Who buys a $50,000 simulator rig...

"PushToStart" (pushtostart) 05/13/2015 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

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...and then uses it to play Codemaster’s F1 2013? No part of that makes sense!

(Disclaimer: Nothing against F1 2013, it’s an alright game, but a simulator it is NOT.)

(That rig and picture is from this article: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

Nibby > PushToStart 05/13/2015 at 17:03

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Why not just buy a fucking car for $50k?

PushToStart > Nibby 05/13/2015 at 17:09

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Because someone who has the cash to spend $50,000 on a simulator rig probably already has all the cars they want, lol

Snooder87 > Nibby 05/13/2015 at 17:16

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The point of a simulator isn’t always just because you can’t afford the real thing. It may also be because you can’t afford to replace the real thing. I can someone with a few million getting a simulator so he can drive around on an F1 track, and if he crashes he just restarts and doesn’t have to replace an entire car.

Forgetful > PushToStart 05/13/2015 at 17:21

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Motion rigs are a gimmick. No one who is a competitive sim racer uses one. Heck, apparently many of the fastest drivers don’t even use force feedback on their wheels.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Forgetful 05/13/2015 at 17:28

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Well I have heard of many more who do use them to practice on new tracks they haven’t driven before.

Forgetful > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 05/13/2015 at 17:31

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If you mean real racing drivers using simulators To practice, then yes. But even the I don't think the motion device is of any benefit to the learning process.

I meant just sim-racers, no one who competes seriously uses one.

XSeriesWalkingDead > PushToStart 05/13/2015 at 17:44

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Who? Someone that is scared of crashing.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Forgetful 05/13/2015 at 18:00

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Well yeah, but that’s more because “Sim racers” are less about replicating reality and more about making things difficult/beating everyone else.

citizennick > PushToStart 05/13/2015 at 18:30

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If I had a disposable income I’d have one.

citizennick > PushToStart 05/13/2015 at 18:32

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Mom: “Son, playing video games all the time will give you carpal tunnel”

Son: “I’m more worried about breaking my wrist”

Wheelerguy > XSeriesWalkingDead 05/24/2015 at 12:09

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crashing his or her car in real life, wasting money, and even getting killed. That’s the addendum.