rec.autos.simulators

  Do you take down and put up your racing wheel every time you want to play
some racing games?  Do you use a wireless keyboard to get around the racing
wheel?

  My desk it sort of small (I also have an LCD monitor), and my keyboard is
the wired variety (so is the mouse), so it gets a little akward.  Some days
I setup and take down my racing wheel a few times a day.  I usually put the
racing wheel beside my PC when I'm done playing and I go to check my e-mail
or play some Tiger Woods golf, or a first-person shooter.

I have an old, massive 21" monitor & wired keyboard & mouse, but there
is about 8-9 inches of desk in front of my keyboard that's just enough
to mount my Momo & RS shifter. I leave them plugged in all the time &
just put them on the floor either side of my desk when they aren't in
use.

I have to push the keyboard slightly under the monitor but I can still
type well enough. The pedals sit permanently under my desk & make an
excellent footrest ;-)

Only problem I have when racing is that my office chair is on casters so
I have to remember to move sideways & back again to make sure the wheels
are all pointing sideways rather than forwards.

I'd love to get a dedicated race frame but I just don't have room :-(

Malc.

   My keyboard sits off to the side of the wheel.  When I shared my system
with my wife, it was much like you.  Put the wheel on the desk,;;;take it
off...put it on....take it off...
    Now the wheel is a permanent resident in front of the monitor and
everything else works around it...klutzy?  Yes...But saves me tons of time.
dh

I took a coat-hanger and bent it into the shape of a hook, and hung it from
one of the shelf-supports above my monitor.  When not racing, I just hang
the wheel up on the hook out of the way.  It sometimes swings around wildley
at computer startup when the USB initializes,  but it ain't fallen off in 2
years :)

The pedals make a nice footrest racing or not.

My Keyboard is a Logitech Dinovo, so it's pretty small and doesn't get in
the way.

-Larry

-Larry

Marc

Brought back memories of racing with a bungee cord holding my chair in so I
wouldn't go flying across the room!

Bill

   not much anymore...by the time I begin to get comfortable with the
keyboard/mouse commands of another game, then it's time to practice for
the next tptcc league race.   I have two very good friends who I used to
play Age of Empires online with all the time...no more...

 I even pulled the monitor closer to the front of the desk so i could sit
back more and not loose my accustomed perspective.  Previously in really
difficult corners, I was finding my cramped sitting position prevented me
from completing a turn without moving my hands on the wheel.  Since I
backed away from the wheel, that has become easier.

dave henrie

Its a functional solution. An added advantage of having the monitor 6
inches higher is that you don't have to hunch down to look at it thus
keeping your back straight, its also good for driving, the bottom of
the image is actually a few inches higher than the top of your wheel.

In case you're interested I can e-mail you a pic.

Joao Gonzalez

Don McCorkle

Actually, the most ergonomic position for the monitor is such that the
upper edge of the screen is at the same height as your eyes. That's
what I have at work, as the desk allows placing the monitor a bit
lower than the keyboard.

At home I don't have such luxury though. The table is a bit too high
for comfortable typing, so it has (or rather had) a sliding keyboard
mount below... but that had to go when I installed the Momo Force,
with the bolt-mount option of course ;)  Needless to say, I hardly
ever remove the wheel.

Here's a (poor quality) pic of the current solution =)
http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/igor/desk1.jpg
(yup, I've painted the momo housing and the good ol' Keytronic
black...)
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- Jussi Koukku -

I have just enough space to the right of my monitor stand that I can stash my
wheel there when not in use.  When I'm racing, the keyboard is directly behind
the wheel, and not easy to reach.  As a result, I usually don't chat much while
driving.
It(my setup) doesn't work *well*, but it works...

Eldred
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