Show us your Rig / Cockpit

Kenny Duval · Feb 1, 2012

Hiroshi Awazu said:
Or bigger monitor maybe? Wow that's a nice seat! I'll bet sitting in that is gonna make my Playseat feel like sitting on a milk crate lol!

I have a 32 inch 1080p lcd tv for sale

My 32 inch sits about 4 inches behind the wheel. Seems to put everything in about the right scale.

Hiroshi Awazu · Feb 1, 2012

Wow that's close, mine sits three feet away. My setup is in our bedroom. I've dragged everything out once to livingroom in front of our 50 inch plasma but seriously it's too big! I don't have enough distance and I sit too close. After about twenty minutes Pauline and I both start to feel sick lol!

Wii Play is ok on it though

Ben Tusting · Feb 2, 2012

Surely having it to close would hurt your eyes?

William Levesque · Feb 2, 2012

A TV isn't good closed up, it's bad for your eyes...

A monitor though is the best, you can be an inch apart from it without issues

Tom Moreno · Feb 3, 2012

Ben Tusting said:
Surely having it to close would hurt your eyes?

If its an LCD it'll be fine. It's CRTs that would hurt your eyes.

glight · Feb 5, 2012

I upgraded...

Screens are Samsung UN40D6300's 40" LED 1080p (120hz disabled through game mode, of course)

Alex Ball · Feb 5, 2012

Bloody hell - amazing. Nice work!

Eric Stranne · Feb 6, 2012

Sweet!

Paul Mullins · Feb 6, 2012

Alex Ball said:
Bloody hell - amazing. Nice work!

I give it 2 weeks before Alex upgrades his monitors

millen · Feb 6, 2012

That is an awesome setup glight, you've got them screens set up perfectly.

I have an Eyefinity setup now, just working on building my own 3 screen stand to integrate into my cockpit.

Just a quick question, what angle are you guys with eyefinity running your monitors at, I've tried 45, but it seems like too much of an angle, was thinking something like 35-36?

Brian Clancy · Feb 6, 2012

I run quite a shallow angle, about 30, but it depends on monitor size and how close it is to you also...not to mention personal pref too!

I would start at about 35 as you were thinking, but try a few setups to see

Alex Ball · Feb 6, 2012

Ha ha ha, have already aproached the wife about the upgrade

hwangm · Feb 9, 2012

Hi everyone, Im from Sydney AU, I have been watching this thread for quite some times now. mine is still very simple compare to you guys here, however I'd like to share my humble rig. I almost live and breath this thing everynight on iracing. No tripple screen yet (Im using iMac on bootcamp).
BTW Alex's I like your rig a lot (one of my many inspirations i got from here)
Just got the SLI -PRO Yesterday so here are device list:

SLI-PRO with 5 External LED
GT3RS V2 with Clubsport - Tilton Style pad from DSD
Self built Button box works with PS3 and PC (Except the rotary switches they're for SLI-PRO) tutorial can be found here: http://wp.me/pLC9x-9U
HumanRacing GT chassis
TH8RS
Frex shift + direct connect to the GT3RS PS2 port
An ASUS 24" with spacedec Mount

I ran iRacing, rFactor, DiRT2 & 3 and F1 2011 last upgrade will be tripple screen when the time comes and hopefully some D-box if I can afford it

Thanks for looking
Cheers,
Marcus

Hiroshi Awazu · Feb 9, 2012

Nice work Marcus! Love the Frex shifter, gotta get me one of those. Is that a official Gran Turismo rig? Also how's the wobble effect where the wheel is mounted? because to me it looks pretty solid.

hwangm · Feb 9, 2012

Thanks Hiroshi, Yep the Frex is my bread and butter shifter, the rig is not offical GT rig, I just put decals there, it's HumanRacing GT Chassis, no wobble/very very little flex. with the button box there and wing extension for the FRex you can see it wobble in video if I let of of the wheel in rumble strip / when crash in iRacing. but before I can't even notice. i've added quite a few more perpherals there in the wheel mounting plate, and it is still very sturdy.

Sérgio Marques · Feb 9, 2012

Fantastic that HumanRacing GT rig, love the look of it! Now they also have a shop in Europe but still is very expensive.

Robert Woodward · Feb 9, 2012

My third try at making the ultimate racing/gaming/working hybrid desk for no money

Its made of 1 old desk, a media stand and a set of bedside draws

cost nothing to built just the price of some screws and the electricity used to power a drill!

just need to save for a third screen and wait for my new gfx card to come now!

Eric Stranne · Feb 9, 2012

hwangm said:
Hi everyone, Im from Sydney AU, I have been watching this thread for quite some times now. mine is still very simple compare to you guys here, however I'd like to share my humble rig. I almost live and breath this thing everynight on iracing. No tripple screen yet (Im using iMac on bootcamp).
BTW Alex's I like your rig a lot (one of my many inspirations i got from here)
Just got the SLI -PRO Yesterday so here are device list:

SLI-PRO with 5 External LED

GT3RS V2 with Clubsport - Tilton Style pad from DSD

Self built Button box works with PS3 and PC (Except the rotary switches they're for SLI-PRO) tutorial can be found here: http://wp.me/pLC9x-9U

HumanRacing GT chassis

TH8RS

Frex shift + direct connect to the GT3RS PS2 port

An ASUS 24" with spacedec Mount

I ran iRacing, rFactor, DiRT2 & 3 and F1 2011 last upgrade will be tripple screen when the time comes and hopefully some D-box if I can afford it

Thanks for looking
Cheers,
Marcus