A lot of the higher end gear really benefits from a more solid setup. I haven't really looked into rigs since I got my obutto rev years ago, but if I were going to do it again I'd probably take my time building something out of 80/20. You might be able to get creative with some ways to break that down with a little effort. Some friends had playseats, and while they were serviceable, the amount of movement really started to bother them.

The Fanatec gear is great. I've used the logitech, but not the thrustmaster, though I believe them to be similar. There's nothing wrong with the logitech, and it's going to suit most of the racing games well. When you start to get into the real hobbyist stuff, you're likely going to want an upgrade. It gets even nuttier than the Fanatec stuff if you can believe that, but I personally think that's a really good place to enter and stay.

The other thing I'd recommend from an immersion standpoint is a buttkicker gamer 2. VR plus rumble seat is a pretty convincing experience for a relatively modest additional cost.

Here's my setup, it tucks slightly under my desk, and sits next to my desk chair. It's not ideal, and I'm thinking once thunderbolt becomes a bit more affordable maybe I can run something into another room or even in the closet under the stairs to get it out of the way a little. I swap out that flight stick for an H-Shifter as needed, but almost all series in iracing are getting out of that anyway, which annoys me. I decided not to renew iracing for now, I'll grab it month to month if I get the itch, but it seems like Assetto Corsa offers a pretty great experience for the amount of time I have right now.

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That's a fair route. The Playseat may work well for you for that purpose. The wheel should be fine too. It really comes down to immersion the higher up you go. As you might know, one of those iracing Nascar televised events was won by a guy that had a g27 (or similar) simply clamped to his desk. You should be able to sell the t300 should you decide you want to upgrade.

If you have a problem with the playseats wobble, you could build out a simple support structure out of 2x4 or something to help reinforce it. If you can just sort of slip it in and wedge it, you should still be able to store the whole structure. My cousin did something like that, a really crude packing tube stuffed strategically in place to offer some reinforcement. It wasn't pretty, but it worked.

I'm really bad at sticking with games a lot of the time, so I've been floating around a lot. I was pretty into eleven table tennis for a bit, really need to get back into that one. Otherwise alyx (pcvr), pistol whip, lone echo, star wars squadrons (pcvr). Let me know if you want to give something a try!

What are you driving in iracing? I really liked the mx5 there. I know it's the starter car, but the racing was pretty tight and I didn't have to learn a ton of new tracks.

I ran a full season of the skippy and really started to enjoy that. The problem is I really like h-shifter and clutch, and there aren't that many series that utilize it. Especially not without big time commitments. I was having trouble getting through practice laps/testing/qualifying and then tucking in a competitive race once per week to keep up.

I've thought about going back in and just trying to get into a private league, but at that point the SR/irating is off the table. And then I'm not really sure that there's anything driving me toward that instead of ACC.

Squadrons is worth the hurl!

That's rough. Luckily I haven't had any issues in VR. One thing I've found helpful in walking games is to just lean forward a bit while pushing the stick forward. It wasn't so much that it made me sick otherwise, just sort of unsettled my equilibrium.

Looks to be a really solid deal here for a bunch of games, and includes 3 months on iRacing (for new members). Great opportunity to give that a try, and pocket a bunch of other titles while you're at it:

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ultimate-racing-sim-bundle?hmb_source=search_bar

I've bought a lot from Humble Bundle. You get the keys and can add the games to your steam library. Normally there are tiers, so pay $3 get the games in this tier, $8 this tier and below, and pay some very specific number or greater and get everything. In this case it's just a minimum of $13 to get everything.

Pretty killer, especially if you don't have ACC, and have any interest at all in starting iRacing.

I've thought about putting my setup in the closet under my stairs. Once tb3 becomes more affordable that might be an option.

Wait... a fanatec dd as a second wheel?

I got a month of iRacing just to get everything back together and running again. My config gets pretty complex to get everything started in the right way (wheel, pedals, shifter, buttkicker, hmd, button box). I got my transducers on all 4 corners now, and did some cable management to get things tidied up.

I'm just hanging onto a C road license right now with a terrible irating. I'm going to focus on the Porsche cup and really try to get in some practice time before getting into an actual race. I also plan to try out the arca class in oval.