News - Costco’s Intel i7 powered full-size F1 racing car sim costs £90,000

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So you could actually buy a REAL car for the same price and then drive around a track??

[Smudger]

Possibly...

http://www.f1technical.net/features/8784

If we step back in time a bit it is actually a very viable option to buy an older Formula One car. Again, this isn’t cheap but we’ll start with Race-Cars.com. They offer race-used and ex-F1 cars from 1974 to as late as 1999. Admittedly these also range from fully running ready-to-race cars to engineless showcars. They provide actual vehicles from Benetton, Honda, Arrows and Tyrell with price tags ranging between €40,000 and €729,000. This is obviously determined by the age, usability and who drove it. The main site also offers a huge range of ex-race cars from all series including F3 and F3000 from the historical and modern eras. If an F1 car is just out of your price range then maybe you might want to settle for a single-seater for use on the track.

[Smudger]

I guess the engine's probably the most expensive bit...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Why an F1 car only??

You can get a number of sports cars for that budget.

[DanceswithUnix]

Why an F1 car only??

You can get a number of sports cars for that budget.

You could get a choice of rally or race cars, if you got a real F1 car from any era it might be hard to actually have any fun in it.

This looks fun:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...ce-car/1207998

Old F1 car, not too bad unless you want the engine included as that costs more than the car

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...-f1-car/646011

Edit to add: I guess if F1 is your thing, then perhaps nothing else will do.

Perhaps they sell these to people who hire them out to corporate events etc.

[hero1]

This is madness.

[Smudger]

You can get a full-motion one for just £25,000. Minus the F1 body though...

[DanceswithUnix]

You can get a full-motion one for just £25,000. Minus the F1 body though...

I would have thought minus the body is fine. I don't get why you want the back end of the car certainly, how much of that are you going to see once you are tucked into the cockpit? And you can't see much of the front past those monitors I expect.

[Smudger]

I think the idea is not what you see, it's what other people see that you have.

'Oh, you've got a 3-monitor setup and driving seat for your car games? I've got the whole bloody car! Beat that!' Said in an Alan Partridge voice, of course.

[nleksan]

Pretty awesome, but complete overkill.

I mean, I'd sooner go out and buy an '06 or '09 E46/E92 M3 ($25K/$35K) in Alpine White over Imola Red Leather with the 6spd Manual....
Add some KW Variant-3 Coilovers ($2K), full PowerFlex/UUC/Rogue Engineering/TMS Suspension Bushings/Mounts/Engine+Transmission+Diff Mounts ($1K), UUC Chromoly Adjustable Rear Camber Arms and Vorschlagg Stg3 Camber Plates ($1K), Hotchkis Adj Sway Bars + Rogue Engineering "Race Brace" F/R Strut Tie Bars ($1K)... ($5K total suspension)
A pair of Recaro Sportster CS seats w Carbon/Kevlar shells and Alcantara Seating surfaces ($3K), UUC EVO3 SSK + DSSR + Clutch Stop + ZHP Shift Knob ($500), M-Sport Steering Wheel ($1K)... ($4K Total)
Vorsteiner Dual-Sided Dry Carbon Fiber GTR Hood ($1.5K) + CSL Trunk Lid ($1K) + CSL Roof ($1K) + Rear Diffuser ($500) + Sideskirts ($500) + Front Splitters ($500), Custom Widened Fenders 20mm wider/side front and 25mm wider/side rear ($1K), Projector Fog Lights with HID Conversion ($500), 108-LED Angel Eyes + 5800K HID Bulbs ($500)... ($8K)
BBS LM Wheels in 19x9.5" Front and 19x12" Rear ($5K), Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Tires in 265/30R19 and 295/25R19 ($1K), Wheel Stud Conversion ($250), Turner Motorsports Carbon Fiber Brake Ducts ($750).... ($7K)
StopTech Monobloc Big Brake Kit with 8-Piston Monobloc Calipers and 395x34mm 2pc Floating Slotted Discs Front and 4-Piston Monobloc Calipers and 372x34mm 2pc Floating Slotted Discs Rear and Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines All-Around ($5K), UUC Stage3+ Ultra-Light Clutch and 8lb Flywheel Kit ($2K).... ($7K Total)
M3 CSL Carbon Fiber Intake Box with Gruppe-N Tune ($3K), Custom Bored Individual Throttle Bodies with Extrudehoned Head ($1.5K), AA Ceramic-Coated Equal-Length Tubular Headers ($1K), Eisenmann "Race" Exhaust Mid-Section ($500), Rogue Engineering Titanium Rear Exhaust Section and Muffler ($1K), Schrick Stg3 Cams ($2K), Ferrea Titanium Valvetrain ($2K), Mahle Forged High-Compression Pistons with Carillo Rods ($2K), upgraded cooling system ($3K), TMS/RE/UUC Under-Drive Pulleys ($500), SwainTech Engine/Exhaust Coatings ($500).... ($17K including ESS Stage3+ Supercharger Kit... 650RWHP)

That's gonna be a heckuva lot more fun than a $120K car that doesn't go anywhere...

[Benjarmin]

God i hope the next time i go to cost co they have one out!

[mikeybinns]

I'd never buy it but it'd be an awesome thing to have regardless of price

[Smudger]

I was going to get one but my wife won't let me. Bluddy wimmin!

[MDOI]

what with high prices today?