Sim Racing setup – 21st Century Mid Life Crisis?
technology has given us so numerous ways to spend our spare time these days and now the Automated home has a room dedicated to one of them.
It’s been well over a decade because I built a PC but two new driving sims are making a bit of a stir at the moment and it’s time to build a new gaming rig.
I’ve been a ‘sim racer’ of sorts because I started playing the Geoff Crammond classic ‘Grand Prix 2’ in 1996 (coincidentally the same year that Automated home launched on the web). In those days we would go to each others houses and link two 486’s with a serial cable television and play a full length Grand Prix. #Stará škola.
Flash forward practically 20 years and with the help of a pal that I’ve know because those GP2 days I got a spec together for a device that would do these new titles justice [thanks Darren].
The Gaming PC
The system is based around the 4.0GHz quad core Intel i7-4790K processor. In truth few games will see any difference between an i7 and an i5 currently, potentially saving you around £75. but ‘Project Cars’ already list an i7 in their recommended spec, so hopefully those extra threads will give us a little longer before we need to upgrade this device in the future.
The chosen Gigabyte motherboard supports SLI so a 2nd video card can be added and linked for a future upgrade too. All the kit was purchased from Amazon and the build was completed in an evening.
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Check out the parts list below, which came out at around £900 (excluding the OS – Windows 8.1 Pro) managing to get in well under the £1K budget set for the build.
Intel Core i7 i7-4790K CPU (Quad Core 4GHz, Socket H3 LGA-1150)
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo Tower cooler for CPU
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard
HyperX FURY series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch basic SATA SSD
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB twin Frozr V video Card
Corsair 200R Windowed Compact ATX Case
Corsair CX 600M Modular 80 plus ATX PSU
I’m also re-purposing an old 2TB SATA drive for automated weekly Acronis backups of the SSD and I purchased this Logitech K400 wireless keyboard and trackpad which is very convenient while sitting in the racing seat.
The rest of the Hardware
The basis of my setup is a ‘Visionracer VR3’ in the photo at the top of this post. This is the chassis and seat which includes the mounting points for all the controls.
My trusty Logitech G27 force feedback Wheel, Pedal and Shifter have served me well for years now, making the relocation from PS3 responsibilities to the new gaming rig. While I hanker after the new generation of servo motor wheels, my budget is exhausted for now.
You can get started with a stand like the one on the right for around £100 – check out the terrific Sim Racing Reddit and their hardware purchasing guide for much more info.
For sound I’m using some old kit rescued from the loft. Some floor standing speakers from the 90’s (Bose 401’s) and an old Pioneer AV Amp of similar vintage. This setup is loud and bassy and adds to the experience (if not my relationship with the rest of the family). I’d like to add a buttkicker or similar transducer to the seat or chassis in the future too.
The Sims
‘Assetto Corsa’ is a wonderful game and ‘Project Cars’ was finally released a couple of months ago and it’s the one that I play many by far. It suffered some delays during its long development, but young boy oh young boy was it worth the wait. These two games alone are incredible.
Online play brings a whole new challenge to the sim. real drivers, no much more AI. Drifting the little Caterham around Oulton Park, chasing down your mate is extremely entertaining and satisfying when you get it right..
I’ve also subscribed to iRacing which is regarded as one of the most major sims out there. While the iRacing automobiles may seem slow at the start, and the tracks less visually stimulating, the physics engine is top notch and the racing leagues are second to none.
The realism with these new generation of sim racers is amazing. The very accurate data obtained by Laser scanning can offer virtual tracks that are almost centimetre perfect. Coupled with advanced physics models for suspension and tyres, the automobiles really can deal with like you’d expect. The video above compares a real life Ariel Atom round the full brands Hatch GP circuit, side-by-side with the project automobiles virtual version. pretty impressive.
The first night I sat down to check out how the system was running for half an hour. When I next looked at the clock 4 and a half hours had inexplicably passed by and I was buzzing.
The Immersion Factor
Playing a racing sim with a hand held controller is a horrible experience that you ought to avoid whatsoever costs. once you sit in a proper seat and feel a steering wheel in your hands and a set of pedals at your feet everything all of a sudden becomes natural. You’re no longerHráte hru, práve šoférujete.
Správne nastavenie súpravy zlepší „ponorenie“ a je dôležité, aby bol vhodný zorný obrat. Táto kalkulačka FOV vám poskytne nastavenia, ktoré potrebujete vložiť do svojho SIM, iba s dvoma meraniami (veľkosť diagonálnej obrazovky a vzdialenosť od nej k vašim očiam). Mnoho SIMS vám umožňuje vypnúť počítač generované ramená a volant, ako chcete, namiesto toho tam chcete vidieť svoje vlastné.
V tom vyššie uvedenom videu si všimnete, že medzi kolesom a obrazovkami je pomlčka a to je ďalší prvok, ktorý pridáva aj realizmus. K dispozícii je množstvo možností, ako pridať tieto spoločníci druhej obrazovky do vášho nastavenia SIM (tu je napríklad niektoré pre automobily projektu) a niektoré sú rovnako jednoduché ako spustenie aplikácie na vašom smartfóne alebo tablete a nájdenie vhodného pripojenia. Bežím baňu na starom iPade Small a 12 GBP MONT OFF EBAY.
Ponorný prvok 2.0
Rozhodol som sa ísť na nastavenie trojitého monitora podobného súboru vo videu vyššie. Avšak potom, čo som vyskúšal okuliare Samsung VR Virtual Reality Goggles, úplne verím, že toto je budúcnosť SIM Racing. A nie som sám, tu je úžasné vlákno fotografií od pretekára SIM, ktoré previedlo jeho súpravu (ďalší VisionRacer) na nastavenie VR po tom, čo v minulosti mal nastavenie trojitého trojitého obrazovky Notch.
Okrem jednotky Samsung HTC oznámila Vive, náhlavnú súpravu virtuálnej reality vyvinutej v spolupráci s Valve, ale na Oculus Rift čakám. Pozrite sa na video nižšie, kde nájdete nejakú predstavu o tom, aké to je (najmä okolo značky 2:15, kde môžete vidieť sledovanie hlavy, keď sa šofér posunie bližšie k nástrojom a rozhliada sa okolo auta).
Zatiaľ čo čakám na vydanie Oculus Rift CV1 (splatný rok 2016), kúpil som si medzitým nízkonákladové renovované 40 ″ 1080p LED televízor na použitie. Funguje to zatiaľ dobre, hoci jediná obrazovka naznačuje nepárny náraz, pretože v pretekoch nevidíte automobily na oboch stranách.
Obloha je limit
Moje nastavenie je dosť krotké, je tu celý šialený svet Sim Racing a The Sky je limit. Stačí sa pozrieť na niektoré z plných pohybových súprav vonku a obdivujte ceny.
Samozrejme by bolo úžasné pretekať skutočnú vec, ale kto si to môže dovoliť v dňoch, keď dokonca aj eskortný automobil s konkurenčnými amatérmi Mark II môže stáť 100 000 GBP. Na druhej strane vidím, ako by vás to mohlo spôsobiť závislosť a presunúť sa do aspoň viac dni trate, ak nie budovanie alebo kúpu Caterhama alebo tak niečo.
S týmto nastavením však môžete unášať Subaru okolo waleského lesa jednu minútu a potom zobrať E30 M3 okolo Nordschleife ďalší.
Je to skutočne vzrušujúce a zábavné a Oculus Rift to posunie na ešte vyššiu úroveň.
Je to teda virtuálna kríza v polovici života alebo iba ďalšia hračka veľkých mladých chlapcov? Koho to zaujíma, som v mojom radikáli na ďalšiu výbuchu okrúhlu kúpeľ!
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