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Gaming Rig - Dirt Rally FOV tweaks… After dialing in FOV and seat position within Assetto Corsa and Project Cars (which have in game mechanisms to do so), I decided to attempt to dial in Dirt Rally.  

Easier said than done…

Firstly, there has been one addition in the game preferences to “kinda” adjust FOV, and for simple setups, this makes complete sense, for mine, not so much, and now that value is set to 0 for me.

Thanks to a tweet from Jason Palmer, I was introduced to MrPix’s FOV guides. Unfortunately, his FOV calculator doesn’t support my screen size (134″) or seating position (between 60-70″ depending on motion).  So, I was left with some basic knowledge to guide me in my attempts of testing random values in the config file.

First thing to note, to allow you to adjust the config file (cars/generics/eyefinity_cameras_adjustments.xml) with FOV/position settings, you must enable eyefinity, which REQUIRES setting an eyefinity force definition in your hardware_settings_config.xml file.  Now the big problem I have with this is that it pretty much breaks menus and HUD when you’re running a single screen, as everything gets squished in the middle 3rd of the view, and in my case, the selection labels, continue, etc, falls right behind my steering wheel (out of my line of sight).  The other thing I really dislike, is that eyefinity_cameras_adjustments.xml lives within the game deployment structure, meaning that Steam owns it… It could be overwritten by a game update, or by validating game integrity. 

Quirks aside, having FOV dialed in correctly does make a huge difference to gameplay, here are the settings that worked for me (note: my rig is not like most others, im not going for SuperFOV, and the screen size is very large).


UPDATE: After trying a few other cars I made some more tweaks to position and FOV angle.


hardware_settings_config.xml

<eyefinity force=“3x1” osd=“” />


eyefinity_cameras_adjustments.xml

 <CameraAdjustment class=“Head”>
   <Fov angle=“135” />
   <Tilt percent=“0” />
   <Position x=“0.0” y=“2.0” z=“-40.0” />
 </CameraAdjustment>


Hope this helps someone else along the line 

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Gaming Rig - Dirt Rally FOV tweaks pt. 2!

It has been a while since I last fired up my rig, and there were some tweaks in 0.71 that extended the cockpit FOV setting. Unfortunately, the FOV alone does not a perfect match make, so I once again had to go back to editing the eyefinity_cameras_adjustments.xml file.  You can read my last post here: http://tmblr.co/ZI30Hu1rcN8_C

My new settings are as follows:

 <CameraAdjustment class=“Head”>
   <Fov angle=“185” />
   <Tilt percent=“0” />
   <Position x=“0.0” y=“1.0” z=“10.0” />
 </CameraAdjustment>

Its not perfect, but pretty darn close. The main thing is that its playable, Dirt Rally is hard, using the interior view without a correct FOV is even harder!  The game preference FOV is set at 0, which required me to push the “Fov angle” in the xml file up quite a bit higher to achieve a similar angle as I had before.

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SimXperience DIY Motion rig - This has been my project for the last many months, I wanted to build a small form factor 3DOF motion simulator for sim racing. There is still a bit to do, I am waiting on a delayed delivery of my Fanatic shifter, and I would like to get a real seat at some point.  Anyway, here is the hit list:

  • Fanatec CSW V2 Wheel Base
  • Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel Porsche 918 RSR
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  • Extra SCN5 for rear traction loss
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  • SimXperience Sim Commander + SimVibe
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  • Crown XLS1500
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Gaming Rig - Dirt Rally FOV tweaks pt. 3!


Since the full release (non Early Access) of Dirt Rally, I have been playing with slightly “off” POV, today I spent the time to go in and adjust the eyefinity_cameras_adjustments.xml file to finally get things right. You can read the original post here: http://tmblr.co/ZI30Hu1rcN8_C

My new settings are as follows:

<CameraAdjustment class=“Head”>
   <Fov angle=“180” />
   <Tilt percent=“-60.0” />
   <Position x=“0.0” y=“2.0” z=“45.0” />
 </CameraAdjustment>

The game preference FOV is set at 0, and the seat position reset. This seems to work across all cars, with only needing slight adjustment of seat pitch for some cars.

Gaming Rig - The Deets

I have been getting a few questions about my rig, mainly about the projector and screen, so here are some details!

The projector is a BenQ W1080ST (short throw), it is mounted 14″ down from the ceiling and about 90″ away from the screen. The screen is just the wall, patched and smoothed, primed and then painted with Sherwin Williams paint (article here).  The screen size measures 120″ x 67″, which is about 138″ diagonal.

For audio, I am currently running a Logitech Z906 setup, with 6 channel analog to my onboard sound. I am really not happy with the Z906 satellite speakers, they cant reproduce the turbo whine of cars very well, and I will be looking to replace them soon.

The motion platform is the DIY kit from SimXperience and a whole lot of 8020 extrusion and aluminum that I fabricated in to parts myself. SimVibe is using 2 asus pcie soundcards that feed the 2 Crown amplifiers, which in turn feed Buttkicker LFE Mini’s.  I have chassis mode for the front left+right transducers, and extensions mode for shifter and seat (hence 2 sound cards).

The controller setup is mainly Fanatec, with the CSW v2, CS Pedals v2, CS Shifter SQ v1.5 and CS Handbrake. I also have a custom “button box” powered by DSD.

The PC is pretty straight forward, i7 clocked at 4.2ghz, SLI 970s. The only interesting part is that its positive pressure (meaning all fans blow in), with the top vent being the only ‘air out’, which is then ducted directly in to my house HVAC system.  It makes a HUGE difference in room teperature.

The motion rig has a cable bundle that runs from power/pc/speakers, this keeps everything nice and clean. The power on the rig is fed via a USB controlled power strip, when the computer is turned off, the entire rig is too, computer on, everything turns on!

Hope that helps people with their questions. Let me know if you have any more.

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Gaming Rig - Speaker Upgrade (part 1)

So, as I mentioned in my last post, Im not all that impressed by the bundled satellite speakers with the Logitech Z906.  I mean, they’re fine, especially for the price point of this 5.1 solution, but they lack range, they have no highs and no lows.

There were pieces of info scattered in various forums about people swapping out the satellites, so I decided to give it a shot. I am a huge Paradigm fan, I have an amazing 9.1 set of Paradigm Studio Series speakers for my movie room, so I found a nice pair of Paradigm Cinema 70′s on eBay for cheap ($35ea).

With a slight modification to the speaker mounts to accommodate the extra weight of these, I think they look pretty nice, and with the extra screw, the stands are a little more rigid than before.

I am super stoked with the result, driving the Ferrari F40 in Assetto Corsa, I can once again hear that wonderful turbo whine (which I first heard through my movie room speakers), everything else is a lot more precise sounding, unfortunately, the fun is all in the rear! I will definitely be investing in 3 more to replace the front speakers as soon as funds permit, so I can have some fun in the front too….

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Anonymous asked:

Hey Daniel. im in the prosses of buildint pretty much the same sim rig you have. only question i have is where did you get the traction loss actuator. and what did you need to do to plug it in the sim-exp box? no one seems to have an answer.. Regards Mike

I just ordered the extra actuator and mounting kit from simexp directly. Just ask them to add it to the quote.

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