Racing Simulator Thread

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Thats awesome. I'm still trying to figure out how the monitors fit into my budget. Three monitors is the best option but either that or a 4k means I'd have to reduce the quality of my components.... Three monitors might be an eventual thing.

I didn't look up the prices for what you listed, but it seems you're going all out on the box. I know you said you're using it for other things, but it's waaaaay more than iRacing would need FWIW. You could save a few hundred bucks there and have 2 or 3 monitors instead, they're cheap. Wouldn't hurt to try one of those TVs though and see what you think. And yes, i5 would be better than i7 (that being said, I happen to have an i7, but it's like a first gen one. And a video card that's just as old). I have about $300 in my box and 3 times that on my projector setup. :oops:

whats wrong with increasing the FOV? does it make it too fisheye to feel realistic?

I did when I was on single screen, and you can get away with it a little without it feeling too wrong. But go too far and... not sure how to explain it, distorted, slow visual response to rotation? Then set the FOV right and suddenly you're a second faster because it's actually how it looks IRL. :dunno:
As far as rotating view to apex, head tilt, other cues to movement, iRacing has that too, and there's a plugin for even more options. I tried some of that and found it more disorienting, but I could see how some would like it. For me, I think that with the lack of actual motion, the only thing my brain can count on for detecting rotation is that the scene is moving in some predictible way vs the display frame and in-car components. When I let the virtual eye move around, and the cockpit moves relative to the screen too, I have a harder time sliding the car. People adapt differently to the environment I guess. Some pro racers love sims, some totally suck at them. Probably the best people are kids who've never driven a real car.