Sim Racing taken to the next level

[Wouter Melissen]

A bunch of crazy French people have constructed a massive simulator that allows you to race other people in the same room while sitting in a real racing car. There are single seaters, prototypes and rally cars. More info here:

I-WAY : simulateur Formule 1, centre de simulation F1 sur Lyon

[LeonOfTheDead]

A bunch of crazy French people have constructed a massive simulator that allows you to race other people in the same room while sitting in a real racing car. There are single seaters, prototypes and rally cars. More info here:

I-WAY : simulateur Formule 1, centre de simulation F1 sur Lyon

I'm officially leaving for Lyon, goodbye to everyone.

[teatako]

if you need an interpreter I speak french

[cmcpokey]

it looks fun, but for the money i think i woudl rather spend the day karting

[Matra et Alpine]

nice.
Hard to see a return on that investment tho'
Mind you, seeing the rest of stuff they sell, money probably isn't an issue !!

Having tried a rally car on a sim platform, it's definately more fun -- though still lacking wheel feedback

[NSXType-R]

That's pretty awesome. But how expensive is it? I didn't look.

I wouldn't mind go karting though. I've never gone.

[Ferrer]

I want that in my room.

Lancia Stratos and all.

[teatako]

it looks fun, but for the money i think i woudl rather spend the day karting

listen to this man, for he brings wisdom. simulations are nice and all, but real is real. I´ve given it some thought and this is cool for us people who´ll never drive, let alone sit in a real formula 1 otherwise.but the courses aren´t real. huge turnoff.

I don´t know about you guys, but my formula 1 fantasy involves not only the top spot of the podium and the car (i´ll have a ferrari f2006 painted in lotus 69 livery kthxbai ), but also storming through eau rouge and the spoon curve (so it´s no longer F1 so what, I am ayrton f. senna ) not "circuits 1, 2 et 3"

that´s not to mention the adrenaline of real danger, the smells, the paddock girls, the photographer pushing, the making shampoo commercials in italian. can they give me that? no.

I´d go anyway if I were french though. you gotta somehow support the efforts if you want them to improve their product over time

[LeonOfTheDead]

I liked since the moment I read this sentence:

The simulators provide a physically demanding experience. Wear appropriate clothing for practicing sports. If possible, bring an extra T-shirt to change into.

real driving is a whole different world, but since I will probably never do it, I'm fine with this. karting is another good option, but I wouldn't compare them, this is a huge and expensive game console, it's PlayStation or XBox at N-degree, a virtual experience, karting is real and completely "analogical", fun and involvement, but of the physical kind.

[fisetdavid26]

Want.

I'll take a F2004, Sauber C9 and Impreza WRC please.

[70cuda88]

so where exactly is it located?

[RacingManiac]

it looks fun, but for the money i think i woudl rather spend the day karting

ditto....for the money they charge you can go to the nice karting place to drive the fast kart...

[f6fhellcat13]

so where exactly is it located?

In lyon

[charged]

Ummm prefer this for real trackdays.....much more fun and with Matra on this one.... sims are great but lack feedback and consequences

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[dydzi]

interesting wether they're pouring water on drivers heads when there's raining on the track