Comment by bri3d

Comment by bri3d 4 days ago

Generally, this is a really cool project but an extremely poor racing simulator. I think the focus was clearly much more on "let's build something cool" rather than the sim-racing aspect, and they succeeded at that (I love the choice of donor car - it's very charming shrunken down).

The display setup, choice of wheel/pedals, and general ergonomics of the final product are all kind of questionable, and regardless, I'm sure it's still a ton of fun.

I'm sure a v.2 could make a lot of improvements.

ok_dad 4 days ago

Yea this was made for a younger kid, so in a few years he’ll grow out of it and probably want real nice gear on a regular metal rig. No need to overdo it! DD is nice but it’s still way more expensive than an entry level offering.

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starkparker 4 days ago

Yeah, this was my thinking in sharing it. The most interesting parts to me were how they carved up and refinished the junkyard parts for this purpose, not the hardcore sim stuff (of which there aren't any). They could upgrade to hardcore sim components if they wanted to at some point, it just wasn't a priority.
If it helps those whose eyes are twitching, imagine that they'd titled this "making a casual arcade racing sim cab out of junked Corvettes".

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