I gave the winner $100! Phil vs Nic

Now that the new racing sim is done, let's put Phil and Nic in a head to head time attack for $100! Who will win?!
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[@matthewbarrios1028]

Phil and Jay walking around laughing while most of the time Nick is looking serious AF while he is actually working. 🤣

[@justinbrynildsen8869]

Nick has the look of someone who has adjusted a rig before and knows the struggles

[@techfreak244]

and maybe the look of knowing to ignore Jay's and Phil's shenanigans lol@@justinbrynildsen8869

[@matthewbarrios1028]

@@justinbrynildsen8869 He did! 😆 The look of "Here we go again..."

[@davekelloway3337]

Side note, mad respect for sharing your personal health challenges because you want to deliver the best to your people. You're too hard on yourself, keep up the fight and we'll continue to enjoy the work.

[@OGruurd]

I second this!

[@Mr3ppozz]

What he said!!

[@devencherry8976]

Idk if it’s just me, but hearing about jays health issues and the personal struggles he goes through in order to continue providing us with the same high quality content he always has.. it made me wanna support him more than I have previously. I’m 18, I’ve been of a fan of jays for 3 or 4 years now.. and previously I’d see that jay had uploaded a video, but rather than watching it immediately.. I’d scroll through my KZbin notifications, and see what videos I wanted to watch first based on how interesting they were to me, and then I’d watch them in that order. But after hearing about Jay’s health Issues I’ve instead started immediately watching jays uploads first, and making sure that I like and comment on each video. The reason being, is that I want jay to feel like his hard work is appreciated yk. I doubt just me being more responsive, would end up communicating that to jay.. but maybe if other people feel the same way, or are reacting the same way than he will yk..

[@HenryOfGnarlia]

This right here. The haters will never be as hard on Jay as he is on himself.

[@TheOriginalFaxon]

@@devencherry8976 I do the same thing a lot. When Paul did the same over the pandemic I def watched him more for a while in support. I've had health issues my whole life and it sucks not being able to do everything you want to, but seeing other people deal with the same and succeed is motivating. I'm 34 this year and it's been a rough ride to now, especially the last few years over the pandemic. I caught some long term respiratory illness that wasn't resolving and wasn't responding to treatments, ended up having to make some lifestyle changes to get it to go away eventually. I think I know what caused it, ironically something I was aware of from past issues with the same, but it just wasn't responding to things it used to, making me think it was actually more than one ongoing thing simultaneously, and it just took staying well and doing the right things for it for a long period before it got better. I hope jay is able to work through whatever's causing his stuff with the help of his doctor, because in my case my doctor was of little help. Long story short for me, not enough research has been done on all the potential illnesses you can get from consuming cannabis and it's concentrates, and I ended up getting a buildup of lipids and waxes that made it easier for other illnesses to set in as well. It left me with a constant dry cough and shortness of breath, but I need cannabis vapor (dabs mainly) to control both my mental health and other physical health issues such as chronic pain caused by my Tourette Syndrome tics, and to manage the background "noise" i get from being in chronic pain as well. Not enough is known about this issue and so a lot of producers don't take steps to remove the lipid/wax impurities. I worked in the industry a decade ago for a few years and learned this and how to remediate product quickly to prevent it, but haven't been using product I made myself since CA legalized. In order for it to clear up you need to take expectorants and get hot steamy showers regularly, while consuming cannabis that is entirely devoid of these impurities. It's actually faster to recover using such cannabis than abstaining entirely, as cannabis is itself an expectorant when processed properly, and it can help dissolve the old deposits to clear them up and cough them out. I'm breathing much better and have not had a return of symptoms in over a month now, no pneumonia symptoms any longer either which happens as it's initially resolving, and no fevers or any other weirdness. Unfortunately my doctor doesn't really care about cannabis research or research related to the health effects of it, and doesn't know where to properly report my case so it can go into medical literature for others to benefit from, but it's driven me to at least spread my story so other people with similar symptoms, be they asthmatic or otherwise, can get what they need to recover. Like I straight up stopped everything but edibles for a 2 week period and it didn't go away because I was also sick the whole time and unable to clear whatever was down there, it wasn't until I switched to only using products that were 100% free of lipids and started dabbing again that it actually finally cleared up. Super counter-intuitive, it just illustrates how tough dealing with medical issues can be even when they're from a relatively well known and researched part of the body. Everything my doctors were telling me was actually the wrong advice for my specific niche situation, and it was only because of my own niche professional knowledge that I was able to figure it out myself. Just think about all the stories where doctors are stumped, or unable to figure out why treatment isn't working (either because it's treatment resistant, or they misdiagnosed the condition, or treatment is making it worse not better, etc...) I just hope Jay doesn't run into the same struggles I did and is able to make a full recovery soon, dude deserves to be healthy after all the work he's put into it at the very least. Burning the candle at both ends is never a good plan, and I hope others will see his story and learn from it. I could have used such a warning when I was younger, I might not have ended up with quite as many health issues in adulthood if I had taken better care of myself when I was younger.

[@mr6291]

Jay, you can mount some universal seat sliders to the pedal tray so anyone can find a config that works. Aluminum extrusion rigs can do it all.

[@jdllewellyn5802]

Yupp thats what makes them just minorly superior over formed rigs!

[@hoffinb]

You can also stick one on the seat also. Then you don't need to extend the wheel.

[@mr6291]

@@hoffinb Yeah this would be the first spot. I didn't realize they didn't have sliders on the seat. I'm only 1 of 2 people who use my rig and we're both similar heights. When you have people of varying heights, leg lengths, arm lengths, etc. it makes sense to do both. They should check out that classic image of the correct racing position. I think there's a lot of little things they can do it really dial in the rig.

[@PeteyCarcass]

Always a pleasure watching Phil and Nic getting down with the shenanigans!

[@starniblath]

Now I really want to see Jay driving a lap on the Nordschleife! 🤣

[@MrHarrobo]

that could be interessting

[@BLKBRDSR71]

Ditto.

[@ys053rious6]

When I saw Phil sat in the seat with him kicking his feet all I could kept thinking was Indiana Jones Temple of Doom with Round House driving the car with wooden blocks tied to his shoes LOL

[@salinalunara]

paused the video just to say that those gifts Phil bought for Jay were too adorable! I'd like to see more of guys giving thoughtful gifts to their guy friends b/c you can tell it actually had some thought put into it, and that's super sweet~ more of this energy in 2024 plz!

[@Rohanology27]

Watching Jay go full turtle was not how I expected to start this year of Jay-ness, and I'm here for it XD! Wishing you the best health Jay and team, hope you guys have a fun year ahead!

[@jarnom85]

My brain : "He brakes too late", "He brakes too early", "He turns too late". Then i go try and i'm 2 seconds faster. Then i realize im minimum 2s slower than top drivers and throw my wheel back to storage because im too slow. Always pleasure to see these 3 do w/e they do.

[@Tragic_778]

For anyone wondering GSI has some of the best support. If you run into an issue they will help!

[@Kaylem13]

IF YOU go into Assetto Corsa (most other Sims have this) settings - triple monitor setup, you can put in your correct FOV with your Nvidia surround so it looks like you are in the car with no side panel stretching or fisheye. Nice rig

[@beck367]

Awesome vid! That's what I love about your channel, not just dry reviews and guides!

[@msalvas1976]

I'm into simracing so having a little of that in your videos doesn't botter me at all! And seeing Nick and Phil is cool too. Really hope your health gets better...

[@AndrewTyler]

You should flip the wheel base upside down for knee room

[@bobsimpson5886]

Couple of suggestions for you 1) put a seat slider under the pedal tray 2) have look at an alternative wheel base mount from Simcore to give you more clearance for your knees. 3) add an extension to the wheelbase to move your seating position to give your knees more clearance. HRS make a nice extension for the Simucube 2 Pro.

[@UpandDownRacing]

The seat mounting brackets are backwards for the optimum angle, swap them over so the forward part is higher and rear part is lower. once you do this the seat angle options will be more inline with what you like.

[@Sophi3Box]

I LOVE the sim racing content. Never clicked on a J2C video faster.

[@Reevesi]

That looked such a grind setting it all up but it's what we want to see. Even better that you had to redo it to make it fit for Phil. This was a great video showing the reality of setting these rigs up for yourself and different sizes of folk. Hope you had a great holiday Phil. Happy Hols 🥳

[@anthonyhj559]

That wheel is using a ton of power so you need to use a powered usb hub or the screen won't work sometimes, look at the review of it from boosted media, he talks about that problem

[@GM_3rd]

Content manager is a must for AC

[@bucko_versus]

1:10 have you thought about putting the brake pedals onto a plate with seat runners underneath, then you can alter the seat and the pedals positioning

[@fi5ke]

2:25..not sick of hearing about it, love the tinkering!

[@dennisvandevin8790]

"There's a possibilty of weeks and months getting this stuff right". Welcome to simracing and expanded simrigs, Jay (and team). Been there. Keep at it, you'll get it

[@aio6952]

what i did was use measuring points from my sport car to mount everything. height from floor to center of wheel. seat all the way up to pedals and distance from pedal to wheel. that way you just push back seat for taller people. one shot and done. also microcenter video to set up rig was easiest way.

[@RamuneSky]

the trio is always a gem to see Edit: 69,350 views on vid, nice

[@vanrumt01]

you could put pedals on an base plate and attache an seat slider to the bottom of the base plate. So you could adjust the position of the pedals just like the seat

[@randyq378]

Love the laguna seca raceway cuz I grew up in the area and went to see a bunch of races there and even got to run my friends '67 Hemi Cuda there during one of their open classic car days. Was always fun riding out bikes through the back area to wind up at the cork screw without having to pay and watching probably the hardest part of the track from up close like that.

[@jakehiggins5118]

As a sim racer, I love all of the sim racing content lately! I wouldn't mind at all if you did more sim racing videos lol

[@Karthig1987]

I am looking forward to an all 3 racing day soon. Sim or otherwise. Furthermore Hope your health is amazing Jay. Phil bringing the timing down from 1:43 is downright amazing

[@Eddieddg1]

I would love more videos on the rig! I have recently really been into making my own stuff(Not DIY style) and setting up a sim rig is defenitly something i want to do when i have money

[@TheBeardedGentleman]

Another sim racer here, just saying I would love to see more sim racing content! Maybe the old JayzTwoCars channel could house some of that if the "main audience" doesn't want to see it?

[@rbdesignsnh]

i love the videos of the whole crew screwing around and having a great time.

[@shade_221]

Actually enjoy seeing this chain of video's about this. Its informative on all the problems and things you need to consider and look into before buying parts.

[@chadbizeau5997]

JayzTwoCents - the new 2 and half men! LOL

[@phydeux]

I'm looking at the carriage that the pedals are on and I see that there's 4 bolts on either side holding it in place. If you could remove those and instead put a bolt in the track of the supports it sits on, you could have knob nuts on top that would allow you to loosen and move the pedal platform forward and back to accommodate Phil. Then just stick colored tape at whatever preferred distance for each of you.

[@ValenciaCyn]

Not sick of hearing about the rig! This whole process is really interesting to someone who's been interested in Sim racing

[@Matt43]

After 2+ years with my sim rig, I finally feel like I've finally got more time driving than physically & digitally configuring everything!

[@VolcanoPenguin]

0:05 Well to be fair, Phil definitely earned it. The camera work, the editing, the great personality he adds to videos, he's definitely a valuable asset. Good man, Phil. Hope your vacay was the bombdigity.

[@cluckerbeatz898]

You can use a webcam+AI Track+OpenTrack to track your head movement and have your cam react to give you vr cam movements! Def upped my IRacing gaming!

[@sincity_steve]

Love seeing the sim racing video content. Keep doing more of this!

[@lawyer4ever]

Great stuff guys, thank you. Advanced sim racing gear like this is not for the faint of heart, better way to go if you are new or casual is to pick up a Logitech G29 wheel and pedal set and get a wheel stand. If you like that, you can upgrade from there. I have been doing the hobby seriously for over a decade and there is no way I could have started with the advanced gear and sims you guys have, it would be too much time and frustration to get up and running.

[@Tracertravis]

Remember the film Temple of doom..... just use the short round way of driving for Phil.

[@TheBondsJamesBonds]

Ugh. Sim rigs are so cool!

[@robn71]

Sim racing 10% racing 90% tinkering with the rig. An idea for the pedals put them on a board with a seat slider underneath fitted to the pedal tray. Then you'll have two easy adjustments for the rig as they could then both slide back and forward. Any size person could fit in it 🤔

[@jeremybarber2837]

I legit have loved these videos, so thank you!

[@klubhead7070]

Pls do more 😂 this video was so fun to watch lol

[@mrlintonious]

Good looking rig. Next upgrade, Sound Rumbler under Seat, and Servo Actuators to add realisim.

[@CourtJesterII]

You need to put a seat slider on the pedal tray so you can change the pedal distance as needed; I use one on my rig so my 13-year-old can play comfortably.

[@Zee20Ate]

Accurate representation of owning a sim rig. Initial build doesn’t seem too bad, but it’s almost a never ending path of adjustments and upgrades. I love it!

[@bluegizmo1983]

A true racing sim rig MUST use a VR headset, not monitors.

[@ZigArrok55]

I'm super jealous of the sim setup. I can't wait to start putting one together. It'll be a couple years before I even have the house for it. But I'm excited.

[@LostScout-8X]

Flip the wheel mount bracket 180 to create knee clearance.

[@GarageRCR]

Jay left foot brake'n like a boss! GUYS, I love these Sim Rig videos! I'm always going through the never ending cockpit tweaks to be perfect. I initially started following you guys to build a computer to handle my Sim racing, so seeing these video's is right up my ally. Love it! PS. good luck finding the perfect cockpit settings! haha

[@hendersonseena]

Glad you guys are having fun. cool competition and amazing racing setup.

[@CrazyNutDenmark]

LMAO... This is deffinatly one of the better clips you three have made... I know its a tech channel, but honestly, once in a while one of these, brings the mental health way up... Its the small funny things that happens, that brings the best out of you three together... Really proud of wathing this, not only laughing but brings my own spirits up a lot... Thanks you three...

[@kirbizle]

As a sim racer myself, I was curious - used the same car/track and gave myself 5 laps straight in with no practice and got down to a 1:23.842 on lap 5. If they could practice how to control the car's weight distribution and balance over the corkscrew, that would help them immensely there!

[@tmoshamo]

What car was that?

[@kirbizle]

@@tmoshamo Thry are using the Audi R8 LMS Ultra

[@tmoshamo]

@@kirbizle cool, thank you

[@slateslavens]

4:15 Jay, you of all people should know _exactly_ how to build a quick and dirty sim rig. Take a totalled muscle car, say maybe a 69 Camero, and chop it: Just in front of the firewall, just right of the trans hump, and just behind the driver seat. Now all of the controls are exactly where they need to be. Mod as needed. [edit] Including the A pillar, roof section, and door are optional. Let me know if you want one built. Like you, I'm both a gear head and a PC nerd. I got this.

[@xs8067]

Happy to see your team having fun

[@BrendanP]

What a fun little challenge! I love the dynamics of Jay, Nic, and Phil's friendship.

[@jodybronaugh2311]

Not sure if it works, but you might flip the steering wheel mount so that it's flat on top and the angled pieces are above your knees. It might give you a bit more leg room.

[@jacobgatewood8074]

Need more Phil and Nick

[@OmegaBlack999]

I think the only change I'd personally make is I'd use an Ultra Wide as the center panel. Thanks, guys!! These builds are always fun.

[@mjrhavok3929]

Do you know of an matched monitors to use ultra in the middle and flats on the side that don't look jarringly different?

[@OmegaBlack999]

@@mjrhavok3929 That is something to consider. However, panel tech has come a LONG way and so many manufacturers recycle the same panel tech over and again in the monitor space. It wouldn't be very hard to use differing panels that use the same panel tech. I'd research that if I were doing a build like this and spending that amount of money. As it stands, you're basically staring straight ahead for the most part and the side panels are more for emersion, and with panel performance becoming more homogenous, I don't think it would be a problem. I just wouldn't mix a VA with IPS, or micro LED with OLED, etc.. It wouldn't be as big of a deal as you might think if you follow those guidelines along with matching up response times to a similar degree, and I don't believe response times would be a factor unless you're using OLED mixed with an IPS or something. I'm positive Tim over at HW/Monitors Unboxed would have some answers, and I'm sure that it wouldn't be hard to find more information on the panels that I'd be interested in IF I were to spend thousands on a crazy emersion build. Thanks for asking and making me think this through, though. It is fun to think about. ; )

[@piratebtf9506]

I’ve been playing too much Tarkov, this motivated me to jump into the cockpit and fly my A10… not a car but a sim is a sim!

[@MajorStaticX]

Laguna Seca, I grew up 10 minutes from that track. Great Place

[@OntarioGuy430]

Having just watched the Gran Turismo movie I am super interested in racing sims now ha-ha. This build log has been at the perfect time - definitely made the movie more enjoyable having a better understanding of what is involved on the sim side of it.

[@EverydayMania]

@jayztwocents Flip that mounting plate for the steering wheel upside down if possible...the slopes at the top (leading down) would be at the bottom (leading up) and give you a bit more leg room!

[@geraldgarcia4782]

Not sure about the other, but I´m loving the series

[@ClevelandBeemer]

@jayztwocents there are sliders you can get for the pedal plate so you can move the medals closer or further away.

[@cheesesilk]

Love watching you guys have fun

[@Caldron]

Don't aluminum mounts can have adapted sliders or custom sliders so that the pedals can go _way farther or closer_ , if needed? I think they do, but you have to purchase/see in stores if they have available. I do remember those exist for the steering, so if they exist for those, they must have for everything else mountable.

[@coreysteady]

the look on your eyes when you went past balance point, and you stayed there like the wild coyote for like a second before gravity realised it had to work, i was dyiiiiing laughing, wish you all the best

[@sergiomasellis]

I really enjoyed this content fellas keep it up!

[@lorenzoclaeys]

You should get a pedal slider, just like you got a seat slider. Slide the pedals closer for Phil, and further for your knees.

[@TLHD420]

I love the sim racing content Jay, don't ever stop!

[@davidhines7592]

i love this kind of vid with the joking around and fun. life ought to be like this.

[@pauleyc6264]

Actually...I could easily watch still 1-2 vids about this setup. Maybe something like a conversion into a MS Flight Sim rig - or Elite Dangerous.

[@nicholascrow8133]

Jay, look into the Simcore UM1-ALN System, it's a side mount system for the wheel base, will unlock some extra leg room. You can also mount the pedal plate on sliders like the seat for quick adjustment between the two extremes (I.e you vs Phil)

[@johnsilvers8976]

Nah, we could use some more of that Sim life.

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

For newbies, a small overhead view of the track on the screen, showing where you are, would be an immense help.

[@chrisc3825]

Ulysses S. Grant is on the 50 guys ...fun. would love to see y'all out there!

[@arthurkramps924]

love Watching you guys' mess around I hope all things are well guys.

[@zartul]

Just another amazing relaxed fun video! Love seeing those!

[@UEGGOTH]

I love this so much and I would love to see more videos of 'this crap!". What is the ballpark cost on a setup like this? I kinda wanna see if this is something I could convince my wife to let me do lol.

[@stevehall2239]

Nick and Phil, great job. Jay, nice to see ya... Kidding, great stuff. Keep it coming fellas.

[@Chef_-xv7ms]

its so nice to see you guys having so much FUN l feel little jealous 😍😍😍😍😍

[@bryanwhite2685]

Jay at the end of this video: "We're done doing videos about this 💩"... Me: I want to see you guys do the Top Gun challenge in Flight Simulator 2020 where you have to fly as low and fast as possible to complete the course. Also, a few years ago, for Christmas, you gave Nick and Phil a Microcenter shopping spree, and Nick got a RTX 3080Ti and a massive curved display for his sim-rig at home. I'd be curious to see how that rig is setup? Maybe a follow up video? As someone who enjoys Flight Simulator, I really like these kind of videos.

[@nemesiscro3232]

Now do space sim set up

[@philliphohner9306]

I dont know about everyone else but I like these Sim builds. Race stream should be next...?!?!?!

[@dannycole125]

More videos of this though. I definitely enjoy the sim content.

[@harrykeller2116]

Loved the video, hope you start feeling better. take it easy

[@joshuapr92]

Please don’t stop the videos about this

[@EverydayMania]

Jay is giving me flashbacks of my wife standing over my shoulder saying "is it fixed yet? hurry up I wanna play!" LMAO

[@tonygeddes9558]

My rig is very similar to that. Have Simucube 2 Pro, fantastic wheelbase! Nearly worked myself to death paying for it all 😂

[@Rory-i4f5v]

Jay I just purchased your gaming mat, please take care of yourself and thank you for your content. You make me laugh because of how similar our personalities are..(ADHD and all) lol

[@jacobsecor5015]

Just need the pedals on the simhub slider. I did that on my rig so others can fully adjust

[@BuTTeRsssssssssssss]

W for Phil on the video. Now we want to see Nic next. Glad to see Jay being able to take a break.

[@Chilled_Mackers]

TrackIr is a good 2nd to a vr headset, cheap too.

[@DaxtonAnderson]

JaysTwoRigs Channel where you do personal / racing rig updates!

[@Eremon1]

2:30 Nic looks like he's reviewing his life choices. 🤣

[@nickellizard3447]

2:21 ... not sick of hearing about this setup. I specifically had to look search for this as KZbin attempted to divert my attention elsewhere