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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 ![]() 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 ![]() 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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