About Garage Fore

The site started as a spreadsheet. In April 2024 I began logging every piece of simulator gear that came through the garage: purchase date, rough cost, number of actual sessions before a verdict, return date if applicable. That tracker now covers a SkyTrak that stayed, an impact screen and projector that stayed, two mats that went back, a net that went back, and a running total close to five thousand dollars. The honest return entries turned out to be more useful to other builders than the positive ones, so the site became a place to publish the whole record.

Garage Fore covers one specific setup: a half-cleared two-car garage in suburban Cincinnati, 19 feet of usable depth from ball position to back wall, a poured concrete floor, a single 8-foot LED shop fixture overhead, and a ceiling low enough to make projector throw ratio a real decision. Every product covered here was purchased, installed, and used across real sessions in that space. Not borrowed gear, not press samples, not a single unbox-only evaluation.

If you're building a simulator in a tight suburban garage on a hobbyist budget, the coverage here is aimed at your situation. Commercial sim rooms and tour-level hardware are outside scope.

Who runs the site is on the author page.

Some links here are affiliate links. Buy through one, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. The garage decides what gets covered. Details in the Editorial Policy.