We´ve already seen quite a lot of motion simulators that try to bring the forces of real racing to virtual motorsports. F1Showcar goes a step further, using a full blown Formula One showcar for their motion simulator.
The show car looks just like a real Formula One car, including an authentic livery. Equipped with a pc system, screen, a Logitech racing wheel and put on the motion platform, the car is turned into a full motion simulator that is able to accelerate up to 1.62g.
Of course, all this high tech glory does not come cheap as motion simulators from F1Showcar start at $30.000, coming with your choice of livery and wings. Below are photos and a video of the set in action, more info can be found on the F1Showcar website.
hypertek
July 28th, 2009 at 01:37
ive seen this on youtube a year or so ago.. it would be a great novelty or amusement, you could charge people like a few bucks to race on it, or even have a few of them, all Lan together, and do a racing game cafe open to parties etc.. that would be cool. Just dont know if the general public would be into them.. but maybe a racing bar/cafe with a few of these would be sweet.. Might not work in teh USA unless its nascar though =(
carbonfibre
July 28th, 2009 at 01:59
Now why would they be using rFactor and not iRacing I wonder…
Peter
July 28th, 2009 at 04:51
Because iRacing doesn’t have a modern f1 car.
riches
July 28th, 2009 at 13:06
Such a big simulator with such a little screen???
Spending a enormous amount of money to make everything work.
There was probably no money left to put a big widescreen or triple screen setup on it?
hompe
July 28th, 2009 at 14:28
I think il stick to my chair…
eiwfihaaa
July 28th, 2009 at 18:30
in reality, when you actually think about it – this device is pretty rubbish.
1. Whats the point of a whole car when you only see the front half of it – surely thats enough? There is no benefit to having the entire car.
2. Whats with a tiny screen? Haven’t these guys looked at some of the simulators the F1 teams use? the standard at minimum is to have 3 TFT screens to fill your peripheral, and for something of high quality ideally you want 3 projectors on a curved wraparound screen, like the Williams F1 simulator.
this is rubbish.
jdash
July 30th, 2009 at 03:54
Wow for 30.000 it would be nice for the car to look ANYTHING like the freaking real life version. This is possibly the biggest waste of money of all time but hey, if you got 30k going spare for a race simulator you probs dont care about wasting it.
ForzaBarca88
July 30th, 2009 at 04:39
Well the thing is, if you have 30k lying around for your simracing needs then there are better setups around than this.
suziCars
October 13th, 2009 at 16:17
30k is a new nice Audi a4, but I suppose if you have a nice hedge fund or something its probably worth it