Twitch chat turns a Lexus IS350 F Sport into a gaming PC
Twitch streamer Fuslie and around 554 000 viewers in chat customised a 2021 Lexus IS350 F Sport into a high-end gaming PC. Twitch chat got to vote on the exterior, interior and PC hardware. They even got to choose which drink should be served while gaming in it.
With more and more cars being revealed on Twitch, it’s become a more popular place for automotive marketing. But never have we ever seen a project like this where a Lexus IS350 F Sport gaming PC gets created.
The Lexus IS350 F Sport gaming PC built by SCPS Unlimited.
Fuslie and Twitch chat chose to wrap the exterior of the Lexus IS350 F Sport in a dark gunmetal grey vinyl inspired by tactical first-person shooters. This dark appearance is immediately contrasted once you enter the car. The insides of the Lexus IS350 F Sport gaming PC were stripped and changed to resemble the more showy modern gaming PCs complete with RGB LED lights.
From the strips on the seats to the programmable ceiling tiles, The interior is lit up by pastel blue and pink. A massive 27-inch 4K screen was placed in front of the front passenger seat. It wouldn’t be much of it didn’t also include a retractable mouse and keyboard as well as a custom 3D printed controller.
For even more immersion, the rear seats have been fitted with haptic feedback tech that will respond to what happens in the game. If the outside world gets too bright for the screen, there is a Smart Tint film on the windows that can darken the cabin to remove the glare.
In the trunk of the Lexus IS350 F Sport gaming PC lies the computer that powers it all. Fuslie’s Twitch chat voted on an AMD Ryzen 9 590X processor, an MSI MPG X570 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card. The graphics card voted for wasn’t available during the build, so SCPS Unlimited decided to use an MSI GeForce RTX 2080 card instead. It is all required to be plugged into a wall outlet though.
Everything that Twitch chat voted on was all put together by the team at SCPS Unlimited who combined the power of artists, structural engineers and computer techs to bring this project to life in just five months.
To see Fuslie look at the final product and get a proper tour of the car, you can see the VOD below:
Source: Car and Driver | Fuslie
