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Sim racing motion rig v2 updates

With the rekindled interest in Dirt Rally that my Car-cade has given me I had a bit of a yearning to get Dirt Rally working nicely in VR on the motion rig. You can read more about my motion rig here: http://projectable.me/my-sim-racing-motion-rig-version-2/

The problems

The issue I

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0 Comments 03 December 2017
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My sim racing motion rig version 2

I have really enjoyed having a motion simulator platform for sim racing. It's fairly close to real world racing, but costs a LOT less money, and there isn't that risk of serious injury, or death ☠️

I started down this path almost 3 years ago, and with the Oculus Rift bringing

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0 Comments 19 June 2017
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Entry in to VR Sim Racing

I am now starting to explore VR Sim Racing with an Oculus Rift! I went with the Rift over the HTC Vive purely out of native support in the games I play.

After much headache in upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, getting the Rift working on my system

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0 Comments 31 March 2017
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Gaming Rig Update

I got myself a new gopro and head mount, and I have been playing around with a better way to take videos.

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0 Comments 06 June 2016
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Pedal location tweak

Gaming Rig Update

The location of the pedals was never quite right, with the steering wheel in a comfortable location, lots of clutch use would leave you with a sore ankle.

To fix this I moved the pedal-set back a notch and lifted it up at the front, this adds

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0 Comments 15 April 2016
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Gaming Rig Update

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0 Comments 11 February 2016
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Gaming Rig - Speaker Upgrade (part 3)

Follow up from my prior posts: http://projectable.me/post/137684124761/gaming-rig-speaker-upgrade-part-2-followup and http://projectable.me/post/136896495676/gaming-rig-speaker-upgrade-part-1-so-as-i

Finally found a matching center channel on eBay and got it installed!  It is a Paradigm Cinema CC v.3, got it for $75

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0 Comments 05 February 2016
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Gaming Rig - Speaker Upgrade (part 2)

Followup from my post here: http://projectable.me/post/136896495676/gaming-rig-speaker-upgrade-part-1-so-as-i

I managed to get a pair of Paradigm Cinema 90 v.3s for $55 on eBay, an even better deal than I got for the pair of Cinema 70 v.3s I

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0 Comments 20 January 2016
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Gaming Rig - Speaker Upgrade (part 1)

So, as I mentioned in my last post, Im not all that impressed by the bundled satellite speakers with the Logitech Z906.  I mean, they’re fine, especially for the price point of this 5.1 solution, but they lack range, they have

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0 Comments 08 January 2016
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My Sim Racing Gaming Rig

Gaming Rig Overview

I have been getting a few questions about my rig, mainly about the projector and screen, so here are some details!

The projector is a BenQ W1080ST (short throw), it is mounted 14″ down from the ceiling and about 90″ away from the screen. The screen is

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0 Comments 02 January 2016