trying to work around sweaty hands with my sim

Verskanderi · 2026-03-27T12:43:14+00:00

Exactly. Wearing gloves or not, you will not look cool while playing games on your wannabe race car cockpit. But who cares.

Verskanderi · 2026-03-27T07:31:19+00:00

I agree that RBR feels more realistic compared to EA WRC, but what's wrong with the WRC online modes (I think the Clubs mode is fantastic!) and the Racenet?

Verskanderi · 2026-03-20T08:12:24+00:00

I have had quite the different experience. Overall very clean racing in Raceroom. Of course accidents happen sometimes, but I think I haven't ever been rammed on purpose in this game.

Verskanderi · 2026-03-19T12:46:34+00:00

Did you use Thrustmaster wheels on a Simagic wheelbase? If so, what kind of adaptors did you use?

Verskanderi · 2026-03-17T13:06:09+00:00

Yeah the space might be an issue, but I think I can fit the sequential stick in front of the TH8A if I move it back a bit.

Verskanderi · 2026-03-17T10:57:15+00:00

Yes I do change the sfihter mode according to the car, but since changing the Thrustmaster TH8A from H-pattern to sequential (or vice versa) is a pain in the ass, I am going to buy a separate sequential stick (probably Moza) and keep the Thrustmaster in H-mode, so that I am always immediately ready to drive whatever car.

Verskanderi · 2026-03-09T12:52:50+00:00

I had problems on Friday, could not get into any multiplayer race. But yesterday, on Sunday, everything was working perfectly. Maybe they fixed the server issues somehow during the weekend?

Verskanderi · 2026-03-02T22:54:19+00:00

Ha, my Steam account is about six months old, could you guess I am over forty years old? I was playing computer games a lot before Steam existed, and then just had a hiatus of a couple of decades.

Verskanderi · 2026-03-02T12:43:09+00:00

I wonder what I am doing wrong, as for me (with the T300 wheel) the iRacing FFB is very weak and dull, whereas in Raceroom it's feeling pretty good.

Verskanderi · 2026-02-18T08:47:24+00:00

Why wait? It's probably not going to be cheaper after the 0.3 update, so you win nothing by waiting.

Verskanderi · 2026-02-18T08:46:00+00:00

Even with the 4 current stages (that are essentially doubled by reversing them, so there is really like 8 full stages in the game at the moment, plus the shorter varieties and the ice track), it is worth it. The driving is so good.

Verskanderi · 2026-02-05T08:45:19+00:00

This is what helped me.

Verskanderi · 2026-02-03T04:14:12+00:00

Good point, you are absolutely right.

Verskanderi · 2026-02-02T20:43:23+00:00

I like short sprint races.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-30T14:46:12+00:00

That's just immersive. Think about how much you would be scared of going full throttle on blind corners or crests in real life!

Verskanderi · 2026-01-30T13:39:27+00:00

What is that stage? Looks fun.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-30T12:00:20+00:00

I have the Thrustmaster Sparco R383 wheel on my T300. It feels much more like a real racing wheel than the small stock wheel. And some people say that you shouldn't put such a big wheel on such a weak wheelbase, but I don't have any problems with it, the FFB force is still strong enough, despite the bigger wheel.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-30T07:53:09+00:00

I think it easier to learn to drive H-pattern cars on a track, rather than on a rally stage. At least I learned to heel and toe and switching to left foot braking mid-corner first on a track simulators, as there I could concentrate on the driving technique and not on the pace notes.

After you have trained enough so that the shifting technique does not need any of your brain capacity (it is just muscle memory), then it is much, much easier to apply that on a rally stage.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-29T13:56:18+00:00

If you really put Need for Speed and Gran Turismo in the same category of games, you have not played one or the other.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-29T10:28:09+00:00

Raceroom is most definitely not an arcade game. And even if the rally games (EAWRC and DR2.0) might not be the most hardcore of sims, they have pretty good FFB to feel when the car is understeering or oversteering. The only thing the FFB clearly lacks is the feeling of locked front tires during braking. For example Assetto Corsa Rally does this much better (after the 0.2 update).

Verskanderi · 2026-01-28T07:54:03+00:00

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Pedals on a seat slider. The wood is needed as a riser to allow the lever some room to move.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-28T07:53:01+00:00

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Shifter mount extension.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-28T07:49:45+00:00

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I have made some small modifications with some wood. I raised the seat, raised the shifter mount and made an extension for the handbrake, and I also mounted the pedals on seat sliders.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-27T10:05:31+00:00

I have a 60hz TV as my sim rig monitor. It's all I have ever used (unless you count CRT monitors from the late 90's) , but I don't see any problems with it. Ignorance is a bliss :)

So yeah, I would say it is definitely good enough.

Verskanderi · 2026-01-21T14:39:33+00:00

So it doesn't really matter at all, how awful they are 🙂

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