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Ridiculously lavish.

VRX Industries has created a wonderfully senseless arcade machine for us to poke fun at.

Imagine the misguided fellow who thought using four Xbox 360s to power four LCD screens - one of which is a seven-inch wing mirror clearly trying to be a PSP - a virtual wind system, an Italian racing seat, racing wheel and pedals was a good idea for a Forza 2 arcade machine.

Apparently VRX counts professional race drivers among its customers, as well as entertainment companies who might fancy a splash to promote their new car game, which we assume can be supported if not why not?

No price is mentioned, but it also has LED lighting.

Stare at this wonderful creation over in our VRX Mach 4 gallery.

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Penguinzoot #1 4 years ago

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Kewl. I understand how multi-monitor works on PCs, but I can't get my head around how this works on a console. How do you get multiple consoles working together like this?

/is baffled.
/or just a n00b
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bad09 #2 4 years ago

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I want one!
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viper_h #3 4 years ago

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I remember seeing this.

3 months ago.
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Toothball #4 4 years ago

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@Penguinzoot:

Forza has a network mode that allows this. One machine hosts while the others display the rest. I haven't seen this in other games, apart from Forza 1. The menus imply that you could play with several setups like this on the same network, although I'm sure space would be the bigger issue there.

@viper_h:
There was one doing the rounds a while back. I think this one is supposed to be even better, with surround speakers, racing chair and other things that make it more expensive. Better if you like that sort of thing.

Edited by 1 at 07/01/08 @ 09:38
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ruttyboy #5 4 years ago

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Erm, a wind system? Does it turn off for those cars with a windscreen?

Still love to have one of those at home
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The-Bodybuilder #6 4 years ago

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If you can afford this, then to be frank you probably own an aston martin vintage in the back.
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viper_h #7 4 years ago

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Oh no, the one I saw was this same one, although I think I exaggerated a little, as it was only a month ago that I saw it.

Still, 30 days behind the ball Eurogamer.
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Penguinzoot #8 4 years ago

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@Toothball

Thanks for the explanation. Makes much more sense now.

Still love to have one of those at home. I'd like to have a home big enough to house one of those first ;P
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Eraysor #9 4 years ago

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Surely with that level of realism they would have put the rear-view mirror above the main screens?
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BadBoyBonner #10 4 years ago

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You'd need the virtual wind if those tv's are plasma's to stop yourself from being cooked.

I think that the "rear view/wing mirror is actually one of those screens you can buy to replace your sun shade/vanity mirror in cars.
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ElasticTangent #11 4 years ago

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4 Xboxes? 4 times more likely to suffer the red ring of death.. I love this set-up though that's for sure.
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AhSoul #12 4 years ago

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powered by 4 360s? Hope it comes with ear defenders....

... or are you supposed to wear a helmet while playing
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UncleLou #13 4 years ago

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Forza has a network mode that allows this. One machine hosts while the others display the rest. I haven't seen this in other games, apart from Forza 1.

Gran Turismo 3/4 have that feature as well, iirc.
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Mr-Brett #14 4 years ago

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Yeah I remember seeing this a while ago with 3 PS2s and 3 Copies of GT3.
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The_Programmer #15 4 years ago

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There's a good description here:-

[link url=http://forzamotorsport.net/news/tuningguides/triple screen.htm
]http://fo rzamotorsport.net/news/tuninggu...[/link]

@BadBoyBonner

You weren't far wrong. Apparently the system comes with wind:-

"To give you an idea of attention to detail the new VRX cockpit has a wind blowing device that's regulated by how fast you go in the game"
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Toothball #16 4 years ago

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@UncleLou:

They did? Guess that shows where I've been racing for the past few years.
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Rirekon #17 4 years ago

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Does that rearview mirror look like a PSP to anyone else?
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Dafridge #18 4 years ago

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4 Xboxes and 4 plasma screens = Room sized Fan assisted oven!

They could market it as a sauna as well.

Edited by 1 at 07/01/08 @ 12:00
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indotoonster #19 4 years ago

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"No price is mentioned, but it also has LED lighting."

LAWL. I love the comedy-effect juxtaposition here.
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