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hey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a video going over one of the coolest things I saw at e3 this year a $35,000 racing simulator while there were a few race Sims at e3 including a triple minder set up running four to five if the ubisoft booth they were showing off the crew their new open-world racing game to demo it they brought in a sim craft apex 3 racing simulator this is a full 3d motion sim that is a surprisingly good job of emulating driving an actual car while they turn sensitivity up for the demo the addition of motion really helps to sell the experience when you start losing control of the car you feel it starts sliding before you see anything on screen which makes it way easier to make corrections without smashing your virtual car into a wall it takes a bit of getting used to especially with the force feedback wheel but when you get into it it's an absolute blast the apex 3 does a good job of selling the small things too like the bump when you shift or the jolt when you stomp on the brakes combine that with the big monitor surrounding you and it's easy to get into the experience alright so here with Sean from sim craft what do you guys have here at e3 our hardware that we brought here again is the apex three pitch rolling y'all is what we have there we've got the 340 inch monitors they're all 1080p monitors how do I get my hands on one of these apex because these are so cool like if I want to go grab them right now what do I do besides ask you really nicely for one you start by asking me really nicely for one there's no doubt about that you can get @ww sim craft comm a professional level solution is the apex product that you see here at the show what would i right now uh the system that's over there they start for the $3.00 at about 35,000 well I don't exactly have an extra $30,000 hanging around to buy erase em there's no doubt that the apex 3 is an awesome setup best of all it runs all of a gaming PC Ubisoft had an HP workstation running the demo at the show but you don't need anything all that special to run the crew on a rig like this running the apex itself isn't all that demanding as it hooks straight into the game to detect motion so as long as you have a gaming PC that can handle a few 1080p displays you're good while I had a ton of fun with the simulator I also got the chance to try the crew within monitor and controller there's a huge open world in the game that lets you drive from coast to coast in the United States albeit with a slightly smaller than real-life map cities like Las Vegas are nicely detailed and accurate and the fast travel makes getting around easy and seamless the entire idea of the game is to get together with your friends as a crew to do missions and races like taking down another car there's also an absolutely massive amount of customization you can do for your cars I've always been a sucker for this kind of stuff in racing games and the crew has probably my favorite customization tools I've ever used you can modify your cars for racing on street rally or go all-out for cross-country demolition the driving itself is a bit arcade like but it hits a decent balance in my opinion with good controls using an Xbox 360 gamepad on the PC you also get things like an N cockpit view which is a huge plus for me before e3 I really wasn't all that excited about the crew but I've got to say I'm really looking forward to it now so what do you guys think about the apex 3 and the crew let me know in the comments below anyway huge shout out to lynda.com for making this video possible lynda.com helps you learn and keep up-to-date with your software pick up brand new skills or explore new hobbies with their easy to follow video tutorials odds are if you're watching my channel you enjoy tech but with Lynda comm you can really learn how to get the most out of it they have detailed tutorials on how to shoot better pictures and video with your camera learn how to program apps and way way more if you're interested in learning how to make videos a great place to start is with Lynda comms awesome DSLR video courses there are a ton of other tutorials on the site too with more added every week and you can get access to them all starting at just $25 a month for you guys though you can get a 7 day free trial when you go to lynda.com slash Austin again that's lynda.com slash Austin so definitely go check them out and help support the channel anyway guys thank you so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one