Say No to Logitech! Building Your First Sim Racing Rig - Here's Where You Can Cut Corners.

yep that's me looking like a complete tool bag on the internet but you know what it's allowed me to see improvements in my real life driving on the racing side I've shaved seconds off of lap times and on the drifting side I was able to link the full course at my first event for my first video on this channel I've been shouting from the rooftops how much I recommend Sim Racing for anyone trying to improve their real-life driving skills so in this video I'm going to cover some Basics on Sim racing setups for anyone thinking about building their first rig or upgrading an existing one as you may have already discovered there are a ton of decisions to make when building your first Sim rig from Brands types of wheelbases and so on you can spend an absolute ton of money or you can try to go the more budget-friendly route but let's jump in the first thing you're going to want to consider is what system you're going to race on and essentially you can either do console with Playstation or Xbox or you can play on PC on Console you have a handful of Classics like Gran Turismo and Forza though these games tend to fall more in the simcade category which means they're meant to be easier and more accessible versus a true racing sim a set of Corsa seems to be the fan favorite which is thankfully available across Xbox PlayStation and PC so this is likely the game you're going to wind up playing on if you're looking for realism now listen I'll cut to the chase as someone who's used the same exact Sim setup on both a PS4 and PC I would 100 recommend spending the extra money on buying or building a PC setup first in addition to the number of more realistic driving Sims available on PC you also generally have more flexibility in terms of settings as well as peripherals including VR headsets handbrakes and button boxes a set of course on PC also offers the ability to expand the game pretty significantly with Community created cars and tracks second there seems to be a difference in the gameplay or handling on console versus PC when I owned a set of Corsa on PS4 my lap times were faster than what I could put down with the same exact Sim setup on PC my personal recommendation is to build or buy a PC as this is going to give you the most realistic Driving Experience overall next up are visuals AKA what kind of screen you're going to play on and this could either be a TV a monitor setup or a VR headset for the longest time I literally just pushed my sim rig in front of my TV in the living room and this worked fine for me but after playing with multiple monitor setups which give you the ability to look left and right I would definitely recommend that over parking in front of the TV in terms of immersion but speaking of immersion once I upgraded the VR I don't think I could ever go back to screen again the ability to look around inside the cockpit as well as out your side windows if you're racing or tandeming with somebody really makes you feel like you're in the game and I don't mean in the cheesy EA Sports sense when I play on a regular screen I don't find myself getting into the game nearly as much and at real life events I've caught myself trying to take off my VR headset in between runs that's how much it gets into your head the drawback of VR is that it does tend to be more expensive both in terms of the headset as well as needing some higher end components on a PC to get a stable frame rate then of course you'll constantly feel like someone is standing behind you what was that some of the windows mixed reality headsets like my HP Reverb G2 tend to require a little more bandwidth so if you don't have a decent PC and you want to do VR you'll probably want to lean towards Oculus next we'll jump into cockpits and that's a fun word to say cockpits there are a ton of options in the market that all essentially do the same thing but they generally break down to three categories first of which is a full Sim rig with a racing seat the second being compact or foldable rigs that are meant to be moved or stored and then finally purpose build setups like motion rigs then of course there's home builds which could fall into probably any of those three categories my current setup is this GT Omega wheel stand that I bought when I was living in an apartment so it was meant to be folded up and stored between uses if you have a small space to work with their budget is tight having one of the smaller rigs isn't the end of the world but it definitely helps in terms of immersion if you have a full rig with a racing seat I started way back in the day in a wheel stand Pro sit in one of those crazy looking Ikea chairs and even that I saw a bunch of benefit to my driving and now on to the main event which is your wheel setup and as mentioned there are a ton of different brands and types of Wheels to choose from some of the main competitors at the moment seem to be Logitech thrustmaster Sim magic and fanatec and as far as types of Wheels you have gear driven belt driven and direct drive the principle behind gear and belt drive is similar where they use a smaller motor with a gearing system to help generate more torque than that motor could otherwise generate on its own out of the two Gear Drive tends to be more clunky due to the Gear meshing whereas belt tends to be more smooth direct drive is somewhat more self-explanatory where your wheel is more directly attached to a larger motor which helps generate higher levels of force feedback as well as more precise feeling these wheels tend to be more premium and run on the more expensive side as a result the current Logitech Wheels fall under the gear Drive bucket so that would be the G29 and the g920 and they're okay for General racing but tend to be really slow to react which is especially noticeable for drifting I actually learned for the most part on a Logitech g920 but on the drifting side I got to a point where I was doing tandems and other people were transitioning a lot faster than I could and as a result I found myself kind of having to physically Force the steering wheel to counter steer faster which isn't realistic and there are some workarounds in terms of settings to make the wheel more usable but it never really overcomes the limitations due to the design eventually I upgraded to my current thrustmaster T300 setup which is belt driven and Leaps and Bounds better than the G29 when I first transitioned over to this wheel I found myself straightening out of drifts because it was counter steering a lot faster than I was used to this setup is effectively what I use to transition over to the real thing and I still come back to it in between events to practice I've also spent hours driving a handful of high-end Wheels including some magic and fanatec and you can definitely feel the difference in terms of overall build quality and force feedback but I think the jump from Logitech to thrustmaster is a lot bigger than the jump from thrustmaster to say fanatec so yes there are some direct drive Wheels like the Sim magic Alpha mini that's going to be an upgrade compared to the thrustmaster but for me personally the difference in driving wasn't necessarily worth an extra say 300 to upgrade moral of the story treat the T300 as the entry level wheel and don't get sucked into the low sticker price for the Logitech G29 or 920 and most manufacturers make accessories that pair with their wheels including shifters handbrakes pedals and steering wheels I will say shifters tend to be more straightforward but pedals tend to be a little more complicated lower tier pedals tend to be more linear and don't do a great job of emulating an actual brake pedal a lot of Manufacturers like Logitech or thrustmaster will add this little rubber or silicone stopper but it really doesn't compare to some of the features you're going and higher end pedal sets like load cells which are meant to more realistically replicate the feel of an actual brake pedal so it might be worth an upgrade there but realistically even the lower tier pedal sets are going to be just fine when you're starting out if you look in the drift you're definitely going to want to get a handbrake and if you're on Console you're going to need to make sure you get one that plugs into your wheelbase those tend to run a lot more expensive than some of the cheaper options you can get on Amazon which I'm currently using with my PC setup this one right here was under 50 bucks and I can't see any reason to ever replace it another accessory a lot of folks consider is a larger diameter steering wheel the ones that tend to come as a package tend to be much smaller and feel maybe a little toy-ish and a full-size wheel like this one will better emulate what it feels like to be in an actual car the main drawback is that full-size Wheels tend to be a little heavier so it will dull the force feedback a little bit and the larger diameter gives you more leverage to fight the motor so that will also make the force feedback feel weaker so you just may need to turn it up accordingly nonetheless I hope that helps point you in the right direction I would suggest joining Sim racing and drifting groups on Reddit and Facebook as they're usually a great spot for reviews on gear as well as tips and tricks in getting started as always I'm more than happy to answer any questions and if you disagree with anything I've said the best way to get back at me would be to like this video And subscribe I would hate that

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Length: 6min 43sec (403 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 09 2022