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why not call this iracing group.

(Dennis Croll) wrote:

> why not call this iracing group.

A few weeks ago it was the 'nothing whatsoever' group. Maybe next week
it'll be the Evo group, who knows. I'll certainly have an opinion on it...
mainly because by then I'll be an exRacer rather than an iRacer, so I'm
hoping Evo'll be good enough to fill the gap left by the Skip Barber.
From what I've read so far though I'm not sure it will.

I can live in hope though, because I've already spent 2 months' iRacing
money on Race07 & the pre-ordered mod!

Andrew McP

(Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

> (Dennis Croll) wrote:
>
>> why not call this iracing group.
>
> A few weeks ago it was the 'nothing whatsoever' group.

Yeah, this group is not too busy IMO.

By the way.
I recently bought a Logitech Momo racing wheel (rubber, not leather)
and pedals. With that and after redoing my computer area, I think my
setup is better than Atari's Race Driving arcade game was years ago.
That might be a no-brainer to some here, but it is a pleasant surprise
to me.


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lid (John Doe) wrote:

> With that and after redoing my computer area, I think my
> setup is better than Atari's Race Driving arcade game was years
> ago. That might be a no-brainer to some here, but it is a pleasant
> surprise to me.

I think our racing environment must be a factor in how much we enjoy
ourselves, and new hardware is part of that.

While I would never go as far as a full cockpit type setup, since iRacing
fired up my racing enthusiasm again I have been looking at 3 monitor
setups... I'm only one screen and a TH2Go short of trying it anyway. Ok,
and a vid card up to driving the massive resolution required. :-)

Sadly while that might improve my immersion, it'd also increase my
electricity bill, and the way energy prices have risen this year that's
got to be a consideration. I also think it'd be unlikely to increase my
laptimes... probably quite the opposite!

One thing I have always wanted to do, but never got around to, is putting
a gaming monitor onto a big, wall-mounted arm so that it can swing over
my wheel and fill my field of vision more (practical now I can afford to
replace my CRT... though I do still like my CRT for gaming). There might
be eyestrain concerns there, I suppose, but it's another of my
hypothetical PC projects which has been on the back burner for several
years.

Andrew McP

Ok.


"Dennis Croll" > wrote in message
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> why not call this iracing group.
>

(Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

> One thing I have always wanted to do, but never got around to, is
> putting a gaming monitor onto a big, wall-mounted arm so that it
> can swing over my wheel and fill my field of vision more
> (practical now I can afford to replace my CRT... though I do still
> like my CRT for gaming). There might be eyestrain concerns there,
> I suppose, but it's another of my hypothetical PC projects which
> has been on the back burner for several years.

My monitors are suspended from a large frame of 2x4s that look like
an old-style two-legged goalpost. Before now, both monitors were
hanging from the crossbar over my bed, with cordless keyboard/mouse
I used the computer while lying down. Currently, the big main
monitor is up much higher and moved over slightly so that I can sit
down while using it. The board/platform for the steering wheel
sticks out from the side of the goal post so that the MOMO wheel
case is positioned partly under the monitor. It's definitely fun.
Currently I'm pushing through the third arcade level. While sitting
in a chair I'm not getting the same motion sickness I developed over
the years of lying down while gaming. Yea.


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lid (John Doe) wrote:

> My monitors are suspended from a large frame of 2x4s that look like
> an old-style two-legged goalpost.

Ah, lateral thought... I like it. Might experiment with that idea, though
not with my 19" CRT. I don't have any rope or spare steel girders. :-)

Andrew McP