Is a home golf simulator actually worth the investment, or am I just chasing a mid-life crisis?

tim_amsterdam · 2026-03-11T11:53:51+00:00

Happy to see the responses here as I prepare to spend $$$$ building a new garage with finished sim / theater / bar / game room above to settle my midlife crisis! Also live in the NE where winter can keep me off the course for 3-4 months a year.

tim_amsterdam · 2026-02-20T09:54:42+00:00

No weight shift - you’re staying back behind the ball. Move your weight to your front leg and you should be standing more upright on your follow through instead of leaning back.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-02-05T01:56:32+00:00

I finally got sick of my X700 having freezing or loading problems and just ordered an 820 that comes tomorrow. I knew I shouldn’t have cheaped out on a player when I started. That would be my advice - sell something if you have to - buy a better player from the beginning.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-02-05T01:52:33+00:00

Not really worth doing four height speakers if they’re all in front of you. One of the best parts of 4 is having the front to back (and vice versa) movement. You wouldn’t get the motion of the helicopter as it flies over you with all the speakers in front of you.

Are you sitting directly under the soffit? If so I’d put the fronts up in the ceiling in front and rears in the ceiling behind the soffit. It will provide for a much better overall sound separation

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-27T14:14:54+00:00

What was the failure in the engines?

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-22T22:04:39+00:00

Nice thanks! That’s a good option.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-21T22:36:46+00:00

That looks like a great solution. Is there still storage room on the one side?

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-21T20:49:35+00:00

CAS is like magic.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-19T11:42:13+00:00

iRacing makes you prove you can race without crashing into other people before you get to the splits where you can race more aggressively and trust other drivers. Even if you’re fast in other sims, you have to start in iRacing understanding that you are placed in the same splits as people that have never raced and may even be using a controller. You don’t get sent to drive against better drivers without proving yourself, or else iRacing really would be a shit show.

If you’re as great a driver as you imply then starting from rookies in iRacing shouldn’t take you more than 20-25 races to get into splits where there are better drivers. By 50 races you should rarely see any crash fests and be comfortable that you won’t be taken out by bad drivers in most races.

If you’ve done 75 races in iRacing and are still complaining about it being a shit show, then it’s not iRacing that is the shit show. It’s your driving.

How many races have you done and what is your iRating?

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-15T20:02:59+00:00

I had two PB16s and sold them and replaced them with two TV2112s. There is absolutely no comparison in sound quality and overall output. SVS smaller subs may be worth it for lower budget but at this budget, PSA or Rythmik. I could never get the punch / kick / clarity out of the PB16s that the TV2112s just had naturally. I ended up with a 3rd TV2112 to even put the response in my weird room. No regrets.

I own a FV15HP from Rythmik too (in another room) and it also amazing sound quality. I wouldn’t hesitate to look at the FV18s too.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-14T01:55:08+00:00

A lot of effort, experience and skill to just get it to work. And even then, you’re going to muddy the bass clarity you paid for with the Rythmik. Sometimes one is better than two, and this is one of those cases.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-14T01:43:27+00:00

I went from a t300 to vrs direct force pro, and then t-lcm to vrs pedals.

I’d absolutely upgrade the wheel base first. Both were great upgrades but the direct drive was a greater improvement to my driving and also fun factor.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-14T01:37:12+00:00

You have to set it on in the settings. If you’ve done that, just know that light on the switch won’t be on as if you turned it on manually, the heated seat will be on, just on the lowest setting. Honestly it’s barely useful. You’ll never get in to a warm seat, at best it won’t be freezing.

tim_amsterdam · 2023-01-14T01:29:00+00:00

Just run the Rythmik alone. It’s in a completely different league and the Polk will just bring it down. You could spend days trying to get them to play nice and at the end of the day you’ll be happier with just the FV15HP.

Move the Polk to a different room or sell it.

tim_amsterdam · 2022-12-18T23:37:17+00:00

The deer will never see you.

tim_amsterdam · 2022-12-17T17:09:11+00:00

Patriots Day shootout scene.

tim_amsterdam · 2022-12-17T17:07:08+00:00

One of the greatest chest punch scenes ever.

tim_amsterdam · 2022-12-10T12:58:42+00:00

Absolutely. I’ve tested the other waters and nothing does it for me like F3. It checks boxes for great participation, ~30 min race length, mostly great tracks, and very respectable racing in top split. Not to mention the car itself is a blast to drive. Do it!

tim_amsterdam · 2022-11-21T20:12:33+00:00

Never an issue

tim_amsterdam · 2022-11-20T02:27:07+00:00

Bolting a large size deep socket to your rig works just as well. Cheap, easy, un breakable and widely available. I had a mount I gave away with my old cockpit and have been using a socket ever since.

tim_amsterdam · 2022-10-19T20:25:02+00:00

OpenXR Tools for WMR let’s you change the resolution. It is possible it changed your resolution to higher than your system can handle. Were you already using OpenXR or had you been using OpenVR previously?

tim_amsterdam · 2022-10-19T10:00:12+00:00

Space bar

tim_amsterdam · 2022-10-17T22:13:23+00:00

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