Thinking about that time Ari Vatanen had “a bit of a puncture”.
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is it a crackpot idea to just buy pedals and not a wheel? can i even combine inputs from controller/pedals like that?
i hear a lot of positive things about these simjack pedals from aliexpress
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803935804582.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa
even saw a $3500 sim rig setup on facebook marketplace that had these pedals.
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never had a pedalbase that could work standalone, but if you think it could work and doesn’t break the bank, try it and report back if it works for you?
i mean, i could never imagine NOT missing the wheel, but i have been primed for 20+ years so it is my monkey brain that limits my experience horizon 
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Most PC racing games I’ve played let you map just about anything to any input. I’m sure that would work fine.
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You’d prolly have a better time with crappy pedals and good wheel in my estimation. Or just ANY wheel.
Really the thing that makes a good wheel good is the motor and how fast it responds. You need this mainly for saves and feel. A good wheel will increase your reaction and reading ability but good racing technique is all about anticipation and planning. You should know what you are going to feel before you feel it any way. (maybe abetter wheel is better for learning??)
Ive driven a really good wheel and it improved my saves and drifts but I don’t think I was a whole lot faster when everything was going well vs my crappy G27. But I was playing on a whole different setup. I use a plasma for racing because the latency is so low vs the LCD I was using the good wheel with… so its hard to say if that was a factor.
That said drifting with the G27 is a work out because not only are you tossing the wheel you are doing some of the auto centering for it. You have to augment the motor yourself to pull off a nice slide vs letting go and letting god with a stronger wheel.
The potential problem with mapping a stick to a pc game is that the joy stick driving in a console game your used to is not a 1:1 map to stick position. You are basically executing a command that the game logic uses to start turning the wheel at a certain speed to a certain position. Usually there is separate logic for catching a drift to make it easier. So it might work if it uses the pad input as a pad with some pad logic and then you map the pedals to act like your analog triggers.
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I’m closing in on a $100 T150 which I hear the wheel is decent but the pedals are trash, so I guess I ended up following that advice after all. I’m planning to upgrade the pedals if I take a liking to it
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I guess with any decently heavy pedals you’ll need a cockpit to mount it to? so it doesn’t move around?
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That or a wheel stand with pedal base. But yeah, you’ll ultimately need something to hold pedals in place whether sim related or just rigged up.
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Sony jealous of Microsoft for having the most busted racing game?
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anyone have experience with the GT Omega Apex wheel stand? see one on fb marketplace for $60, just need screws. but dont want to buy it if it’s gonna be moving all over the place
the wheels of a chair can hook onto that bottom lip there
I have one! brought it to the 2022 meetup. it’s not bad for how cheap it is imo
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nice nice i’ll go ahead and get that then. just need some type of adapter bc a t150 doesn’t have hardmount points 
so that would be t150+gt omega+adapter = 100+60+30 = 190 for a basic setup and the pedals would need upgrading later… not sure if i’m making good decisions here tbh. i’m set to pick up the t150 today
maybe the smarter thing would be to just deskmount it for now and save the $90 for a better pedal set and eventually a better cockpit and wheel.
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someone’s having a fieldday here 
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The cool, hip hearse
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Between the Pulsar, the MR-2, and the Fiero, I think my childhood taste was pretty good!
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The Honda Accord Aero-deck was in a similar ballpark, iirc:
less bonkers, of course, but that three-door, wide opening rear hatch design was something futuristic for young me 
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in other news,
how they use AI&ML in GM motorsports activities:
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