My Sim Racing Cockpit

[Eric W]

Here are a few pictures of my new sim racing cockpit. I bought the plans for it at Ricmotech. All-in-all it cost me around $100 to build it minus the G27 and seat.

 

[lemansfanatic]

Nice clean build, what kind of pedals are those?

 

[lunarwolf]

looks great, just needs a touch of paint to be even better

 

[Coxis]

Loving the reverse mounted pedals. Just out of curiosity how much were the plans? There are plans out there for free for a very similar cockpit.

 

[Eric W]

The plans were only $30 which included full size templates and a detailed instruction manual. I had looked at some of the free templates and didn't see anything that I liked. I do still on either painting or perhaps wrapping the MDF with vinyl. The pedals are reverse mounted G27 pedals which was very easy to do. I did have to make a few modifications to get the shifter to fit properly and angle the pedals to my liking. It's almost perfect for me now. Also, what I like about this setup is that it is very solid and you don't feel any of the force feedback from the G27 shaking the monitor.

I was able to get most of it build in one weekend.

 

[Coxis]

Well, I know it isn't exactly the same, but these are the cockpit and plans your cockpit reminded me of:

http://www.thewayiplay.com/mainforum/index.php?topic=443.0

 

[Eric W]

Mine looks a lot easier to build that that one.

 

[ozone]

That looks so good. Even though I have a hand built rig, you've made me want to build another lol

 

[lemansfanatic]

Do most people here prefer inverse mounted pedals? I'm looking at doing that myself, but before i spend the time and effort building some contraption i wonder if it would even be better? These are G27's that you removed the baseplate from correct? They almost look like clubsports!

 

[Eric W]

My pedals are G27 pedals not Fanatech Clubsports.

I'm not sure if most people prefer reverse mounting the pedal or not but it does give the cockpit a more natural feel. It feels like I'm driving my car minus the actual feeling of moving, but I do plan on adding a Buttkicker to hopefully help immerse myself a little more into the game.

If you look at most vehicles you will notice that this is how the pedal assembly is mounted. It's so easy to do I can't imagine why more people wouldn't do it. It only took me a few minutes to disassemble the pedals and mount them.

 

[paulfield66]

Nice work I started with a similar setup. This is what i have now

 

[urunatural]

nice job, looks very strong, very comfy for those 24 hours
enduro:tup:

 

[Mars Attacks]

Not bad,👍 (it actually reminds me a little bit of my own - look at my signature)

 

[shaun_ccxr]

nice diy rig, btw u r 1/18 collector too! nice 40th murcielago!@@

 

[Mr Latte]

Liking the design and work going on here.
Not so keen on the granda joe seat

With solid timber that thing would purr with a "Tactile" unit or two.

Look forward to seeing more mate, keep it up.

 

[Eric W]

Liking the design and work going on here.
Not so keen on the granda joe seat

With solid timber that thing would purr with a "Tactile" unit or two.

Look forward to seeing more mate, keep it up.

The seat is a spare seat out of my Eclipse Spyder after I did an interior swap. I used it to keep costs down.

 

[Ricmotech]

Here is a link to the website where the plans are sold.

http://www.ricmotech.com/store/diy_chassis_plans/rs1_diy_sim_racing_cockpit_plans

 

[bmoe24x]

Nice Set up Eric! I like it, although I'm not that into the game and I'm under 18 so I don't really have a budget. I just play with my old controller . Man i got a 70's gold and black firebird seat in my garage that would look great on there

 

[Eric W]

GT5 is the only game I play so I just had to have the best experience with it.

 

[topolino]

nice work love it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFvzY1cUmAs& from a german gt player oO

 

[MuchoJimbo]

^^^That is one helluva set up. Wish I had the room for something of that size.

 

[f1webberfan]

Great seat! I like the low cost idea also.
When you handcraft something yourself ... that's even more rewarding!

 

[Pingwhen]

very nice very clean even if it is coming from templets!

 

[Eric W]

Thanks

 

[Sweet Tooth]

Very nice and I like these cars on the wall there.