Well, I spent today assembling the VR3.. WOW it is stunning and solid, very comfortable.

I'll put a few pictures in to show the detail's of assembly.

And a few Final shots. 

If your fed up and want to get serious or just want to have some fun with an Racing simulator. You need to get yourself one of these. I'm glad i did. If i'd gone with a cheaper option for sure, It would have been limiting and gathering dust by now.

But this is built to last. And you just keep going back for Another lap.

So if it's rfactor, Live for speed, GTR, GTR2, GTL, Race 07 / evo / stcc..  on the PC.

Or if it's on the PS3 with Grid, |Grand Turismo 5, This is going to significantly help the lap times, as well as the fun quota.

Whilst the current price might scare you at first, I tend to put these things into perspective like this.

When I look at the cost of a gaming PC it's more than this gaming RIG. One things for sure. the

 VisionRacer will outlive the PC in servicable lifetime without any problem, it's that well made.

So if you keep your VisionRacer for 3 years say .. thats less than a pound a Day!! or if you buy the lot from them screen wheel and pedals and PS3 it's  about £1.50 a day. Which is the equivillant of 3 cans of fizzy flavoured water!!.  A loaf of bread.. 3 Litres of Milk.

Give up the fizzy drinks and get yourself in shape with a visionracer :)

The VR3 has arrived

Well the VR3 has arrived and the wait was over. Thanks to the Visionracer team for the excellent communications whilst they brought this to market. To David Harvey, Geoff Turton , Jonny Muligan and the rest of the VisionRacer Team. Excellent work.




Even though the VR3 arrived well wrapped and packaged, the box paid the price at the hands of the shipping company. Whilst the Box did take some damage  it protected it's precious cargo..

So without further Delay, Let's open the box...

Inside you can see the seat unit and all the chassis components, with the boxed gear lever mount and monitor support brackets.

No sooner had I got the seat out the box than my daughter was sitting in it, declaring it was more comfortable than the previous chassis..  I put the seat back int the box for the picture, it actually ships in a bag rapped in bubble wrap. This also amused my daughter..

Once out of the box, you can see the quality of the components. The metal work is polished to a very

high standard. and I can see many changes from the prototype unit.

In the centre of the picture to the right you can just see the tool Kit which ships with the chassis. A nice touch, and the handbook and assembly Instructions were emailed in a PDF format with instructions on how to contact the support if required. It all looks fairly straight forward..However it's late

The toolkit above it ready to go, so the assembly starts tommorrow. Stay tuned for more info and some video footage.

Cheers GSL

VisionRacer VR3 Soon

Well, The team at visionracer have been back in touch, and I have now confirmed shipping details with them. Units are at Customs in the UK.. so the word is "soon"....

The antisipation is growing.. I should get the assembly Instructions "soon" :)

Untill then, I'm learning about trimming out model Helicopters... the hard way..

Takatec Display

I've got this running on a Mimo 7" USB Display that is getting modded into the G25 surround system/Dashboard.. You can download the software from here and this is what you end up with in the Display..

So you Get A Motec Display in your Dashboard with Tire temps etc.. In the Latest Version, it supports.

NEW 

GTR　Evolution　Steam Ver 1.1.1.20
Nascar 2003　Ver 1.2.0.1

Richard Burns Rally　 Ver 1.02
Live For Speed　 S2 ALPHA 0.5Z

GTR Ver 1.5

GTR2 Ver 1.1

GTL Ver 1.1 

rFactor ver 1.2.5.5

So I think this looks great for GT Racing What about F1 etc..

Well The MMG Mod Group famed for there excellent mods for rFactor etc and F1. Have gone into hardware.

Look at this.. turn the sound down the musics an aquired taste :)

So the best of Both worlds then.. With This amount of Hardware arround building a sim cockpit or moding a pre purchased one should be a breeze..

Fast Laps..

GSL

It's arriving soon ....

Just got this from the team at Vision Racer..

"Great news, we are able to ship you your VR3 no later than the 1st February 2009."

Pictures for Sure when it gets Here... Sweet.. Then I can get to building the final versions of the G25 Surrounds for my LCD Buttonbox displays etc..