My Drifting Wheel Station Setup

[BreakerOhio]

Sweet setup! I was wondering if the playseat collapses for storage, as i dont want to always have a cockpit in the middle of my living room. Also, i dont really see where the pedals would clamp down. how do you secure the pedals to the setup? i dont want to have to zip tie my pedals to the frame. One more question. With the Stick set up as your E-brake, do you find you have much more control over the pressure of the e-brake? it seems that i cant hit the ebrake BUTTON softly, so i always lock up hardcore. Does the stick help with e-brake sensitivity?

The playseat can collapse. Two ways.
1. You can slide the pedal stand inward into the seat and fold the seat down forward.
2. You can slide the pedal stand out and remove it completly and just have a seat. (this is what I do when I'm not playing)

The stick set up doesn't allow for sensitive e-brake. Its either on or off. BUT, if you want that you can set up the DS2 analog to be ebrake and you can then have your desired e-brake pressure sensitivity with the analog sticks. This is pretty usefull. I had to velcro my DS2 controller on the DPF so I can use the analog for ebrake. I don't always play this way, its a lot of work to set up.

The pedals are attached to the pedal stand using the velco strips that were provided with the playseat.

 

[jayballash]

That seems kind of awkward to have a DS2 strapped to my DFP. I wonder if i can dismantal a DS2, and just take that one analog stick, and somehow rig it to an E brake from a real car. That would be ultimate. The hard part would be making the e brake only put half pressure on the analog stick when its halfway up, and full pressure when its all the way up. need to get some type of reducer, to make the full 4-6 inch pull up on the ebrake only move the analog stick the maximum 3/4 inch. ( not sure if thats how far it travels, just a guess ). I bet i could market these things if i could actually make one that would work. lol. Does anyone think that making something like this is possible? Anyone have any ideas/tech advice on how something like this might be put together? Also, Breaker: how have the velcro straps held up over time? Have you had them give out any?

EDIT***** HOLY CRAP!!! i was looking for racing seats online and i just saw this TOTALLY AWESOME racing setup these guys called force dynamics are working on. FUTURISTIC stuff! i can only hope to one day be drifting in the future Gran Turismos in one of these. you have to check out these videos. ( just click on the white lettering below the pictures to watch the videos. ) now THIS is a racing setup!!!! 👍 👍 👍

heres the link : http://www.force-dynamics.com/video.shtml

 

[Mr. Apex]

Hey Breaker Ohio
One question: The square tube construction where the wheel is attached to does not look all that stiff to me...

so... does it wobble? If it does, how much?

 

[d1driftpuppy]

You gotta hand it to him, He knows what he's doing.

Hey send in some drift pics.

 

[BreakerOhio]

Hey Breaker Ohio
One question: The square tube construction where the wheel is attached to does not look all that stiff to me...

so... does it wobble? If it does, how much?

I agree, I think the square tube could use more support, but I think their development testing was done with the Logitech Driving Force...before the Pro version came out, and this older wheel has a weaker force feedback.

After a few hours of drifting (normal grip driving is less strenuous and would do fine with the frame), I might have to tighten the two knobs on the playseat to keep it sturdy. As long as the frame connection points are all tighten up well, the construction is stiff enough. When I first put it together it wobbled and I was dissapointed, but it was my fault, I didn't tighten the knobs.

 

[Mr. Apex]

I agree, I think the square tube could use more support, but I think their development testing was done with the Logitech Driving Force...before the Pro version came out, and this older wheel has a weaker force feedback.

After a few hours of drifting (normal grip driving is less strenuous and would do fine with the frame), I might have to tighten the two knobs on the playseat to keep it sturdy. As long as the frame connection points are all tighten up well, the construction is stiff enough. When I first put it together it wobbled and I was dissapointed, but it was my fault, I didn't tighten the knobs.

All righty, that doesn't sound too bad! Thanks for the Info.

 

[nos2]

Wow, that's hardcore, very nice setup. $330 is too expensive for me. I would probably rig something up for my DF wheel.

 

[BreakerOhio]

Wow, that's hardcore, very nice setup. $330 is too expensive for me. I would probably rig something up for my DF wheel.

I rigged up many many setups, but all weren't as clean as this. All my other setups were messy and took up a lot of space. This was the simplest solution as far as something that I can put in my living room and keep it looking clean.

 

[ForcedInduction]

breaker, what program are you using to play on your computer screen? Is it any good?

 

[d1driftpuppy]

breaker, what program are you using to play on your computer screen? Is it any good?

I think you'll find its this GTP site.

 

[ForcedInduction]

I think you'll find its this GTP site.

I'm asking if he's using his computer monitor rather than a tv to play his gt4 on since he stated "computer was free from work".


I'm playing gt4 via computer monitor using a program called dscaler and just wanted to see what program he uses.

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

Hori Japanese Arcade sticks are the best arcade sticks...nice work! To rig the joystick as the shifter or as the ebrake you plug in the joystick to player ones port and go into Options and configure the DS2 button mapping. You can only work with the up and down directions on the stick. So you can map the shifting / ebrake to one of these two directions on your joystick.

I've taken apart the Street Fighter Arcade Stick and it is very basic wiring. I am going to try and rerig it up so I can use all four directions of the stick. That why I'll have shifting (2), Reverse (1), and ebrake (1) all on the sticks four directions.

Dot is the Uber! It wires to a player port & takes four actuations ! + your setup has good quick lateral access . Sounds like the way to model a driving position , basically ;

 

[Folkedahl]

Sweet!! That shifter setup is awesome, the one on the dfp is kinda cheesy. I'm really getting sick of the ol' dpad, must quit spending money ha ha.