seems both are very capable systems. Graphics quality is mostly based on the game IMO, as both seem to have the hardware to support high end graphics.
Wow Captain is that your setup in the pic!!?? :eek:
Or is it the intended finished rig you plan to build? It looks amazing I have to say. I wouldn't be allowed anything like that as my wife likes every room in our house to look like its in a catalogue lol. I'd love a space where I could have a sim stashed away. I just play F1 2012 on the PS3 from time to time but appreciate it lacks some of the real style physics. I'm also not very savvy when it comes to understanding the building of computers even though I use them for my job and order them for certain products. The closest I get to racing is going Go-Karting a few times a year and try to rediscover some of my past skills. I used to go kart as a junior and won a few races, but it all go very expensive and my parents forced me onto other things.
I hope F1 2013 comes to the PS4 as I can imagine the graphics will look amazing. Unfortunately I'll likely be a new father by then and its more likely I'll be buying a new console well into next year. An article in the paper today suggests the PS4 will be around £230, so a lot cheaper than the £425 I once paid for the PS3. :)
No, it isn't my setup. My setup is a Logitech Momo bolted onto my desk and a dinky screen. :p But yes, that is what I envision the outcome to look like, but like I said, with a better wheel, for example, one of the best in the world right now, Thrustmaster T500RS with the Ferrari rim:Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image...151891330_.jpg
It's very expensive at the moment, but like I said, I will source parts over a year and a half or so, along with a better seat, and some added peripherals to complete it.
That's too bad, but yes, motorsports have always been the playground of millionaire kids. The expense of it all held me back too. I qualified for a couple of national races during the Rotax Max Challenge in my country, won in the rookie category. But if you wanna go higher, the price, politics and commitment, all go up. Then by chance or by luck I dabbled in a couple of races in a spec series, Chevrolet powered single seater formula cars. And so then once you have driven a single seater 1600cc car or 2 stroke Rotax karts, the underpowered 4 stroke rather "safe" mall karts just don't cut it anymore. :D Besides, what I really was missing was the thrill of competition, which time trialing or running circles around my newbie friends on karts wasn't giving me.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Thankfully simulation games these days have gone anal over simulating almost every aspect of a real racing car (except g-force of course), so it was the next thing to try. And judging by recent experiences, I wonder why I didn't get into it before. But yeah, to be competitive, it requires a hell of a lot of practice and for you to be thoroughly updated, which is a pain in the neck.
I think it releases in September and most probably will be on PS3. But I also hope it comes on PS4, as the graphics need to be overhauled, and because of the jump in hardware maybe they can deliver better physics too. Should be exciting. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Talk about coincidence, henners. I was checking to see if a certain product I wanted to buy was finally in stock or not, and I ran into this:Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjo06A2Ddb0]
Mrs. schmenke would kill me :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Schmenke, you get one of those and you can come live with me. You don't need her! I'll cook and press your shirts, but there ain't gonna be no funny business!Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
I've been wanting to build a racing simulator for years. I even bought a Logitech Momo force feedback wheel/pedal setup and some steel tubing (which a buddy of mine was going to powder coat for free) once upon a time. I had picked out a Momo racing seat but stopped myself just before placing the order. I think that was back when F1 2001 or 2002 came out... long time ago. Just never got around to it and the fascination sort of died away. I'd still like to build one though - I like the idea anyway. So yeah, I'd love to hear about CaptainRaiden's progress.
As for the game consoles mentioned... sorry, I don't even know what they are. I don't know one from another.
That's cool. Although you wouldn't have needed a racing simulator back in those days, because there was no decent sim game around. F1 2001 or 2002 were at best arcade games, which would be played better on a keyboard, seeing as they didn't have accurate physics and no force feedback. Even RBR (Richard Burns Rally) the first true simulation game came out in 2004. But with hardware getting faster and faster, now is the golden age of sim racing, with plenty of awesome simulation games to choose from (majority for PC though), stuff that some real F1 teams have based their simulators on (see rfactor). In fact, if you ever decide to get started, these links should be of interest. I've been looking at them for my research:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
DIY sim rig for under $100
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEhsLcjZDew
Unfortunately I don't have any carpentry skills, or any handy skills for that matter. :D So, when I looked at the overall cost of it all, and the fact that there are no junkyards around where I live to find a cheap second hand seat, properly built gaming seats like in the links below made more sense actually as they end up being cheaper than if I were to build one myself.
Playseat gaming seat, the best place to put your steering wheel! | Playseat
Humanracing Co., Ltd. | WE ARE HUMAN, WE ARE HERE TO RACE.
GT Omega Racing Simulator Cockpits - The Ultimate Driving Simulator Gaming Chairs seats, Best Race Cockpit Rig Sim, PS3 Xbox 360 PC, GT5, Forza 3, seat, chair, simulation cockpit, Fanatec T500RS TH8RS G27, Fanatec CSR Clubsport
Cool. I'll make a thread when I've got something together. Will take a while though, so don't hold your breath. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
Second video, since it won't let me include two videos in one post:
DIY sim rig for under $200
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9eOHHUhMWo