http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/ Engadget Comments for Motion-Sim 4DOF racing simulator will take your retirement fund for the ride of its life (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
http://www.force-dynamics.com/

their tech is also much more expensive]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
I kid.]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
For under $5k you can have a motion chair and 3 large LCDs easily. Here is an example, and I believe his setup was around $5-6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBN8T_7EWc

And here is the DIY forum for building them

http://www.x-simulator.de/forum/

Or you can buy the motion chair for $2k

http://simxperience.com/]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
are you sure that's what you wanted to say?]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.force-dynamics.com/]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/I just took a look at the Force Dynamics web site. This unit seems most similar in function to the 401, but they appear VERY different. I don't think they're a distributor.

I also noticed that this unit seems a lot quieter than the Force Dynamics one. In the video for the 401, I heard a lot of rattling sheet metal that I just didn't hear in these videos.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/but the tittle did make me chuckle!]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
LOL "tittle" made me chuckle.

On another note, does anyone else feel like the quick up and down jolting of this thing probably doesn't do that great of a job simulating the g-forces exerted on your body while hard accelerating and braking? IMO, you truly can't simulate the motion of going 0-200 in real life on a stationary device. Is there something I'm missing?]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
That is sorta where you want the shifter i know people that have spent thousands to get their shifter up closer to eye level.....]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.lfs.net/
http://www.lfsforum.net/

say hello to kidcodea for me ;)

]]>Mar 10th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
http://force-dynamics.com/]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
Nice advertising.

I'm pretty sure Engadget doesn't like that.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
You should try to drive a real car one of this days :-)]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/lrn2drive.]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
but no remarks on the up and down motion... yea, that's really realistic...not ( well at least not in a racing sim driving around a flat track.
with all the camera coverage for racing.]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
You might want to do some research before criticizing.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
While E2E may be a little confused on lateral g-forces, I do agree that this is somewhat unrealistic. You simply can't reproduce the forces exerted on a real track under real acceleration and braking in a stationary seat. I'm sure it does a commendable job, but it's not the same.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/The tilting of the machine is not to simulate car movement (notice the point of reference in terms of the user to the screen is always roughly the same, since the screen is attached to the seat). The purpose is to simulate forces (acceleration G, braking G, lateral G) in a car. The simulator depends on gravity to provide force by tilting you.

A lot of motion simulators simply simulate car movement (suspension tilt and rumble from bumps in the road), but this doesn't really simulate the full experience of racing, where you feel a lot of different forces in all directions, and not simply car movement. This is the primary reason why a lot of video game racers can't do anywhere near the same times in the track even if they are into simulation racing: they just aren't prepared for the G-Forces they feel on the track.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
It works pretty well if you remove contradicting visual input. In this case you could just dim the lights so you don't notice the room that you're in. Then the brain gets the proper inputs through the eyes and a good approximation through your butt.]]>Mar 10th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.force-dynamics.com/motion/ This website explains how these simulators work, and why the motions the thing is going through are probably pretty realistic. The point is to let you feel acceleration too, and that happens by leaning you back etc.]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/
http://www.simxperience.com/

or you can go the DIY route.

http://www.x-simulator.de/forum/

Either way a motion setup will cost you around $2,000 for the motion chair itself. I just discovered this DIY community about 2 months ago and it's pretty freaking amazing what they do. SimXperience is also as cheap or cheaper than building it yourself. I was going to build one myself but found it cheaper to just get one from them]]>Mar 10th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/motion-sim-4dof-racing-simulator-will-take-your-retirement-fund/Mar 10th 2010 3:54PM