Lopes Racing Seat WIP

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Okay, after much work I'm almost "ready" to receive GT5 and F1 2010 !!!
It's not finished yet, I'll have to spray zinc and paint it black; put acrylic parts to cover what I want to hide; well, a number of things to give it a more professional finishing.
The immersion and experience of playing with this, I've never felt anything like it... "Ho my fuc*kin 'god' !

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If you dont mind me asking, where did you find our seat and how much did it cost?
 
familyvalues
Very clean and nice wire concealing. Wife beat you up over it at all?
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Naaaaa... sunday night she spent almost 2 hours racing in Need For Speed Shift for PS3. In fact, she was the first one to try the rig. When is not in use I'll keep in my office, in front of the desktop. So, no problem at all for her. I'm blessed ! :)

Pingwhen
If you dont mind me asking, where did you find our seat and how much did it cost?
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No problem. I've bought the seat in a portuguese shop called XTuningCars and it was about 90€+shipment. From time to time they have special prices in these backets.
 
Very nice looking, you'll have to tell us how to build it (or link to the guide)

I think you should leave it alone for the most part actually, looks really good as is.
 
Looks even better now(if possible)after the paint job.👍
Great work there Lopes.:cheers:
 
great work! But arent the brake and gas pedals too far apart for some proper heal toe 'ing? Or maybe its just your preference to set them like this, i keep my brake pedal higher up then my gas, so i can easier heal toe

Great rig though!! Very clean and neat!

By the way... if the wife or the girlfriend should be complaining... just point out rigs that take up even more space and dont looks as good as yours :cheers:

My girlfriend was also the first to try out the rig with GT5P. She loved it, everytime shes over, she wants to run Fuji :D

Chris
 
Christhedude
great work! But arent the brake and gas pedals too far apart for some proper heal toe 'ing? Or maybe its just your preference to set them like this, i keep my brake pedal higher up then my gas, so i can easier heal toe

Great rig though!! Very clean and neat!

By the way... if the wife or the girlfriend should be complaining... just point out rigs that take up even more space and dont looks as good as yours :cheers:

My girlfriend was also the first to try out the rig with GT5P. She loved it, everytime shes over, she wants to run Fuji :D

Chris
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I've tried different measurements for the pedals, after much "trial and error" this were the most confortable for me. Truth be told, I don't "heel toe" that often. Maybe after some time and practice I'll start to feel that problem and if I decide do change the pedals, I'll just have to replace two bars of the rig:sly:
 
Christhedude
great work! But arent the brake and gas pedals too far apart for some proper heal toe 'ing?
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Heel and toe 'ing, I'm familiar with the technique, but how many actually use this when racing? not just limited to GT or other games also "real" racers...

Sometimes I get the impression "heel-n-toe" is one of those things that are just better just because it's harder. Way off opinion?

Sorry if this is being too off-topic.

Ooops: Forgot to say Lopes, real nice setup you've made! dig the "all black"
 
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Or you could just drill some holes in the bar to allow you to move the pedals to the left or right.
 
Lopes
... if I decide do change the pedals, I'll just have to replace two bars of the rig:sly:
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Nope. You can put some spacers under the brake pedal and use longer screws to secure and you'll lift the brake pedal up so that when it's depressed, it's closer to the level of the accelerator. 👍 I haven't inverted my pedals yet, and this helps a lot with heel-toeing. :D

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tinker
Heel and toe 'ing, I'm familiar with the technique, but how many actually use this when racing? not just limited to GT or other games also "real" racers...

Sometimes I get the impression "heel-n-toe" is one of those things that are just better just because it's harder. Way off opinion?
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Yep. Heel toeing is used when you're braking and you need to match your engine speed to your wheel speed so as not to upset the balance of the car when you let off the clutch. The trick is to maintain threshold braking while working both the gas and the clutch AND concentrating on the upcoming corner and any traffic. GT pretty much lets you get away with just dropping the clutch but some other games don't, and if you just drop a gear you'll lose the rear end.
 
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Nice looking set up! Looks much more light weight and unobtrusive than many others 👍 Not too mention it's even more clean looking since you were able to ditch some of those wire looms!

tinker
Sometimes I get the impression "heel-n-toe" is one of those things that are just better just because it's harder. Way off opinion?
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In addition to what Teh_Loserer said, down shifting without matching revs is terrible for the clutch, puts extra wear on the synchros, and is all-around bad for your transmission. That's real life stuff, of course.

As far as the games go (but still true to real life), there are other benefits to heel/toe aside from keeping the car balanced:

-Most notable is that, once you get good at it, down shifting through each gear while braking means that you will always be ready to use the gas instantly. This way you can alternate feathering the gas and brakes in tricky, long, or multi-apex corners (or any corner where you screw up and brake too early). It also allows you to be prepared for any circumstances where you have to adjust your driving line because of other drivers, whether you're passing them or there is a crash/spin you have to avoid.

-Though you shouldn't rely on the engine to slow your car down, proper downshifting does give you the benefit of a small amount of engine braking.

-If you just kick in the clutch (many people then put it in neutral) and brake, you're going to lose a little bit of time when you have engage the clutch for the corner exit.

-With heel/toe, the actual process of blipping the throttle to match revs is a consistent, exact process where you'll go from a certain rev count, say 5,200 RPM, to the highest rev count of the next gear down, say 7,000 rpm. That's where you get that distinctly repetitive sound of downshifting. If you don't heel/toe you're almost guaranteed to be somewhat off of the ideal RPM when you reengage the clutch at the corner exit (unless you're seriously, almost godly familiar with both the car and the track). This upsets the car, hurts the clutch, and puts you off the ideal power band.

Wow, this got long. There's other stuff, but you get the idea. Sorry for the massive off-topic! :guilty:
 
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Awsome setup Lopes, I wish mine was that light.


Just to add a little to the Heel-toe thing, I play iracing a little and when trying to find my fastest time for a particular car and track I found I hit a wall using the H gate and clutch without heel and toe. The only way I could break through and continue to lower my times was to change to paddle shift with auto clutch or learn to heel and toe. Doing the later was preferred as a) you can shift faster with the H gate and clutch and b) its way more fun!
 

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