Thought i would make my first post and share my journey with a few photos on my first sim rig, which i have just finished this weekend (never truly finished though, am i right?)

I caught the bug from a few videos on reels and a Fanatec CSL DD kit popped up on facebook marketplace and it quickly spiralled from there to where we are now.

I have a r34 skyline drift car, so i wanted to drive drift tracks around the world and get into iRacing, so it needed to work for both, the controls are modelled off my r34 skyline and everything is adjustable apart from the reverse swing pedal, unless spacers are added.

The mission was to get everything done on a budget of $1500 AUD, while i have failed that task (coming in at approx $1875) for everything seen here, i am very happy with the extra’s i have opted for which pushed it over that budget.

I am a all or nothing kind of person, if it wasn’t a good immersive unit, i would pick it up and put it down, i have wanted a sim rig for years but friends have had basic g29 setups i tried and it just was never me. (No hate here, btw) If i was doing it, i was doing it properly (without spending the world, of course). Having an actual drift car i needed to do the best i could do to make it as realistic as possible.

The screens i landed on i traded some time / labour for, and work pretty well for what i need, my pc is able to drive them on good quality / high ultra settings at around 110-120 frames, powered by a 3060ti. Are they the best? No. But i have zero complaints for something i was able to offset my cost against. They are 640mm from my eyes and on a 61° angle, giving me a good FOV (well, i think so in my limited use of this)

The last 2% immersion items really made it for me, the 8nm upgrade kit (yes, the aliexpress kit works!) the bezel delete kits (again, aliexpress units blur the bezels and i couldn’t expect much better at the $86 price point, looks amazing in game!) and the 2x haptic bass shakers i have running through simhub have made it very immersive, it feels about as good as i would imagine from a sim, even though i have built the entire rig from scratch having never sat in anything better than a desk mount.

Now, to actually learn to race and drift!

Any improvements or ideas welcome, i want to play with some Arduino units and maybe add some wind or something else.

Build list:

Electrical / components

Fanatec dd csl Wheel, hub and pedal set
Aliexpress 8nm wheel hub power pack upgrade
Load Cell Brake Pedal
Fanatec clubsport Shifter
Aliexpress Handbrake
Aliexpress Quick release hub
Aliexpress Hub adapter
SIM MODS HUB Steering wheel emulator
Trak racer Steering wheel adjustable mount plate

Frame, Monitor Stand and monitors

Fame - 75x50x2mm steel mains & 50x50x2mm ancillary bars
50mm self adjusting pad foot x8
50x50 end caps
75x50 end caps
3x cans of Paint
Mouse tray (monitor mount found at opp shop lol)
Triple monitors lenovo 144hz 1080p 27” monitors
Single 4th telemetry / discord screen (same as sim screens)
5m HDMI cables x2
5m DP to hdmi cables x2
Aliexpress bezel free kit
Trak racer adjustable VESA mounts x3

Haptics and immersion

Creative sound blaster Usb audio card
Usb 7 port powered 3.0 hub
5m Usb extension cable
Fosi BT20a amplifier 100w x2
DOUK BST-1 bass shakers x2 50w rms
Black cor flute for canopy (from bunnings) and gaffer tape

Thanks for reading!