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This niche is starting to take off and figured we needed a thread for it. Here is some AMS2 content with the BMW M1 Pro Car at classic Interlagos (Video looks like shit when not in 4k for some reason even though it was recorded in 2k, I'll have to figure that out). Calling out Leadsalad Leadsalad





EDIT: I wanted to add more to this but wasn't sure what to say so here it is.

The technology is here, if you love motorsport and racing now is the time to dip in and check it out. For those like me that may love cars but things haven't turned out the way you expected to in life and Covid completely fucked all your plans in life this is the answer. Being able to strap in with friends every Sunday and do an hour of two of racing is just incredible. They've nailed how the cars feel, the braking, the changes in altitude the loss of grip, It's all there and in spades.

You can now experience the Nürburgring in a GT3 or classic Spa in a vintage F1 car, it is surreal and I highly recommend it to anyone on the fence. I was a never an older car fan (1950s - 1970s) but after driving some of them they are by far my favorite cars to drive. There is just nothing like man-handling a Group 5 BMW 320 Turbo with 600hp and brakes the size milk bottle tops or driving James Hunt's McLaren around a vintage track with other F1 cars inches from you. Hell, I've even come around to Nascar after experiencing it myself and seeing the completely different type of racing strategies used and how the smallest mistake means the race.

Dipping into this hobby can start at a few hundred bucks to millions depending on your budget and what you want to spend. I recommend a cockpit, direct drive wheel and load cell pedals. I started off with a Thrustmaster T128 to see if I'd enjoy it and immediately bought a cockpit and a Moza R5 bundle. I'm maybe 3k USD in on everything and it is the best purchase I have made in my lifetime in lieu of an actual race car. If anyone is interested and has questions please ask them here so you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot with poor purchases. Even only being 3k in there are only a few things I want to change and I'll be happy with my setup forever.

My Setup

Playseat Trophy Logitech Edition
Moza R5 Bundle (Wheel and Pedals)
Moza Clutch
Moza HGP Shifter (Do not but this!)
Moza Brake upgrade kit
Alien Mods load cell kit
Button box
LG 34" Ultragear Monitor
Monitor Stand


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Recommended Parts (As of 1/17/2025)

** Direct Drive wheel above anything belt driven
** Load Cell pedals (this will feel more like a real car, pressure sensor rather than distance)

Cockpits
Advanced Sim Racing - SimRacing Chassis
Trak Racer - https://trakracer.com/collections/simulators

Wheels & Pedals
Moza - MOZA Racing | High-end racing simulator equipment (Do not order from their website)
Fanatec - Fanatec
Sim Magic - https://en.simagic.com

Shifters
VNM - Shifter - VNM Simulation., JSC
SHH - SHIFTERSHH.COM

Button Box
Stream Deck - Stream Deck MK.2

Bass Shakers
Buttkicker - ButtKicker - The Leader in Haptics
 
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I wanted to put together a basic setup, but couldn't find a racing game that had anything I wanted. I used to love the basic sort of career/car upgrade games like Gran Turismo from the PS2 days and open world racing. Instead they all seem to be competitive online racing sims, which makes the investment too one dimensional. I barely keep around the cheap Logitech yoke/throttle/pedals for my occasional dalliance into MSFS every few months.
 
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Hekotat said:
This niche is starting to take off and figured we needed a thread for it. Here is some AMS2 content with the BMW M1 Pro Car at classic Interlagos (Video looks like shit when not in 4k for some reason even though it was recorded in 2k, I'll have to figure that out). Calling out Leadsalad Leadsalad





EDIT: I wanted to add more to this but wasn't sure what to say so here it is.

The technology is here, if you love motorsport and racing now is the time to dip in and check it out. For those like me that may love cars but things haven't turned out the way you expected to in life and Covid completely fucked all your plans in life this is the answer. Being able to strap in with friends every Sunday and do an hour of two of racing is just incredible. They've nailed how the cars feel, the braking, the changes in altitude the loss of grip, It's all there and in spades.

You can now experience the Nürburgring in a GT3 or classic Spa in a vintage F1 car, it is surreal and I highly recommend it to anyone on the fence. I was a never an older car fan (1950s - 1970s) but after driving some of them they are by far my favorite cars to drive. There is just nothing like man-handling a Group 5 BMW 320 Turbo with 600hp and brakes the size milk bottle tops or driving James Hunt's McLaren around a vintage track with other F1 cars inches from you. Hell, I've even come around to Nascar after experiencing it myself and seeing the completely different type of racing strategies used and how the smallest mistake means the race.

Dipping into this hobby can start at a few hundred bucks to millions depending on your budget and what you want to spend. I recommend a cockpit, direct drive wheel and load cell pedals. I started off with a Thrustmaster T128 to see if I'd enjoy it and immediately bought a cockpit and a Moza R5 bundle. I'm maybe 3k USD in on everything and it is the best purchase I have made in my lifetime in lieu of an actual race car. If anyone is interested and has questions please ask them here so you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot with poor purchases. Even only being 3k in there are only a few things I want to change and I'll be happy with my setup forever.

My Setup

Playseat Trophy Logitech Edition
Moza R5 Bundle (Wheel and Pedals)
Moza Clutch
Moza HGP Shifter (Do not but this!)
Moza Brake upgrade kit
Alien Mods load cell kit
Button box
LG 34" Ultragear Monitor
Monitor Stand


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Drill a hole in your stairs for that cable if you aren’t gonna run it through the wall. wtf bro.
 
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That's a sweet set up Hekotat Hekotat . Always wanted to do something like that but not sure what racing games I would play on it. I am more of a casual fun drive game fan like Horizon 4,5 and from what I read on the internet - these things suck on that game.
 
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Palum Palum - AMS2 has an incredible offline mode, however, they do not have any car upgrade type system. It's just you and the car. They have a career mode coming but currently it's just championships that you can either configure yourself or use one of the pre-mades from classic or known current series. AMS2 also has the best AI in the buisness at this time (I can't comment on GT7). If you have a PS5, you can get a full rig setup now for it with GT7, I do keep hoping GT7 will come out on PC since they keep bringing more games to PC but I just don't see it happening this late in the game.

However, there is nothing like racing another person. While the AI is good they still do dumb shit as you saw in the video I linked above. They'll just brake for no reason in super fast corners or whatever. I have found a group of guys that race every Sunday that do it for fun, and it's the best time I've ever had racing. Everyone brings their A game but they don't do blue flags or penalties and it's all about just having fun. They do a half course yellow where everyone re-groups and you can put yourself anywhere in the field you want. Often times you will see people crash and just wait for the group to come back around and re-join for the wheel to wheel racing. We still have the ultra try-hards of course but overall it's an amazing group of people to play with.

Many games though have some of the most toxic assholes I've ever seen. For instance in ACC you can't do race against any of the good/non-toxic players until you hit a safety rating of 95+. I spent 3 months trying to get that rating but just couldn't do it because if you are hit at all, even if it isn't your fault you lose safety rating. People would literally side swipe you on straights if you attempted to pass them. Towards the end I started qualifying purposely in last place hoping I could just cheese it, however, even after the race ends if someone hits you that would decrease your safety rating and those assholes would just lay in wait at the finish line for you to come across before pulling out in front of you or whatever. I almost gave up before I found that solid group of racers.

Hateyou Hateyou - HAHA, at the time that picture was taken I was attempting to find the best place to put my router for the best 4G signal since that's the best internet I can get at my location. The 30 min video I linked above took 9 hours to upload, rural living sucks sometimes.

Utnayan Utnayan - Thanks bud, there are components I wish I would have avoided (Moza shifter is dogshit) but overall it's been an amazing experience. I want to upgrade to a 49" ultra-wide but the size of my place and having no job is restricting upgrades at this time. AMS2 is your best bet at this time, however, I do love the appeal of a free roam game like Horizon. Sadly, they require you to pick a pronoun in order to drive in their game that you can't opt out of, also H pattern shifters don't work in that game. AC EVO just launched into EA yesterday and it will have the entire map of Germany to free roam in eventually. I really look forward to this.

Adebisi Adebisi - DO IT (Dark side Kermit)

Leadsalad Leadsalad - AMS2 handles not having a manual very well, you can use your paddles to shift with auto clutch or you can leave it on automatic (Good for the girlfriend/wife/kids). My shifter has died for a second time after just a few months of use and the video you saw above was me using paddles. My favorite thing about that game is that you can switch on the fly if things stop working or you change your mind. In AC, you have to exit the game and switch a checkbox in order to swap and also the server has for allow auto-clutch.
 
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I like watching this guy's videos, he does a lot of different sims but his commentary is great.




ACC just looks insane, too bad it's so toxic.

 
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These setups always look dank, but my gaming dungeon is already pretty full. Maybe convince gf to get rid of treadmill.
 
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Hekotat said:
Palum Palum - AMS2 has an incredible offline mode, however, they do not have any car upgrade type system. It's just you and the car. They have a career mode coming but currently it's just championships that you can either configure yourself or use one of the pre-mades from classic or known current series. AMS2 also has the best AI in the buisness at this time (I can't comment on GT7). If you have a PS5, you can get a full rig setup now for it with GT7, I do keep hoping GT7 will come out on PC since they keep bringing more games to PC but I just don't see it happening this late in the game.

However, there is nothing like racing another person. While the AI is good they still do dumb shit as you saw in the video I linked above. They'll just brake for no reason in super fast corners or whatever. I have found a group of guys that race every Sunday that do it for fun, and it's the best time I've ever had racing. Everyone brings their A game but they don't do blue flags or penalties and it's all about just having fun. They do a half course yellow where everyone re-groups and you can put yourself anywhere in the field you want. Often times you will see people crash and just wait for the group to come back around and re-join for the wheel to wheel racing. We still have the ultra try-hards of course but overall it's an amazing group of people to play with.

Many games though have some of the most toxic assholes I've ever seen. For instance in ACC you can't do race against any of the good/non-toxic players until you hit a safety rating of 95+. I spent 3 months trying to get that rating but just couldn't do it because if you are hit at all, even if it isn't your fault you lose safety rating. People would literally side swipe you on straights if you attempted to pass them. Towards the end I started qualifying purposely in last place hoping I could just cheese it, however, even after the race ends if someone hits you that would decrease your safety rating and those assholes would just lay in wait at the finish line for you to come across before pulling out in front of you or whatever. I almost gave up before I found that solid group of racers.

Hateyou Hateyou - HAHA, at the time that picture was taken I was attempting to find the best place to put my router for the best 4G signal since that's the best internet I can get at my location. The 30 min video I linked above took 9 hours to upload, rural living sucks sometimes.

Utnayan Utnayan - Thanks bud, there are components I wish I would have avoided (Moza shifter is dogshit) but overall it's been an amazing experience. I want to upgrade to a 49" ultra-wide but the size of my place and having no job is restricting upgrades at this time. AMS2 is your best bet at this time, however, I do love the appeal of a free roam game like Horizon. Sadly, they require you to pick a pronoun in order to drive in their game that you can't opt out of, also H pattern shifters don't work in that game. AC EVO just launched into EA yesterday and it will have the entire map of Germany to free roam in eventually. I really look forward to this.

Adebisi Adebisi - DO IT (Dark side Kermit)

Leadsalad Leadsalad - AMS2 handles not having a manual very well, you can use your paddles to shift with auto clutch or you can leave it on automatic (Good for the girlfriend/wife/kids). My shifter has died for a second time after just a few months of use and the video you saw above was me using paddles. My favorite thing about that game is that you can switch on the fly if things stop working or you change your mind. In AC, you have to exit the game and switch a checkbox in order to swap and also the server has for allow auto-clutch.
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Yea idk I like driving. Not as interested in the racing part per se. I used to love the Cruisin USA at the arcade.
 
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I built this one more than 10 years ago, when Oculus first came out, thinking it would be fun to play space sims and driving sims. I have a separate flight stick platform that can be put in for flying games. Mostly it collects dust...


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