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Reality is you can go nuts with your design or you can build it quickly from wood but wood is going to be bulky if you want strength. I also like this DIY design but again Wheel could not be adjusted, pedals could not be moved forward or backwards. All this made for a very limited rig and believe it or not most rigs sold from $500-$5000 do not allow for a quick (they allow for change but not quick) change of setting mainly concentrating on seat going backwards and forwards. Pedals could not move forward or backwards. This design of a very clever guy was good (click on the link to see his video) but as you can see the wheel can not be adjusted up or down. I wanted the rig to slot into a cupboard at the front to give more room.
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It looked like it was going to be trial and error. All good but what about the kids? The measurements did not help me. I researched actual seat and car cabin designs and looked at heights and lengths. I am determined to keep it simple and cheap since I am doing all the build work.
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VR does not work on xbox, 3 screens don’t work unless you have 3 consoles, Computer gaming is expensive, kiss an easy $2000 for a good PC and that’s before you look at a direct drive steering wheel for another $2000+
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Some basic rigs start from $1000 (by the time you add all the accessories for it) and go all the way up to $100,000 with full motion and surround screens or VR. You can go into JB HiFi or Harvey Norman and buy a racing rig these days. People like racing simulators and buy many accessories.
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It is not until you start researching this topic that you realise how many companies make Racing Simulator Rigs and how many people make their own in their back yard. I looked at hundreds of pictures and designs. Lots of Youtube videos (just search on Racing Simulators). We need to be able to make adjustments quickly and for each kid before they sit in it without having to get the screwdrivers or hex keys. I also don’t like the body hugging seats. I believe it is an Australian company and I like it for its simplicity and size. Looking at various designs online I came across this one from the TRAK RACER company.
The real challenge was to “Build it and not break the bank!”. Don’t get me wrong, the top end rigs are fantastic but they cost as much as a 2nd hand small car. I also watched many review and some had flex in them or limited adjustments of the wheel and seat.
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Many of the professional seats were too wide and too long. To add to the complexity of the task, I have limited space in the room so the rig must not be too big or too wide or we simply would not be able to climb into it. Most require installation, most are set for one size and can not be EASILY transformed to fit 3 kid sizes and 2 adults. All were extremely expensive ($1000+ for anything worth while). I looked at many ready-made designs but there was no one design that would suite us. We kept on moving my DXRacer seat aside and bringing in the chair from the kitchen as the big chair was simply uncomfortable for them. The youngest was struggling to reach the pedals and the wheel. As the kids grew up they wanted to have a go and were quite good but it was obvious the setup did not work well for them as well. Who has that when they drive a car? Hardly the ideal chair for racing if you can’t lock it in place. The office chair may have been a ‘Racing’ chair but it was constantly moving and swiveling. They never felt right, they would slide and couldn’t be secured. If you don’t want to read through the whole page.
Mounting it to the old desk and even drilling holes to secure both the Shifter and the Steering Wheel was partially effective. I already had it for the PC but the games on the XBox were more varied and frankly simple and easy to set up. When the XBox One S replaced the original Xbox, the Wii and finally the computer I got tired upgrading the Logitech G920 wheel was left to do the job. Over 30+ years I probably spent hundreds of dollars on games, computer hardware, consoles and arcade visits. Introduction: Racing games and simulators have been my favorite form of computer play since OutRun on the Commodore 64. On this page I will post some pictures, commentary and links of how I went about building our own cheap ‘family friendly’ racing simulator rig for the use with the XBOX One S and Logitech G920 Wheel/Shifter combo. Welcome to my DIY Racing Simulator project.
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