Elite Dangerous/Sim Racing Rig - show me your gear setups

madmattnz

madmattnz
Hi All

I am an Elite Dangerous player who in the last 18 months switched from PS4 console to PC. I play between both platforms and wIth the launch of Gran Turismo 7 my passion for Racing sims has been re-ignited, so much so that I want to invest in an aluminium extrusion sim rig.

I want my Rig to be both a Flight and Race cockpit. Not a huge issue as you can get HOTAS mounts, however, due to Odyssey I now need to use a keyboard and mouse FPS style.
Another curve ball is that I am based in New Zealand and our options here are more limited than the rest of the World.

My plan is to get a Trak Racer TR80 (when in stock) - here: https://trakracer.co.nz/products/tr80-racing-simulator-mk5
and the table/keyboard tray here: https://trakracer.co.nz/collections...-620mm-table-top-desk-with-swivel-mount-black

The table/keyboard tray looks like it will work but I was interested to see how anyone in the community may have solved this issue combined with a full sim rig.

I look forward to seeing your solutions /suggestions.

See you in the black cmdr’s.
 

CMDR X

CMDR X
Homemade but works great. The HOTAS tray would be in my lap when seated, flying and off to the side on the small stool when driving.

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TheMindBuddah

TheMindBuddah
Not a sim rig as I also play other games that make sitting at a desk more practical.

But my setup is geared around flying space ships like Elite, X4, Empyrion - Galactic Survival and now Star Citizen.

Solution for on foot would be a gameboard (One handed keyboard) like I use the Logitech G13 (along with the G19 as MagicMau's G19 app displays in game information on the screens). I know a number of companies make mounts for them to attach to SimRigs.

https://imgur.com/a/kzhS85p
Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/kzhS85p


Sadly the G13 have been discontinued for a number of years and for some reason attract silly prices second hand on seller sites.
Modern gameboards include the Razer Tartarus V2 and many cheap gameboards on Ali Express.

Source: https://youtu.be/8ivT7kj4J18


Source: https://youtu.be/zbinImBkjNA
 
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Biff Stryker

Biff Stryker
I'm into race/flight/spaceshippy sims too!
There's a knobbed set bolt on a shaft and the HOTAS setup pulls off there. I have a force feedback steering wheel combo that I can swap out to in a couple minutes. Most of it is homemade and all is interchangeable with my main and basement rec-room setup. VR setups are Reverb G2 and Rift S.

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I'm designing a new setup that will be easier to enter/exit and not so low to the ground. I have some adjustment on my main for the stick and throttle to sit more like in-game bu the new setup features swing away keyboard and throttle and more adjustment for shifter. My daughter is a lefty so I have to make everything swappable too.
 

CMDR X

CMDR X
[FP] Biff Stryker said:
I'm into race/flight/spaceshippy sims too!
There's a knobbed set bolt on a shaft and the HOTAS setup pulls off there. I have a force feedback steering wheel combo that I can swap out to in a couple minutes. Most of it is homemade and all is interchangeable with my main and basement rec-room setup. VR setups are Reverb G2 and Rift S.

I'm designing a new setup that will be easier to enter/exit and not so low to the ground. I have some adjustment on my main for the stick and throttle to sit more like in-game bu the new setup features swing away keyboard and throttle and more adjustment for shifter. My daughter is a lefty so I have to make everything swappable too.
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Nice, clean setup, but don't your arms get tired without elbow rests?
 
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