Formula 1 Simulators

I thought I would register and show you some pictures of our Formula 1 simulator. Sorry if this in the wrong section or just not welcome on this site, but for pure eye candy I think our simulator is stunning, I hope you agree.

Unfortunately our products are out of the price range all but the richest simulation enthusiasts, but we are looking for feedback from the gaming community on how we can improve our simulator and make it more realistic.

It is currently running a modified version of rFactor, with custom built steering box and pedal sets. We us it mostly for corporate entertainment, but always find time in the working day for a few laps of our favourite circuit. ( purely in the name of testing you understand )

Theere are some more pictures and details about our simulators on our web site http://www.f1simis.com

Enjoy ...

http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/01-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/02-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/09-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/10-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/03-simulator.jpg

http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/04-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/05-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/06-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/07-simulator.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/images/simis/08-simulator.jpg

[MrJan]

Very cool looking things but for anything except motorshows I don't see the point. £1000 could get you some very nice track time in a real car so forgive if I don't come running chequebook in hand but I just feel that having a go in real Ford Focus or the like will be more exciting than playing one of these.

In terms of realism I'd say about the only thing would be to have a proper seating position but this would make them far too uncomfortable so not really a good thing to do. The other thing you could try is to have a Takuma Sato themed one which is upside down ;) :D

[johnny shell]

too bad rfactor doesn't support the three-screen layout. it would be cool to have two screens on the side to fill your peripheral vision.

other than that I think it's the coolest thing I've ever seen!

Your right £1000 would buy you a lot of track time and for the price of our simulators / show cars you could buy the race car and a seasons racing.

The seating position is something that has been noted before.

There are two problems.

The crash structure on the F1 cars are so narrow they don't allow the average grown man to sit in the car. Those f1 drivers have tiny bums you know.
This means we had to widen the tub to allow those of us with larger rear ends access to the simulator. We currently use seat cushions to adjust the driving position allowing people of different sizes / hight to reach the controls and sit comfortability.

The second problem is the driving position is designed for the driver to be as low as possible in the car, the drivers are virtually lying down with their legs raised above their hips. We had to lower the pedal position to make it a bit more comfortable for the user. This is why the seat back in the simulator is slanted at quite a steep angle, we didn't want the users to be hunched over whilst driving. Its still not ideal but at least you can feel your legs after an hour of use.


These photographs might illustrate the problem further.

http://www.f1simis.com/other/1-seat.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/other/2-seat.jpg
http://www.f1simis.com/other/3-seat.jpg

[MrJan]

Your right £1000 would buy you a lot of track time and for the price of our simulators / show cars you could buy the race car and a seasons racing.

The seating position is something that has been noted before.

There are two problems.

The crash structure on the F1 cars are so narrow they don't allow the average grown man to sit in the car. Those f1 drivers have tiny bums you know.
This means we had to widen the tub to allow those of us with larger rear ends access to the simulator. We currently use seat cushions to adjust the driving position allowing people of different sizes / hight to reach the controls and sit comfortability.

The second problem is the driving position is designed for the driver to be as low as possible in the car, the drivers are virtually lying down with their legs raised above their hips. We had to lower the pedal position to make it a bit more comfortable for the user. This is why the seat back in the simulator is slanted at quite a steep angle, we didn't want the users to be hunched over whilst driving. Its still not ideal but at least you can feel your legs after an hour of use.

I thought that might be the case. The commentary on F1 quite refers to the position being 'virtually laying down'.

They certainly look the part, are they taken from rolling F1 shells or something similar?

The parent company Bob Salisbury Engineering builds the show cars for a few of the F1 teams. Its normally the case that the car used at the press launch is one of our mock ups. About 90% of the cars are genuine F1 parts, usually old test parts that have 'expired' or are out of service life. The floor pan, crash structure, tubs, front / rear and side wings, suspension and drive parts, wheels, tyres, brakes etc... are genuine F1 parts. We bolt these spare parts together and tidy it up a bit to produce a rolling chassis for the team.

A bit more information can be found at http://www.bobsalisbury.co.uk/showcars.htm

Unfortunately I can't post pictures of the current show cars ( they do look nice though) but I will have a hunt around for the Photographs of last years show cars and post some up.

Our simulator was built up from the 'spare parts' left over from last years show cars. Hopefully we should have enough 'spare parts' this year to build another one. ;)