Gaming Rig

Honda Racing Corporation has introduced the “SIM-02”: a fully functional Gran Turismo 7 simulator built inside the actual chassis of a retired GT500 racing car.

British motorsport company Prodrive has revealed its new, exclusive driving rig which will become available to customers later this year.

When racing games become a serious hobby there’s all manner of equipment you can buy to enhance your experience and ability. There’s fancy wheels and pedals, games-oriented displays, and driving rigs to which you can mount them all.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a guest review from a former member of staff here at GTPlanet. Jerome purchased the RSeat himself and offered to share his review with the community.

If there’s one thing that rings true about the sim racing rig market, it’s that it can become oversaturated. How does one stand out from the crowd? Next Level Racing is hoping its latest creation can do just that.

Ever wonder about those sweet custom-built Gran Turismo racing pods at events? GTPlanet member @Jules_r did too, and now he can count one as part of his extensive GT collection. This guest article details Jules’ hunt for the crown jewel.

This is the result of putting together five Playstation 3s, five 80″ LED HDTVs, and five copies of GT5. The builders of this rig put it together as a “test” of a new line of screens for a University, combining students’ resources together for the temporary build. They noted playing GT5 with this rig was quite surreal, from the reddit post: