Driving games are just on another level when played with a steering wheel and pedal set but it isn’t always a plug and play affair with them. First you got to find a proper place to mount the steering and pedals so that they’re nicely aligned with your physique when seated, much like being in the seat of a real car and driving.
Some people have gone so far as to build a nice little jig that houses the steering wheel, pedal box and even a nice little bucket seat out of pipes or other materials, bringing the virtual-racing experience from your home to another level.
However, the missus won’t like you leaving it all over the place and storing something like that isn’t going to be easy. But what if it folds up into a nice little coffee table that will blend right into the living room like a dismantled engine at a workshop?
Austrian company Race-Star has the answer with their new ConverTTable. It hides a driving wheel, adjustable pedals and full-bucket seat inside a package that easily folds up into a table for the living room.
With Christmas around the corner, all you Gran Turismo 5 fanboys better be on your best behaviours now. It’s going to cost a testicle and probably an arm too, so you better be ambidextrous. It’ll set you back USD6,605. That’s a lot of coin for something many people have banged together in their garage but if you suffer from OCD, then the fit-and-finish on the ConverTTable will put you at ease.
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Source: Race-Star
