Show us your Rig / Cockpit

Alex Ball · Apr 22, 2011

Looks good!

Henrik Davidsson · Apr 22, 2011

A fresh taken photo showing my rig in profile.
The rig is rock steady and fits me perfect. It is no problem to race for an hour or so.
I'm very satisfied!

Alex Ball · Apr 22, 2011

now that looks fantstic!! Where do you guys get the metal bar stuff from?

Steven Ciofalo · Apr 22, 2011

HenrikD said:
A fresh taken photo showing my rig in profile.
The rig is rock steady and fits me perfect. It is no problem to race for an hour or so.
I'm very satisfied!

If I had some quirks with most rigs, and I am not singling you out Henrik, it would be the angle most wheels default to and the distance away from the monitor. The angle of the wheel can be personal preference but by default they are designed to go on someone's 30 inch high desk, not in a nicely set up cockpit like that at the right height. I have quite a few pictures of real race car's I gathered for research and a few of them have angled/low wheels but they are mostly street cars. http://s1003.photobucket.com/albums/af151/ViolatorGaming/Real Cockpits/

As for the monitor it should be as close as you can physically stand looking at it +2". Helps with FOV stuff and puts you into the game a bit more.

Alex Ball said:
now that looks fantstic!! Where do you guys get the metal bar stuff from?

I think its 80/20 material and it is awesome. But expensive. http://www.8020.net/

Henrik Davidsson · Apr 22, 2011

Yes Steven. you are right about the angle of the wheel. It could be steeper to be more similar to a real cockpit. But it feel OK today so I haven't put more effort into that. Maybe I will change this in the future.
For the monitor I'm planning to buy three monitors with Eyefinity after the summer. Then it will become better.

I will design a stand for the monitors so it will be possible to adjust the distance to the driver and also the angle between the monitors

Henrik Davidsson · Apr 22, 2011

I bought the metal bars from a supplier to the company I work at.
It is Flexlink XC 44x44mm
http://www.flexlink.com/en/offering/conveyor-systems/structural-systems/xc.jsp
And yes. It is expensive but I got a god discount ;-)!

fixer · Apr 23, 2011

My new cockpit... was built during the past week

AsterPhoenix · Apr 25, 2011

Nice setup their.

One question I have is, have you done anything to your pedals, as I find it impossible to do heel & toe downshifting with my G25 pedals.

ufunacaoenn · Apr 25, 2011

AsterPhoenix said:
Nice setup their.

One question I have is, have you done anything to your pedals, as I find it impossible to do heel & toe downshifting with my G25 pedals.

He is using a modified brake pedal (it uses brake oil so it makes it more accurate when you brake).

fixer · Apr 25, 2011

I was heel-n-toeing even with unmodified g25 pedals.
The modified brake pedal gives more accuracy and improves your braking, but it doesn't mean you can't live without it.

I couldn't heel-n-toe without shoes, and comfortable angle of the pedals.
So if you drive with socks, find yourself shoes with thin sole, and try to play with the angle of the pedals.

AsterPhoenix · Apr 26, 2011

fixer said:
I was heel-n-toeing even with unmodified g25 pedals.
The modified brake pedal gives more accuracy and improves your braking, but it doesn't mean you can't live without it.

I couldn't heel-n-toe without shoes, and comfortable angle of the pedals.
So if you drive with socks, find yourself shoes with thin sole, and try to play with the angle of the pedals.

Thanks for the tip.

Alex Ball · Apr 26, 2011

Replaced my 2nd monitor for a little MMG display thing.

Ricky78 · May 1, 2011

Alex Ball said:
It's quite a decent pc so no drop in frame rate at all

here's another shot of it in action.. and me starting the little one early!!
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Lovely!

Steven Ciofalo · May 2, 2011

Alex Ball said:
Replaced my 2nd monitor for a little MMG display thing.

Wait. Did you replace the gauges with the MMG and your big screen with what you were using for gauges? I am so confused.

Alex Ball · May 2, 2011

Hehe, nope, the big screen is still there, just hard to capture it with any decent perspective on the camera. it's only a 27", but does the job. The little screen is gone, and the MMG thing has replaced it.

Snipe3000 · May 4, 2011

Renneboog said:
Here is my F1 cockpit. I used an AutoStyle racing seat that I've mounted on a office chair base, a 32" led-tv screen and a handmade F1 steering wheel with SLI-Pro device by Željko Roso that has been mounted on a Logitech G27.

The steering wheel (plug and play - USB-connection) is super hot. See this video to see all those RPM leds flashing!

Detail of the steering wheel:

Jebus!, thats a $1000+ wheel. Very nice.

Oops · May 8, 2011

Alex Ball said:
Replaced my 2nd monitor for a little MMG display thing.

Alex how did you get the gear to show up on the wheel?
and where did you get the MMG display thing?

Alex Ball · May 9, 2011

Hey,

I got the MMG from a for-sale post on here, but they are available from Mak-Corp direct.

The Gear on the wheel is just an option in the 911Wheel drivers. I have actually changed it to the race position now though, since thats not available on the MMG thing.

Chris Knight · May 9, 2011

Snipe3000 said:
Jebus!, thats a $1000+ wheel. Very nice.

the wheel looks like it is the g25 wheel cut down is this right? please could you tell me how you did it as I would like to do same thing to my own wheel to make more F1 style

Snipe3000 · May 9, 2011

I don't know about that, but I do know its high quality, and very expensive: http://www.zroso.com/index/
Here is another place that makes some good ones: http://www.z1simwheel.com/index.cfm