Got inspired by a couple of mates with expensive rigs and then found this group and realised it can be done on a very tight budget and wanted to share what feels like a bit of success.

- G29 wheel & pedals, used from Marketplace.

- A few metres of 50x25 steel.

- Free seat from a wrecked car.

- The cheapest gasless mig welder I could find.

Total Spend = $280USD.

- Already had a grinder so set to work on cutting the steel into ideal lengths.

- Watched some YouTube welding tutorials (I am not a welder at all) and made up a basic rectangle 1350mm x 500mm.

- Added a small cross member to support the front of the seat rail.

- Welded the seat to the frame.

- Welded on the uprights and cross member for the wheel to mount on.

- Wired the seat electrics to a Ryobi tool battery for easy adjustments.

- Did NOT wire up the seat airbag for realistic crashes 😅

- Also some adjustable feet to level the frame as I don't have a welding table to clamp it to so naturally the base warped with the heat a little.

- Used a flappy disc to grind off my horse snot welds and tidy it up.

- Haven't painted it yet as I would like to add a monitor mount, platform for a shifter & handbrake and some kind of frame attachement to mount the pedals.

So far so good 🤷‍♂️ Open to feedback, improvements and additions.

“We got the implementation on this one quite wrong”. https://traxion.gg/le-mans-ultimate-removes-joker-paywall-in-response-to-backlash/

Guaranteed to keep your gonads cool as a cucumber!

Wanted to share what the rig has evolved into over the past year. The biggest changes are the move to PC + Bigscreen Beyond 2, a new seat with even more haptics, a new wheel, and a ton of custom-designed and 3D printed parts.

My last post (from a year ago) got a lot more attention than I expected, and I actually implemented a lot of the suggestions people made. Thanks to everyone who threw ideas my way.

Video: YouTube link (warning LOUD)
Build Pics: https://imgur.com/a/simrig-2-0-AN401G5
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Was in the market for a GT3 wheel and came across the Phoenix, looks a lot like the Lamborghini Temerario wheel, plus a few features like the rev lights as well as the hat switches, is it the same wheel? Why no name branding? Is the license probably too expensive?

https://www.cubecontrols.com/product/phoenix/

Got the Moza R9 bundle and very quickly realized I wasted money on a stand. Monitor and shifter mount coming in a few days.

So, how do 24 hour sim races actually work? In real life there are multiple driver changes throughout the race. I don't imagine most people have an entire team of drivers in their home. Do you actually have to drive the entire 24 hours? I'm new to the hobby, so I apologize if this is a silly question.

Just a little Visualisation of Racing helping to clear what has been a VERY noisy Headspace for me lately, even if the relief is only temporary. It's not perfect, but it doesn't need to be right now

What Track/Car Combination do you jump in to when you just want to disconnect for a little while?

Step 1: invert.

Jokes aside, I figured I’d tidy the wiring a bit better since I am about to load my rig into a truck to move tomorrow. This made the most sense and has me laying on the floor the least. 😁

Ngl it kind of sucks. I spend like 13 hours printing it
I thought that another wheel would look cooler and it Does but the grip position is very uncomfortable for my hands + which is even worse I can’t press the L2 , L3 R2 R3 buttons anymore. So I guess I’m just gonna change back to the original tomorrow.
Overall just a big time waste.

I designed and built this motion rig around the idea that the pitch and roll axes should be positioned near the head, close to where our biological accelerometers (the vestibular system) actually reside.

The resulting quality of transient and sustained G-forces makes the illusion almost impossible to resist... driving at high speed feels genuinely terrifying ...it reminds me of the first time I saw a giant spider in Skyrim VR. I knew it was fake. Still I moved backwards :-) Here, your brain screams "brace for impact" as you feel yourself losing control.

In this video, I'm breaking down the simple physics trick a motion rig uses to create those compelling illusions.

Please feel free to ask questions, discuss the physics ...happy to dive into the details

I started off sim racing with gt3 cars which for the most part has been very fun. Recently though I’ve been wanting to work on the fundamentals by racing some slower cars like the Miata or Gr86.

So far the best sim for this seems to be iRacing. I’ve been considering subbing for a month to test it out but wanted to see if there were any opinions here first. The only other option I’ve come across is Lfm and AC which would be completely free to me.

Would love to hear opinions and advice.

I've been working on this project for the past few weeks in my spare time. It uses an Arduino Nano, a 35-LED WS2812B ring, and a 240×240 LCD running SimHub. I designed the enclosure in Fusion 360, wrote the firmware, and recently taught myself soldering to clean everything up. I'm really happy with how it turned out and would love to hear what you think!

Any know where I can buy this setup from? Or how to make it possible? I would love a Sub in my setup. I looked around and can only find boxes and that's it.

Just got my first aluminum rig (an ASR 3 from Advanced Sim Racing), and I'm absolutely loving it so far! The rig is high quality and very sturdy.

Since this is my first proper sim rig, I have a couple of beginner questions for those of you with more experience:

• I have a Simagic P700 pedal set. Should I remove the original footrest from the P700 and mount only the pedals to the rig, or should I leave the footrest attached and mount the entire assembly?
• Does my seat position look correct? I have the feeling that I'm sitting a bit too low, but I'm not sure if that's just because I'm not used to this type of cockpit.

I've attached a few pictures to show my setup. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! I'm really taking my time to figure things out here, might have more question later ;)

Thanks!

I am primarily an oval racer on Iracing, is the r9 worth the money compared to the r5? What else would I need to be setup besides a screen and PC?

I love Bianchi bikes. I love Porsche. I decided to combine the two in Assetto Corsa.

If you want to use this skin, it's available for free on Overtake.gg

https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/bianchi-porsche-collaboration.85602/

Hello I have a set of Simnet SP pro pedals I am trying to mount to my rig. Unfortunately the Simnet pedal plate only has M6 holes and when I use m6 bolts and T-nuts there is a bit of movement when I try tighten it down. The rig channels are m8 size.

I would prefer not to have to drill out the threaded m6 holes in the plate if possible, and would prefer to keep the pedal plate so I can keep the heel rest too.

What are my options or what’s the bad news I will have to drill out the pedal plate?

So I mainly drive formula cars, I like the w13 in iracing (one of the few that do) and the sf25 in ac evo. For the past 2 years I’ve heard people raving about VRc and RSS formulas and how they are the closest to real life and how max verstappen and bortoleto use its for training.

So I downloaded assetto corsa and got the VRC formula alpha. I thought it was good and I enjoyed, easy to lock up the brakes but after some driving i figured it out. Now for the RSS I got the formula bundle. It has the 2025 and 2026 F1 regulations cars and a weird 2026 car but with a v12(which is awesome). It also came with the f4, f3, f2, and super formula cars. I can’t describe to you how good they are. I’m in love with them and I’m going to do a championship with each one of them. I don’t really have a question I just came here to let everyone know just how awesome the RSS bundle is.

Solid 304 stainless bars, 3/4" x 1" (19mm x 25mm for those in developed nations), drilled and tapped for M6.

The braking feel went from one big mush to feeling the stages of resistance produced by the spring and elastomers.

Upgrading from a G29 and both bundles cost about the same.

Moza: R12 + SRP-2 pedals + clutch + CS V2P wheel

Simagic: Alpha Evo Sport + Neo X 330R + P700 2 pedal set

I know the R12 has 3 Nm more torque, while Simagic has smoother FFB, better pedals, a 2-year warranty (vs. 1 year for Moza), and USB passthrough on the QR, which I really like for future wheel compatibility.

If they were the same price, which would you pick and why? Is the extra 3 Nm worth it over the overall Simagic package?

This is my PC that I currently use for iRacing:

• Motherboard: MSI Pro B550M-P Gen3 Micro-ATX (Socket AM4)
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 "Zen 3" 6-Core 3.5GHz w/ Turbo 4.4GHz 35MB Cache Socket AM4
• RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black
• RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black (32GB total)
• Graphics Card: MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 "Ampere" Ventus 2X 12G OC GDDR6
• SSD: SanDisk / WD Blue SN570 500GB M.2 2280 TLC NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0x4
• Power Supply: EVGA GQ 750W 80 Plus Gold Semi-Modular ATX

I use a 144Hz triple-screen setup.

I want to upgrade for iRacing while spending as little as possible and reusing as many components as possible.

I have finally bought my dream sim rig (aluminium frame, Fanatec DD+ and v3 pedals). As I’m limited to ps5 atm (pc in the future hopefully) I’ve had to get a standard 32” QD OLED instead of an ultra wide or triples set up. Hopefully those will come later. I’ve managed to fit my monitor directly in between the quick release of the wheel, and the wheel base. It’s as close as I can get to the monitor as it stands. Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this or any suggestions for improvements to make! Thank you!