very cool simulator setup

A friend of mine (actually my team manager of Primus Racing (FF2000 team)) has set up an incredible simulator for games like GP2 or ICRII. He built a frame out of wood, put an actual Van Deimen F2000 seat in it so it feels like you are in a race car. He took a T2, mounted a real Momo wheel on it, made the steering a bit tighter (i guess a bigger *** band), mounted buttons on the wheel (for shifter) and rewired the shifter part to the wheel mounted buttons. To the footpetals which are mounted in the frame, he made both pedals stiffer, and made the brake pedal a bit more stiff (for better simulation). I got a chance to play in the unit, it is really cool. Too bad he spent all the time building the simulator when his computer is lacking in power for these games, it is a DX2-66. It runs with all details off, but it would be nicer to have it all. PS - I don';t know how many people do this type of thing, but it shocked me when I saw it and I thought i would share what i have seen. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert B. McGehee - University of Mississippi - RM Racing, Inc. [link lost in import: /~rbm] http://www.traction.git.net/~rmracing -------------------------------------------------------------------

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>Subject: very cool simulator setup >Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 21:02:30 GMT >A friend of mine (actually my team manager of Primus Racing (FF2000 >team)) has set up an incredible simulator for games like GP2 or ICRII. >He built a frame out of wood, put an actual Van Deimen F2000 seat in >it so it feels like you are in a race car. He took a T2, mounted a >real Momo wheel on it, made the steering a bit tighter (i guess a >bigger *** band), mounted buttons on the wheel (for shifter) and >rewired the shifter part to the wheel mounted buttons. To the >footpetals which are mounted in the frame, he made both pedals >stiffer, and made the brake pedal a bit more stiff (for better >simulation). I got a chance to play in the unit, it is really cool. >Too bad he spent all the time building the simulator when his computer >is lacking in power for these games, it is a DX2-66. It runs with all >details off, but it would be nicer to have it all. >PS - I don';t know how many people do this type of thing, but it >shocked me when I saw it and I thought i would share what i have seen.

There's a guy in Australia makes up Kits like these (starts around $1K I think) His full system can include a full mockup car, wide screen TV, and a huge speaker mounted behind the seat :-) ert B. McGehee - University of Mississippi - RM Racing, Inc. /www.inlink.com/~rmracing D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N C E Scott Peucker --------------------<>--------------------- Corporate Information Systems DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION Unit. Voice: +61 3 9626 7150 Opinions are my own, My boss almost always disagrees with me.