DIY Racing Simulator Dashboard

[gordilha221]

First of all sorry from my wrighting, I am portuguese .

I am doing in my project school one racing simolater like your but I´m dont know how to conect to the computer , if can please say me how i have donit :s

[ZockerfreundStiller]

Can you tell me in which way you contoll the speedometers?

Does the speedometers show the current parameter correctly if you shake them?

[MaxxxPower20]

@ZockerfreundStiller I don't, NASCARs don't have speedometers :)

[IndyHelis]

Please post a components list and schematic!!

[abmp20]

hello friend, how you did it? Can I buy? I'm Brazilian. Thanks

[NapkinPerri]

hahaha i heard something :D!

You've blown the engine LOL!

[WesleyMusicas]

como ki vc ligou o velocimetro no pc?

[Drofeddamite]

man i wan one

[george50011]

sadsa

[Epsilon3G]

very nice

[LeonardoSasuke]

What game are you playing? I recognize the voice of the announcer from a nascar simulator I was on a few weeks ago... this is a nascar simulation game right? Could you tell me what it's called please :)?

[MaxxxPower20]

@LeonardoSasuke Nascar Racing Season 2003.

[Smartalogu]

@MaxxxPower20 How do you read the gagets from the game? What functions do you use? Please do a short description of your project. Thank you.

[spdarkjoe]

@LeonardoSasuke i meant to put thr guage in a real car

[aceofdaplace24]

2 words....I WANT!!!!!!!

[spdarkjoe]

Why dont you put in in a real car? And drive like that too.

[yunggawd]

@spdarkjoe umm... he did ... dont be fooled he just put his laptop on his dashboard...

[bobby43dodge]

Now this is in no way bashing it...because that's fricken amaing....but I notice a slight lag in the tach vs. the game tach... and that's only a problem if you're pitting... 100 RPM can make or break a victory...

[MaxxxPower20]

@bobby43dodge That lag is actually the response time of the tachometer, the output signal is dead-on. I noticed the same lag with the OEM tach in my real car. This is also the very first version of the hardware, it's been completely redesigned. As far as the pitting RPM, I have another module now that acts like the lights on the Spek tachs, I have a video on here of an early prototype. I even have to push a button on my steering wheel to set my pit RPM :)

[MaxxxPower20]

@bobby43dodge That lag is actually the response time of the tachometer, the output signal is dead-on. I noticed the same lag with the OEM tach in my real car. This is also the very first version of the hardware, it's been completely redesigned. As far as the pitting RPM, I have another module now that acts like the lights on the Spek tachs, I have a video on here of an early prototype. I even have to push a button on my steering wheel to set my pit RPM :)

[bobby43dodge]

@MaxxxPower20 *drool* lol

[billigerfusel]

nice

[fmjaguar7]

gheeeeetoo, dude make like 5 of those and sell them ... then get yourself a new monitor!!! (one that doesnt leak radiation everywhere)

[ellegene]

@fmjaguar7 its not his monitor idiot its the frequency at which the camera record which is too slow and around that of the monitor...maeby 60-76 Hz? Max, if a camera records at the same speed of frames per second that the speed at which helicopter propellers do a complete resolution then you could record a flying helicopter without his propellers moving....MAGIC

[fmjaguar7]

okay wtf are you talking about???? i dont see a helicopter! and i was saying his monitor is OLD.... (it really is) and that he should sell a few of those so he can make money's and buy a new one! wtf are you smokin ya flamer!

[alexneszmer]

@fmjaguar7 Lol, you should read it again, and thank about it this time.

[erichill13]

Great work. How much did this cost to make? Would you sell the C++ program?

[The0movie0men]

please show your controller or give to me adress where i can get conroller info, btw cool set

[xXGadsbyXx]

im sorry but thats soo cool nice 1 man bet it took ages

[jordiAnd1]

It's awesome man! Congratulacions! =D

This works in other games? like Need for speed?

thaanks! I really like that!

[Edu12Skyline]

how do you make a sync of a real RPM gauhe with the game?

fantastic, very nice lol

[TheEvolvedSheepGuy]

did u start it urself or did tha game?

[Tomisalon]

perfect

[fastlane1982]

perfect....love it

[skenehc]

i would kill for a link to some kinds of tutorial or instruction :) rsc isn't revived yet

[gt40turbocivics]

how to do you connect the shift  light gauge to a logitech g25 for a ps3?

[MaxxxPower20]

you can't.

[Lipsmoker]

Could You Connect a Real car handbrake to a Logitech G25's Handbrake Control on the Wheel? With Relays or switches on the handbrake would it work?

[wally19]

amazing job!

[AbusiveAdminPaul]

dude awesome vid! nice work on those gauges :)

[Saarlouis88]

act a full

[leek1975]

hi mate can you make this in pcb wizard to show how too make it

[MaxxxPower20]

pcb design is not public sorry

[Lctsforce]

@MaxxxPower20 Im looking to buy something like this sorta, like with the dash and everything, where can I?

[NewtonicProductions]

how do I make one?

[leek1975]

this is mint mate thats what i like to see un alterd gauges i hate it when people put crapy servos behinde them if you make 1 of these boards to control them i will buy it off you please give me a price thanks

[drutherford99]

what game please thanks??

[2gbc]

hear them callin out the flag colors in the game? its a nascar game probly watever the newest one is

[Phantez2003]

Not the newest, but the best. Its Nascar Racing 2003 Season. Good luck finding it at a decent price...

[germancarluv]

cool creation!but what the hell was that launch?windup those Rs dump the clutch and burn some rubber!!

[Jackskejackske]

Nice work man!

Is that a 4 or 6 cylinder gauge? Im also working on somethin similar but i'm having difficulties finding the pulse frequency...

Could u tell me the frequency range to make the needle go from minimum to maximum?

Thanks in advance!

[Joarsaal]

i want to install only the tacometer what do i need? can you sell me all what i need for doing it? dont you have an email where i can ask you some questions

[alljackedup408]

hey man.. ive got an autometer tach layin around my shop.. i wanna hook it up to this... how can i?

[MaxxxPower20]

you'd need my controller chip, a couple of other chips and various components, a 13.8V power supply, and a USB-Serial adapater if you computer doesn't have a serial port. I've been thinking of coming out with a "lite" version of my chip that only has tachometer, speedometer, and warning light signals. If i do that, i'd probably have pre-assembled boards available. I've never interfaced to an Autometer tach though.

[mailliwenots]

you should patent this and then get it mass produced in china then sell it for a few hundred a piece. i know id buy it.

[xpidf1]

however, the gauge layout for stock car regulations is the following: fuel level gauge, tachometer, oil pressure gauge, water temperature gauge and oil temperature gauge

[MaxxxPower20]

however, there is no such thing as "stock car regulations." Each sanctioning body (NASCAR, ASA, ARCA, etc) sets its own regulations. No one uses a fuel level gauge! NASCAR uses Fuel Pressure, Oil Temp & Pressure, Water Temp, and Volts. ARCA has all that and a RaceSafe system light that turns on when the race is under yellow.  Ignorant european.

[Rcrby525]

the crew mainly does the fuel calculations, a normal sprint cup COT can hold 22-24 gallons, and depending the track, they can run most of the race under one tank of gas, how ever, at superspeedways and speedways, they have a set pit-window.

[Joarsaal]

at what price do you sell only the control circuit board y already have the gauges.

[MaxxxPower20]

Its a work in progress, not for sale yet. Gauges are not universal, control board might need to be changed for different gauges.

Software and controller chip ONLY will be for sale first, probably for around $30... but that requires experience with electronics. Not a beginner project.

[EarnhardtsYear08]

Are you going to sell a whole dash bourd in the future

[Joarsaal]

Hey man dont you sell tha software? i want one i already have tha gauges.

[jan3019]

hahaha damn this one is really cooooooool!

[race1717]

How did you create that(the gauges AND steering wheels all in full details)?

[MaxxxPower20]

Very carefully.

[Dawgside]

Sweeeeet!

Is this your own DIY project?

Been looking at Beta Innovations new products and they got all u need now to makes this and much much more...

[MaxxxPower20]

Actually, I don't think they have an analog gauge driver like mine. They are air-core gauges, but you do not need an air-core driver to drive them.

[ronin29607]

Sweet!

[bigboybad]

That is the coolest ever! How did you make that thing?

[leek1975]

thats awsome dude how did you get the gauge to work like on the game

[MaxxxPower20]

There's a piece of software that 'hooks' into NR2003 and grabs the telemetry data. It processes it and sends it out the serial port to and talks to a microchip which controls all the gauges.

[brandon9271]

so is that using outgauge software? can it be programmed by a 3rd party to get the data from any racing game or do the developers have to officially support it?

[MaxxxPower20]

uses an exe for NR2003 and a plugin for rFactor, both using the provided telemetry source code as a base. Other games are possible but I'm not that advanced to grab that data out of memory myself.

[brandon9271]

that's awesome! *sigh* So many projects so little time... :)

[99boyz]

that is flippin awsome

[eatmypixels]

Very nice, what game is that?

[MaxxxPower20]

Nascar Racing 2003 Season

[nascar20000]

THATS pretty awsome

[Fruityflava]

Wow what a great little project you put together there you should build this with better looking materials (like a vinyl dash shaped box) and mount the wires and whatnot inside and make it user friendly annd sell them on Ebay...I bet you would sell a bunch.

[MaxxxPower20]

If I do sell it, i'd sell the control circuit board, because all the gauges are just too expensive if you were to buy them at retail.

Combined retail on those gauges is probably over $300.

[ScruffyITA]

great video man and good work!!! ;) that's a real simulation

[supadupafunkeee]

soooo coool keep it that way

[Troop327]

People that run track like Jeff Gordon!

Nice set up, Man!

[cotadog]

Glad to see things are still coming along. Keep up the good work!!

[spur18]

very nice man. :o but you blew the engine :( j/k ;)

[MaxxxPower20]

I blew more engines than Dale Earnhardt Jr in the process of testing this thing :)

[spur18]

heheheh :) and it came out awesome man ;) I want one lol :P

[blgbce]

sick

[Roush9]

I want one!

[XC0688]

SWEEEEEEET

[simracingtonight]

Way cool man !! Check out our show. Maybe we can do a segment on how you built that

[hgimn]

awsome man.

[Brunesky]

Nice work!!