Update (08-20-2009) Review is up!
It looks as though the creator of the GTSims racing frame (he went by RotaryGOD here), still had some left over. I snagged one because I was amazed at his simple design (and unfortunately cannot dedicate an entire room to a racing simulator lol).
Immediately I noticed this thing is SOLID. 2" square steel tubing with a 14ga wall. Because it's all beautifully welded, it doesn't budge one bit. It even came with a nice bit of gloss black powder coat. Adjustable by the seat, pedals and steering wheel height. It's a little heavy completely assembled with a Jegs high back racing seat (around 55 lbs) but not a problem as disassembling is a matter of loosening a few screws around the frame and pulling it apart. 👍 Anyways, I'd give a more in depth review, but I've got some racing to do
Here's some pics
Just a general shot, feel free to play I-spy for articles in the background (yeah that's harry potter on the bookshelf). You can see all the adjustment knobs that pinch the sleeved pieces of tubing together to prevent budging. I was leery at first, but noticed it was more than enough to keep the pieces from sliding around. Also don't mind the TV, I plan to get something better when GT5 comes out
(I never watch TV...so justifying a purchase for something I use just for games is tough)
Another angle. My dog is amused. You can really tell the depth of the steel used here. Everything is straight and aligned like it should. Like I said, SOLID. You can see the plate that also holds the pedals (sorry about clipping those in the photos, lens isn't wide enough lol). At the angle the plate is at, the pedals seem to do just fine like normal, by using your heel to "pin" the pedals to the plate. The powder coating seems to help keep it from slipping too. Although, if it's too much of a problem I've got some automotive grade double sided tape to keep that sucker there.
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It looks as though the creator of the GTSims racing frame (he went by RotaryGOD here), still had some left over. I snagged one because I was amazed at his simple design (and unfortunately cannot dedicate an entire room to a racing simulator lol).
Immediately I noticed this thing is SOLID. 2" square steel tubing with a 14ga wall. Because it's all beautifully welded, it doesn't budge one bit. It even came with a nice bit of gloss black powder coat. Adjustable by the seat, pedals and steering wheel height. It's a little heavy completely assembled with a Jegs high back racing seat (around 55 lbs) but not a problem as disassembling is a matter of loosening a few screws around the frame and pulling it apart. 👍 Anyways, I'd give a more in depth review, but I've got some racing to do
Here's some pics
Just a general shot, feel free to play I-spy for articles in the background (yeah that's harry potter on the bookshelf). You can see all the adjustment knobs that pinch the sleeved pieces of tubing together to prevent budging. I was leery at first, but noticed it was more than enough to keep the pieces from sliding around. Also don't mind the TV, I plan to get something better when GT5 comes out
(I never watch TV...so justifying a purchase for something I use just for games is tough)
Another angle. My dog is amused. You can really tell the depth of the steel used here. Everything is straight and aligned like it should. Like I said, SOLID. You can see the plate that also holds the pedals (sorry about clipping those in the photos, lens isn't wide enough lol). At the angle the plate is at, the pedals seem to do just fine like normal, by using your heel to "pin" the pedals to the plate. The powder coating seems to help keep it from slipping too. Although, if it's too much of a problem I've got some automotive grade double sided tape to keep that sucker there.
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