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Social Distancing Request: GHIT 0074: Scott Barton and Sim Racing

Published: April 2, 2020, 5:20 p.m.

With everyone quarantined or at least social distancing, we have had several requests to re-publish this episode on Sim Racing.\\xa0

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On this episode, we had Scott Barton as our guest.\\xa0 Scott is a very accomplished racing driver and very knowledgeable in the area of Sim Racing.\\xa0 We thought we\\u2019d learn more about both on this episode.\\xa0 Sim racing can be great way to get cheap track time, especially in the off season or during the work week when you aren\\u2019t near a track.\\xa0 As with most aspects of racing, you can go as deep as your interest and bank account will allow.\\xa0 We hope you enjoy the episode.\\xa0

Highlights from this episode include:

1) Scott\\u2019s racing history and progression to where he is currently racing mostly in the AER series (American Endurance Racing) where he has recorded a very impressive series of results since originally learning at HPDE\\u2019s in 1999 and racing in 2009.\\xa0

2)\\xa0 Scott\\u2019s latest goal is try to round out his collection of first overall wins in Lucky Dog and WRL to complete his already stellar collection of 24 Hours of Lemons, Champ Car, and AER wins and have recorded overall wins in every major street tire endurance racing series in the US.

3)\\xa0 Scott is also a driving coach and is involved with many teams, students, and racing series and organizations.

4)\\xa0 We then began to cover various software and hardware choices available, make some recommendations (links below) as well as describe some of the many systems and options that are available for a wide range of budgets.\\xa0

5)\\xa0 The three basic systems we reviewed started with a single monitor, a three-monitor system and a VR based system with a good set of steering wheels and pedals.\\xa0 A sim vibe/butt kicker would be a very nice addition is budget allows.

6)\\xa0 More advanced options mentioned include motion/ full motions simulators, spring loaded harnesses,

7)\\xa0 Computer requirements in general, such as a 4-core processor, i5 or newer, with a video card capable of running a VR headset at 1080p and 90 fps (or better) should be sufficient for your system.

8)\\xa0 We also cover how to deal with motion sickness in VR if that happens to you in the beginning.

9)\\xa0 Scott was even kind enough to entertain us with our traditional Good, Bad, and the Ugly series.

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Also, Scott can assist you with defining your system if needed at his website below.\\xa0

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Items and Links discussed within this episode include:

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Steering wheel and Pedals:\\xa0

Logitech G29, G920:\\xa0 https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/driving/driving-force-racing-wheel.html

AccuForce Steering wheels

Fanatec Wheel and Pedals:\\xa0 https://fanatec.com/us-en \\xa0e.g. v3 inverted pedal set, Clubsport base/mount

Heusinkveld:\\xa0 https://heusinkveld.com/products/sim-rigs/sim-rig-gt/?q=%2Fproducts%2Fsim-rigs%2Fsim-rig-gt%2F&v=7516fd43adaa