A poster at videogame forum Quarter to Three has built a custom racing cabinet for just $17, using the sort of “Let’s just dick around at Home Depot” engineer acumen I think we can all appreciate. Sure, it’s clearly made of raw lumber, but you can’t beat the satisfaction of DIY, especially when the full-sized metal cockpits end up costing hundreds of dollars.

Perhaps I’m slightly more excited about it than I should be, but he’s out there playing the well-reviewed Forza 2 and I’m not and won’t be until I make it back to Brooklyn. Until I get home, I’ll be browsing through the RSCNET forums looking at other ridiculous The $17 Homebrew Racing Cockpit [QuarterToThree.com]