I Made a Race Car out of Wood!

Building a Sim Racing Rig!

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I've always loved playing racing video games, but I've never had a steering wheel. In this video I went all out by building myself a custom sim racing rig complete with a Logitech G29 steering wheel and pedals. Instead of using a screen I used an LG CineBeam projector which allows me to adjust the screen size and is REALLY immersive! I know this is a pretty goofy project but I had a ton of fun building this one, and I'm going to have a ton of fun playing with it :)

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[biwan]

I highly recommend angling the bottom of your seat until your thigh can rest on the seat comfortably. If you run long times, you may develop some issues as you're basically holding the weight of your legs on your feet, hips, and lower back.

[SuperOxygenTV]

What I love about this is the "thinking out loud" approach to the decision making. Really took us along for the ride. (no pun intended). Wouldn't it be cool if you had side mirrors but they were tweeters instead?

[zaynbidane]

Hey guys, thanks for making this video. I was looking for a non-ugly simulator rig for a long time before I found this. Strongly based on this design I made a very similar rig as my first furniture type woodworking experiment. Very very difficult and time consuming but I love the final product. For those wondering (because I was), I used 8 layers of 15mm baltic birch as the main body and it handles 9nm direct drive wheelbase with basically zero flex. Thanks again 4eyes!

[darkslde]

I love this build, couldn't have imagined a more aesthetically pleasing sim-rig myself. my only fear with this design would be the stability of the structure, if you decide to one day dive down the rabbit-hole and upgrade to say a 10-20nm steering wheel, compared to the 2-2.5nm in most entry-level wheels

[xXStevenHerbavoreXx]

I really enjoy the format of this video compared to your usual ones. It gives me the sense of being involved in the process compared to just watching a video.

[alchemistkj]

For a casual racing rig ... I think this was a great piece.... Well done

Mine is more about function and it's 2x4's ... my first one was PVC and plywood

[sgsax]

When I first saw the thumbnail, I was picturing the huge 80's arcade driving cabinets that you would climb inside to sit in. Your "spine" design makes for a much more compact to solution and really looks slick. Looking forward to seeing how this develops. Thanks for sharing!

[DaveWrightKBMNM]

I'm a woodworker/sim racer and am in the process of re-building my sim. I have an IKEA Paong chair and using my old stand. Getting some great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

[MyYewTubeAccount]

I really enjoyed this video concept. Taking us along for the ride was enjoyable and I've subbed for more of this. I'd change the layout of the rig a little to make it more comfortable by inverting the pedals, raising the seat and also making the angle of the wheel adjustable.

[OhHolliwould]

LOVING this build! Ultra Short Throw Projector would be perfect for front mounting the projector. I do buildouts for clients with these for more "budget" focused/size constrained home theaters and would be perfect for this application if latency isn't too huge of a focus. I put budget in parenthesis because, they're not cheap by any means, but in comparison to $49k professional grade projectors, they're a steal. Projectors in general wouldn't be great for competitive games like shooters, but for a "let's have fun" application like a racing sim, it's great.

[xAnAngelOfDeathx]

I built my own cockpit out of lumber also, I used an old actual racing seat, works great! One thing that I did that you may want to do: Remove the pedals from the plastic box that they are housed in and mount the pedals upside down on some plywood (so the pedals are configured like in a car). Fasten the plywood to your racing cockpit at an appropriate spot. I made my upside down pedals container adjustable for shorter or longer legs so when kids use it they can reach the pedals. Great project, enjoy!

edit: I am intrigued with your spline design and will work on something like that myself, the only thing that I don't like about it is the distance that the driver sits from the display (wall). This could be resolved by building a monitor/tv support stand closer to the driver.

[GTGTO-subp]

This is one nice rig. It's simple, sturdy, and doesn't really take up too much width wise. Great design guys. The only thing I could see that needs modifying is size for those with a small room, but they can still have good size video screen sit on it.

[dirtyketchup]

15:50 So, the answer is yes, the SR-71 is still the fastest air-breathing (declassified) jet ever made. In case you were wondering.

[kartaholic]

I am almost finished mine! I based it off of this work of art. The spine and legs are made up of 5x 18mm marine plywood. I opened up the wheel and pedals to disconnect the cables and I routed a channel on the third piece of plywood, internally hiding the wires. I have a Logitech G923 wheel & pedals, Logitech shifter/handbrake and a genuine BMW e90 msport seat to fit in the coming days. Thank you for the inspiration 👍🏻

[TracksWithDax]

literally love the production of this vid so much. Takes a little bit of WTTW, but feels like a fresh new fitting style for the channel. Way to go!

[darmichar]

The 'Bea Arthur Bomber' bit had me laughing out loud. Good stuff.

[darrylyork]

I’ve been watching your content for about a year now, and this is one of my favorite version of you guys. Great content structure and a break from your usual beautiful storytelling.

[cptairwolf]

I love that it looks like a highend piece of furniture! Beautiful work. One design I think would be stellar would be something along those lines that would also hide the gaming gear and morph into an table or something when not being used as a sim controller.

[BWRY]

Awesome project. Awesome video.
Really digging the casual assembly breakdown (and the chat about planes and ships) with the cuts to video of working on those portions plays. I think this made me actually watch more than my usual background "listen and rewind a bit as needed" approach.

[HoldMyBeverage]

Was fantastic how you filmed the segment talking about all the things people were going to make fun of you for while standing with the piece in the most phallic way possible.