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What’s up guys. Anyone on here get into sim racing? Obviously we have people on here that play MX sim and stuff, but I’m more talking about people with setups playing Project Cars, iRacing, F1 2019, Dirt Rally 2, Assetto Corsa, and any others I missed.
Haven’t really been able to do much besides ride dirt bikes and play video games lol so I decided it was a good time to try playing these racing games with an actual wheel rather than a controller and I’m really happy I did.
Got the Logitech G920, pretty good deal on an open box, and after playing a bit on my 24inch monitor I decided to buy a 32.5 inch curved 2k 165hz monitor
Anyways if anyone here is into that kinda stuff, and has Steam, let me know. It’d be cool to have some Moto friends to race with every now and then.
Also just wanna say it’s hilarious letting someone race on the wheel that never has before. It’s a lot harder than I expected!
Haven’t really been able to do much besides ride dirt bikes and play video games lol so I decided it was a good time to try playing these racing games with an actual wheel rather than a controller and I’m really happy I did.
Got the Logitech G920, pretty good deal on an open box, and after playing a bit on my 24inch monitor I decided to buy a 32.5 inch curved 2k 165hz monitor
Anyways if anyone here is into that kinda stuff, and has Steam, let me know. It’d be cool to have some Moto friends to race with every now and then.
Also just wanna say it’s hilarious letting someone race on the wheel that never has before. It’s a lot harder than I expected!
I do love AMS , RR3 and Rfactor 2 as well. Iracing is also great , but expensive. This is all PC gaming I'm talking about. Wheel and pedals will be needed to do it correctly.
My second rig is used mainly for console gaming. It is a little cramped as it is in the spare bedroom along with my desk and regular gaming PC. On this 80/20 rig I have a Fanatec DD F1 wheelbase. It can be used on PC,PS4 or Xbox1. It is hooked up to a Samsung 43” 4k TV with a cheap sound bar I found on Amazon. Using some Fanatec Load cell pedals for this setup. I also use this setup for playing the moto games.
Since I quit riding these are my hobbies I spend my extra time on. 😄 like others said it sure is a good way to pass the day’s and forget all the other crap going on.
Here are a couple of pics.
The Shop
My upgrade path is probably going to be Fanatec V3 load cell pedals and then a direct drive base! But racing MX takes way too much money so this will probably happen in a year or two!
Using a wheel in Dirt Rally is a whole different story. I’m fighting it the whole time
What racing games do you mainly play?
Add Motofinne on Steam if you want to do some casual racing/driving! I love to hit up the Nordschleife servers on Assetto Corsa and hammer down laps around the ring for hours! Drifting with the E30 in the drifting servers isn't too bad either!
Should I pay $16 and get Assetto Corsa Ultimate with all the dlc or $6 for base Assetto? I know I want to drive some fun JDM cars and I enjoy Porsche’s as well.
On the console side I like F1 2019, Gran Turismo, Forza 7 and WRC8. Just got Dirt Rally 2 for the PS4. It is the free game this month.
I have had the AccuForce since it was released and it has never given me a problem. I actually have to turn the forces down because I have a bum shoulder and if I don’t turn the forces down I end up with bad shoulder pain.
I have a set of Fanatec V3 pedals and the brake pedal kit I plan on installing on the Fanatec rig. Anxious to try those out compared to the budget set that is on there.
Once you get AC installed , then install CM. Put the icon on your desktop and you will then start using that to open the game. ( Still need to run Steam in the background for online play ).
You see , with all the content out there , the actual game AC is probably only about 3% of what you " could " have. And without content manager , sooner or later the vanilla AC game will break and won't run. Watch some videos on what content manager is.
I have just about every track ever created and more cars than I can count. Like 20 different era's of just Formula 1 , from GT legends , mini coopers , V8 supercars , ect......basically almost every car you could ever think of. The modding community on AC is also by far the largest of any race sim as well. Iracing is pretty dang awesome , BUT....with no modding community , I kinda gave up on paying for it.
AC
AMS 1
RF2
RR3
2nd tier...
Iracing ( only because of the fee's attached , but it is indeed awesome )
GTR2 ( simbin package is cheap and worth every cent....especially Race 07'! )
3rd tier ( More arcadish , but can still be ok with some tweaking )
PCars 2
F1 2017
If you guys need / want help with AC , I can turn you onto a few sites which can give you a lot of stuff! You better have big hard drives haha!! There is a learning curve for sure on installing mods , but once you do it a few times , it goes pretty quick. I still do it the old fashion way , by unzipping the content , then manually placing them into the right folders. I can delete some of the pics and videos and so forth that come inside some of them , and clog the game up.
BTW....Motoman....I run the HPP two pedal setup. Have had them for about 4 years , awesome set of pedals.
Going to check out AC and see how it works with my AccuForce.
Thanks.
Pit Row
If any of you guys want a Vital MX paint for a Street Stock, Legends car, or Pro 2 truck, these are available at TradingPaints.com. I'll be working on some for other cars soon.
It's cool seeing some of you guy's get into this. I know Joel ( MX216 ) has built himself a set up over these past few weeks too. Think he's mainly rally stuff , which I don't really do much if any of that. I'm more of just a road course guy.
I’ve never had a racing game make me literally sweat like Dirt Rally though. I was wearing pretty much gym clothes, had the thermostat set to 70, and I was sweating trying not to crash
What I loved about AC was how my steering wheel and the games steering wheel were perfectly in tune. I really enjoyed that, and how the clutch wasn’t useless when shifting. I could actually power shift and time the clutch just right to shift correctly. It was cool in the little Abarth.
So many racing sims in my Steam Library now...going riding on Saturday, so that means AC Saturday night and Dirt Rally and AC on Sunday
I tried his rig a few days ago, and this for the first time (he has it for years now) because the races for NASCAR, Indycar and others looked so fun. But damn its hard to keep that car on the road. But I'm considering buying my own wheel/pedals to have some fun.
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