rec.autos.simulators

Seeking full motion system

Uwe Schürkam

Seeking full motion system

by Uwe Schürkam » Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:40:51


>> would spend a family-threatening amount of time in it, surely. This
>> rig is on my list right after the grand piano. :-D

>> ---A---

> How are you gonna sim on a grand piano?  Move it up on  your list AG, now.
>:P

Turn on some Mozart CD on the internal blaster and pretending to be a
great pianist? ;-)

Cheers, uwe

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Asgeir Nesoe

Seeking full motion system

by Asgeir Nesoe » Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:21:01

I think they had a baseline system without wheel, pedals, cannon etc etc
going for 10k USD... Within reach, in other words...

I think they'd actuelly be able to sell a few thousand of a model in
that price range, because that is actually within reach of a sim racing
enthousiasts economy...

A 20k USD model would sell just a tiny fraction of what the 10k model
would do, IMO.

---A---



>> This rig seems to be rather limited in terms of "full motion system",
>> since it never uses gravity to simulate braking and turning forces... It
>> just shifted back and forth and sideways, and this yields no feeling of
>> cornerning force or braking force.

>> If I'd want one, I'd go for a rig that gives me MORE feedback than just
>> sitting in front of the screen...

>> The stuff found at http://www.force-dynamics.com/ seems to be a better
>> deal, you can fit it in a normal medium sized room in a normal house
>> (hehe), oh did I forget: They have made a plugin for rFactor that pulls
>> out the physics engine data you need to simulate G-forces using gravity
>> to that purpose.

>> One of those with a G25 (which we all own in the first hand), and I
>> would spend a family-threatening amount of time in it, surely. This rig
>> is on my list right after the grand piano. :-D

> Trouble is that force dynamics' rig was so damned expensive, originally
> been advertised for 20,000 US dollars.  I notice now that I cannot seem
> to find any kind of quoted price for the thing on their website.  Wonder
> why? ;-)


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