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[Apollo]

http://site.dragtag.com.au/index.php

Drag Tag - virtual drag racing with your own car

Posted Jul 28th 2006 12:55PM by John Neff

Filed under: Motorsports, Tuner Tuesdays, Etc.

 

Drag Tag is an indoor facility in Australia where you can virtually drag race your own car using a patented dyno, hold-down, steering and visualization simulator. Design, developed and operated in Australia, Drag Tag uses its own specially-designed hold-down system to keep your car strapped on the dyno during WOT. Laser sensors are used to monitor the angle of the front wheels and gather steering data, while three massive 4.5-meter screens provide over a 200-degree of various simulated race environments.

 

The Drag Tag website points out the obvious benefits it has to offer over actual racing, which include a complete disregard for the weather outside, shorter lines, no helmets or race suits required and really fast cars don't need any expensive safety equipment like a roll cage.

 

In order to join the fun, one must first purchase a membership to Drag Tag that include installation of the special hold-down brackets, after which nightly racing can cost anywhere from AUS $10 to $50 for an evening of digital automotive mayhem.

 

While there's no replacement for the experience of a real Christmas Tree going green and dropping the hammer, the idea of driving your own car in a video game is strangely appealing. ----------- they should bring this to singapore!

[Thetarget]

coming SG anytime soon?

[Vivioman]

I saw this when they featured in on the show Beyond Tomorrow.

 

Very interesting. Just like driving for real.

 

From the Beyond Tomorrow website it says:

 

"The system is set up in such a way that the more hotted up your car is the better it will perform in the virtual world."

 

http://www.beyondtomorrow.com.au/stories/e...dragracing.html

 

Looks like they are located in Victoria...now I have an excuse to visit my brother...hahaha

[Rims]

wonder how much that will cost???

[Atlantis_boi]

Can machines be linked up so we can have a virtual Fast & furious drag race

Tis is gonna b even more interesting.

[Boon88]

[Afiqmeister]

WOW......amazing!!!!!!

[Rustyz]

Wa..if singapore got I sure go play....

[Fastfatdude]

but a whole machine jsut to go straight?

 

hmm.. i rather buy

 

www.frex.com/gp

[Coolboystore]

agree

[Yattokame]

I used the search function ok.....so dug up this old thread....

 

Finally got some free time (and spare cash)...... anyone knows any game shop or company can do such setups? how much does it cost?

 

initially was thinking of something simple like maybe a playstation 3 with granturismo (dunno which version, totally not into gaming), huge flat screen TV and steering wheel, racing seat, pedals..... how much and can anyone direct me to who set this up? I suppose just a few grand will do? actually saw something like this at BEST denki at Taka many years back.

 

No need to be high end systems with hydraulics and all, just steering wheel and pedals can already :)

 

thanks in advance.....

[Keithchue]

first get your console ready, some of the steering wheels are for specific consoles. TV wise can just get from any electrical shop.

Steering wheel + seat + pedals can get from a shop next to epic centre at vivocity. last time i checked, for PS3, porsche wheel + bride seats cost about 2.3K, without console and TV

[Yattokame]

Wow thanks much! Thats great news!

[Maseratigood]

Wow thanks much! Thats great news!

 

 

Excluding TV and console, you can also get G27 steering wheel / pedals (about $400 or less), seat (any light weight real race seat from car accessary shops, from $300 to few grands), the frame to hold the G27 and race seat (about 400 to few grands)

 

do a search on G27, and racing seats for games etc, you can see many models and price ranges.

 

iirc, the one in the pic is about 3k (less the screen and wheel/pedals)

Edited October 29, 2013 by Maseratigood