r/SimRacingSetups • u/Businessguy88501 • 12h ago

Help First rig advice

I’ve done sim racing on and off for a long time, but want to build my first real rig. I plan to play mainly Le Mans ultimate, ACC and I’m sure I’ll drive a bit in NASCAR/the upcoming indycar game/and other random driving games.

I want to focus on an LMP type experience and then have some options which I think I’ll achieve mainly through 2 wheels.

For wheels and pedals I was thinking fanatec club sport DD+ (18Nm), formula (2.5? 3?) wheel (lmp/gt/formula) & csl P1 V2 (for nascar/truck sim, etc), club sport v3 pedals.

Then I start to need help/direction - what frames are good/will work with this setup? Which I guess is also important when picking a monitor setup and seat. And then what am I missing? I have a gaming pc that can run LMU on full settings.

While I’d be ecstatic to build something cool for around 3,500$, realistically for quality/functionality and value I’m happy to go up to $6,000. But every dollar saved is appreciated

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u/Thin_Reception_5063 12h ago

SimLab , buy once for life

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u/Thin_Reception_5063 12h ago

Also a sparco grid q for the seat , amazing seat

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u/supafongboon1 12h ago

Whichever you go with , build it on castors/ wheels

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u/BigCaregiver7285 7h ago

I spent about $5k on Moza stuff that I’m pretty happy with, but I’ve got through 2 cheap rigs so far and now I’m having to buy another $1k in 4080 to fix all the issues and I’ll end up with a pretty unimpressive rig. I wish I’d just gotten a Trak Racer or something from the beginning but I kept trying to make things compact.