David Turnbull
PrestoGP Veteran
thought id make a small (very large) post about the changes ive made to my setup during the off season, last season i managed to upgrade to a triple monitor setup and it helped me no end, but i thought id try some other things out on the cheap
first i made a nixim style brake mod, from a 2cm piece of rubber, i added this to the inside of the spring in the brake pedal and filled the rest of the spring with soft foam, it now feels like a progressive brake pedal like in a car, its spongy at the top until you get to the hard rubber then it gives resistance, now i dont lock up anywhere near as much and i can use 100% brake pressure.
second mod i made was to my pedals again, i made small wedges to go behind the top screws of the brake and accel pedal of my g25, now they are near vertical, i have my pedals laying on the floor so they were always tilted quite a bit back but now their more like racing pedals, it makes throttle control much easier.
third is to my wheel iteself, ive never been happy with the loss of so many buttons after my g27 gave up on me, thankfully i had the g25 but the button loss was a big problem, so i made a wheel plate from old scrap plastic and and old pc joypad, i now i have 8 buttons on my wheel and plan to add 2 more and an sli-race for the gearshift led's and the gear indicators, heres some pics of it so far.........
no laughing at the rusty knife lol only one i could find laying about and i did say this was all done on the cheap
adding circuit board from old pad
mounting buttons
internals
the behind when attached
the front when attached
its still got 2 more buttons to be added, the rotaries at the bottom are actually buttons made to look like rotaries, once ive added the last buttons ill strip it, give it a couple coats of paint, reassemble and wait till i can afford an sli lol
first i made a nixim style brake mod, from a 2cm piece of rubber, i added this to the inside of the spring in the brake pedal and filled the rest of the spring with soft foam, it now feels like a progressive brake pedal like in a car, its spongy at the top until you get to the hard rubber then it gives resistance, now i dont lock up anywhere near as much and i can use 100% brake pressure.
second mod i made was to my pedals again, i made small wedges to go behind the top screws of the brake and accel pedal of my g25, now they are near vertical, i have my pedals laying on the floor so they were always tilted quite a bit back but now their more like racing pedals, it makes throttle control much easier.
third is to my wheel iteself, ive never been happy with the loss of so many buttons after my g27 gave up on me, thankfully i had the g25 but the button loss was a big problem, so i made a wheel plate from old scrap plastic and and old pc joypad, i now i have 8 buttons on my wheel and plan to add 2 more and an sli-race for the gearshift led's and the gear indicators, heres some pics of it so far.........
no laughing at the rusty knife lol only one i could find laying about and i did say this was all done on the cheap
adding circuit board from old pad
mounting buttons
internals
the behind when attached
the front when attached
its still got 2 more buttons to be added, the rotaries at the bottom are actually buttons made to look like rotaries, once ive added the last buttons ill strip it, give it a couple coats of paint, reassemble and wait till i can afford an sli lol