The Machine

The journey on how I built 'The Machine'
Flash Warning
0:00 Intro
2:03 Story about the sim journey
18:21 Brief recap
19:01 VNM Peddles
21:09 Simagic Shifter & Handbrake
21:51 Simagic Ultimate Wheel Base
23:46 Keyboard Mouse Setup
25:32 Virpil Power Control Lever & Control Panel
29:32 Razer Keyboard for FPS
30:55 Flight stick central mount
33:12 Amps and Buttkickers
35:23 Seat and belt/harness
36:39 Passive belt tension system
38:29 Monitor mount system and footcup frame
41:16 Monitor perspective
44:58 Final words
Camera & Audio Equipment
Nikon Z6II: www.nikon.com.au/mirrorless-z...
Nikon 20mm F1.8S Lens: www.nikon.com.au/nikkor-z-20m...
Sirui Tripod W-2204: store.sirui.com/en-au/product...
DJI Action 4: store.dji.com/au/product/osmo...
Action Camera neck mount: www.ulanzi.com/products/ulanz...
DJI Mic 2 Combo: store.dji.com/au/product/dji-...
Insta360 X4: store.insta360.com/product/x4...
Sim Rig Equipment
VNM Peddles: racekraft.net/products/racekr...
Simagic: racekraft.net/products/simagi...
Simagic Wheel: www.simrigs.com.au/products/s...
Simgagic Shifter: racekraft.net/products/simagi...
Simagic Handbrake: racekraft.net/products/simagi...
Bride Seat: Could not find the singe seats however, this is the model: crankmotorsport.com.au/produc...
Harness: Give Racekraft a call or from here: www.aliexpress.com/item/10050...
Rubber Passive Seat Belt Tensioner: www.bunnings.com.au/earl-s-15...
Buttkicker: thebuttkicker.com/products/bu...
Fosi MO3 Amp: www.amazon.com.au/Subwoofer-A...
Logitech MX Ergo Trackball Mouse: www.ple.com.au/Products/63122...
Kingston mini ketboard: www.ple.com.au/Products/65049...
VKB Gunfighter MKIII Stick is what I have: This is the new MKIV: vkb-sim.com.au/collections/gu...
Virpil Mongoose 50CM3 - virpil-controls.eu/vpc-mongoo...
Virpil Control Panel 2, Whoops, in the vid I siad 1, its the number 2 - virpil-controls.us.com/vpc-co...
Razor Tarturus Keyboard: www.jbhifi.com.au/products/ra...
E-Racing Labs Motion: eracing-lab.com/
Trakracer T160 Rig: trakracer.com.au/products/tr1...
Race Kraft Sim Rigs: racekraft.net/
Next on the list:
VPRhino: vpforcecontrols.com/
or
FFBeast: ffbeast.github.io/

[@jamessmith5666]

What a legend! I hope your setups become a thing VR entertainment arcades can run, especially your MechWarrior setup. It's just what the old sim pods from the early 2000's should've been.

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Mate, wouldn't that be amazing 😁

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

so clean cable management is perfect!

[@jackdevine5373]

The algorithm pulled me to the video. Cool video. Wouldn't mind it if you told people of a flash warning just in case.

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Thanks for watching mate and glad you liked it 😁, I'll edit the description and add that warning.

[@harrymorris613]

great video!

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

@harrymorris613 Thanks mate 😁

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

such a sick setup

[@jpdominator]

Incredible

[@AusRobbo]

Really love this video! It has motivated me to make some modifications to my own setup and also reconsider my own upgrade path. Can’t wait to see more! 👍

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Brother Robbo, welcome and thanks mate. I believe you made a quest appearance in my video 😎 and somewhat responsible for my reckless spending on the rig 🤣 Looking forward to catching up soon and chatting about your new upgrade ideas.

[@YisiLiu-cg4kz]

Love the setup, great video! Wish I can have something like this someday in the future!

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Thank you 😊, i hope you can as well.

[@stevedobson7837]

Some awesome ideas, thanks for sharing and it's great to get the aussie perspective.

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Thanks Steve 😊 glad you liked it mate, and thank you for subscribing.

[@matriqtaylor]

Insane setup! I just purchased an RS MEGA+ kit and can't wait to install it on my rig. It looks crazy fun :D

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Thanks mate. Oh you little beauty, my brother in law has the RSMEGA+ as well. It's going to blow your mind. Would love to see your setup once it's all up and running 😊 if you have issues or get stuck just flick me an email. Pretty sure it's visible on my channel, if not just reach out.

[@crosswindjones]

Thank you for making this! One of the most amazing rig videos I have seen. I have seen versions of your rig with a center stick and a side stick... I built mine with a removeable center stick, similar to yours but quicky removeable with a couple thumbscrews. BUT, despite it taking less than 2m to swap from race to flight... I still am too lazy to do it. Thinking I may try a side joystick mount for a while perhaps the convienence beats realistic day to day.

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Oh WOW mate, thank you so much for the kind words and comments. Thrilled to bring this to the world :)

[@crosswindjones]

@@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs I love how you have it dialed for multiple applications. Bought the Virpil CP2 after watching your video.. loved the ED button setup there. If the motion activator controller didn't take up so much space I'd do that too. Have a NLMv3 seat mover for now.

[@lilmixture]

I'd love to know genuinely how much something like this would cost to set up in Australia. Do you have any links to forums that have information for what setups work? This is what I imagined grown up gaming to look like when I was younger. Just realised I am a grown up and thinking why not? Awesome work!

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Mate I'll be doing a video soon covering all of my parts and what to buy. My rig as is not including the PC, around 20-22k, this includes the 55" monitor as well.

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

not although i expect you sell such an awesome project

[@anonymous_friend]

Incredible build. I haven't bought anything yet, but I am very inspired by this. When in VR, do you just rely on muscle memory to use all of the flight switches and controls?

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

So glad this gave you some inspiration 😁 to be honest, it's a little of both. Muscle memory, yes, however there are some brilliant apps to utilise the pass through on the Quest 3. I'll be doing some videos soon about this. It actually works incredibly well.

[@robertkrauszer2430]

I'm curious about your audio setup. Do you have a surround sound or do you use the speakers on the monitor?

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Mostly I play with my headphones, the Arctis Pro wireless are epic headphones.

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

what moniter do you use

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

It's a Samsung Odyssey Ark.

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

how much did it cost for the whole thing

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

The rig is around 1k, motion is around 4-5k all the extra bits around 5k. I was thinking of doing a build price video on my exact setup. Then there's the computer price on top.

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

if you were to sell it how much for the whole rig

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

OK, really rough calculations, 20k for the whole rig, including the 55" Samsung Ark monitor. Plus 6k for the computer.

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

do you prefer playing with the rig or building it

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Great question, honestly a big part of it for me is the building and tinkering 😊

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

have any companies reached out to you and offered free gear

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

No not yet. I have just purchased a force feedback joystick I'm going to review soon 😊

[@user-ep9rs8qq7r]

everyone sub lets help him get new room

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

This is an amazing comment. Thank you 😊. I have plans to build a dedicated room out the back of my house if the channel takes off, will be dedicated to expanding the simrig and taking things to the next level.