Home racing simulator. Ps4/Xbox PC

[ashley115s]

After a birthday treat to brooklands Mercedes Benz world and a play on their racing simulators, I'm after building, purchasing a steering wheel set up for my ps4.
Any recommendations? Any cool set ups out there? I've got something in mind but it's approx £1000 so I need to be careful please help!

[93fxdl]

18k puts this
www.homeleisuredirect.com/arcade_machines/vesaro/vesaro-racing-simulator-stage-5.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=basefeed&gclid=CKGWupSQ8M0CFdYy0wodN9MI5w
Out of reach pricewise, but they list a selection of wheel/pedal combos, so it looks like they might be the better choices
Ttfn Glenn

[iain1970]

Start saving

www.costco.co.uk/view/p/full-car-v8-simgp-motion-simulator-with-v1-500-motion-platform-211106

[ashley115s]

Blimey! There was me thinking 1k would be silly money! Any home DIY set ups?! What wheels are best? I've been looking at thrustmaster. But which model?

[vanpeebles]

How about making your own frame from some square tubing and getting a fancy seat from a scrapyard? Alfa 156 or something. Then get some cheapish large monitors and ps3s etc

[ashley115s]

Yes that's what we'll do, something like that. Just wondered if anybody all ready has something set up they can recommend.

[VIP]

Here, I built a version of this.

www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/eddys-pvc-rig-from-start-to-finish-inspired-by-simul8r-now-with-insturctions.138156/

I already had an old Cobra lowback seat to use, it cost me about £130 in materials to build.

I use it on an xBox One with the Logitech G920 wheel, pedals and shifter.

[vanpeebles]

I'd never have thought of using PVC piping, clever idea

[mgmrw]

Just my 2p worth, but seat wise eBay and thinking laterally are your friends.

Recaro or Coebeau buckets will be £100+ each.

Gen7 Celica seats or Mitsubishi FTO fronts can be had for £25 a pair. Likewise Rover buckets that were made by Recaro in the 80's/90's (820 vittesse/620ti).

Non-Recaro branded R8 Rover ones are almost free nowadays. Saw full f&r set for £30 the other day.

Should save you a wedge.

[incarsolutions]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-HALF-LEATHER-RECARO-SEATS-FRONT-AND-BACK-/112056284348?hash=item1a171334bc:g:S5YAAOSw0kNXh3tx

[ashley115s]

I'm bidding on the seats but looks like somebody else wants them more than I do!

[DrSebWilkes]

For a £1000 you could buy yourself a decent PC set up, and have enough rest over to buy a Logitech racing wheel.

That'll be FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR better than a PS4.

[mgmrw]

For seats, Facebook pages. Rivers, Saab's and such get broken all the time on there.

Parts are dirt cheap.

Facebook has a rover one, "Longbridge sales" or something. Tonnes on there.

ZR broken all the time.

Saab pages, £50 gets you a full set of leathers. Aero if you're quick.

[ashley115s]

Been busy collecting parts. Got these from Peterborough

And these from Hastings for £40!


Think I'll make a sofa out the rears, one front seat for the simulator and maybe the other one as the office chair.

[ashley115s]

I've already got the passenger door

[DrSebWilkes]

I still can't win you over about getting a decent PC in lieu (a good lieu) of a PS4, can I?

[ashley115s]

Ah yes sorry! My initial post is slightly misleading depending how you read it! I meant what I want to create if purchased new to replicate what I used at Mercedes Benz world would be circa £1000. If purchased new to the same spec! For those that don't know me well I'm a tight ass. I wouldn't spend a £1000 on a toy I hardly get time to use! Hell I wouldn't spend £1000 on a car! I'd want four real cars for that!!!
What I mean is I'll recreate what I want on an eddie shoestring budget but it will be cool and gang with my own twist! Using mostly second hand parts. So far I've got the seats. £40. Which I'll also make a top gear style sofa set up out of. Something I've wanted to do for some time. A full set of leather car seats for £40 is the cheapest I've seen. Just a shame I had to drive nearly 5hrs there and back to collect them! (Only quarter if a tank of fuel though!) I always get there eventually when time and budget allows, I find it hard to justify wasting family money on my toys so it has to be reasonable!

[ashley115s]

A budget version of this!

[forkliftfred]

Bookmarked!

[jonomisfit]

You've probably already found it, but Xsim has a wealth of info about making 2/3dof and 6 dof car sims if you wanted to up the seat a bit.

www.x-sim.de/forum/index.php

making a 2/3 degree of freedom seat isnt too bad price wise. lots on there using truck windscreen wipers or golf caddy motors.