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I finally feel comfortable showing off my rig on here! It's taken me over a year and a half to get to this point, but after I went to the Sim Racing Expo it taught me a lot about how it should actually be put together and how I should be seated too (special thanks to James Baldwin's video for some extra tips after I got home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlDwTLpcu30

I took nearly the whole thing apart and put it all back together, taking the time to properly tweak spacing and angles and everything in between to make sure it was perfect for me and I didn't have a single part of my body feeling any discomfort. Now that I've tested it in everything I usually play (as you can see LMU is at the top of the list, then AC and AC Rally as my main 3 with some dabbling in everything else) I'm really happy and proud of this.

Younger me starting with the T300RS clamped to the desk would be so proud of how far this journey has come. It was worth it to start there, move from that to a wheel stand and then to this just to be sure I wanted to continue sim racing. Fast forward to today, now that I have the ability to sit down, flip a switch and have everything instantly turn on and connect to be ready I've found I race or drive way more than I normally would. It's been well worth the time, money and effort IMO.

A quick comment on the Upshift R-Pro since there's not many reviews out there for it, I would highly highly recommend on my side. It's cheaper than many competitors out there, the aluminium is good, thick and solid and while the wheelbase and pedal trays are basic, they get the job done and I was able to mount my stuff in the correct spot without any problems so I can't complain in the end.
Communication when I purchased was great, instructions were nearly perfect (though I had to freestyle a bit since there were some incorrect measurements, but nothing egregious at least) and overall once it was set up it was immediately clear how good it was! Been rock solid ever since and I'd be happy to recommend people purchase from them, feels good supporting something "local" as well so to speak!

If you guys have anything to add to it feel free to suggest things! I'm at a point now where I don't entirely know what I want next, though I've already ruled out a few bits like motion for a couple reasons. I have a Beyond 1 that gets occasional use so VR is covered at least which is always good, but I think my next buy might be finally saving up for an expensive wheel or replacing the Simagic shifter with something that feels a bit better to use. Always open to ideas!

Parts list as follows:

Rig: Upshift R-Pro w/ Integrated Monitor Stand + GTS Bucket Seat (sitting on "Tactile Vibration Isolators" from SimSportGadget on Etsy)
Wheelbase: Simagic Alpha Evo Pro
Wheels: Simagic GT Neo + Neo X
Pedals: Simgrade VX-Pro w/ Heel Stopper + Simagic P-HPR GTs (mounted with 3D printed part from AT3DSimShop on Etsy)
Shifter + Handbrake: Simagic Q1S+TB-1
Monitor: ASUS TUF VG34VQL1B
Dash: SIMDID DV480 Pro V5 w/ Lovely Dash + ATSR Evo
VR: Bigscreen Beyond (1st Gen)

If I missed anything just ask and of course, thanks for looking!

Hello,
Weird question but my dad recently passed and my mom and I have no idea what we are looking at here. Neither of us has any interest in a new hobby at the moment so we have decided to sell. I don’t want to use AI and I don’t know anyone that has anything like this so here I am. Could someone help me figure out how to value this? Am I better off selling in pieces or as a whole? Any help would be appreciated and thank you in advance.

My DIY switching knobs got a new good looking wheel hahaha, I still waiting in the funky switches and another different knob color but I think you can get the picture!

I’ve been putting off a few upgrades to see what Black Friday brings. Hoping there’ll be some decent deals on sim racing gear this year. Anyone else waiting before pulling the trigger?

I've been lurking and reading plenty of posts about VR motion sickness, but I'm hoping someone here has experienced something similar and actually managed to overcome it.

I absolutely LOVE VR sim racing. Unfortunately, I can barely manage 5–10 minutes before making myself seriously sick.

A little background:

I've always been susceptible to motion sickness. I got carsick as a passenger growing up, and I'm horribly seasick, especially on slower boats with lots of wallowing motion. But driving myself, even quite aggressively, has never been an issue. I can also handle spirited passenger rides remarkably well if I can see what's happening and anticipate the movements.

Earlier this year, I was incredibly fortunate to fulfill a lifelong dream and buy a Porsche 911 GT3. I drive it regularly, especially on mountain passes, although I haven't taken it on a track.

I've also built a sim rig with Logitech G Pro wheel/pedals and a Playseat Trophy. My PC has a 9950X3D, RTX 5090 and 64 GB RAM. I normally race on a large curved monitor.

But I also have a Meta Quest 3.

And my God, the first time I sat inside a GT3 RS in VR and started driving, I actually burst out laughing. It was THAT incredible. Looking around the cockpit, seeing the track in proper 3D, looking naturally toward the apex... absolutely surreal. I fell in love with it instantly.

Until the first serious braking zone.

The moment I braked hard and turned in, I experienced this enormous, almost instantaneous wave of nausea. It felt almost like falling. My eyes were telling me I was braking and cornering, and my body was expecting to be thrown forward against the seatbelt and sideways against the seat bolsters.

Except none of those forces came.

It was the strangest sensation. It felt as though my body was desperately expecting something that simply wasn't happening.

And unfortunately, I was stupid enough to push through it because I wanted just one more clean lap.

After roughly four laps of the Red Bull Ring in Assetto Corsa EVO, I ripped the Quest 3 off my head and came extremely close to vomiting. I felt terrible for a couple of hours afterward and still had a faint, nagging motion-sickness feeling the following day.

This wasn't my first attempt. It was probably my fourth VR racing session, spread across several weekends. I've spent quite a lot of time getting everything configured properly: wired Quest Link, 90/120 Hz experiments, performance monitoring, etc. At 120 Hz I was seeing roughly 20–30% performance headroom much of the time, and the experience appeared smooth, without obvious stuttering.

The interesting thing is that looking around in the Quest menus or sitting in a stationary virtual cockpit is generally fine. It's specifically the simulated vehicle movement, particularly hard braking and turn-in, that destroys me.

Meanwhile, I can happily drive the same GT3 RS on my monitor for 90 minutes, although even that occasionally leaves me feeling a tiny bit strange afterward.

I also tried a professional motion simulator once, and that made me horribly sick too. So I'm not convinced adding motion actuators is the answer.

Here's what I'm wondering:

Has anyone else experienced this very specific sensation of their body expecting braking/cornering G-forces that never arrive?

And particularly, has anyone with substantial real-world performance driving or track experience found that this makes VR racing more difficult rather than easier?

I wonder whether knowing exactly how a real car should feel under braking and cornering is actually working against me.

Most importantly: has anyone who experienced severe nausea almost immediately managed to overcome it and eventually enjoy proper, hour-long VR racing sessions?

I'm not looking to push through severe nausea again. That was clearly a mistake.

I'm just incredibly disheartened. The immersion was one of the coolest gaming experiences I've ever had, and I could easily imagine spending entire winter weekends racing in VR.

I want that experience so badly, but right now it feels completely out of reach.

So I have been into sim racing for about 3 years now, and I always loved F1, it just hits different than anything else like GT3 and hypercars. For the past 3 years I have been stuck with a cheap PVC rig I built when i started out. I have since then atleast upgraded my wheel to the Thrustmaster T128 (I know, still not the best wheel, but better wheels are much more expensive here where I live and the second hand market is basically dead) and my pedals to the Moza SRP-Lite pedals with the Moza Universal Hub.

Back to the actual heading, so past year I had the idea to try and build an Formula 1 cockpit with plywood, but never came around to it and never understood how to design it. So I tried Gemini, but it was not as good at creating 3D models nor designing an F1 cockpit. I opened ChatGPT and I got free plus for a week. That was my sign that this was my time to try and design a rig, so i guided ChatGPT through building and designing such a cockpit. At first it struggled alot, we went through the official 2026 FIA regulations and got as much information as possible, and we used pictures and stuff to get it as close as possible.

Around the 9th revision of the cockpit, I remembered there was a guy on Youtube called "QLP". I saw a few of his videos where he build his own Mercedez WO6 cockpit, where he also shared his measurements and all at the beginning of his first video. So i screenshotted everything and put it in and ChatGPT used it to make the 10th revision, it was much better. There were still a few stuff that needed adjustments, like the cockpit opening, so the pictures I have here is the 12th revision.

Me as well as the pedals will surprisingly fit in it, i have also made the tip of the cockpit a little longer that QLP's cockpit as I plan to mount my wheelbase in the front nose area behind the pedals and then add a shaft for my Fanatec converted standalone F1 wheel rim.

ChatGPT also provided me 1:1 printable templates I can print out and use to cut the shaped, aswell as a PDF document showing how everything should go together. I will use 2 x 2440m by 1220m 12mm thick sheets of plywood, as well as 1 x 2440m by 1220m 18mm thick plywood sheet for the bottom. The cockpit comes out to about 2 meter in length, about 64 cm of maximum height, and a maximum of 64cm in width.

Now this is not a perfect replica of an F1 cockpit, of course there are some limitations to what you can find on the internet of such cockpits, for example there are not much about the measurements of an actual F1 cockpit, even on the official F1 regulations, they only refer to models that are not publicly available.

This is a cut ready 3D model, I have the PDF with all the details of the rig aswell as the printable templates. If anyone is interested I can share the .step file for FreeCad, aswell as the PDF document and the cutout templates.

I am planning to build the actual rig somewhere in November after I have saved up a little bit.

Hopefully someone can get insporation with this project, I will update you guys with a new post once I actually get to buying the materials and building the actual cockpit.

I hope you all have a great day.

Just built my first sim rig. It’s a Moza R12, SRP 2 pedals, and GT wheel. Was looking to add more but am having a hard time deciding. Whats the next step? I’ve considered getting haptics for the pedals or a bass shaker but am concerned that the rattling will bother neighbors (I live in a townhouse). Was thinking VR, but would have to buy a new graphics card maybe triples or a 49” curved monitor?Not really sure what to put money into next. Some pathway advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hello guys!

A little good to know about me: I'm 22, from Hungary and I've been in love with pretty much everything car related since I was a little kid. I've always wanted to get into drifting and I also love GT3 racing, especially GT World Challenge.

Since I can finally put a bit of money on the side every month I decided that I want to fulfill one of my dreams and buy a sim racing setup for myself. I've been reading hundreds of comments in this subreddit and watching countless YouTube reviews about different setups, but somehow I never get to the end of it.

The more I research and learn about sim racing the more I feel like I don't have the kind of money to spend on it, even though I really want to experience it.

Some years ago I wanted to buy a Fanatec wheelbase to use on my desk but never actually bought it. Now I deep dived into this subreddit and YouTube again and had a pretty simple plan in my head. I wanted to buy a Simagic Alpha Evo Sport / Green Flag bundle and a simple rig, use my old 40" TV on a table and just enjoy driving. This would've cost me around 800 euros, which was already a lot of money for me but I was fine with it.

After reading more comments I found out that apparently you need a really sturdy rig for a DD wheelbase, and almost everyone recommends a 4080 aluminium profile rig. Since I'm also 194 cm tall I wanted something that would fit me comfortably and wouldn't need to be replaced if I upgraded my wheelbase later. So I started researching those too, found some pretty good options but obviously had to push my budget again. Now we are around 1000 euros or even more and my old TV is still sitting on a table.

Then I started looking at triple screen setups because I thought that would make the experience much more realistic and immersive, especially for drifting. I didn't want anything crazy, just 3x27" monitors which sounded pretty reasonable at first.

The problem is that I have a pretty old PC that was considered mid or high end when I was a kid (i7-7700K, GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB DDR4 RAM) and a laptop that I bought for uni and some gaming (Ryzen 5 5600H, RTX 3050 4GB, 16GB DDR4 RAM).

Both can run ACC at around 50-60 FPS on the lowest settings from my experience, so there is no way I'm going to run triple monitors with decent graphics on either of them. Which means I would also need to buy a new PC, a triple monitor stand and of course the three monitors. These alone would cost me around 1600 euros or even more if I don't buy used stuff.

So somehow my original 800 euro plan turned into a 2600 euro setup, and the funny thing is that I still wouldn't have anything crazy. No 20+ Nm wheelbase, no motion platform or anything like that, just a decent DD wheel, load cell pedals, an aluminium rig and triple monitors.

I know that I don't need to buy everything at the same time and I could just start with one monitor and upgrade things later, but that's also part of my problem. Every time I think I finally figured out what I want, I read something else and suddenly I feel like I should spend a little bit more to get something better, or something that I won't have to replace in a year.

And honestly I don't even know where to stop anymore.

Another thing that worries me is that I've tried quite a few hobbies before and not all of them stuck with me. I know I can sell the equipment if I decide that sim racing isn't for me, but I have no idea how much money I would lose on it. And spending 2000-2600 euros on something I've never really experienced properly is pretty scary for me.

The thing is, I genuinely love cars. I've been dreaming about owning a drift car for years and I would love to get into drifting in real life one day. But right now buying a decent simulator is a lot more realistic financially than buying and maintaining an actual drift car. I don't expect a simulator to teach me everything about real drifting, I just want to have fun, practice some basics and enjoy something related to cars.

So I guess what I'm trying to ask is, have you guys ever felt like this when you were starting out? Where the more you learn about the hobby the less you actually want to spend money on it because everything seems so expensive?

Do you think I'm overthinking this whole thing and should just buy the Simagic bundle, a decent rig and use my old TV and PC until I can afford something better? Or is there really that big of a difference between a simple single screen setup and a proper triple monitor simulator that it would be worth saving up for the whole thing?

I'm not really looking for exact prices or a shopping list, I'm more interested in your experiences. Did you start with something simple and actually enjoy it for years, or did you regret not spending more in the beginning? And if you could start again, would you do things differently?

I don't want the most expensive or the most realistic simulator in the world, I just want something that feels good to drive and that I can enjoy for a long time without constantly thinking about what I should upgrade next.

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to get this off my chest and hear what other people think about it.

Thanks if you read all of this!

I think it would help cut way down on the "I just bought wheel and don't know how to improve" type questions if there were a stickied, weekly "Beginner Questions" post made by the mods (or their automod).

Hey /u/overspeeed, what say you? ;-)

After getting tripple monitors setup properly, is it easy to make the minor adjustments needed to the FOV and driver position when jumping into different iracing series or even swapping sim titles? Or does everything get more complicated?

I built it to last bcs imma upgrade to 12nm someday. Im reusing the low chair i have so it can also rotate for easy in and out.

And next upgrade is bass shaker with vibration insulator system bcs i dont want neighbor below me to come knocking on my door:)

This is my attempt at a hybrid rig, been building it for the past 2 years now slowly. I started out with moza gear, which i liked so i tried to stick with 1 platform.

For racing i eventually want to use all 3 screens, but currently im still trying to align the side screens still which is a lot harder than i thought it would be lol. For flying i am using my Quest 3 with a cable to the PC. Though i want to replace it with the new steam VR headset, if i can ever get my hands on one.

To switch it from race to flight i loosen the foor restplate with the levers and slide it out, leaving the bolts in the nut. Then i slide the rudder plate backwards and tighten it with the levers.

I do have enough room for my legs in racing mode, the rudder pedala are not in the way and there is even some space left between my legs and the pedals.

I then slide my seat all the way backwards, for this i mounted the slider bar on the rear of the seat so that i can place the flight base closer to the chair.

I put it on the bracket, and tighten it with the levers again.

I just need to custom make the heel rests for the rudders as the original ones dont fit between the frame.

My brother in law has printed a bunch of items such as the cable clips, power strip mount, pedal box mount, or the thread caps for the throttle.

It takes less than a minute to swap from race to flight, depending if i get distracted or not.

I have also installed a USB selector HUB so i can choose which devices i want enabled to not cause interferences in games i dont need them, as ive had such issues before.

Im thinking of trying to find a way to integrate the new moza MFD screens. If i ever feel like putting the money down for it.

If you have any ideas or so for improvements, please share them :)

I really really dislike using the K400 keyboard so the other day I was thinking of ways to stop using it or not use it as much and decided to get the Elgato Stream Deck. Not sure why I didn’t think of this before but this is pretty great. I can now launch my games with just a click of the button without needing the keyboard, actualy makes my sim feel like an arcade machine.

I control everything inside the game using the buttons on the wheel except for a few games like DR2 that needs me to press enter at the start screen but even that I just made a button for the return key.

This is really really great and i barely use my keyboard anymore just when logging in. Even that I might figure out a way to login using the Stream Deck.

Does anyone know if Simagic products purchased inside China somehow differ from the other markets and would that be an issue when changing the firmware later on? I'm not from the US/EU and buying it there would be way cheaper than at home.

I’m very soon to he upgrading to a full rig and direct drive. I’ve been out of the market for a long time so no idea what’s about. I figured the best way is for you guys to show me! I have a small pocket in my room I made space with for a full separate rig. Be as detailed and honest as you can!!

So I currently have sitting in my house, the Mosa M booster pedal. My plan was to put my CRP 2 invert them and use the M booster. The primary game I play is LMU and a little bit of IRacing, but mainly Le Mans ultimate is what I do in GT three and hyper car racing.

I saw that some magic has released their active pedal and I have the chance to send mine back and buy their bundle which would be around $2000 Canadian for the P 1000+ their active

Currently, I paid $1000 from Moza and I don’t know if spending double is worth it for what features are have to offer it. It’s hard to make this decision whether I should open this and keep this and void my return window or send it back and take the plunge on the Simmagic prior to any reviews.

Looking for the community’s thoughts and guidance

For those with the first-gen Playseat Formula Intelligence, does anyone have any recommendations for a monitor mount that can be attached to the wheelbase plate or the cockpit itself?
Also, does anyone know if the Fanatec ClubSport DD+ would cause too much vibration on the monitor if the mount is attached directly to the cockpit wheelbase plate.

Thank you guys.

Been a while since I posted about the AZOM Simhub plugin. In the last 3 months I've added the following notable features:

• Support for the MOZA HMA150 Motion Platform
• MOZA Pedal haptics as a Simhub Shakeit device
• Upload MOZA dashboards to your hardware
• Tool for converting Simhub formats into mzdash (results may vary!)
• Support for wheelbase telemetry effects (options for both shakeit or custom effects)
• Dashboard track maps now work for iRacing
• Additional hidden shift layouts for the AB6/AB9
• Full-featured support for pretty much the entire MOZA racing hardware line
• Integrated bug reporting feature
• Now supported by both ATSR and DNR LED effects plugins

It's been exciting to watch this project grow from a tiny prototype into what it is today. Happy Racing!

Printables was running a Thrustmaster shift knob competition this month and I needed the practice. It came out way comfier than I thought it would. I made it for foam tpu but should work with some regular TPU too if you have any on hand.

When turning the wheel in any game (not consistent). my game pauses, shifts car to 3rd gear, changes to next camera, turns on headlights, changes FOV, and turns off my ignition. All without pressing a single button.

it is completely unusable. Also I tried opening it up and having a look inside, I messed around with visible connectors and taped up a tear in the insulation surrounding the main wiring coming from the wheel. Still having the problem.

Anyone help?

I’ve started to upgrade my setup but idk if triples are worth it, i have the room for them and the money but vr has always been something cool and something that i’ve really wanted to try but i can’t buy both triples and vr, anyone had the best of both experiences? Thanks

Hey, only experience with racing sims is with an old thrustmaster one years ago on the OG Xbox, and with a controller since then. Found a Logitech G920 with pedals for £5 today.

No power supply, but oh well.

Any recommendations on what to start with? Drop back into Horizon/Motorsport or redownload beam.ng.