Wheel And Pedal Setups

[Messiah]

As mentioned this is a thread for us all to discuss the ins and outs of our cockpits (haw haw).

I dont have a set up as of yet, but where as i know what wheel i'm getitng the just is still out on the mouting setup due to cost and space requirements,.

Anyone care to offer their opinion/rating on the own setup, in terms of cost and usability but also in regards to space and storage requirements.

[dark-knight]

Hyperdrive have some nice kits, and they're available through Harvey Norman, but you do pay a bit for them

[boiracer]

home made.

we have lots of aluminium, so that was free.

bucket seat was lying around.

measurements from my 33.

only thing i may change is to bring the shifter closer to the seat, otherwise its great

[Beer Baron]

cool rig mate.

[boiracer]

cheers, there are a few more pics and info in the GT5 is ready topic

[barraspalding]

I'll try and get some goods pics of my setup this weekend... its all home made by me and the neighbor with timber. Not exactly a cockpit setup tho - have a bucket seat on office chair legs and the wheel rig as a seperate unit so it'll be more space-friendly when packed away.

[mickey]

I have a hyperdrive and a DFP and and the wheel is good...the hyperdrive can be setup in a relatively good seat position but the seat itself is terrible and uncomfortable. I can't complain though as I picked up the DFP and hyperdrive for $70 together off ebay

[barraspalding]

so the gearstick was all fun and stuff with LFS on the pc... but in GT5 its not used at all.

I've very task-oriented in GT5... in LFS its a short drift session, beer, burnout, beer... ok now what.

[barraspalding]

so finally got off my ass & got some photo's of the rig. its not painted but honestly... i probably never will cuz i'm lazy.

All home built... haha easy to tell.

the pedals are secured to the base, yet still adjustable. Have put socket cap screws in the mounting holes on the base... and counter sunk some holes in the base to sit them in.

And my seat... at the moment. Need to get my own... borrowed off the neighbor

[mad082]

i got an office chair like that, but mine is a monza race seat and it has wheels on it.

[barraspalding]

this did have wheels also... swapped out for feet as i'm sitting on a tiled floor

[*LOACH*]

Back when I was doing helicopter pilot training about a decade ago I visited a training school with a pretty expensive setup. An old piston engined helicopter (Robinson R22 for those who know/care) with the pilots window taken out. They had a CRT monitor sitting on a shelf in the hole and had hooked up the helicopters controls to a PC running Microsoft flight SIM and other games. Was pretty dodgy but fun and made me start humming Ride of the Valkyries

[boiracer]

nice setup there, very space friendly. love the way it folds up. looks dont matter when stareing at GT5 and driving anyways

i find myself useing the shifter alot in cars that should

[DivHunter]

http://www.911wheel.de/?q=node/4907

http://www.pagnianimports.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=56

$800, although fanatec is supposed to have their own webshop these pagnian guys appear to have bought fanatec.com.au

Edited December 22, 2010 by DivHunter

[Gts-t]

g25 is a great wheel, is the new g27 made to lower standards?

hers my setup, i have a 47 inch now though, got it for xmas, will try gt5 on it later.

username is shodaddy if anyone wants to race

Edited December 28, 2010 by Gts30t

[boiracer]

g27 is the better more refined version. not much different.

cool rig. looks kinda like mine on legs to get it off the ground

[UWISSH!]

http://www.pagnianim...&products_id=56

i bought the one of these with the recaro style seat n i gota say it was worth every penny,

well made and very comfy to use.

i paid $550 off ebay. i know its abit expensive but yeh

[boiracer]

very cool. but holey pricetag batman!!!!

interesting that it comes with an adaptor for G25/27 pedals??

and let us all know how it is??? can you compare to the G27?? how long you had it? etc etc

Edited December 29, 2010 by boiracer

[boiracer]

a friend of mine has his rig bolted to a timber saw horse with fold up metal legs. works surprisingly well, and fits neatly infront of his recliners. although the gearstick isnt in the best place then, but not bad for crap all cost, and is easily used again as a saw horse if need be