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Racing Sim build
Despite my insatiable fascination with the Nurburgring, the universe in general continues to thwart my attempts to actually drive on the damn thing. So, I will drive it from my living room instead
No fancy super-expensive sim cockpits here. I have plywood... Painted it Audi R18 colours This is v1, hooked up to the TV: Obligatory S8 seat, and a super-rare Nardi steering wheel from an Audi 80 Sport, on a custom adapter to fit the Logitech wheel base I remounted the pedals from floor-hinged to top-hinged and matched the angles & spacing to the S8. Unfortunately Gizmo felt he was the more important element of this picture The TV didn't work - I need my peripheral vision to also be moving to get a sense of speed, so I added triple 32" screens to it. Cable management is a challenge! Tidied up and cat-proofed, otherwise they will get nibbled Ta-dah! I put a smaller and lighter steering wheel on it as the Nardi wasn't very responsive. This is still more car-size than the toy that came with the wheel base though. Lucy driving an Elise on the 'ring and also an Audi V8 DTM This thing is immense fun, and amazingly immersive with the screens like this. We're now experimenting with a few different games to find which one we like the most as they all have good and bad points. Since Saturday we've both got in 30-40 laps of the 'ring without having to leave the house We're getting pretty familiar with it now and can do clean 7:30 laps. Other tracks are available of course - almost all of them in fact, so I'll be using this to learn them before we go on track days. I'm not intending to race with it - I've done competitive motorsport and tbh track days are a lot more fun. |
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That is bonkers brilliant. I love it. I am jealous. And my current PC setup is not a million miles away from this, hmmmmm
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A journey of a thousand+ (epic) miles, begins with a single step, (to the door of an 8). Lau Tzu |
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Lovely -and has to be a red seat, of course . When do you start taking bookings ? (Truro is nearer than Germany, and I can, err..., drop Herman off for his favourite type of holiday at the same time ...)
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Autos Autos everywhere... (1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P- (2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize (3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful. (4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting. |
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That looks epic MJ. I’d lose weeks of my life at a time on that
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Ibis White |
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"I'll just do a couple of laps after tea"
"oh, its midnight" Of course lapping the 'ring isn't quite the same as a couple of laps of Spa |
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:rofl:
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. |
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