# Ghetto Rigged Racing Sim Set-up **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869 "2010-01-21T12:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zee\_oh\_sex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zee_oh_sex/32/6451_2.png) [@zee\_oh\_sex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zee_oh_sex)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/21 "2010-01-23T08:08:56Z")
i think this is sweet, but as i dont play video games, seems like a waste of money, a simple controller probably would have sufficed ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/22 "2010-01-23T08:57:47Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/23 "2010-01-23T09:48:31Z")
My post was deleted why? JVG this is not a for sale thread, no need to delete my post, I was giving another option for people who want a sim rig say maybe for their computer with a VESA standard mount. Not stepping on adams toes at all, very nice rigg none the less but not exactly suitable for computer use with no mount for monitor or keyboard/mouse tray etc… ---
**Author:** ![SG-GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sg-gsr/32/6346_2.png) [@SG-GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SG-GSR)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/24 "2010-01-23T10:24:00Z")
I will post some pics of my ghetto rig later…lol ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/25 "2010-01-23T10:32:50Z")
> [@5/19 small thing](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-19-small-thing/28647/9): > > My post was deleted why? > > JVG this is not a for sale thread, no need to delete my post, I was giving another option for people who want a sim rig say maybe for their computer with a VESA standard mount. > > Not stepping on adams toes at all, very nice rigg none the less but not exactly suitable for computer use with no mount for monitor or keyboard/mouse tray etc… I didnt delete your post. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/26 "2010-01-23T11:07:32Z")
> [@5/19 small thing](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-19-small-thing/28647/9): > > Not stepping on adams toes at all, very nice rigg none the less but not exactly suitable for computer use with no mount for monitor or keyboard/mouse tray etc… It was a gift for JVG, compatible with his G27/PS3 and crap he had kicking around his house. I didn’t intend it to be a production viable piece to suit everyone’s particular bench-racing, ego boosting setup. Not something I prefer to specialize in…If someone asks to make another one to fit their particular awesome setup I may be inclined to do so, but I’m not gonna do it for free. ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/27 "2010-01-23T11:11:41Z")
To bad Travis’ junk STI shell is gone to a scrap heap. -Install body panels and fake cage. Install TV, PS3 and make full motion. Makes Dirt 2 really feel real = Total win. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/28 "2010-01-23T11:35:09Z")
> [@5/19 small thing](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-19-small-thing/28647/13): > > To bad Travis’ junk STI shell is gone to a scrap heap. > > -Install body panels and fake cage. Install TV, PS3 and make full motion. Makes Dirt 2 really feel real = Total win. I’m not that ambitious. At that rate I’d rather build the car and go rally it for real. ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/29 "2010-01-23T11:39:19Z")
> [@TW:rota track r's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tw-rota-track-rs/28628/10): > > I’m not that ambitious. At that rate I’d rather build the car and go rally it for real. Also win. Lets rally your WRX, I’ll co pilot. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/30 "2010-01-23T11:51:18Z")
here is my ghetto setup, got the table off a friend for 5 bucks and the video-chair for free because its basically broken. Works awesome, just need to mount the shifter somehow. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/IMG_1180.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/IMG_1180.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/31 "2010-01-23T13:06:16Z")
> [@NYSpeed Track Day #1 - Friday June 15th, 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-1-friday-june-15th-2007/26320/193): > > It was a gift for JVG, compatible with his G27/PS3 and crap he had kicking around his house. I **didn’t intend it to be a production viable piece to suit everyone’s particular bench-racing, ego boosting setup**. Not something I prefer to specialize in…If someone asks to make another one to fit their particular awesome setup I may be inclined to do so, but I’m not gonna do it for free. :lol Well yeah thats what i figured which is why I put that link up for the obutto as well its a good option for people who dont have a lot of money, obviously having you make one frmo time to time would be a bit more expsensive because you have to take time out of your day to build it and its not like you have a jig setup and diemensions to make these things in bulk lol none the less it looks extremely solid as im sure everything is completely welded, well except for the adjustments… Hey adam ill tell you what, you make these things like that for aroudn 500 with VESA compliant monitor mount, i bet i can get you a lot of buisness :lol ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/32 "2010-01-23T16:32:47Z")
> [@Boys: Boxers, Briefs, or Boxer Briefs...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/boys-boxers-briefs-or-boxer-briefs/52387/39): > > :lol > > Well yeah thats what i figured which is why I put that link up for the obutto as well its a good option for people who dont have a lot of money, obviously having you make one frmo time to time would be a bit more expsensive because you have to take time out of your day to build it and its not like you have a jig setup and diemensions to make these things in bulk lol > > none the less it looks extremely solid as im sure everything is completely welded, well except for the adjustments… > > Hey adam ill tell you what, you make these things like that for aroudn 500 with VESA compliant monitor mount, i bet i can get you a lot of buisness :lol I am so computer ignorant lately I couldn’t tell you what “VESA compliant” means…care to enlighten? ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/33 "2010-01-23T16:40:19Z")
> [@WTF?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/28670/5): > > I am so computer ignorant lately I couldn’t tell you what “VESA compliant” means…care to enlighten? One of the standars for the mount on the back of monitors/TV’s like the patterns ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/34 "2010-01-23T16:41:49Z")
> [@WTF?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf/28670/5): > > I am so computer ignorant lately I couldn’t tell you what “VESA compliant” means…care to enlighten? I don’t think I’m computer ignorant and I have no idea what it is. Damn nerds. btw you have an email. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/35 "2010-01-23T16:47:09Z")
holy shit, awesome: ![http://www.inmygarage.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bmw-e30_driving-simulator_cockpit.jpg](http://www.inmygarage.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bmw-e30_driving-simulator_cockpit.jpg) > **[Admit it. You want this BMW E30 driving simulator. - In My Garage](http://www.inmygarage.com/admit-it-you-want-this-bmw-e30-driving-simulator/)** > > You know you’ve thought about it. You and a bunch of friends are lapping the Nürburgring in a Ford GT on the latest rendition of Gran Turismo or Forza and you think, “This would be so much cooler if I was sitting in a racing seat with a steering... ---
**Author:** ![SG-GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sg-gsr/32/6346_2.png) [@SG-GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SG-GSR)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/36 "2010-01-23T18:22:25Z")
Here’s mine…I built it just to be temporary with a bunch of scrap wood but it has held up for over a year now and the seat is fully adjustable still so it fits just about anyone…It doesnt look very pleasing but I love it… ![http://sn116w.snt116.mail.live.com/att/GetAttachment.aspx?tnail=0&messageId=9e792421-088e-11df-8183-00215ad7b3ec&Aux=4|0|8CC6AB285EDBB70||](http://sn116w.snt116.mail.live.com/att/GetAttachment.aspx?tnail=0&messageId=9e792421-088e-11df-8183-00215ad7b3ec&Aux=4%7C0%7C8CC6AB285EDBB70%7C%7C) ![http://sn116w.snt116.mail.live.com/att/GetAttachment.aspx?tnail=0&messageId=c58249d3-088e-11df-baf9-00237de4a20a&Aux=4|0|8CC6AB2ABBB5060||](http://sn116w.snt116.mail.live.com/att/GetAttachment.aspx?tnail=0&messageId=c58249d3-088e-11df-baf9-00237de4a20a&Aux=4%7C0%7C8CC6AB2ABBB5060%7C%7C) ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/37 "2010-01-23T18:27:19Z")
> [@Right Hand Drive '69 Barracuda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/right-hand-drive-69-barracuda/23982/83): > > here is my ghetto setup, got the table off a friend for 5 bucks and the video-chair for free because its basically broken. Works awesome, just need to mount the shifter somehow. > > ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/IMG_1180.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/2/321a8ee87ef5dd49db5fc8653ff6a1f08b4b70e1.jpeg) and see which setup gets the pussy? ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/38 "2010-01-23T18:29:58Z")
don’t fuck with toonces the driving cat! ---
**Author:** ![SG-GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sg-gsr/32/6346_2.png) [@SG-GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SG-GSR)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/39 "2010-01-23T18:46:01Z")
haha…my cat lives in my chair… ---
**Author:** ![waltbabyluv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/waltbabyluv/32/6300_2.png) [@waltbabyluv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/waltbabyluv)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869/40 "2010-01-23T18:56:51Z")
nice work JVG, thats real nice, is that shifter location convenient? Also, when you have anice setup like that, and everything is semi-positioned like a real car does it make it any easier to play the games with the wheel? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ghetto-rigged-racing-sim-set-up/249869.md?page=3)