Looking for Racing Char

Good day,

I'm looking for a good racing chair for most sim racers out there. I've been looking at wheel stands and found Wheel Stand Pro or GT Omega to be good picks. But for racing chair's I have no idea where to look. What I'm looking for is either info on the Playseat Challenge or recommendations.

I'm located in the EU so has to be bought through local store or easy to get. Price range I'm looking at 100 to 200 euro's. Don't want to go too crazy on budget.

 

only used the seat stuff sold the rest

 

aargh to late to edit out lol

seat sits good good backrest
bought it used, only "thing" is the springs in the seat are a bit squeaky when getting in
kept the seat seat rest and gear shift holder

 

My playseat challenge fits like a glove, love it. I am 5'6" athletic build so not sure about the bigger gents out there as far as comfort. Bought one of those cheap cork slant boards for physical therapy and placed the pedal shelf on there for an angle. I dont fold it up, but you can to get out of the way.

 

Obutto Revolution. Absolutely love mine. Extremely sturdy and comes with absolutely everything included (unless you plan on running triples).

Edit: I guess it's more of a full on cockpit but for the price it's tough to beat

2nd edit: Sorry, should have read the whole post. It's probably quite a bit more than you're trying to spend.

 

I have the Gt Omega pro and it's only OK. It also comes with the racing chair so you don't need to worry about that, although it's a pretty narrow chair, my arse is on the limits of what will fit into it.

While you can adapt the rig to fit you it's not easily adjustable for other people. Everything is fixed in place with screws so if you want to adjust wheel position for example so other people can play it means unscrewing things. There is a lack of thought in certain places, you can't use all the adjustability of the rig due to layout of holes, it can be like a puzzle trying to find a layout that will work and they included a practically useless drinks holder for no good reason.

For the price I guess it's a decent sim rig, I just felt like if they put a little bit more effort into the design it could have been a lot better, but it's cheap and does what it's supposed to do.

 

I also have the GT Omega Pro (cockpit with RS6 seat); can't really disagree with any of the above.

I also will say that for the price, I am very happy with it. I couldn't really expect more without paying a lot more money.

However I must stongly disagree about the drinks holder - (even though I managed to break mine off, after fixing with some discreet cable ties it is stronger than before) - it is amazingly useful to be able to swig a beer on the straights. Beer holder fits normal 330 / 440 / 500 ml cans perfectly as well as 330 ml bottles of beer.

 

I also have a playseat challenge with Logitech g25.
I am just over 6 foot (2m) and it is very comfortable and folds await neatly when not in use. I play on the family pc (all be it I have it specked up) I have to clear away when my wife wants to use the PCs.
When I want to race it's open up, plug in the power and connect up 1 usb and I am good to go.
I paid £135 about 2 years ago and have clocked up over 1000 hours with the majority done in the chair and no sign of wear.
Salute

 

So reckless. It won't fit a cup of tea so I have to have a separate shelf for that.

 

Haha true, true, to be fair I have the shelf attached to the monitor stand to my left which has my speaker control box sitting on it, and plenty of space for coffee if doing morning racing B)

 

I see in the video reviews of the Playseat Evolution that the pedal plate seems to flex a lot. I've modded my brake pedal so I need to press harder than default.
I'm planning on buying this seat so I hope it will hold up to the abuse. Is the wheel plate compatible with the DD motors on the market? And is it strong enough for 28 Nm?
https://www.inet.se/produkt/6607907/playseat-evolution-svart (swedish)