[Vintage-race] Sims

[Chris Thompson]

Oh, come on, Peter, give us the bird's eye low down.  I just put in one 
of those old big screen TV's in the room above the garage, and was just 
thinking tonite how kewl it would be to put a modest simulator up there 
in front of it.

Teach, teacher......

Chris


Peter Krause wrote:
> Greg, buddy, try $25K for a top-line sim cockpit with a PC, PS3 and a XBox
> 360 all in one, plasma screen, full dash, racing seat and harnesses, full
> force feedback, calibrated brake pedal pressure and a functioning clutch!
> You British car guys are such cheapskates! <very big grin>
>
> Seriously Norm, all the top coaches I know (myself included <grin>) use sims
> to acclimate and familiarize drivers with various courses. Heck, I won my
> first race at Barber in July of 2003 after practicing for a few weeks on the
> superb rendition of the track in rFactor. Bob Earl, Ross Bentley and a
> bunch of the rest of us use them all the time. Heck, there's a story on
> Planet F1 right now about Hamilton shunning the McLaren simulator for a good
> old PS3 version of Brazil to practice for next weeks race!
>
> PM me or call me off-list so as not to bother the group and I'll fill you
> in.
>
> Mild to wild, you can run the full gamut. Consoles are inexpensive but
> limited in their course offerings. PC's offer wider range but require the
> most up-to-date hardware and more than a little knowledge to make it all
> work.