My messy corner. And my somewhat compact rig. I’ve never posted before so unsure what information to include but I’ll give it a go.

  • T300RS
  • R838 Mod wheel
  • ebay arduino handbrake
  • TH8A shifter
  • Heusinkveld Ultimate+ pedals
  • Next Level Racing Wheel Stand 2.0
  • Some pieces of wood
  • Acer Nitro 37.5" QHD+ 3840 x 1600 display

I’m a bit insane… so I drive all the displays with a Radeon W6800 Pro which works surprisingly well for gaming despite not being intended for it.

I use Linux exclusively and have for over 10 years now. Racing is a more recent hobby but I’ve been gaming much longer than that. Despite what all the youtubers say it all works mostly fine. Though I found hid-tmff2 to be the most mature of the wheelbase drivers outside of logitech which is why I haven’t picked up a used DD wheel base just yet.

EDIT: Dunno why the pic won’t upload, maybe a bug with Lemmy 0.18.1? Anyway I added an imgur link instead.

    • mranderson17OPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Haha yeah, I stole the chair from my office. I’m not sure they know I have it…

  • AzPsycho@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I love a good sim rig. I once built a full enclosure for my Elite:Dangerous addiction. It was extremely enjoyable. Wish I had taken pics before tearing it down.

  • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Sorry for bumping an old post haha, but as a fellow linux user, how does AC run for you (that is, if you play it)? How about Content Manager? Do you know of any incompatibilities? Sorry for the list of questions, I have heard it can be a bit of a nightmare to get running on linux. I have a triple boot atm, Arch is my main OS, Ubuntu in case I mess up on Arch and Windows. I am using AC on Windows atm, so I wondered how much hassle I would have to go through to get it and all of my mods working. Thanks.

    • mranderson17OPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      No worries! So I followed, roughly, this guide and it works pretty much flawlessly for me. With the exception of rain, (I’m a patron on x4fab so I tried it, fought with it a lot, and couldn’t get it working).

      That guide is aimed at the steam deck so I just skipped all the steam deck specific stuff. Pretty much install GE-Proton7-55 like you normally would for any other steam desktop game. Then go through the install process like they suggest, letting it crash, setting the launch options, etc.

      The one caveat I suppose I should mention is that I use sway (wayland) and have to run everything in gamescope to make it play nice with tiling and wayland in general. This works mostly fine, except that the content manager window can be resized, and resizing windows in gamescope makes them fill the screen at whatever size they currently are. So if you mess up you might end up with a tiny tiny window and need to launch it outside of gamescope to get it back to a reasonable size. Also the button tool tips are a little flickery, but I just deal with it.

      Give it a try! I’m curious to hear if you run into any issues, and let me know if you have any questions.

      • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Thanks for the in-depth reply… That actually doesn’t sound too difficult. I might have a go later in the week once my new wheel arrives. I shouldn’t have any issues with tiling as I am using i3 with Xorg. I’ll let you know how I get on, if I attempt it :) .

  • rauldojenkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The real question: how are the ultimate+ in that setup? Is it good enough? What’s your setup like for the pedals?

    I feel like everyone is obsessed with 80/40 rigs for these types of pedals, but does this work well enough?

    • mranderson17OPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They are good enough for me is I think the best answer I can give for that. There is some flex in the plate but that’s mostly a design issue with this particular wheel stand. I’m relatively tall and have pretty long legs so to mount the plate in a comfortable position I have to mount it backwards and all the way back. This means there’s a lot of overhang where the pedals are mounted. I’ve thought about fixing this by welding up a support bracket to go between the pedal plate and the base structure. It hasn’t bothered me enough to actually walk out to the garage and do it though.

      I also run the softest rubber in them and replaced one section of the rubber with a valve spring from a 1991 Ford Escort. I experimented with various combinations of rubber and other materials and this was what ended up feeling the most like my actual car (which is not a 1991 Ford Escort).

      So to sum it up, they are fine in my opinion, but I also don’t make the brake as stiff as a brick wall like some people do, so it’s possible the rig matters more if you like that.

      Here’s a picture:

      EDIT: I just tightened that jam nut… didn’t realize it was loose until I looked at this picture.

      EDIT2: Here’s the configuration, nothing special. Just in case that’s what you meant by setup:

      I tuned the “catch point” for the clutch in the EEPROM so I didn’t have to do it in every game.

      • rauldojenkins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        That’s a fantastically creative solution. Thank you for the response. I think this is great for someone who finds those pedals on a crazy sale or gets stuck in a situation when moving to a new place where a rig just isn’t an option. We have almost no stories of people using super high end pedals on a desk rig. Was a fun read.