Hey guys(and gals) I thought I would post this here to show something I've been working on for quite a while now and would like to finally show it to some people...lol

I have developed a new website to make it easier for sim racers to buy, sell and trade all things sim racing. SimRaceStore has over 75+ sim racing specific categories to find exactly what you need. It also features a Custom Paint Schemes area, complete with digital downloads from our community of members and stores.

- Joining is free and takes less than 5 minutes.
- There are no auction listing fees.
- Listing a want ad is also free.


SimRaceStore Home is also planning some Official Race Events with the entire emphasis on giving back to the racers with quality prizes. The first Fun Race is next Thursday Oct 13th at 6PM Eastern Standard time.

Here is a 4 day (96 hour) %-100 OFF Voucher Code too, so you can upgrade all of your opening listings and get maximum exposure for the Grand Opening launch if your interested in selling anything.

VOUCHER CODE: GRANDOPENER

Benefits of SimRaceStore.com

- No auction listing fees.
- New and Used Items all in one website.
- Fully customizable Storefronts and Member profiles.
- Integrated feedback rating system.
- All products and Paint Schemes are searchable by brand, Sku #, store name, sim title, artist and more.
- Ability to combine purchases and send custom invoices.
- Google searchable listings generating more traffic to your item.
- The ability to list want ads for custom paint liveries and items our members don't offer yet.
- Marketing campaigns in other industries to help promote the sites content to new customers.
- It's Free and Easy to get started.


A little more info.......

SimRaceStore.com was created to help eliminate the need to develop and maintain a "seperate" website for smaller companies, giving those company owners more time to focus on what matters......the products. All Store owners can develop their own custom web page inside SimRaceStore.com with a simple WYSIWYG editor. All SimRaceStore members and store owners will benefit from marketing campaigns we will be running in “other” media sources to help expose their storefronts to bigger audiences in new industries. SimRaceStore.com will also be running Contests and Events with prizes to give away throughout the remaining year (must be a registered member to qualify).

Another reason we created SimRaceStore.com was to give todays talented Sim Racing "painters" a place to display and sell their own paint schemes for all racing titles. "Painters" can do this through their own buy it now listings or bid-style auctions........ all in their own fully customizable storefronts and profile page. Painters then display their work for the world to see and browse through......then....If on-looking shoppers like what they see in the uploaded example pics, they can purchase that paint scheme for their own use. After the payment clears to the seller, file(s) are then securely delivered through encrypted links to the buyer. The links will then expire 24 hours after downloading. All transactions are handled through through PayPal servers and all major forms of payment are accepted. It's simple and easy. So dig into that folder of skins you have and possibly turn them into cash!

Another useful feature of SimRaceStore.com is the ability for members to be able to list a wanted ad for just about anything to all the Artists, Stores and Members. Whether it be for a custom painted Gulf Racing livery for your next racing season or a cnc cut sheet of carbon fiber to mount that Pro Sli-board onto. Whatever your looking for, the SimRaceStore.com wanted ads are definitely were your going to find that new or used goodie you need to keep getting those Wins.


Here is a 4 day (96 hour) %-100 OFF Voucher Code too, so you can upgrade all of your opening listings and get maximum exposure for the Grand Opening launch if your interested in selling anything.

VOUCHER CODE: GRANDOPENER

will this work for sim racing? im building a 22 x 3 and just fell across this..

i think you have to have a certain monitor to daisey chain them together.

http://www.displaylink.com/ then click on video in the bottom right corner.

monitor guru's please advise......

Thanks
Kevin

i found this on youtube yesterday while building my kart simulator. Im sure you all have seen this app. Its an external HUD that you can put on an external monitor. its called SIM_Monitor here> http://kurenai.main.jp/gtinfo/inf8/inf8.cgi very easy to use and very nice looking. but i have a couple simple Q's......



Does anyone have any advice on changing the shape or the "skin" of the "lcd" SIM_Monitor creates? I could not find any .dds files or anything that i can edit in any of its folders. i found the config settings but no media or visual files? What am i missing?
Im making a molded case similar to the "AIM" one for karting in the photos. I want to be able to plug it in a usb or maybe even a 4th monitor? I have an old case that im casting and then trying to source a lcd small enough to fit in the unit. The lcd in the picture below is square so thats why i need the skin to make it fit on a square-ish screen.



any ideas on how or what to use for a small lcd? i thought cell phone or Smartphone? lcd photo frame? or mini lcd from car? any ideas before i frakenstein a screen and ruin it?

Maybe even an ipod touch to make the touch screen work? i could grab my wifes......hmmmmnnnnn

dont FLAME ...i searched.

Kevin

100 and 125 cc karts.

it would bring alot of customers and great racing talent.

My .02$

i tried it and it does not work. the car stops as soon as i push on the brake....barely 10% pushed and the car comes to a stop. i even got the car coasting up to 10 mph and just tapping the brakes it stills skretches to a halt.

i even tried pushing the brake 75% down, then clicking unlock, recalibrate axis, then finish depressing the brake the rest of the way. then relock it and still the car will not roll if i even barely tap the brakes.

im trying it leaving the pits at BL1 with the XFG (my favorite car) down the hill b4 you get on the track.

maybe im being picky but i thought this should work.

What does the C mean next to the axis line?

i cant find anything on this.

thanks again

heres my first attempt. ive been sim racing for only about two weeks. so i threw this together in the last few days. so YES im addicted. haha

- 3 way adjustable seat 10$ (buddies junk yard) smelled like cat piss though. lots of febreeze.
- wood 30$
- 2x 200 watt but kickers (seat rumblers) with car amp and huge 12 volt power supply
- nixim brake mod
- multiple shifter mods (g25)
- g25 wheel
- leo bodnars USB adapter
- cup holder for lots of drinking and driving.

i used to own a custom car shop for years and cant wait to wait to build a complete dash/interior style like the post above me (wow wtf im nameless....very very nice)

next setup is in the works already....literally
- triple 24" monitors mounted on one adjustable stand.
- selling imac & getting gaming pc w/ 2 gpus and softth (anybody? its a month old? loaded.)
- Frex 2DOF pneumatic motion platform
- wiimote trackIR head tracking (for fun not racing)
- wind generators
- handbrake axis
- full dash and working guages with indash stereo/cd (off of 12volt psu)
- bigger cup holder.

i just got the leo bodnars USB adapter to hook up my g25 pedals. I made a "nixim" brake mod out of some rubber i got.
13mm x 13mm x 29-30mm (long).
It works perfect. I love the feeing and recommend it very highly. the feeling is very similar to a real cars progressive brake pedal. I now understand what threashold braking means.

The leo bodnars USB g25 pedal adapter is very nice, as i can see now how little 256 steps on the pedals was not very smooth. they are now instantly about a 1000 steps each now. wow. SOOOOOOO much smoother braking AND accelerating. I'm braking much, much later and cutting times everytime i hit the track.

BUT.......

i am trying to setup the dead zones and sensitivity for the "brake mod" like the nixim gentleman was talking about but when i use the logitech profiler it doesnt affect the pedals because they are independent from the steering wheel now. the pedals and controller dont show up in logitech 5.02 profiler under controllers. i can adjust the brake axis and stuff but again....the pedals are not part of the wheel anymore. hhhhmmmmmnnnnn.........

I even tried DIView and DXtweak for the dead zones and it appears to work but when you start LFS i dont think they are there (the dead zones i mean). I tried the "put the car on a hill and let it roll test" with no sucess at all. the car always stops as soon as i press the pedal as if there is no dead zone. i look over to my 2nd screen and diview and dxtweak show the dead zone clearly working.

Can you even set dead zones with LFS? Is it because Windows XP and direct X?

should it show the dead zone on the on-screen virtual pedals?

I ask this because sometimes i brake with my left foot and want the dead zone so i dont kill speed in the corners. i like the idea of the brakes not coming on strong until i hit the resistance of the rubber mod in the pedals.

Please any links or help would be amazing.

If anyone needs help with sizing, stiffness or sourcing rubber for your own mod i would love to help out........its the software stuff that always gets me.

Thank VERY much you all have been amazing.

Kevin

that is soooo smooth....took some time to remove the center metal work.. hood and roof...

thats even pretty good work on the molded bumper in the front...thats stuffs a pain to "weld" together.

deffinetly gave me some cool ideas though

thanks

I wanted to join a 09 racing league..... do i have to wait for 2010 now?

can someone give me a link to a league (touring car pref.) that i can join?

Thank you very much

Kevin

parkfieldmotorsport.freeforums.org

ok got ya.

you gave me another idea also. i totally understand what you mean. ive taken low res photos and illustrated over top of them with vector shapes. we did this when we created some user mauls and assembly manuals.

got work to do.

kevin

Thanks a bunch.

like i said this is like the third skin i have ever done. but im loving it. plus its so easy. haha

the headlights i got from a projector picture from ebay. i dont even know what they were for .....i thought it was 240 sx.

some nice lights to french in would be great.....


kevin

Do you guys recommend some learning places for me to sharpen up the res and get some insight on how to properly stretch and prep the images before putting them on the template?
any help or something for me to study would be great.

i want to make them all cleaner ....ive seen cleaner cars online and want to make mine higher quality. maybe a tutorial how to save them or output? i dunno im reaching here.....haha

Last edited by devotid, Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:48.

heres a shot at the XRT.

let me know what ya think.

im gonna have more like this available for download soon at my website.

Thanks
Kevin

PM me for changes or addons.

heres my try at it.

my first helmet skull

kevin.

Last edited by devotid, Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:31.

heres my try.

its just looks white. haha

its made me think about something i want to try though.

Kevin

heres ya go. if ya like it let me know.

hey that rhymed.

i should have made the carbon weave much tighter but hey, its the 3rd skin ive done for LFS.

im building a arsenal of many , many more skins and stuff for LFS as i type.

keep an eye out for my new website coming soon.

Thanks,
kevin

devotidskins.com .............coming soon.

Thanks very much for the info.

i didnt mean money or getting flow or anything like that. sorry.

this was exactly what i was looking for
thanks.

kevin

looking for info on teams and how to maybe get more serious about racing this sim.

My name is Kevin West and im from Saginaw, MI USA
nick name is Kevin West
User name devotid
IMAC 2.8mhz running bootcamp 50-60fps
2600 pro HD
logictech diving pro (PS3)
full cockpit with all the goodies (post pic later)
Im 30 years old and own a small skateboard manufacturing company here in the states. www.devotid.com
Im a retired RC car racer of about 15 years that competed all over the world in many different classes of racing. I ran for a few of the "big companies" and did quite well finishing in the top 10 at nationals a few years in a row. Im fast and consistant. very wise in race theory and tuning.

i raced virtual rc for a year and never got into it. blagh!

well this LFS thing was different.....hhahaha

day 1 download demo....
day 2 S1 license
day 3 logitceh driving force wheel (PS3)
day 4 full license S2
day 5 cockpit ,racing seat, surround sound, seat rumblers
havent stopped since.

I am also a full size car painter and photoshop expert so skinning has been Way cool. i cant wait to do all of the cars with some clean scemes. the graphics are so clean looking and when you "paint" a car on photoshop, you dont have to pick paint from your cuticles for days. haha
I have only done these two attached so far but plan to do MANY MANY more.

sorry for babbling

My QUESTIONS are.....

How do i enter some bigger races? and are there any stateside timezones?

Do companies or TEAMS "pick up" guys that are fast and consistant?

How can i "help " a team besides standing on podiums? Skins? setups? building hardware(cockpits, monitors, guages, etc)? What does it consist of?

do i have to run someone elses paint scheme?

Oh and were the hell can somebody get some good tuner style racing?

i like the XFG and XFR so far.


Sorry so many questions but i couldnt find a specific area to ask so many darn Q's

Thanks for ANY info and i would love some invites to see if i really am fast or i just think so. haha

Kevin

Me too. Hello.

My nick is devotid
username devotid78

i raced RC cars professionally for about 15 years.....gave it up and did some virtual rc with my old racing radio online. It was fun...... but not really.
I looked into buying a shifter Kart and start racing that....too much money and time.

so then i found out about this and woah ....im BACK. haha sweaty hands....white knuckles. everything. force feedback in this new wheel is CRAZY fun!

day one full license S2
day two logictech PS3 wheel (on Imac running bootcamp) beauty.
day three Full cockpit, racing seat, back rumblers, and working on triple screen or projector with complete surround sound.

My nick is devotid
username devotid78

Thanks and see you guys soon.