The wait is over. Need help from the iracing gods on the beeb..

No direct experience but the reviews I have seen have all indicated that the product is very promising.

 

Nerds!

 

Don't knock us just because you can't hang.

 

Good point. I usually don't go more than 30-40 minutes.

 

Racist!

 

If a piano player is a pianist...then well.....

 

Where do you find this stuff used? Iracing forums or eBay? I’m going to need a good chassis to improve the pedal setup. So I’d like to buy something that is compatible with motion later.

 

Buy a trak racer and be done with it. No sense thinking of anything else IMO.
The aluminum profile one.

 

I have the GT Omega Prime, which is great for my purposes, but not sure how it would go with motion.

 

iRacing forums is a good spot. The facetube Marketplace might be good to grab something local to you. Most folks won't shipped a used chassis due to the complexity of breaking it down, packaging it and the cost.

 

I’m leaning towards this Playseat:

https://www.playseatstore.com/product/playseat-sensation-pro-black-actifit

still compatible with motion if I choose to go that way later with the Dbox platform. Am I missing some disadvantages over the TR160?

right now I have the playseat evolution and it’s not bad for the price, but I’m ready for an upgrade. I have it propped up with some wood blocks and the monitor sitting on a desk- less than ideal. https://www.playseatstore.com/product/playseat-evolution-black-racing-suede

I’m thinking the biggest advantage over my current setup will come from load cell pedals.

 

Dont have experience with the playseat, but I would guess the TrakRacer is going to have far more adjustability in terms of ergonomics. Also, being aluminum profile, you can make any sort of accessory work with it that you want (keyboard mount, mouse mount, shifter mount, button box mount etc), again, not sure how easy that would be wit hthe playseat.
Also, if youre going to go motion, I would guess with the playseat youre locked into a specific motion mount. I cant imagine how the motion platform I have would mount to it, whereas it bolts onto a profile rig simple.
I've had 2 different types of rigs before my current on, the first was similar to the first one you had, then one similiar-ish to the playseat (though far simpler and less expensive), and then I moved to the aluminum profile version (different brand from trak racer), and there is no way I would ever buy anything BUT an aluminum profile version again.
But yes, load cell pedals will be the biggest difference before anything else.

 

This looks good, but I’m not in love with that wheel. I like GT cars so I’m leaning towards a more conventional looking wheel rather than some F1 shit

 

D-Box is stupid expensive. That frame will be hard to mount any motion to outside of one designed specifically for it.

 

I don't like formula wheels either. I've got a boring old round wheel.

 

Ok. I’m sold. The Trak racer is on the way. Now I have to make a deal on a wheel and some pedals. I have to do some research and see if what is for sale on the iracing forum is for me. We need to get on this shit pronto because as soon as I’m cleared to ride this will be on the back burner again.

 

FYI...Inventory the TrakRacer shipment when it arrives. I had two additional shipments for things that I had too many of or not enough of in my shipment.

The profile chassis are popular due to ease of construction and the flexibility to change it up if it doesn't suit you. My TR160 isn't built per the instructions. Infact the entire monitor mount is off my old rig. I just made adjustments to the layout to accommodate the change. Actually my wheel deck isn't the stock one either. I used a spare for a P1X chassis that Huffdaddy had left over from his rig build.

 

Ok so I bought this guys Huiskenveld pedals and the VRS Direct Force Pro wheel base from the forum ad above.

when shopping for a wheel, are all of these things plug and play? The Cube Controls GT sport wheel looks cool but they are on holiday until the 8th so I have a few more days to shop around. And of course I have no clue when the chassis will ship yet.

 

Did the base come with any wheel mounts ?

 

Depends, anything I would recommend will be its own stand alone USB device. some of them are bluetooth and some are proprietary to the vendors platform. I tend to stay away from wireless and anything locked to the vendors eco system. Once you get the wheel base figure out what it has for a quick release and then go from there. If the wheel has a screen in it find out if it is supported by Simhub or if it requires the vendors software package to run the screen, LEDs and button assignments.