Indycar racing aces??James Hinchcliffe and Sebastian Saavedra have helped fine-tuning??SimXperience Stage V Racing Simulator.
The Indy aces met up with the simulator’s owner Davin Foster, a rising new karting star who can now benefit from having a professional-grade simulator to train in away from the track.
The??SimXperience Stage 5 Pro comes with 3 47-inch HDTVs,??a 22-inch touchscreen to adjust motion settings in real-time, power adjustable television height and pedal distance, Force Feedback Steering with quick-release GT and Formula wheels, sequential and H-pattern gearshift, Tilton pedals with Wilwood hydraulics, ??a full motion system capable of over 250 updates per second including rear traction loss, and a full SimVibe multi-dimensional tactile feedback system.
“What an incredible experience, especially knowing that two top IndyCar drivers helped make sure it was the closest thing possible to actually being in a race car,” said the 15 year-old son of a software engineer. “When I finally get to drive a car on track, I’ll already know so much more than everyone I’m competing against. Once you get in the seat and into the rhythm of driving, the rest of the world sort of disappears and you start really learning how the car behaves, the tricks of the track and how to change the setup to make the car do what you want it to. I wish school had a machine that taught history like this! If my parents ever wonder where I am at midnight, they just need to follow the sound of a race car upshifting and hard on the gas.”
The professional grade Stage V Racing Simulator sells for $18.500 including delivery within the United States.
Sim racers looking for something more affordable will probably want to check out the Stage 1-IV simulator kits, more info can be found on the SimXperience website.
