Force Dynamics' 401 simulator chair is pure abuse

Sure, your racing games are exciting... we guess. Though when you think about it, they don't really deliver the kind of visceral, knock-about action of an actual race, do they? That's where the Force Dynamics 401 comes in -- a simulator chair which features a "direct transfer of information," i.e., you get bruises if you drive poorly. Judging from the video (which you can see after the break), you'd be hard-pressed to get a more realistic experience... unless you were actually driving a race car at breakneck speeds around tight chicanes whilst passing speeding, desperate competitors.

[Bobs @ Jan 22nd 2008 10:50AM]

Jack thompson would be all over this thing. isnt it obvious? its a street racing training simulator. and with user mods, it could even be a murder trainer/simulator too.

[Frank @ Jan 22nd 2008 10:57AM]

I can see Fox News doing an expose on this... i'm sure they'll find a clever way to use this thing with Mass Effect.

Looks slick though

[aeo @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:02AM]

Okay so I was going to make bad jokes about getting beat up by the simulator but after watching the video, DAMN! That looks fun!

[gotee12 @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:10AM]

At 3:45 into the vid, he hits the wall, looks to get knocked around pretty hard, and proceeds to shut the simulator chair down and get out.

With racing sim talent like mine, I'd be wheelchair bound before the end of the first lap...

[CL @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:12AM]

I want to see what will happen if he slam into the wall at 200mph, is it gonna break your neck?

[Husar @ Jan 22nd 2008 9:16PM]

Hmm i kinda think the effect would be like in the Mr Bean movie when he plays around the controls of a fair raide to like 5x speed and everyone is flung from their seats :D

[Technex @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:17AM]

WANT! Man that looks damn amazingly fun!! Wow!

[Timothy Sottek @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:25AM]

But is it Death Proof?

[OneLove @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:29AM]

too old and too bald to be playing video games.

[Dougal @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:09PM]

Never too old to play games - just look at the Wii's demographic ;-)

[neil @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:50PM]

who do you think creates and tests video games? little kids and teenagers? retard.

[OneLove @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:37AM]

lol.

[Nipponese @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:43AM]

Pretty good driving skill. I would love this and my wife would hate it.

[qbix @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:46AM]

I'd like to see a head-on collision.

[Fernando @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:59AM]

Ok, forget everything I have ever said about forza2 and GT5 being great sims. This thing here rocks, I would give one of my boys (downstairs) for one of these.

[Steve @ Jan 25th 2008 10:55PM]

Jesus! You have two dicks? Weird.

[Stephen Armbruster @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:24PM]

that game he is playing is LFS ... www.liveforspeed.net

It's a great simulator, and has a nice demo.

[Sir Fatty @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:34PM]

Man... Burnout would really be painful!

[Andrew @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:47PM]

This is for proper racing simulators, not cheesy arcade games.

[Sir Fatty @ Jan 22nd 2008 1:07PM]

@Andrew

I see we have a snob here... a "proper" racing sim? HAHAHH! *wipes eye*

[ENA5TEE @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:46PM]

That is SICK! Wonder how much it is...

The Xbox 360 racing wheel is the closest I've come to driving anything like that - and that was pretty damn fun. Looks like the wheel on this thing has some pretty good force feedback too.

[wii.guru @ Jan 22nd 2008 1:04PM]

the game is either free, with full online gaming 1 track and 3 cars including a FORMULA BMW, or buy a license and get loads of tracks and cars.

[smi1ey @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:52PM]

this is freakin awesome!

[NHAnimator @ Jan 22nd 2008 1:07PM]

I'm actually quite aroused right now.



Sorry.

[Mike @ Jan 22nd 2008 2:09PM]

Imagine that after a hard night at the bars!

What does it cost? I need one!

[KiwiBri @ Jan 22nd 2008 2:10PM]

lol! It would be great if it were a Simulation of the "401 Highway" here in Ontario, Canada.. definetely a gruelling task

[Steve @ Jan 25th 2008 10:58PM]

Yeah, gas, brake, honk. Honk, gas, finger, break, honk. turn onto the DVP, repeat for 45 minutes.
Awesome game.

[Ray @ Jan 22nd 2008 2:17PM]

Just think how much it would hurt to play Mario Kart with that thing...

[gsoul @ Jan 22nd 2008 2:36PM]

401? as in Highway 401 here in Toronto? lol!
busiest highway in North America

[Wolf @ Jan 22nd 2008 3:16PM]

Wow, that looks like a lot of fun. And to think, it's turned down to 20% so we can see what it is doing better... I wonder what 100% would be like!

[ToniCipriani @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:44AM]

Bruising, eh? Does it actually take a flamethrower and torch you if you flip your car then burst into flames?

[Clinton @ Jan 23rd 2008 5:17AM]

Imagine using this simulator for teaching people how to drive...

"See, this is how it feels to hit a wall at 90mph..."

[pk386 @ Jan 23rd 2008 6:05PM]

This is an option for Grand Turismo HD right? ;-)

[SD @ Apr 8th 2008 3:05PM]

the game is rFactor...a game with unlimited mods and tracks being added daily. No CD Crack from G.C.W. will get you online racing. Ditch the bitch...Lets go Racing!!!