Sim racers - what are you running?

I find no enjoyment in racing for the sake of racing. I'm in it for the competition. I've now got to the point (3.3k iRating) where every race is hard. The reward in doing well is superb. Then add the team events into the mix. Prepare together, race together. Its amasing. Its as close to actual racing as I'll ever get and I love it.

As an example. I did a 160 minute multiclass race on Saturday morning. I started 8th and ended up winning (by a mere 16 seconds). I was cooked afterwards. Roasting, in need of a shower (I run my FFB high) but I was a happy man.
 
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N0ddie said:
I find no enjoyment in racing for the sake of racing. I'm in it for the competition. I've now got to the point (3.3k iRating) where every race is hard. The reward in doing well is superb. Then add the team events into the mix. Prepare together, race together. Its amasing. Its as close to actual racing as I'll ever get and I love it.
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Really happy it works for you, and if I was a more serious racer, then i'd possibly consider the pay to play model..

However i'm not sure i'd recommend iRacing to others, unless I was convinced they had the same attitude, as pay to play just for a bit of fun, is not something I could recommend.

As long as we're all enjoying this sim racing hobby at whatever level, then all good!!
 
My first year iRacing subscription was £12 off of Steam coz I wasn't sure I'd like it (How wrong I was). Free 12 month subs can also be had for signing up to some sim racing newsletters.

Run the rookie series (All cars and tracks are included in the free/cheap sub) and see how you like it. If you dont then nothing is lost. If you enjoy it then watch any 1 of the 1000 Youtube videos on how to spend your monies efficiently.

There is no debating though, one can spend a large chunk of hard earned on this service.
 
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Those of you running triples, which monitors have you got and what swayed you to choose them ?

I was looking at doing it as cheaply as possible with some Samsung G5 32" but a lot of people are saying they have pretty bad ghosting/smearing.
So wondering what I should be looking at now.
 
MassiveJim said:
Those of you running triples, which monitors have you got and what swayed you to choose them ?

I was looking at doing it as cheaply as possible with some Samsung G5 32" but a lot of people are saying they have pretty bad ghosting/smearing.
So wondering what I should be looking at now.
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I went with 3 x HP X27q because they were the cheapest IPS high refresh 1440p 27" screens I could find at the time.

I'm happy with them. I paid £212 each. You can find plenty of similar panels for that sort of money these days. I bought them about 18 months ago when the next cheapest option was almost £300.

OLED is total overkill at its current pricing, VA has too much smearing, and TN is obsolete, which leaves IPS. Anything 120 Hz and over should be good and I would go 1440p at 27" for the sharper image and lower cost, though 32" would be good too. I wouldn't go for anything larger as the larger you go, the further away the screens need to be to maintain the right FoV.
 
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OLED is total overkill at its current pricing, VA has too much smearing, and TN is obsolete, which leaves IPS. Anything 120 Hz and over should be good and I would go 1440p at 27" for the sharper image and lower cost, though 32" would be good too. I wouldn't go for anything larger as the larger you go, the further away the screens need to be to maintain the right FoV.
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Where an earth did you get that from? The correct FoV is determined by the screen size and your eyeballs distance to it, nothing else. You might want larger screens positioned further away for comfort but that would just reduce the correct FoV.

I ran triple 27" screens a long time ago now, some Asus 60Hz 1920*1080 TN panels back when high refresh rate monitors were still new on the market (and very expensive!). They served me well for a few years until the Oculus Rift arrived in 2016. I've currently got a 32" 4K Ultragear which I occasionally use for testing. At 60cm from my eyes I find it very comfortable, this gives a vertical FoV of 37 degrees and horizontal of 61. If I was going triples today 32" @ 4K would be the minimum but ideally I'd want something larger as I think having greater vertical real estate provides more immersion. The new 45" 5K 2K ultrawides that are coming look perfect in that regard, 4cm more of vertical real estate.
 
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I have triple Samsung G5 32" curved.

I have no complaints at all. My brother has the same and a mate has the flat version (165hz) and they’ve never reported any issues.

I’m sure there may be a little ghosting sometimes but I don’t think it’s all that detectable when racing. One day I’ll update to OLED when it becomes a bit more competitively priced.
 
Hi all.
Im trying to thing of the best way to mount one or 2 tablets to my Aluminium Sim Rig.
I got them to try with SimHub rather than buy a dedicated dash - so can use as normal tablet too.

Anybody have something for a Moza R9 that will hold a 10.1 tablet
or
some kind of Tablet holder that can attach (magnetic?) quickly to the aluminium profile and maybe swivel / push away?

Thanks in advance.
 
Can any P1000 hydraulic owners do me a big favour and take the following measurement without any springs/elastomers and post a pic please?
Much appreciated.

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I've been running this for about 6 months now - playing ACC with LFM and now on LeMans Ultimate.

- GT Omega Prime Lite cockpit with a Chase bucket seat, built in monitor stand and keyboard tray
- Fanatec CSL DD 8nm base with a McLaren GT3 v2 wheel [Upgraded QR2 quick release)
- Thrustmaster TLCM pedals (will be upgrading to VX-Pro pedals shortly)
- 34" curved display : 3440x1440 (Really want a 49" Samsung Odyssey G9 1000R curved screen!)
- Sound - I placed a Sub-woofer under the seat which works pretty well for feeling the engine noise.


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this is kind of a douchebag thing to say and I know it's gonna be unpopular, but I don't get how people play 2d simracing. All this immersion equipment, and then seeing that car on a monitor just makes it seem so... small, or videogame'ish

IDK, it's just so... perfect for Vr? Like you can have 95% of the experience of driving the car. The days of blurry nausea are over, at least for iRacing. It's crystal clear on a quest 3/40807800x3d, and I haven't had VR discomfort since I can remember.
 
I've been through most combinations of screens since the LFS days, (Triple 24, Rift 1, Rift S, 34" ultrawide) and have settled again back on triple 32" 1440p for my latest setup and I really think it's the sweet spot. Maybe poor eyesight and contact lenses was what really done it for me, but as good and immersive as VR was the FOV was the biggest killer. I've done 3 hour stints in the Rift S and it was fine, but with much less time to spend on sim racing now I find it far easier to jump in a 2d rig than VR.

Having 2 kids under 4 has pretty much taken me out of the loop for sim-racing over the last few years (and my irating plummeting from 5k to mid 3k), but I've been slowly getting myself back to a decent setup again after selling my Playseat Trophy and going for 8020:

Pro Simrig PSR3
Sparco Evo XL
Pro Simrig Triple stand but bolted directly to the chassis
Triple HP X32 (pretty good, 165hz, 1ms, not the best in the world but perfect for this)
Fanatec CSL DD
10 year old CSR Elite pedals, next on the upgrade list.

I do intend to build something similar to this for my son for maybe his 4th birthday or the following Christmas also: https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/ib76ph/custom_8020_kid_sim/

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kute said:
this is kind of a douchebag thing to say and I know it's gonna be unpopular, but I don't get how people play 2d simracing. All this immersion equipment, and then seeing that car on a monitor just makes it seem so... small, or videogame'ish

IDK, it's just so... perfect for Vr? Like you can have 95% of the experience of driving the car. The days of blurry nausea are over, at least for iRacing. It's crystal clear on a quest 3/40807800x3d, and I haven't had VR discomfort since I can remember.
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I tried VR last year - made me feel sick with added eye strain for hours after.
 
kute said:
this is kind of a douchebag thing to say and I know it's gonna be unpopular, but I don't get how people play 2d simracing. All this immersion equipment, and then seeing that car on a monitor just makes it seem so... small, or videogame'ish

IDK, it's just so... perfect for Vr? Like you can have 95% of the experience of driving the car. The days of blurry nausea are over, at least for iRacing. It's crystal clear on a quest 3/40807800x3d, and I haven't had VR discomfort since I can remember.
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But then they wouldn't be able to see their $1000+ steering wheels :p

In all fairness while I've been firmly in the 'no VR no buy' camp since 2016 when the Oculus Rift came out, I can see the appeal of a large screen screen triple setup since getting a high refresh 32" 4K monitor just over a year ago. There is a lot to be said for the image quality and smoothness of 4K 144hz at that size. Although I reckon 42" OLED screens would be a nice sweet spot in terms of completely filling your FoV, excellent colours and black levels while still having reasonable pixel density.

@deko Minus points for running the virtual mirror when the actual rear view mirror is clearly visible!
 
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stephenb said:
But then they wouldn't be able to see their $1000+ steering wheels :p

In all fairness while I've been firmly in the 'no VR no buy' camp since 2016 when the Oculus Rift came out, I can see the appeal of a large screen screen triple setup since getting a high refresh 32" 4K monitor just over a year ago. There is a lot to be said for the image quality and smoothness of 4K 144hz at that size. Although I reckon 42" OLED screens would be a nice sweet spot in terms of completely filling your FoV, excellent colours and black levels while still having reasonable pixel density.

@deko Minus points for running the virtual mirror when the actual rear view mirror is clearly visible!
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Yea I should say I haven't tried a triple big screen setup, maybe all you see is car anyways so it feels like VR but with monitor clarity
 
There are obviously pros and cons to both triples and VR. I prefer triples myself, reasons including a bigger fov which is an advantage for having things in your peripheral view, also I don't find VR headsets comfortable at all, especially when doing longer sessions of multiple hours. Triples also give the freedom of being able to see my streamdeck buttons, dashboard screen and easily being able to grab my drink etc. I also don't find the clarity on VR all that amazing and find it a bit of a faff in general.

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Not a peripheral exactly but last week I upgraded my 12700k CPU to the 9800X3D and its made a huge difference on iRacing. For the last few months I've been experiencing some pretty significant frame/performance drops in the game with GPU usage running at 100% and getting heavy dips into the 40FPS region.

Now I'm running a solid (capped) 120FPS with the shineys turned back on and GPU usage dropped considerably down to the 40s and 50% area. I'd recommend for sure.
 
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Not a peripheral exactly but last week I upgraded my 12700k CPU to the 9800X3D and its made a huge difference on iRacing. For the last few months I've been experiencing some pretty significant frame/performance drops in the game with GPU usage running at 100% and getting heavy dips into the 40FPS region.

Now I'm running a solid (capped) 120FPS with the shineys turned back on and GPU usage dropped considerably down to the 40s and 50% area. I'd recommend for sure.
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It just shows u that games are no longer just gpu bound. its like a 60/40 split these days
 
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