07-18-2014, 09:14 AM
I'm back!
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Obviously a plastic stool and coffee table do not make the ideal cockpit, but I tossed this togther last night as a functional demo to myself. Verdict: playing 3' away from a 105" screen is exactly as awesome as I had hoped. :thumbup:
Screen assembled not unlike this, though I used 2x4s.
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Found the blackout fabric at JoAnn's for ~$12.
Projector is the BenQ W1080ST, which can be found for less than $800, and the short throw makes it ideal over some of the other $700-$800 projectors out there (others considered were the W1070, Epson 2030, Viewsonic PJD7820HD and Optoma HD131Xe). Cheap ceiling mount and HDMI cable from Amazon.
Still using my old WinXP machine which I was pretty happy iRacing still runs well enough on. Now I just need to decide how crazy I want to go with the seat, and probably wheel / pedal upgrade. And then I MIGHT invest in a new computer to get within the last decade.
Obviously a plastic stool and coffee table do not make the ideal cockpit, but I tossed this togther last night as a functional demo to myself. Verdict: playing 3' away from a 105" screen is exactly as awesome as I had hoped. :thumbup:
Screen assembled not unlike this, though I used 2x4s.
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Found the blackout fabric at JoAnn's for ~$12.
Projector is the BenQ W1080ST, which can be found for less than $800, and the short throw makes it ideal over some of the other $700-$800 projectors out there (others considered were the W1070, Epson 2030, Viewsonic PJD7820HD and Optoma HD131Xe). Cheap ceiling mount and HDMI cable from Amazon.
Still using my old WinXP machine which I was pretty happy iRacing still runs well enough on. Now I just need to decide how crazy I want to go with the seat, and probably wheel / pedal upgrade. And then I MIGHT invest in a new computer to get within the last decade.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a van is a good guy with a van