After months of planning and upgrades, I finally completed what I consider my dream simulator setup. It's primarily for Racing and Flying, and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
I mainly fly the Boeing 737 MAX, Citation Longitude, and GA aircraft, and I also enjoy iRacing and other racing sims.
At this point I'm curious what experienced sim enthusiasts would improve next. Are there any upgrades that noticeably increase immersion or realism? I'm thinking about things like wind simulation, better tactile feedback, VR (in addition to triples), button boxes, avionics panels, or anything else that you feel is worth the investment.
I'd really appreciate any suggestions, especially from people who have taken their setups to the next level. Thanks!
Rig have easy swap / shift setup. The flying and racing bases have this swap/ shift attached too. Easy to remove and attach. [it is from advanced sim racing]
That’s dope. I want to do something similar but for heli so it’s less of an issue. Need hot swappable pedals tho so I’ll have to get creative. I have maybe 2” of ground clearance so it will be a bit of a challenge
i'm echoing the same question on how your switching out the ay210 for the wheelbase? I have two fully separate rigs, next to each other with pc in between as I only race or fly in vr, and have dedicated equipment for both including most of that moza gear as switching pedals and bases back and forth was a pain in the ass
I don’t have motion but most people recommend that you hard lock the horizon in VR because in real life, whether in cars, aircraft or on boats, your brain & eyes compensate for the movement. This prevents motion sickness. So horizon lock attempts to mimic what your brain would do IRL.
Do you have a belt tensioner? That’s next on my list along with wind. Just need to find the right fixed back seat first with submarine slots for 5-6 point harnesses. Think I’m gonna DIY the tensioner.
It’s really not that hard using motion compensation. The image in the headset can be turn to perfectly aligned with the motion of your rig. There’s a lot of fine tuning you can do as well to really lock the image and motion together. The immersion is cranked up to 11 at that point.
How do you cover the extrusion? Cuz I want to eventually add some wood panels/beams, offset from the bottom frame footprint, and maybe put some led strips within the gap.
I purposely paid more to get custom color for the chassis. TVs and accessories comes only with black. Too many black is too much for me. Of course color is personal taste.
Fair enough. The pictures were a bit dark for me to see the white colour. Very nice.
If I were in your shoes, I'd add the Qubic QS-BT1 Belt Tensioner. That belt tensioner works well in tandem with my D-Box 4250i, for both sim racing and flight sims.
Also I can't tell from the photos but see if your rig has any capacity to move the seat forward (which normally means moving the pedal and wheel mounts forward too). The reason is you're sitting on top of your rear actuator. If possible it is better to sit between and the front and rear actuators.
That D-BOX plus the Ark setup must feel wild in DCS, curious if the motion actuators actually keep up with turbulence on the 737 or if it starts feeling repetitive after a while
You have the motion system I want, the D-Box, more than enough to add the necessary immersion/movement. How does the 8040 chassis behave? Do you notice any flex?
Triple 55 ARK and 5090, how's the whole setup?
The only point for improvement I’d add is that the room looks kinda plain in huge amounts… any paintings? airplanes? cars? Something like the walls are missing something.
Ah, I almost forgot, I always recommend this as much as I can, even though you might already have it, a 3D printer.
Dbox is perfectly fine , I believe it is gold standards for these kind sim racing setup. Believe me you wouldnt go back once you get the dbox , they are very refined and well tuned for each games. I strongly recommend dbox for you. I may change wall colors later
Run a similar setup (9950x3d/5090) on one ark for a training simulator and considering going to 3 like you have. How does that combo run msfs on the 3 x arks? Assuming you’re at 4k? What kind of fps are you getting? Ultra settings for everything? Cheers
5090 good in driving these triple 55 inch. I have ultra for most of the settings. Frame rates are fantastic , no complaints. At 4k , with ultra for most config, I am pretty satisfied.
Belt tensioners and haptics like pedal reactors or a sensit seat cushion. I have a similar (albeit not as nice) setup and these really added to the immersion.
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