Nice little setup you got there, can I ask where you got hold of the chair/stand? Looks like Ikea with a bit of DIY?
Your GT5P setup
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Nice little setup you got there, can I ask where you got hold of the chair/stand? Looks like Ikea with a bit of DIY?
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Thanks. Yes, you're correct, the table and seat are from IKEA. I bought 3 tables (very cheap) one remained intact and the others were cut as necessary to be used as:
1. A base for the seat, after I removed the original seat base (had wheels) and was too high.
2. A side extension to attach the shifter to.
3. An extension to the table to increase it's height ( it was too low).
4. A base to the pedals to tilt them more towards the driver.
I used an electric saw, hammer, and simple nails. Although I think using screws is a better idea, to make things hold better. I also attached a heavy electric transformer to the base of the table towards the back (not visible in the picture). The purpose of the transformer (weight) is to stabilize the table and counter the weight of the steering wheel. To prevent the tilted base of the pedals from sliding, I hammered a number of screws to the bottom of the base, and left maybe 1/2 cm of the nails (head end) out to provide grip (on a carpet of course). No visible damage to the carpet so far.
The setup works very well and doesn't look too ugly (wife friendly) and you can rest your knees on the inner sides of the table too.
Happy racing.
Thanks. Yes, you're correct, the table and seat are from IKEA. I bought 3 tables (very cheap) one remained intact and the others were cut as necessary to be used as:
1. A base for the seat, after I removed the original seat base (had wheels) and was too high.
2. A side extension to attach the shifter to.
3. An extension to the table to increase it's height ( it was too low).
4. A base to the pedals to tilt them more towards the driver.
I used an electric saw, hammer, and simple nails. Although I think using screws is a better idea, to make things hold better. I also attached a heavy electric transformer to the base of the table towards the back (not visible in the picture). The purpose of the transformer (weight) is to stabilize the table and counter the weight of the steering wheel. To prevent the tilted base of the pedals from sliding, I hammered a number of screws to the bottom of the base, and left maybe 1/2 cm of the nails (head end) out to provide grip (on a carpet of course). No visible damage to the carpet so far.
The setup works very well and doesn't look too ugly (wife friendly) and you can rest your knees on the inner sides of the table too.
Happy racing.
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wow, i thought my g27 had a lot of wires!! lol, nice though
My current GT5P setup:
Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo kit (with Turbo S paddles)
3 DIY Tactile Transducers (pedals, wheel, gearbox)
1 commercial TT (Seat)
1 old JVC integrated amp for powering the TT's
84" 16:9 projector screen in 720p resolution
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anyone know a good way to hide all the wires with the playseat/g27 setup?
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Because I cannot open new threads I am going to ask here:
Is it possible to make flappy pedals work here in GT5p???
Is it possible to make flappy pedals work here in GT5p???
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- GTP_karlos
my g25 wheel came today!!! i can't get used to it though
at the moment i'm crap with it lol
at the moment i'm crap with it lol
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my g25 wheel came today!!! i can't get used to it though
congrats! i was sucky too when i first bought my g27, but youll get used to it in before gt5 comes out (hopefully lol)
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lol maybe youll learn how to drive with gt5!! gt5p helped me learn how to drive stickshift
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haha, do you clutch after brake or brake after clutch? to downshift through corners.
It's soo frustrating at the moment
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- Revelation1115
haha, do you clutch after brake or brake after clutch? to downshift through corners.
well im not a pro at all, but what i do is brake then shift down when i feel like my car needs to shift (around 3000-4000 rpm depending on the car)
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nice one, i just managed 1'03.377 in ford focus on london city track, is that good for a newbie? lol
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nice one, i just managed 1'03.377 in ford focus on london city track, is that good for a newbie? lol
well a minute for any track is good imo.. lol are you using manual w/ clutch?
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yes, it took me ages to get that lap time though. I kept miss-shifting and still do occasionally.
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youll get used to it.. i mean the manual w/clutch is the best coz if you do decide to buy a car with manual tranny you would know how to drive it (somewhat) thanks to gt5p! lol
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lol true, thanks for the replies to my questions btw:tup:
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no problem dude.
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i have one more too mate 
, when you downshift on the track i tend to go straight from 5th to 2nd instead of 5th, 4, 3, 2 etc. Is that ok to do?
, when you downshift on the track i tend to go straight from 5th to 2nd instead of 5th, 4, 3, 2 etc. Is that ok to do?
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i have one more too mate
in the game its okay to do since its just a game, but do that with a real car.. BOOM busted tranny!
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ok thanks 👍 in real life it shouldn't be too hard as you're not going at race speeds and have time to go down all of the gears 
thanks again.
thanks again.
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haha yeah thats true, but youre welcome
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Thank you - I did end up with a LOT of wires, but they are all fixed to the frame. When I setup the rig in the living room I only have to plug the rig into the mains, and attach the seat base to the wheel/pedal base, then I'm off. ;-)
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