Grassroots Motorsports LIVE! on Wednesday, August 23: Building a Homemade Sim Rig

Ed
By Ed Higginbotham
Aug 23, 2017

We’re taking our sim-racing game to another level with a DIY sim rig kit from Ricmotech High Performance Sim-Racing Equipment. This week on our live show, we’ll update you on the build and make a little more progress toward sim-racing glory.

Tune in to Grassroots Motorsports LIVE! presented by CRC Industries, 9 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, August 23, on our Facebook and YouTube hubs.

Thank you to CRC Industries and Autobooks-Aerobooks for supporting these weekly broadcasts.

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Comments
Trackmouse
Trackmouse SuperDork
8/22/17 1:29 p.m.

This should be awesome! I built a little one that fits between my couch and coffee table. But it hurts the back and my couch feels like a malaise era LTD bench seat. The lack of lumbar support is real! Something like this would be great if set up in my office away from SWMBO, so she can watch her SVU....

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/22/17 6:34 p.m.

Just an evening bump. Tomorrow (as in Wednesday) evening JG is going to his best Norm Abram impersonation.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/23/17 10:12 a.m.

Bump for today! Come hang with us tonight. It will be totally awesome.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/23/17 11:01 a.m.

And, we hear that Ed will be wearing a steadicam vest.

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Associate Editor
8/23/17 3:36 p.m.

I sure will. And hopefully it'll go better than this:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TjSxVBW3Vx8

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/23/17 3:39 p.m.

I am not sure but I think at least a couple of the GRM GT6 people may take a brake from racing tonight to join. I now I am.

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Associate Editor
8/23/17 3:54 p.m.

In reply to dean1484:

Awesome!

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
8/23/17 4:22 p.m.
Ed Higginbotham wrote: I sure will. And hopefully it'll go better than this: https://www.youtube.com/embed/TjSxVBW3Vx8

I was literally going to show you that video as a "worst practices" lesson beforehand

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/23/17 7:41 p.m.

Check out tonight's big news: steadicam!

(And, yes, we have seen the steadicam fail videos.)

We go live at 9:00 p.m. Eastern tonight. Ed's learning how to be a steadicam operator.

chada75
chada75 Reader
8/23/17 7:46 p.m.

Or get an old racing kart frame with a seat.

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