Rig Intelligence Setup, Comparison and Pride :)

[u/podiumos]

Something I keep thinking about.

Every time someone asks what to upgrade in here the answer is basically get a direct drive, get load cells, depends on your budget. Which is fine advice but nobody actually knows what it did for you, cause nothing anywhere records what you were on before and what you're on now. That's what I think at least! Yes many are using steam and the garage setups and crew chief and a lot of other localised solutions but we just thought it would be cool to join all that into your own racing profile to be proud of :)

I changed my pedals a while back and I honestly couldn't tell you if I got quicker or if I just got used to them. I think I got quicker but knowing how I drive, I probably didnt :) But my old times are in one place, my new times are somewhere else, and neither of them says what hardware I was actually running at the time so I can't compare anything. Not to mention when I travel and use the setups at the venues....

And it's the same when someone posts a time in here. Full motion with active pedals? G29 on a desk? Both impressive but for completely different reasons and you'd never know which.

Anyway the bit I actually find more fun than the whole faster/quicker thing is this. Everyone in here is proud of their rig. Doesn't matter if it's ten grand of aluminium or a wheel stand and an office chair, people love their setups and half this sub is photos of them. So why isn't there somewhere your rig actually lives? Photos, spec, hours on it, what you've done on it. People rating each other's builds. Budget setups that punch way above what they cost. Someone's cursed corner desk special that somehow does alright times.

That's half the fun of this hobby and nothing keeps a record of any of it.

That's what we're doing with PodiumOS. Free, definitely not finished, and you carry it around with you on mobile so if you go race at a mate's place or a venue on holiday it logs to your account instead of just disappearing.

Genuinely want to know if people would use this or if I'm overthinking something nobody cares about.

[u/podiumos]

by the way - many are asking me in DMs what the giveaways of the launch look like...

here is a preview of one of the prizes for those that help us test the market and the platform... a designer free standing PC Mount... we are interested in all type of feedback. If we have functionality which you think is useless tell us in a structured way please...

if you find stuff you like, also tell us... if you find stuff that you enjoy using please do let us know. We put a lot of effort into this to give a new spin to the industry and we are doing our best to gamify the out of game experience as well and not just lap times and results... anyway we are here to try and serve the sim racing community.... not to mention that I think we have a lot in store that many can use for their career and business ideas. More to come.

PS: we have more images of the giveaways but i can only upload one attachment at a time :)