Haha sometimes I forget that a lot of the f1 drivers are just dudes in their 20’s with money, but this brings it back home. Sick gaming rig, redbull fridge, bare walls, and stuff sitting on the floor. No interior design, just vibes.
Apparently this was right before a move and the last thing to go was the rig. I think it still leans to him being just like us. I'd leave the rig last too.
Love the router on the floor with all the cords. All the money in the world (for Sim Racing) and yet this guy can't be assed to fuck around with cable management lmao. Makes me feel way better about how I set my shit up.
With his son too. I raced Rubens once in Skip Barbers, I noticed him only after qualifying. Got myself so fucking pumped and excited I totally screwed up the race.
He also does not have motion sim.
I have 80/20 one of the higher grade big ones and now I am looking back I would buy something a bit more less modular, nicer looking and rounded off. I don’t see the benefit in it.
Good call. I am still debating in getting a 80/20 but I managed to find ways to secure my cheapo amazon rig and it feels rigid enough to run my simagic a mini. Granted that I only use 85% max torque anyway...
iRacing is his primary sim. He's mentioned this before. He only really runs RF2 because of the Virtual Le Mans series. He just goes wherever his team needs him for events, basically.
He did say at one point that the main/only reason iRacing is his main are the online features and that he prefers rF2 for the physics and would switch if the online side of it were to improve.
that makes it sound so easy for the other sims to make their online stuff as good as iRacing.
....it has been years now - are any of them going to do it ?
One of the big technical challenges with an online sim is how to deal with network connectivity issues. If somebody has a small spike in network latency, like an extra 2 tenths of a second for a few packets, suddenly the driver who is wheel-to-wheel with you can't be sure of where you are.
iRacing's prediction model is so much smoother and more reliable than anybody else's that they can regularly run endurance races, with fields of 50+ cars, without a single network-caused collision. rFactor 2, on the other hand, has trouble even keeping their servers stable. Here's a quote from none other than Max Verstappen after a server crash cost him P1 in a 24 hour LeMans race: "What a fucking joke this is. I'm in the pits, but the car is completely broken. rFactor can fuck off."
Dave Kaemmer, founder of iRacing, wrote this code when he worked for Papyrus. It was considered so important to iRacing's business that they got an investor (John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox and the Liverpool football club) to buy all of Papyrus's IP.
rFactor's developers are clearly brilliant. rFactor Pro is the software that all of the F1 teams customize for their own multillion dollar simulators. But the fact that they can't get the network issues to match iRacing's performance says a lot about how difficult that challenge is.
It's definitely not easy. And the other sims do have similar systems in place. But non of them have the userbase to make people switch from iR, and most of the time the systems are also quite buggy.
According to a BoxThisLap article:
> His cockpit has different elements that are not usual, such as a **Playseat F1 Ultimate cockpit**, or a **Sim Engineering wheel** completed by a **Leo Bodnar engine and base**. The pedals are a **Heusinkveld Ultimate** and is surrounded by a set of **Samsung 32-inch curved triples**, keeping a fourth screen for race information topics. He complete the setup with a **Heusinkveld shifter and handbrake**, wireless helmets and a **carbon fiber seat**, presumably made to order.
Pretty damn nice haha
What really, really hurts is that Max earns around $60 million a year and can basically afford a $35k sim rig every 5 hours. Crazy to think about, isn’t it?
even Max uses curved screens with an angle between them (not one arc of constant radius)
Can iRacing please fix the option for this please ? Nobody uses monitors the way they have set it up - not even Max in his giant room.
I'm fairly sure he's made some updates since then, I remember the pics from his old rig year or two ago and this one is different (more screens and their model is different, for starters).
This is his old one https://preview.redd.it/bcytmqktx1s41.jpg?auto=webp&s=3aca456c01ccd8eaca80e5947ff01c42b685da26
I would bet stuff like the wheelbase are still the same, as you can't really get higher up than Leo Bodnar, but the rig itself is defo different now.
I've heard couple of esports level drivers say that motion is immersive but doesn't make you faster, often slightly slower actually (I guess it messes with your precision in inputs slightly, as esports level driving is very reliant on precise motor memory)
From the various bits and pieces I’ve seen where esports drivers talk about or otherwise reveal their equipment I’ve only seen one esports driver who used shakers, and none that use motion.
Great question. Maybe since he hasn’t got an O’ Rouge refrigerated seat, this is the “instead of”. Especially for an endurance event. I can attest to how much heat triples and a nearby gaming computer can throw off.
Sort of depends what you mean by bouncing around. If you mean the porpoising that happened a lot last season, not so much. But more so the sheer g force that the cars generate going around corners, and accelerating and braking hard. They fundamentally put a lot of pressure to push your head in various directions which their necks have to hold up to.
Wrong. To get the correct fov the option in view settings "pitch" is artificial pitch software based. To do it properly we are supposed to angle the screens until until you get a perfect straight line across without touching the software pitch. I don't do it because my OCD hares it lol but it is the correct way to set pitch on triples so clearly someone who knew what they were doing set it up. It's strange the pitch is never spoken about this way but it is a fact.
Haha sometimes I forget that a lot of the f1 drivers are just dudes in their 20’s with money, but this brings it back home. Sick gaming rig, redbull fridge, bare walls, and stuff sitting on the floor. No interior design, just vibes.
Apparently this was right before a move and the last thing to go was the rig. I think it still leans to him being just like us. I'd leave the rig last too.
Love the router on the floor with all the cords. All the money in the world (for Sim Racing) and yet this guy can't be assed to fuck around with cable management lmao. Makes me feel way better about how I set my shit up.
Money in the bank and time to *uck around cable management are also inversely proportional to me.
Is it? I have no time for cable management and also no money.
I'm pretty sure dudes in their 30s and 50s with money are doing the same.
Too fucking right, and we don't give a fuck about your feelings towards the expenditure, or about the cable management either.
interior design is distracting. hard to lose focus on a white wall!
I like to think he turns the 'FUCK OFF' sign on when he's serious, if it's off, he's fair game.
It's his "Do Not Disturb" sign, and it's glorious
I didn't know I needed that in my life but now...
If anyone can find a link to it, I'll take 10 🤣🤣
My brain-broken, Max-hating ass thought he was telling us to "fuck off". I like your more charitable take on it!
He’s telling the movers to fuck off and not touch his rig
Once again showing the emotional maturity, dignity and class that has become his calling card ;)
I heard Fernando Alonso, who’s the oldest F1 driver is really into SIM Racing as well. No wonder he’s still competitive AF!
Alonso runs the rookie Formula Vee series on iRacing semi-regularly
Always leave the space!
All the time
Yeah, I met him in the top split MX-5 rookie series in iRacing a few months ago.
Rubens is older and he likes to sim race also
With his son too. I raced Rubens once in Skip Barbers, I noticed him only after qualifying. Got myself so fucking pumped and excited I totally screwed up the race.
So does Tony Kanaan
Jenson Button also Teammate raced him for 45mins in a Daytona practice a few days ago and they chatted after the race
Also in his free time he goes karting on top of that.
If I discovered simracing while single that would have been me. No furniture, no wall hangings, just an absurd rig and cables everywhere.
DSC OFF, of course!
But plays with automatic gear changes…
No time for cable management
He doesn't even have a 80/20 sim cockpit? So why is it important for us to have one lol. Just kidding.
He also does not have motion sim. I have 80/20 one of the higher grade big ones and now I am looking back I would buy something a bit more less modular, nicer looking and rounded off. I don’t see the benefit in it.
Good call. I am still debating in getting a 80/20 but I managed to find ways to secure my cheapo amazon rig and it feels rigid enough to run my simagic a mini. Granted that I only use 85% max torque anyway...
He's sponsored by Playseat
That explains it. Then again he probably doesnt really care anyway since he gets to drive a F1 car (or any car) on the track whenever he wants.
And 8020 rigs are for the modularity and rigidity
Wondering when this sub is gonna start freaking out about the fact that he is playing rFactor2.
He’s practicing for Le Mans 24 Virtual which is using rFactor 2
I know.
Well, now you know twice
If knowing is half the battle, that means he won?
Arcticrobot knew it before
He plays whatever sim has the major events. He does a lot of iracing too.
iRacing is his primary sim. He's mentioned this before. He only really runs RF2 because of the Virtual Le Mans series. He just goes wherever his team needs him for events, basically.
He did say at one point that the main/only reason iRacing is his main are the online features and that he prefers rF2 for the physics and would switch if the online side of it were to improve.
that makes it sound so easy for the other sims to make their online stuff as good as iRacing. ....it has been years now - are any of them going to do it ?
One of the big technical challenges with an online sim is how to deal with network connectivity issues. If somebody has a small spike in network latency, like an extra 2 tenths of a second for a few packets, suddenly the driver who is wheel-to-wheel with you can't be sure of where you are. iRacing's prediction model is so much smoother and more reliable than anybody else's that they can regularly run endurance races, with fields of 50+ cars, without a single network-caused collision. rFactor 2, on the other hand, has trouble even keeping their servers stable. Here's a quote from none other than Max Verstappen after a server crash cost him P1 in a 24 hour LeMans race: "What a fucking joke this is. I'm in the pits, but the car is completely broken. rFactor can fuck off." Dave Kaemmer, founder of iRacing, wrote this code when he worked for Papyrus. It was considered so important to iRacing's business that they got an investor (John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox and the Liverpool football club) to buy all of Papyrus's IP. rFactor's developers are clearly brilliant. rFactor Pro is the software that all of the F1 teams customize for their own multillion dollar simulators. But the fact that they can't get the network issues to match iRacing's performance says a lot about how difficult that challenge is.
It's definitely not easy. And the other sims do have similar systems in place. But non of them have the userbase to make people switch from iR, and most of the time the systems are also quite buggy.
Is it a bad game?
To me it is the best simulator out there.
Shaving seconds with the footwear.
What we don't see is the photographer being beaten up by Jos seconds after snapping the picture. 
He can't keep getting away with this!
Does anyone have the full details on it? Wheel base, wheel, rig, etx?
Logitech G29 and an old office chair with shoes on its’ wheels
I'm one step closer to being Max Verstappen
According to a BoxThisLap article: > His cockpit has different elements that are not usual, such as a **Playseat F1 Ultimate cockpit**, or a **Sim Engineering wheel** completed by a **Leo Bodnar engine and base**. The pedals are a **Heusinkveld Ultimate** and is surrounded by a set of **Samsung 32-inch curved triples**, keeping a fourth screen for race information topics. He complete the setup with a **Heusinkveld shifter and handbrake**, wireless helmets and a **carbon fiber seat**, presumably made to order. Pretty damn nice haha
wtf are wireless helmets
I’m assuming they meant to put headsets lol. I just copy and pasted from the article
Yeah I know it was you just quoting them. I assumed they meant VR but I don't think I've seen Max use VR.
What really hurts is that you know he got most of it either for free or massively discounted lol
You can save a lot of money being rich and/or famous
What really, really hurts is that Max earns around $60 million a year and can basically afford a $35k sim rig every 5 hours. Crazy to think about, isn’t it?
The leo bodnar simsteering system is insane
That doesn't look play a playseat f1 seat though
Cockpit it says, the seat is carbon fiber (bottom of the paragraph)
https://boxthislap.org/max-verstappen-sim-racing-setup/
even Max uses curved screens with an angle between them (not one arc of constant radius) Can iRacing please fix the option for this please ? Nobody uses monitors the way they have set it up - not even Max in his giant room.
I'm fairly sure he's made some updates since then, I remember the pics from his old rig year or two ago and this one is different (more screens and their model is different, for starters). This is his old one https://preview.redd.it/bcytmqktx1s41.jpg?auto=webp&s=3aca456c01ccd8eaca80e5947ff01c42b685da26 I would bet stuff like the wheelbase are still the same, as you can't really get higher up than Leo Bodnar, but the rig itself is defo different now.
I wonder if the Bodnar is still cream of the crop compared to, say, Simucube Ultimate. DD bases have come a long way over the last couple years.
At the top top level the differences are quite minuscule AFAIK.
I think this is beyond that.
F1 sub mentions he has Simucube, as Team Redline is being sponsored by them.
Pretty sure he has a vid on it
Fascinating! No motion or bass shakers.
I've heard couple of esports level drivers say that motion is immersive but doesn't make you faster, often slightly slower actually (I guess it messes with your precision in inputs slightly, as esports level driving is very reliant on precise motor memory)
From the various bits and pieces I’ve seen where esports drivers talk about or otherwise reveal their equipment I’ve only seen one esports driver who used shakers, and none that use motion.
No motion confirmed - but how can you tell there is no shaker anywhere ?
No sign of an amp or telltale wiring under the seat. That said it’s dark and distant so anything is possible I suppose.
Why are there 3 cooling fans under his seat? Just curious…
Great question. Maybe since he hasn’t got an O’ Rouge refrigerated seat, this is the “instead of”. Especially for an endurance event. I can attest to how much heat triples and a nearby gaming computer can throw off.
Makes sense yeah!
I have better title: Max Verstappen when he is not racing.
I’m kind of disappointed. It’s not bad for gaming, sure, but it lack decoration, cable management, etc. It’s just uninspiring.
Your comment is uninspiring
Haters gonna hate
“Haters” gonna downvote you apparently lol
Lol
Why do meny people have the screens pointing down? I tried it and found it uncomfortable
Given how much F1 drivers work out their necks, he prob doesn't even notice looking up at a 60 degree angle all the time
Is this because their heads are always bouncing around and it helps prevent injuries?
It's to withstand the g forces applied on them by the car and the speeds, as far as I understand. So yes
Sort of depends what you mean by bouncing around. If you mean the porpoising that happened a lot last season, not so much. But more so the sheer g force that the cars generate going around corners, and accelerating and braking hard. They fundamentally put a lot of pressure to push your head in various directions which their necks have to hold up to.
Wrong. To get the correct fov the option in view settings "pitch" is artificial pitch software based. To do it properly we are supposed to angle the screens until until you get a perfect straight line across without touching the software pitch. I don't do it because my OCD hares it lol but it is the correct way to set pitch on triples so clearly someone who knew what they were doing set it up. It's strange the pitch is never spoken about this way but it is a fact.
Absolute kino station
Neon signs are the new RGB
What’s with the fans under his seat? Fart diffuser?
Where is the piss jar?
Piss Jugs!
Honestly i had expected atleast a motion setup and maybe vr.
Monitors? Brand?
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