Hello Everyone,
My name is Alan and I am a 48 year old IT Technician from Scotland.
I have been an avid sim racer for quite a few years now (Forza lobby racing with Fanatec CSR kit).
Yes! Yes! Yes! It is sad I know but it gave me the bug and made me good at avoiding first corner pile ups lol
When Microsoft decided it would not allow 360 peripherals to be used on their xbox1 I started looking into pc based racing. With this also came a notion for motion. After weeks of research on commercial motion rigs I came to realize that they were just to expensive for me.
Then 1 day while drooling over commercial rigs on Youtube I stumbled upon a DIY rig video that had a link to x-sim.de. I could not believe my luck! So much information. So many helpful like minded enthusiasts. I have learned so much in such a short period of time.
I have decided to build a 2DOF simulator following the design and build instructions RacingMat has posted
http://www.x-sim.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=943#p8481.
I do not know how long it will take for me to build and have no doubt the challenges will be many but the result will be well worth the time and effort.
Best wishes to all.
Alan