Generic Weekly Hotlap Challenge 228 - International Rotary and a Belgium GT

I find it pretty interesting to see other people's rigs as it gives you a bit of insight into how a person approaches sim racing. Always helpful to know a bit about a person when you race side by side regularly. I joined the just4fun championship which is a team championship that uses Sim Racing System. I posted my setup and it was used in the article feel free to check it out.

https://www.4funsimracing.com/2021/05/28/from-rigs-to-riches-the-ultimate-racing-rigs-contest/


Don't take this the wrong way @GoodGame.eXistenZ but as sexy as those monitors are, VR is better and cheaper!

 

Very nice! That'll be a good upgrade!

The chair is anchored to the rig with metal latches. The chair doesnt move at all. Ill build a full on rig at some point with a fixed car seat. I just couldn't have something that large in the old apartment.

Final setup looks like this until i upgrade.

 

I believe you. Thing is, I don't like wearing that thing for hours - that is all. I am sweating enough already when driving

@SlowGrayAudi Much better - I always hated it when my old rig moved. Going to a real sturdy design is just so much more enjoyable! Keep it up

 

AC
elmiau
1:17.309
PS4



A very fun car and easy to drive on a short circuit. It was a really nice experience. Very good combination

 

Improvement
ACC
Peggy11
1:30:315
PC



A very high 1:29 was possible if I'd managed to string all 3 sectors together, but I didn't . A spin on lap 4 overheated the rears and the car was a handful from there on in. Just coasted the last lap as I'd had enough by then

Achieved my goal of a low 1:30 so that's me done and dusted for this week.

 

Improvement
AC
Totall Wrytoff
1.18.672
PS4

Still practising....

What an AMAZING set up @Pretend racer!!! Blade Runner meets Marathon Man. "Is it safe....?"
Great seat too, which manufacturer? It has a touch of Lexus (Nexus 6) about it.

 

Improvement
AC
Totall Wrytoff
1.17.742
PS4

I've played more AC this week than I have for a long time. I had lost the feel and got very rusty, very quickly.
I'm going to roll the sleeves up and get that time down, now that I'm getting dialled in. I hope.

 

Improvement
AC
Totall Wrytoff
1.17.280
PS4

There we go! That feels a bit more respectable.

 

Fair enough! There's always pro's and con's to everything, and what works for one person usually doesn't work perfectly for another person. Although, I'm a little scared that when you get all that equipment set up you'll be even faster lol, you're already too damn fast

You give me too much credit That beauty of a seat has two armrests! How many rigs can say that? I found that seat at a 'pick a part' junkyard. It was a middle row, middle seat from an old dodge minivan. $20 Mounted to my kids old 'loft' bed that I repurposed into a rig. Along with some other assorted recycled kids furniture hahahah.

 

VR just would not work for me for longer races. You cannot take a drink etc as you cannot see what you are doing. I always felt that VR is something that I would buy for immersion and fun, not for competing.
But I do not think triple screens makes you faster. I upgraded as I wanted to have the extra vision especially to focus on corner entry points. With my 32:9 and close FOV I felt that lacking for a long time now. However, the upgrade from 120hz to 165hz is surely noticeable

 

I need a monitor that can do at least 144hz. My tv is 60hz native so im capped at 60fps. Im sure it would be much more enjoyable if i could get my true fps in game.

At 4k i average 83-110 fps solo or online depending on the track.

But id easily drop it to 1440p with a monitor and enjoy 130+ fps all day.

 

Final Standings

AC
1. GoodGame.eXistenZ 1:14:287 PC
2. pretend racer 1.15.179 pc
3. local_man1234 1:15.851 Ps4
4. Totall Wrytoff 1.17.280 PS4
5. elmiau 1:17.309 PS4
6. Peggy11 1:17:411 PC



ACC
1. SlowGrayAudi 1:29.211 PC
2. local_man1234 1:29.772 Ps4
3. Peggy11 1:30:315 PC
4. Mike Reynolds 1:30:495 PC
5. TinPeach 1:31.674 XSX


My apologies for putting out the Final Standings so late; I fell asleep on the couch last night - oops!


Congrats to @GoodGame.eXistenZ and @local_man1234 for claiming the podium spots in the AC WHC this week. @Totall Wrytoff earns the Most Improved Driver award this week for his multiple improvements. I'd also like to welcome @elmiau! Thanks for posting a time this week, I don't recognize your name so I'm assuming this might be your first WHC. @Peggy11 had time to enter both the AC and the ACC challenge, thanks for your contributions this week.

Congrats to @SlowGrayAudi who was able to overcome a lot of stress this week to nail the top time in this weeks challenge. @local_man1234 is the fastest man between both sims with a silver in ACC, and a bronze in AC. @Peggy11 grabs the final podium spot this week in ACC.

Thanks for participating guys and we'll see you over in WHC 229!