2 days ago a friend of mine came to me and mentioned this new game called GTR-2..I had heard of it but never played it...
20 dollars later at bestbuy I was hooked on it. I was then sitting in my dining room (where I have 4 e30 seats for guests to randomly use) and had a rather interesting idea...right before I stated anything my friend screamed, "LETS GO TO HOME DEPOT AND BUILD A DRIVING SIM." Uhh Alright then.
One trip to Home Depot later we had 10 2x4's, 1 2x10, screws, stolen powertools from my dads garage (i'm sure he won't notice) some steering wheels, my LCD's from my computer, and my friends computer, and a few other things.
Geek T-Shirts are a much needed item when building random crap for around the house
Getting the Pedals setup... The seats are also completely adjustable for maximum comfort.
We only use the most expensive and professional tools available to consumers
Pre-Drilling the feet for the entire thing
Pedals Mounted
Mounting the steering wheel and verifying the height. Also building the shifter mount.
First Sim built, including the Act Labs RS steering wheel that broke after about 10 min.. It was later replaced with a Logitech momo that you will see in later pictures, yet we retained full function of the clutch and shifter.
Building the second one
Configuring all the controls
Both Sims Built
One of the Sims
The Other Sim
Features on the Right Simulator (Mine) Include a full 5-SPD Manual Transmission setup, With Fully functional Clutch and shifter, as well as Full Simulation Specs, You can stall the car, overrev it, money shift, and easily destroy the motor/transmission if you fuck up.
The Left Simulator has a 900 degree wheel, and full SMG Pedals, so each driver can choose what type of vehicle he wants. It also has an automatic mode somewhere, don't think we have ever used it.
Computers are basic Pentium 4's, Mine has a 9700 Pro, the other has an X700 Pro, both LCD's are from my G5 which is sitting idle doing nothing at the moment. The right Sim has a 2405 and the left one has an 18.1inch NEC/Mitsu.
Thats all folks!
20 dollars later at bestbuy I was hooked on it. I was then sitting in my dining room (where I have 4 e30 seats for guests to randomly use) and had a rather interesting idea...right before I stated anything my friend screamed, "LETS GO TO HOME DEPOT AND BUILD A DRIVING SIM." Uhh Alright then.
One trip to Home Depot later we had 10 2x4's, 1 2x10, screws, stolen powertools from my dads garage (i'm sure he won't notice) some steering wheels, my LCD's from my computer, and my friends computer, and a few other things.
Geek T-Shirts are a much needed item when building random crap for around the house
Getting the Pedals setup... The seats are also completely adjustable for maximum comfort.
We only use the most expensive and professional tools available to consumers
Pre-Drilling the feet for the entire thing
Pedals Mounted
Mounting the steering wheel and verifying the height. Also building the shifter mount.
First Sim built, including the Act Labs RS steering wheel that broke after about 10 min.. It was later replaced with a Logitech momo that you will see in later pictures, yet we retained full function of the clutch and shifter.
Building the second one
Configuring all the controls
Both Sims Built
One of the Sims
The Other Sim
Features on the Right Simulator (Mine) Include a full 5-SPD Manual Transmission setup, With Fully functional Clutch and shifter, as well as Full Simulation Specs, You can stall the car, overrev it, money shift, and easily destroy the motor/transmission if you fuck up.
The Left Simulator has a 900 degree wheel, and full SMG Pedals, so each driver can choose what type of vehicle he wants. It also has an automatic mode somewhere, don't think we have ever used it.
Computers are basic Pentium 4's, Mine has a 9700 Pro, the other has an X700 Pro, both LCD's are from my G5 which is sitting idle doing nothing at the moment. The right Sim has a 2405 and the left one has an 18.1inch NEC/Mitsu.
Thats all folks!
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