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DIY 2DOF

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Daguru, Dec 12, 2014.

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  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    It just seemed to me that from the video it was not picking up the heave vibrations. It may just be the angle but normally the seat will move to match the shaking visible in the game.
    noorbeast, May 27, 2015
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    For a better driving position (eyes/head/back) and immersion I would also suggest lowering the screen, and a lot too, at least 30-40cm. It also seems a bit far too
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    @noorbeast ok will increase that a bit and test thank you:thumbs

    @Blame73 im sorry I should have said I'm a triple screen man;)
    This was setup in my dinning room to work on as there's more space so just used my tv because it was easier than dragging all my monitors down to:grin plus I wanted to do a video and there's more room for that to.

    Cheers for the advice

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    Daguru, May 27, 2015
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  4. Daguru

    Daguru Rally drivers do it in the Dirt

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    so not a lot of progress theses days been having a blast using it, fine tuning profiles etc. ;)
    anyway I have moved it into a different part of the house "Man Cave Time lol:cheers"

    So I used to have my triple screens on stacks of paper lol see vid below


    time for an upgrade
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    so made a stand it still needs painting but im waiting to see if I need to mount anymore stuff to it first, living with it for a while so to speak

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    also had an harness as a gift from my kids so mocked that up too

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    just got to do some cable management and sort the fans etc the rest is just cosmetic :thumbs

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    Daguru, Aug 19, 2015
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  5. noorbeast

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    Nice upgrade @Daguru :thumbs

    I see the stacks of paper are now a tablet stand...does a mount for that come next ;)
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    noorbeast, Aug 19, 2015
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  6. Daguru

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    @noorbeast wow Great minds think alike I was actually thinking about should I mount it lol
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    Better make a stand for the paper too!:p
    Seriously though, good work on the monitor stand. I personally think that having your monitors mounted securely is definitely a good idea.
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    GIB SimRacing, Aug 19, 2015
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  8. Daguru

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    @GIB SimRacing lol yeah cheers they are totally separate from the rig so no movement at all which is what I wanted and they are at a much nicer height.

    I think I might have more paper somewhere that I could use to make a stand for this paper, watch this space lol
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    Daguru, Aug 19, 2015
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    Hi Guys,

    Quick video testing a WIP project cars profile (im not a circuit racer lol ) I must say that I am enjoying circuit racing a lot more with motion :popcorn

    P.S. I know I got to lower the right hand monitor as its to high (its on the list lol)

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    Nice!
    May I suggest you get rid of that ideal line and learn the track? It's totally against simulation and immersion IMHO
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    Looking good!

    I have been playing a bit of project cars on my Oculus. It has pretty good motion.
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    Its not normally on but had some m8s over that day and one of them asked for it to be switched on as he's a newbie to all racing games !!
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    Hi. Read and enjoyed your thread.
    I am building a sim with the exact same motors and JRK's, but I am having a hard time getting them to work without throwing a lot of motor drive errors at me. Could you please post all your settings? (motor settings you posted a couple of posts back, are they still "current"?) Would be interesting to see your PID and motor settings...
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    Yeah sure, I'm not sure if settings are the same as earlier post so will check when I'm home an let you know.
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    Hi, need help with a problem that's just happened getting the clicking I had before but this time there's no errors the one motor is moving very small crazy movements sometimes on its own, (my guess is the pot is on its way out) can anyone confirm this ? hope its not the JRK (I've not done any testing yet and got no spare pots) I did check the pots connection to the motor and its all good

    the second motor its all good.

    thanks in advance


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    What kind of pots do you have, and Are you 100% Positive the pot didn't "Spin a little" in its mount and might possibly be RIGHT on the edge of its acceptable range ?
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    I would order up some Nice Hall effect's and be done with it. They are Super tough as far as im concerned when you have thing's set up properly.
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    Hi had my cv1 for a couple if months now and love it and finding out that the greatest rally game ever has been modded to work with it made me smile
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