Show off your rigs! (5 Viewers)

[Bassetts]

Gxbbs was pestering me for screenshots for my Work in progress Button box.

So here you go, this is development revision 1 (aka ghetto box)

Just testing concepts with some rotary encorder for things like ABS/TC adjusment, 12 position switches for some function selection and switches for toggle operations.

Next step is to source some dials and the correct type of switches

 

[Darksi]

Quick question, has anyone got some kind of USB handbrake, or some kind of home made wizadry. Any links or help would be great

 

[Jonno]

Quick question, has anyone got some kind of USB handbrake, or some kind of home made wizadry. Any links or help would be great

Theres loads on youtube mate
For instance skip the first few minz

 

[Darksi]

Ive seen the one on youtube mate, was just wondering if anyone had any experience with either made or bought ones.

 

[Jonno]

Ohhhh im super excited......
Iv enough for a rig today and guess what i am about to order it..(( now as long as the earth dont stop spinning i should be ok lol))..
Going to pick up my seat for it today too.. Feel lile a kid at Christmas yey....

 

[steveg200]

What rig are you going for @jonnotheone

 

[Jonno]

What rig are you going for @jonnotheone

Same as you bud but without the seat as i now have one and it cost me nothing.. Good old freecycle love it lol..

 

[Jonno]

Well after inspecting my seat it turns out the fittings on one side are not what i need lol never mind i have a plan and will share the end results with you later...

 

[Jonno]

well here we are as i said i would show you my results...

2x bucket seats.. in to 1 good working order.

so as i said when i received these chairs i didn't think to look at the legs on it until i was about to order my rig.
I got a bit of disappointment when i saw the one side was not what i wanted..

both sides i was hoping looked like this.

instead i had one side like this.

gutted was my thought of the day. but then i had a cunning plan as i had 2 seats and only needed one id cut the legs of the other. So i set about it getting the POWER tools out i cut off the other feet

once id cut the feet off both seats i set about lining them up with the ones already on there drilled the holes and bolted them on.

then cut the bolts down and bosh done the legs..
I then decided it was now time to clean it up. got the sand paper out and sanded any rough bits off leaving me with an ugly under.

 

[Jonno]

once id given it a wipe over to remove any dust and grease i primed it.

then a few coats of black

and finished off with clear lacquer.. another job done
now it was towards the finish line with cleaning the fabric had a very dirty seat with marks all over it.

so yet again out come the heavy equipment IE my arms and some elbow grease...(and a steam cleaner lol)
Im pretty happy with the end result and has saved me a few quid on a new seat for my soon to be new rig.

 

[ramiboo]

Good work Jonno!!

 

[Jonno]

Ohhh noo i have no setup anymore sob sob its all gone..

 

[Tom]

Ohhh noo i have no setup anymore sob sob its all gone..

There there, at least the BTCC is on!

 

[Jonno]

There there, at least the BTCC is on!

Yeh sat here with my wheel waiting for the onboard shots lol..

 

[Jonno]

Lets get building....

 

[falcon2081]

@jonnotheone Will the new area have that flowered paper on the walls too?

 

[Jonno]

@jonnotheone Will the new area have that flowered paper on the walls too?

Lol yes mate it will i like looking at the scenery.. Why do you think im allways crashing out or finishing last.. Im stopping to smell the flowers lol..
 
Well as you all saw above i had my rig today.. And suprise suprise my seat didnt fit lol.. Well it did eventually. I had to make some brackets for it out of some trusty wood..

They went on really well..

And i cracked on...

Now rig is up still not fully done as i have to mount the sub under the seat and attach surround sound speakers to the frame then im done but for now least i can enjoy it..

 

[steveg200]

Its looking good mate.

 

[Alex du Plessis]

Just a small thing that I have noticed on your rig Jonno is your screen is what 1.5m away from you if not more. Your field of view (FOV) might be influenced quite dramatically. I for one only sit 80cm away from my 40" screen and according to the FOV calculators my FOV is set at 58.According to a lot of people out there the FOV has to be correct for you to be better at driving any racing sims. Just a suggestion maybe rig your screen on some or other stand and get it closer and also roughly when sitting in your rig you are looking at the middle of the screen. I also used to have my screen way back until I read the "secrets" of sim racing FOV's. It immediately made a difference to my driving. Here is a link to what I am talking about Other than that your sim looks really good nice and compact and un-cluttered.

 

[Jonno]

Just a small thing that I have noticed on your rig Jonno is your screen is what 1.5m away from you if not more. Your field of view (FOV) might be influenced quite dramatically. I for one only sit 80cm away from my 40" screen and according to the FOV calculators my FOV is set at 58.According to a lot of people out there the FOV has to be correct for you to be better at driving any racing sims. Just a suggestion maybe rig your screen on some or other stand and get it closer and also roughly when sitting in your rig you are looking at the middle of the screen. I also used to have my screen way back until I read the "secrets" of sim racing FOV's. It immediately made a difference to my driving. Here is a link to what I am talking about Other than that your sim looks really good nice and compact and un-cluttered.

its on a retractable bracket bud i can put it right in front of me just didnt move it when i took the pic lol ill take another and you can see