Recommend affordable race cockpit frame with seat

[Kinetic Bullet]

As the title says, I’m in NA.
Thanks.

[Kinetic Bullet]

I have Driving Force GT wheel from Logitech.

[BeatMagnum]

I don't know your country and no idea about availability. But the word affordable rings a bell inside my brain. If you ever heard of ionrax brand. Probably the cheapest. Mediocre build quality but it does the job.

[[ff4040]deena_gold]

I have my LCD TV recessed on a table which sits on top of a smaller base table and at just the right height, then found the perfect sized table and wedges it between my bed and the base table with a 2 inch plank of wood on it to vice my thrustmaster to. The peddles are perfectly wedged under the base table and press against a box placed underneath that just fits right, I sit on an office chair I took the legs off - so just the seat and backrest - and do you know IT'S COMPLETELY AWESOME!!!! hey, we have to be resourceful when we can't afford stuff lols.

[paulieGTR]

Originally posted by bLuNt_wAcO:

As the title says, I’m in NA.
Thanks.

Probably one of the best bang for buck.

This particular one doesn't come with a seat. $249.95
Saying that... a real car seat out a scrap yard/breakers would only cost $20/30.

The frame will allow you to bolt the seat with its sliding adjusters onto it.
There's also a place for your shifter to bolt on to.

https://usa.gtomegaracing.com/gt-omega-art-racing-simulator-cockpit-frame-only
They have shops in canada, us and europe.

Hope this helps.

FYI...
Race frame "Bucket" seats can get uncomfortable in long race sessions/ endurance races.
I personally use an old porsche 924 seat that i got from my local breakers yard ~20 years ago.
I have two bucket seats, but they're not used.

[F.Briatore]

If you are a handy guy you can DIY with some PVC tubes and a scrapyard seat for +-100dollars :)

[Kinetic Bullet]

Right now I have the wheel on baby high chair tray and using kitchen chair, it works but I wanted something that would put me into racing.

I saw this on eBay, the only thing that I don’t like is the bar between my legs.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Conquer-Racing-Simulator-Cockpit-Driving-Seat-Reclinable-with-Gear-Shifter-Mount/273391517193?hash=item3fa7677e09%3Am%3AmVFA_xdyHv5c9CsYTT7plag&var=572772674477

I saw the diy PVC setup videos, I might do it if I couldn’t find anything else online.

[Kinetic Bullet]

Originally posted by paulieGTR:

Originally posted by bLuNt_wAcO:

As the title says, I’m in NA.
Thanks.

Probably one of the best bang for buck.

This particular one doesn't come with a seat. $249.95
Saying that... a real car seat out a scrap yard/breakers would only cost $20/30.

The frame will allow you to bolt the seat with its sliding adjusters onto it.
There's also a place for your shifter to bolt on to.

https://usa.gtomegaracing.com/gt-omega-art-racing-simulator-cockpit-frame-only
They have shops in canada, us and europe.

Hope this helps.

FYI...
Race frame "Bucket" seats can get uncomfortable in long race sessions/ endurance races.
I personally use an old porsche 924 seat that i got from my local breakers yard ~20 years ago.
I have two bucket seats, but they're not used.

So I have to make sure the seat has the adjusters. How straightforward attaching the seat to the frame is?

[paulieGTR]

Originally posted by bLuNt_wAcO:

So I have to make sure the seat has the adjusters. How straightforward attaching the seat to the frame is?

Nonono... thats just an option.

Goin for a bucket seat... you should be able to bolt that straight onto frame(make sure).
Breakers carseat... you can bolt straight onto frame with or without the sliders.
You may as well take the sliders.
Though they're not needed, it just makes getting in and out easier. :)


bottom of seat
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bolt together these two(===) straight edges.

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^^frame for chair^^


Look at the bottom of a carseat in a car.
There's only four ~10mm or 3/8" bolts holding it in.
You undo them from under the car, literally 5mins of lying on you back, no trollie needed.
Bolts undone. the whole seat and sliders attached lift right out.

The bolts are right there... access couldn't be more simpler bro.

Of'cos i appologise if you already know this, but well... nice to be nice n' that. :)

ps. i can guarantee you that the raceframe i linked to, has four pre drilled holes for the seat.
In fact... the whole frame is predrilled for logitech, thrustmaster etc. and comes with templates, which can be used if you want to modify the frame in future.

The folks in the shop will tell you if they need to modify it in any way.
eg. you have some exotic setup.

But for standard wheels = no modifications needed.!!
Bolt your chair, wheel and pedals straight onto it.

[NTU]

Originally posted by bLuNt_wAcO:

Right now I have the wheel on baby high chair tray and using kitchen chair

If I ever had a setup like this, I'd never tell anyone.. Ever.

[DM]

I use a GT OMEGA Art sim chasis with their bucket seat for my Fanatec, Warthog HOTAS and Oculus Rift setup . The seat was uncomfortable for a while, however its pretty comfortable now the leather and padding have softened up. I often use this for 5-8 hours an evening.

I have it permanently set up in my living room with their floorstanding monitor stand, and use it for all my PC gaming with a Roccat lapboard for my keyboard and mouse, and hung a Creative Labs Katana soundbar under the monitor with velcro straps.

It does really well for a relatively budget sim chassis, and was pretty easy to put together. The only slight issue I have are that the instructions are quite bad, but there are plenty of vids on youtube on how to set it up. I've used it every day for the last 12 months and nothing is loose or out of place.

I found the GT Omega customer support to be really fast and helpful for any questions I had before I made my purchase. I can highly recommend it.

I also attached some bass transducers and a Buttkicker LFE module for tactile feedback with SimShakerWheels and it complements the FFB from the wheel really well for telemetry or audio based tactile.

I used this setup for my Logitech G920 wheel and pedals as well without any issues. The Fanatec 2.5 wheelbase works better as you can bolt it to the mounting plate, and it's rock steady. The included pedal plate also works with the Fanatec v3.5 pedals, however they mounted very slightly off-centre, but it isn't immediately noticeable, and isn't bad enough to notice when you rest your feet on the pedals.

Vibrations can cause some of the parts to resonate, so I used some thin strips of neoprene between the support struts and the wheel mounting plate to isolate it, which helped.

The wheel support plate is mounted to adjustable arms you can pull towards you and up, or away and down to try and get the ideal wheel placement. The seat is mounted on a sliding rail to adjust the reach from the seat to the pedals, and you can set the seat height with the seat brackets.

Once you bolt the seat bracket to the base it's a big job to try and alter the height again, so make sure you are certain about the seat height when you construct it the first time round. I'm quite short 5ft 5 and I had to make the chassis as short as possible so I could reach the pedals comfortably. Anyone shorter than 5ft 5 may have problems using this.

I would maybe avoid trying to use the OMEGA Art HOTAS mount. It was designed as an optional addon, and the design is frustrating, unstable and very poorly implemented. Just avoid it, but this is the only really bad thing I can say about the whole setup.

[Major Issue]

I have DX racer frame with seat for about 300 USD and it's quite good, no issues at all. Very happy with it.

[BaronVonDoon]

I use a GT Omega racing chair and a wheel stand Pro

[Jakub Jaworski]

Probebly cheapest entry level rig you can buy in eu.
https://www.fk-shop.de/en/Tuning/Sport-seats-belts/Racing-simulator-seats/?ldtype=grid&_artperpage=33&listorderby=oxvarminprice&listorder=asc&pgNr=0&lang=1&cl=alist&searchparam=&cnid=8187fd5410088f7567402c4540b5623f

anyways i wanna buy it (i dont have it) so its not like i can recommend enything exept its dirty cheep.

[Major Issue]

Can't recommend cheapest products, there's reason for it like low quality materials that will not last as long. And don't bother with seats without ability to move the seat position, you will need it to get proper comfy position for your legs and hands. Friend of mine bought same cheap seat and he had to switch seats because nobody was able to sit in it for more than 60 mins. So it was even more expensive than mine and still is worse.