I'm not sure why you really want a coin door. I know this is blasphemy, but the best racers are the modern ones, not those in the arcade. Most of the stuff prior to the 3d era doesn't hold up well other than a quick 5 minute playthrough or something. The regular old pc racers are even better. There are exceptions of course, but not many.
Don’t crush my dream, lol. I hear you, I’ve actually avoided playing any mame games on my PC for fear that I’ll be disappointed and it won’t live up to what I remember.
I actually checked some online sales in a few cities around me, and it’s a bad market for arcade cabinets where I am, linked VR racers are like 7K.
I could give up the coin door requirement, would you have anything to recommend that is not an arcade cabinet but would look great and function well for both old and new?
I’ve seen some of those rigs that have hydraulics, those look fun. But not sure if they are stupid expensive.
Personally I’m not a sim racer person, but I do love a good arcade racer, those newer racing games running on TeknoParrot look great and they are current as well.