chilicoke
Well-Known Member
***12/23/09 Long update on bottom of page 4***
Some of you might remember seeing my self-built GT4 cockpit in my earlier posts, (here it is for those of you who have not):
Now GT4 is old new and GT5 Prologue is out in it's high-def glory, I was left in a dilemma; either enjoy it down stair where my high def TV is and sacrifice my cockpit's seating position, or play it upstairs with my cockpit but only in standard definition (52" non-widescreen Sony CRT, that shoe box-size TV picture is no longer there).
Since Prologue's Japanese release, I had been playing with my G25 set up on a spare desk and an Ikea armchair, not the most stable/comfortable set up but it was passable.
As soon as summer started few weeks ago, the part of me that love to build stuff took control and I decided to build another cockpit that's even better than the previous one.
This is what I ended up with:
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Video of it in action (before I put in the top panel):
[YOUTUBE]yQ5JA7-rl4I[/YOUTUBE]
The dimensions such as wheel, pedal, shifter, and seat were replicated off Honda S2000's cockpit. Although it looks very similar to my old cockpit, much has been revised from seating position to overall height designed to match my TV perfectly. Like my previous frame, it's constructed out of square metal tubings. Even though it's slightly bigger and used more metal (in length), the revision in tubing thickness and grade of metal actually made the new frame lighter then the previous one.
The construction took approximately 50-60 hours, however it is still incomplete. I am in the process of acquiring an actual S2000 handbrake that I will be integrating into the center console, then finishing it up with fiberglass panels. I also have other more ambitious mods plans for the cockpit, but that will have to come much later.
Some of you might remember seeing my self-built GT4 cockpit in my earlier posts, (here it is for those of you who have not):
Now GT4 is old new and GT5 Prologue is out in it's high-def glory, I was left in a dilemma; either enjoy it down stair where my high def TV is and sacrifice my cockpit's seating position, or play it upstairs with my cockpit but only in standard definition (52" non-widescreen Sony CRT, that shoe box-size TV picture is no longer there).
Since Prologue's Japanese release, I had been playing with my G25 set up on a spare desk and an Ikea armchair, not the most stable/comfortable set up but it was passable.
As soon as summer started few weeks ago, the part of me that love to build stuff took control and I decided to build another cockpit that's even better than the previous one.
This is what I ended up with:
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Video of it in action (before I put in the top panel):
[YOUTUBE]yQ5JA7-rl4I[/YOUTUBE]
The dimensions such as wheel, pedal, shifter, and seat were replicated off Honda S2000's cockpit. Although it looks very similar to my old cockpit, much has been revised from seating position to overall height designed to match my TV perfectly. Like my previous frame, it's constructed out of square metal tubings. Even though it's slightly bigger and used more metal (in length), the revision in tubing thickness and grade of metal actually made the new frame lighter then the previous one.
The construction took approximately 50-60 hours, however it is still incomplete. I am in the process of acquiring an actual S2000 handbrake that I will be integrating into the center console, then finishing it up with fiberglass panels. I also have other more ambitious mods plans for the cockpit, but that will have to come much later.
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for giving us all hope for the future 
