Last Month the Japanese try to retrive this mod a little bit more. They played in the at 2pm CET. At the moment the gametracker,com Server Monitorring is off. Hope soon they turn it on. The ranking seems to work.
Registered Member #2396 Joined: [ 23:47 ] [ 21 Nov 2010 ]
That guy probably makes six figures and is using two or three projectors for visual. The guys that make commercial aircraft pits (airliners) are a different breed than combat simmers and usually have a lot of spare income to throw on their projects. Me not so much lol, lots of spare income doesn't exist in our house!
The proj. in my pic was a old one not in use anymore, res. maxxed out at 1024x768 but got the job done for gaming and movies. We'd play Guitar Hero and I remember getting vertigo after every song because of the scrolling nature of the game lol!
Now I have a HD proj. 720P with a max res of 1600x1200. I d/l blu rays.
My current sim rig has C2D E8400 2.8ghz/4gig ram/XFi sound blah blah blah...... My second oldest bro builds new game PCs all the time and gives me the old one. So I'm pretty lucky on that front, everything else was acquired pc by pc over the last few years.
I have an XKeys 128 input controller card for my next big simpit project. Basically its a card that allows you to interface toggle switches and push buttons and then shows up on the PC as game controller.
I wouldn't even consider myself a great virtual pilot and none of the gear I have makes me any better, for me its all about immersion and enjoyment. And home simpits are really becoming a big hobby. In the past only sims like MS Flight really embraced the pit builder crowd but now more and more combat sims have the capability to interface components and this could turn into a business venture if I can get my sh!t together. A lot of people are starting to pop up with specialty controllers blank control panels and even pre-built cockpit sections and people will pay good money for it vs. trying to build it themselves. The greatest thing about this hobby is watching other people make their own pits and seeing their projects come alive. Everyone takes a unique approach to what works for them.