02-18-2015, 03:14 PM
Salutations, gents and femstigs.
My tax return is coming soon, and I'm strongly considering building a PC based racing sim rig. Force feedback wheel, three-monitors, mounted shifter and pedals. Maybe utilize my tablet for some fancy telemetrics apps that sync with the game. I'm going to do it piece by piece. I used to do some sim racing back before Forza was a thing, and looking at how Project CARS, iRacing and other racing sims seem to be pretty decent, I'm going to jump back into it. First thing first is the PC.
I've had my current Dell XPS M1530 since 2008. I don't want to admit what it cost me with the specs it has now, but I will say that my system would probably be outpaced by a $500 Lenovo. Guys, I'm still running Vista.
6.5 years is an insane amount of time to have any type of modern gadget and it has been my trusty battleaxe. Now that I'm no longer a student and don't have to carry a computer with me, I think its time to finally build a PC. I already have all of that sorted out, that's the easy part. The hard part is figuring out what wheel I want to use and what game I should focus the rig around. Project CARS keeps getting pushed back (Feb first, then March 17th, now April 2) and I'm dubious about anything that bills itself as "community focused". iRacing is just !$#king expensive, all around. 50$ a year, plus microtransactions? Then you have Raceroom. Also, Race:Injection. I'm sure there are others.
Disclaimer: I'm building a PC regardless. It's not just for the gaming rig. I'm an aspiring web developer (laugh, i dare ya :finger
and I want something that I can upgrade with as little computer-manufacturer shitware as possible.
I also have a PS4 and I'm not opposed to building a console based sim, but my options on wheel choice are more limited (something about some security chip you have to have now?) and games are limited, too. Gran Turismo isn't coming out until like, a billion years from now, so I don't really care about that. Also, what if I wanted to go super bachelor-pad and have three monitors or get one of dem there oculus rifts? PS4 is cheaper but not as flexible.
Any thoughts? Doesn't seem to be a huge simracing community at MM yet, but some of these games are getting so good, you can learn a lot of the basics without, you know, threatening your life and the lives of those around you.
My tax return is coming soon, and I'm strongly considering building a PC based racing sim rig. Force feedback wheel, three-monitors, mounted shifter and pedals. Maybe utilize my tablet for some fancy telemetrics apps that sync with the game. I'm going to do it piece by piece. I used to do some sim racing back before Forza was a thing, and looking at how Project CARS, iRacing and other racing sims seem to be pretty decent, I'm going to jump back into it. First thing first is the PC.
I've had my current Dell XPS M1530 since 2008. I don't want to admit what it cost me with the specs it has now, but I will say that my system would probably be outpaced by a $500 Lenovo. Guys, I'm still running Vista.
6.5 years is an insane amount of time to have any type of modern gadget and it has been my trusty battleaxe. Now that I'm no longer a student and don't have to carry a computer with me, I think its time to finally build a PC. I already have all of that sorted out, that's the easy part. The hard part is figuring out what wheel I want to use and what game I should focus the rig around. Project CARS keeps getting pushed back (Feb first, then March 17th, now April 2) and I'm dubious about anything that bills itself as "community focused". iRacing is just !$#king expensive, all around. 50$ a year, plus microtransactions? Then you have Raceroom. Also, Race:Injection. I'm sure there are others.
Disclaimer: I'm building a PC regardless. It's not just for the gaming rig. I'm an aspiring web developer (laugh, i dare ya :finger
and I want something that I can upgrade with as little computer-manufacturer shitware as possible. I also have a PS4 and I'm not opposed to building a console based sim, but my options on wheel choice are more limited (something about some security chip you have to have now?) and games are limited, too. Gran Turismo isn't coming out until like, a billion years from now, so I don't really care about that. Also, what if I wanted to go super bachelor-pad and have three monitors or get one of dem there oculus rifts? PS4 is cheaper but not as flexible.
Any thoughts? Doesn't seem to be a huge simracing community at MM yet, but some of these games are getting so good, you can learn a lot of the basics without, you know, threatening your life and the lives of those around you.
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1974 CB360
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