One of the developers for Forza Motorsport 2 recently had his own personal setup enhanced for the release of the title. Check out how impressive 3 screens, a 180° view, and a bucket racing seat look below.
Now that the game is getting close to done and I've actually got time when I get home to do something besides sleep, I started putting together a new cockpit. I have big plans to make this cockpit better in every way than the last one but while I work on the all-new version, I had to get something up and running quick to play & test the game on.
The most notable new features are 40" 720p LCD screens vs. the 21" CRT's on the V1. I've grown to love the Sparco seat I have on the cockpit in my office so I swapped out the vinyl-covered buggy seat for a blue Torino I found on Craigslist. The VRX cockpits we have at work have an integrated Buttkicker bass/tactile transducer that I think is really cool so I bought the Buttkicker LFE kit on Ebay complete with an amp. Mounting the Sparco to the old cockpit frame required a custom adapter plate which I made out of plywood. The pedals kept sliding around despite my best efforts with some zip ties so I built a quick and dirty platform out of a 2x4 & some plywood. I stapled some grippy rubber mesh stuff to the bottom to keep it from sliding and zip tied the pedals to the board. Like I said, quick & dirty but it works. :)
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