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Dadhawk 05-07-2012 02:22 PM

A car from Ariel for the price of an 86
 
OK, technically not a car, but any car, or plane, or FPS. Simulator designed by the makers of the Ariel Atom for home and commercial use.

I need me one of these!

You have to provide your own redhead in the the racing suit I'm afraid.

http://www.gizmag.com/tl1-motion-sim...418/pictures#3

http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg...imulator-2.jpg

bestwheelbase 05-07-2012 02:34 PM

I'm something, but I would't call it afraid. :drool:

My world got rocked when I clamped a Logitech wheel to my desk for late-night Live For Speed racing. This... boggles the mind. :bonk:

Dadhawk 05-07-2012 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bestwheelbase (Post 203165)
I'm something, but I would't call it afraid. :drool:

My world got rocked when I clamped a Logitech wheel to my desk for late-night Live For Speed racing. This... boggles the mind. :bonk:

I know. I thought I was rocking it with 3 monitors and a full compliment of flight controls. I feel so inadequate now.

bestwheelbase 05-07-2012 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk (Post 203182)
I know. I thought I was rocking it with 3 monitors and a full compliment of flight controls. I feel so inadequate now.

Uh, your setup still sounds pretty serious.

I had to elevate the back of my laptop with some books so it wouldn't overheat half-way through a race.

Dadhawk 05-07-2012 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bestwheelbase (Post 203259)
Uh, your setup still sounds pretty serious.

I had to elevate the back of my laptop with some books so it wouldn't overheat half-way through a race.

Thanks, a view of the screens (sans controllers, but I have pedals, yoke and a separate throttle setup to go along with it) can be found in this thread. I'm planning on building a separate desk for it at some point just to make it easier to use and where I wouldn't have to disconnect the controllers to use it for "real work".

By the way, I've found 3 monitors to be very useful day-to-day. Now its hard for me to get along without it. The forum/home email is usually on the left monitor, work in the middle and Netflix/TV on the right when I work from home. Middle monitor is on a KVM between my work laptop (a fourth screen with my schedule) and my home "main screen".

old greg 05-07-2012 04:24 PM

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This... boggles the mind. :bonk:

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I feel so inadequate now.

Then prepare for a blown mind and a shriveled e-peen, because that thing is strictly amateur hour. I'll take a Cruden Hexatech, so what if it's 20x more expensive. ;)

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Dadhawk 05-07-2012 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by old greg (Post 203323)
Then prepare for a blown mind and a shriveled e-peen, because that thing is strictly amateur hour. I'll take a Cruden Hexatech, so what if it's 20x more expensive. ;)


Well, if they giving them away, sure why not! But as long as we are dreaming, I'll take the full motion 777 simulator I got to fly once at a former employer for the win!

old greg 05-07-2012 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk (Post 203545)
But as long as we are dreaming, I'll take the full motion 777 simulator I got to fly once at a former employer for the win!

I think Toyota and NASA may have it beat. ;)

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Sport-Tech 05-08-2012 12:30 AM

Too bad Toyota's fabulous simulator didn't do anything for them in F1. I'm surprised the whole Toyota F1 group didn't commit hari-kiri when they packed it in, it has to have the most shameful record of any big-budget team in the history of racing.


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