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After almost 10 years driving at my desk, in an office chair I am considering purchasing a Sim Cockpit. The one that I am considering is the Virtual Roadster. I am having difficulty contacting a source for this excellent looking product. I have looked at some of the other offerings, but non seem to compare in sheer elegance of design and appearance. Comments and recommendations would be appreciated.
Randy

Edit: FEB 2014... I finally did it. I took a few weekends and built the RICKMOTECH Simulator. It was finished around Christmas '13 and has been in use since that time. I do like the results. Seat was purchased new from Summit Racing. Total cost was ~ 450 USD. I am pleased with the results. I will include an image when I can successfully upload it.
 
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I took the plunge and bought the GTOmega, and I really like it. It's pretty cheap to.

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call-911 said:
I bought my VR3 from these guys a few years ago off of eBay. Contact Chris Wagner if and see if he still can get them.

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I have been looking at the VR3... It is an excellent looking cockpit simulator. When I buy... it will be a VR3. Thanks for sharing the information.
Randy
 
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You could always make your own. I based mine on the Virtual Roadster. It's not as sleek, but it's functional and sturdy. You can do the same thing a lot cheaper by using PVC pipe.

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I built my own out of random pices of wood which cost nothing, got a car seat from a local 2nd hand parts dealer for £30, on rails and fully adjustable too, also changed the gearstick on the G25 to a Fishing Rod handle to simulate a Sequential lever...all very high tech!
 
I am running an Obutto with a 28 inch main monitor and a 17 inch side monitor for TS and the like. The Obutto is very comfy and comes with a lot of extra bits to customize your rig. I am really wanting to get into the 3 monitor setup so next up is the triple monitor mount.... :)
 
Building your own rig is the bomb, this rig cost me less than 300... as long as you have access to tools and supplies you are gold.
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faro06 said:
My setup:
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geez you could have had all 5 of those screens around you, so that you could use an ultra low fov and get a VERY realistic and immersive feeling of really being in the car and having ingame vision almost 180 degrees around you.... you would rather have 2 screens reading out everyones stats to you and telemetry info than a 5 screen setup??....
 
Wow. Any chance you have a parts list. Very nice. It has been a few weeks since I revisited this. I'm impressed. Thanks for your post.
Randy
 
Awesome rig.

 
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