Hey guys, so recent times have been quite rough for me and my family and I had to make the heart breaking choice of selling all my sim equipment, hence my farewell to simracing for the foseeable future. I want to thank everyone involved in this amazing community and forum, everyone who found my posts interesting or useful and everyone who helped me along the way in all those years. So, with the hope of returning here one day, goodbye for now 
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Truly sad to see you go, Mate, and wishing you and your family all the best, I sincerely hope things will turn around and improve. Hope to see you back #soon, I will miss you around these parts.
A sad Beano 
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This is heartbreaking and shocking. Makes me sad to the maximum. Totally devastating news.
I remember I few weeks ago wrote a direct message to you, asking how it is going for you. Thought you are maybe angry with me, because I never received an answer. No I know why, life sometimes sucks, especially when you see others having problems coming out of nowhere.
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Sorry to hear that. Look forward to hearing youāre back in the game sooner than we think 
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Keep yourself and your family safe! When you return i will be happy to read your thoughts and opinion!
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hey good folks
after so many problems and whatnot it might be time to come back doing some simracing starting from literally 0, the only thing I have left of my old rig is the seat
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Itās a fresh start, good times with so many DD wheels options on the market.
Recently VNM started gaining some traction, take a serious look if not interested in SC3 proprietary everything and walled up ecosystem.
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Iāve been following all simracing related developments since I left, so Iām not totally out of the loop.
All that said I donāt think Iāll ever leave the Simucube family, so Iām deciding whether getting another SC2 maybe also second hand or the new SC3, but surely it will be one of those two 
Anyway talking about some practical stuff, for anyone who might be willing to help me rebuild my rigā¦
The space in which Iāll build and place the rig is quite tiny now, measuring:
1.122mt W x 2.059mt L x 2.710mt H
I know most if not all 80/20 rigs will fit but with not much room left once itās done.
Do you think is doable in such a tiny space?
If I would have to start from scratch, I would probably get Simagic or even more likely VNM. Alpha U can be purchased for like 1/2 the price of SC2. You wonāt get significantly better FFB quality if you spend more - youāre most likely paying for some features and support etc.
If I wanted to stay in Simucube ecosystem, then I would get SC3.
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Nothing wrong or against those brand you mentioned but Iād prefer stay with a well trusted and most importantly Europe based company like Simucube
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In that case you might also consider Asetek. They sometimes have some steep discounts. I saw there were SC2 significant discounts too , but only like 150 units IIRC.
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Europe is decaying, there is no industrial capacity left to keep up with the top world contenders, Asia is taking lead position in engineering and manufacturing, like it or not.
This DD racism is just totally uncalled for, we all know how reliable Chinese Mige was in OSW and SC1, as well in Asetec.
BTW SC2 was actually manufactured in Estonia (little ex-Soviet 1.3M population republic), wondering if SC3 comes from the same place.
I donāt know, I live in Italy so, thereās that.
Itās no racism about those companies, is preferring or not to keep trusting a company with decades of work and research in the field or something that came along with a big wave of newcomers. Yes I am on old conservative when talking about where my money go.
If someone would gift me a Simagic wheel I would surely keep it, but I wonāt pay my own money for such products.
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Still in Europe, though .
also , they were in Soviet Union against their will.
Let alone , probably everyone knows that Companies like Apple manufacture their products in China since decades, but thatās not an issue for them somehow.
Just as the large part of the Soviet Union and now Russia (25% of its territory).
Estonia has had a long history with being conquered by many countries (against its will), not just USSR.
And what is the point you are trying to make? Estoniaās economy is one of the most advanced in Europe at the moment.
And yes, Simucube 3 is made in the same place as Simucube 2 is/was.
If Europe and America want to survive, there is not really a lot people can do except by acting by their personal values. Every little thing that slows that process and keeps jobs in Europe and US is a good thing.
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guys I didnāt mean to turn my post about my return to simracing in some economic/political thingā¦
the only - and last, please - 2cents I would like to add to the discussion are these:
in recent days I looked around the Simucube website and the Blog part of that, and among the threads dating back when SC2 lineup just launched, so 2019ish, there was a series of posts dedicated to something like ādiscover the SC2 resellers part Xā ;
I read all posts just out of curiosity and because I knew almost all of them, from the time when I was following daily all these things sim related.
In short, try and take a look now at those threads and in particular follow the links that lead (or should lead) to their websites : you will find that around more than half of them are now out of business and their website is gone.
We are talking in particular of simracing businesses that other than act as relessers also produced their own hardware - pedals, steering wheels in particular, and I mean quality stuff priced accordingly.
Now try and take a guess why they disappeared.
Now please if you want to help me rebuilding my rig you are more than welcome in this thread, otherwise make a thread called Economics of Simracing, there I could help you and discuss with you making use of my Economics master degree.
Thanks.
Also guys there is one thing I didnāt mention untill now which in a sense has been one of the reasons I decided to return to simracing.
For the past 2 and a half years Iāve been battling with an aggressive form of thyroid cancer that also affected all parathyroids and the right half of the neck lymph nodes.
On last December 9th I underwent surgery to remove all those organs/glands, and from which I am still in recovery as of today. I am also waiting for the results of the histological examination, to understand what I will need to do going forward.
All of this to say, I want to rebuild my sim rig as a form of self gift for all I had to endure in this period. So yeah, I think I deserve it 
If you wish to know more about it, and understand why it is so important to keep yourself regularly checked even if you think you donāt need to :
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