Out of curioiusit: What gear are people using?

[Ancient Oldie]

What the title says.

I am just curious about what people are using on iRacing when it comes to wheel & pedals, single screen (how big) or triples, or maybe VR, and what PC they run for that.

[Jason Cooper]

you name it they use. PC everyone has a different setup rig and PC. dd wheel, he pedals, track racer rig, jinx shifter, i7 1080 32 gig, g1 vr, 1 x 34" curved screen

[B✪✪tsy]

Modest hobby setuip. Thrustmaster T300 wheel, Fanatec clubsport v2 pedals, single screen 1440p and a Lenovo Legion 7 gaming rig. And I use a foldable playseat that I can setup in front of my desk. Biggest handycap is using single screen, Crewchief can only tell you so much about whats going on next to you.

[Jbark51]

Fanatec DD+, V3 pedals, Obutto racing desk and chair, 49" samsung + pimax crystal VR.
PC is Ryzen 7900x, RTX 4080, 48 gigs ddr5 ram, 3 x 2tb NVME.

[xnda]

Moza r5, srp lite pedals with performance kit, ks steering wheel, next level racing gt lite pro cockpit, gtx 1650, 16 gb ram, intel i5 11300h, samsung odyssey G5 34" 165Hz.

[Captain Pothead]

TrackRacer TR120. Simagic P2000 pedals w/ clutch. Simucube 2 pro direct drive. Simucube Tahko GT-21 wheel. Thrustmaster TH8A shifter. Custom built pc i9 139k up to 5mhz. 64gb ram. Pny Nvidia rtx 4070 ti 12gb card. Two 2tb M2 drives. Alienware AW3423DW 175hz.

[Ancient Oldie]

mine: Ryzen9, 64GB, RX7900 XTX 24GB, Moza R16, GS V2P wheel, Moza CRP pedals, 27 inch triplescreen setup . NextLeveLRacing Elite cockpit.

[fups]

IKEA Malm desk, Steelcase office chair, LG C1 48" single screen, Simagic Alpha Mini DD, Simagic GT4 and GT1 wheels, Fanatec Clubsport V3 pedals, Thrustmaster TH8A shifter, VNM handbrake, AMD 7800x3d, RTX 4080FE

[Alex913]

nothing fancy for me; i9700k, GTX 1080, 16GB Ram, single 27" monitor @ 1440p, G27 wheel with TrueBrake upgrade, DIY wooden rig with regular office chair attached to it. Rig is 90° attached to deck so with a swivel mount I can go from regular PC gaming to sim racing when I want.

[Carrera]

Thrustmaster T300 3440x1400

[uL Willy-G]

the basic logitech set up used to just clamp to my desk until i got a nlr folding rig. i race in vr since i cant easily move my monitor to it but id take the monitor over the base vive im using for vr

[B✪✪tsy]

Originally posted by A.Driver:

Also, what I would be interested to know is what view the single screen owners play in. Cockpit, chase or roll bar

Cockpit obiously, it's not an arcade game after all :)
That is actually one of the foremost things that annoys me when I watch F1 sim competition (HALO view) that gets a lot of marketing and media attention.

It is a handycap though unless you set the FoV to 100% or something. It would help if the iRacing 'side mirror view' would have been better, but using those left/right views is just to disorientating. I basically don't know if a car is 30cm next to me or 1+ meters, I somehow sense it most of the time though :P

[Ancient Oldie]

Originally posted by A.Driver:

Thrustmaster TMX wheel with a T3PA 3-pedal set. Next Level Wheel Stand Racer, with a Challenger Seat Add-On + Challenger Monitor Stand with a 100 cm (39 inch) Monitor. MSI GS 75 Stealth laptop. Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10875H CPU @ 2.30GHz, with 64GB of Ram.

Also, what I would be interested to know is what view the single screen owners play in. Cockpit, chase or roll bar. I wouldn't consider any other view but cockpit, but E-sport F1 24 players play in Gyro or Roll bar. I imagine some players with single screens might play in chase view to see the other cars? I haven't got the hang of looking sideways yet, do people use sideways look? with just a single screen?

Chase views are not available in official iRacing sessions. Hosted sessions can allow 'relaxed view' so that it is possible, but official is forced cockpit view.

If you have vision-problems though, you can ask support to enable the relaxed-view for you in official sessions.

Relaxed Driving View

Users with difficulty seeing while driving can contact support and request that they add the 'Relaxed driving view' flag to your account. This will let you use the page up/down buttons to cycle between the driving camera and chase cameras for a better view. As with the Driving aid flag, please don't request this flag if you just don't like driving from the cockpit, it is for individuals who really need it.

source: https://support.iracing.com/support/solutions/articles/31000170166-hardware-and-software-for-iracers-with-physical-challenges-and-other-disabilities

[Ancient Oldie]

Originally posted by B✪✪tsy:

Originally posted by A.Driver:

Also, what I would be interested to know is what view the single screen owners play in. Cockpit, chase or roll bar

Cockpit obiously, it's not an arcade game after all :)
That is actually one of the foremost things that annoys me when I watch F1 sim competition (HALO view) that gets a lot of marketing and media attention.

It is a handycap though unless you set the FoV to 100% or something. It would help if the iRacing 'side mirror view' would have been better, but using those left/right views is just to disorientating. I basically don't know if a car is 30cm next to me or 1+ meters, I somehow sense it most of the time though :P

I hear you, HALO view on E-sports should be forbidden.

A lot of people don't know, but the side-mirrors (and onboard mirror) are adjustable.

Sit in car, press F9 -> you can adjust yaw/angle for each mirror seperately like in a real car

[B✪✪tsy]

Originally posted by Ancient Oldie:

Originally posted by B✪✪tsy:

Cockpit obiously, it's not an arcade game after all :)
That is actually one of the foremost things that annoys me when I watch F1 sim competition (HALO view) that gets a lot of marketing and media attention.

It is a handycap though unless you set the FoV to 100% or something. It would help if the iRacing 'side mirror view' would have been better, but using those left/right views is just to disorientating. I basically don't know if a car is 30cm next to me or 1+ meters, I somehow sense it most of the time though :P

I hear you, HALO view on E-sports should be forbidden.

A lot of people don't know, but the side-mirrors (and onboard mirror) are adjustable.

Sit in car, press F9 -> you can adjust yaw/angle for each mirror seperately like in a real car

The mirrors itself are not the problem. You can assign left/right camera view to steer buttons for seeing the left/right mirror. The left/right camera is not adjustable and it moves the camera view like 60 degrees left/right which is way to much.

[Bainrow Kicks]

Just tried my first race (FIA4/Limerock) in VR after digging up my Quest2, and have been playing on a 27" flat screen for two months until now.. oh man, calling it a game changer would be an understatement.. can never go back to flat screen for this game. Tried VR in ACC a couple of months back, but the graphics and stuttering were just too bad for me to have fun. But iRacing runs perfect! Moza R9 with the KS (GT3) wheel which I have mounted on my desk. Thought I wanted triple screens, but will probably upgrade to a Quest3 instead at some point. And perhaps build a cockpit to get a bit more consistent..