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MydknyteStyrm:
This seems like the place to get my questions answered.
I am now attempting to put together driving controls for my cab. I am not making a dedicated racing cabinet, as my living room real estate wont allow it. I read as much as I can about wheels, and found the SteelSeries SRW-S1 wheel, which was made for a game called SimRaceWay. Its an interesting wheel. Its handheld, with no base or pedals. There are two analog pedals on the underside of the wheel which can be triggered easily, similar to the Z button on a N64 controller. I figured it was compact enough to work for a standup arcade. I got it for 75 bucks on Amazon, it has a USB port, and it seems to work okay with Mame. I got most of the driving games set, but some spinner wheel type games like SuperSprint and OffRoad are still not working.
Question 1: Im confused on the Dial settings for Mame. The sensitivity and digital numbers, whats the ideal setting? Higher means what, as opposed to lower numbers? If anyone could elaborate.
Question 2: My computer sees the SRW-S1 wheel as a Analog Joystick. I cant seem to get it to work on Sega Model 2, because when I set the analog brake and throttle, I only have the option to set Steering or Brake, not acceleration. Thoughts?
Question 3: How do I hook up a analog wheel to Demul?
Question 4: Should I just return this wheel and get the Logitech g27? I'm looking for the easiest way to set up a wheel, and maybe this USB wheel is more trouble than its worth.
Thanks for all your advice!
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: MydknyteStyrm on November 26, 2013, 09:50:50 pm --- I got most of the driving games set, but some spinner wheel type games like SuperSprint and OffRoad are still not working.
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Yup, for those games you need a wheel that shows up as a spinner and spins endlessly.
You can get the games you mentioned working just well enough to play, but they'll never feel quite right.
Other games like pole position are literally impossible to get working properly.
--- Quote from: MydknyteStyrm on November 26, 2013, 09:50:50 pm ---Question 1: Im confused on the Dial settings for Mame. The sensitivity and digital numbers, whats the ideal setting? Higher means what, as opposed to lower numbers? If anyone could elaborate.
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This is covered in the first post of this thread. Settings that say "Digital" are for when key presses are substituted for analog controls. The only setting that has an effect on your analog controls is Sensetivity and Reverse. IIRC, I have the sensitivity set above 130 for most games. Every game is different and must be set up individually.
--- Quote from: MydknyteStyrm on November 26, 2013, 09:50:50 pm ---Question 2: My computer sees the SRW-S1 wheel as a Analog Joystick. I cant seem to get it to work on Sega Model 2, because when I set the analog brake and throttle, I only have the option to set Steering or Brake, not acceleration. Thoughts?
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M2 emulator requires the pedals to be on separate axis. Yours is apparently on one axis. You should be able to map it to acceleration and use a button for the brake. You might be able to work around it by using a program called x360ce to create a virtual xbox controller and then selecting x-input in the m2 config file.
--- Quote from: MydknyteStyrm on November 26, 2013, 09:50:50 pm ---Question 3: How do I hook up a analog wheel to Demul?
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Just map it under the analog inputs on the same screen where you map the other controls. :dunno
--- Quote from: MydknyteStyrm on November 26, 2013, 09:50:50 pm ---Question 4: Should I just return this wheel and get the Logitech g27? I'm looking for the easiest way to set up a wheel, and maybe this USB wheel is more trouble than its worth.
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Up to you. The wheel you have takes up no space.
Anything you get is going to have it's quirks. The G27 clutch pedal will wreak havoc while trying to map controls in Demul and some PC games unless you hold it exactly halfway down. The cheaper wheels without a clutch don't have that problem, but they don't have an H-shifter either and would require workarounds for that.
I've thought about getting that controller for the living room.
It crams a lot of stuff into a small package.
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on how it performs. I think my arms would get tired.
I wonder how different from a standard wheel it would feel if attached to a steering shaft with a centering spring?
MydknyteStyrm:
I found a small camera tripod with a swivel head gobo that attaches to the back of the SRW quite easily. A little WD-40 and the wheel works much better than "air driving". Thanks so much for the information. I am going to test out as much as I can this weekend.
I've read about the x360 software, but has anyone successfully used xpadder with a wheel? I ask because I already have xpadder loading up with my Hyperspin.
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FaithLes2425:
Any of you nice people have any experince with Split/Second Velocity PC using a wheel?
I have a G27 wheel and mapping it to the game is fairly easy but, when every thing is set up and i am good to go i notice that when ever i turn the wheel the acceleration is slowing down. imagine if you play any driving game using an analogue controller using only one analogue stick for gas, brake, left and right so pushing the stick up would make it accelerate and back for brake. This is what it feels like when ever i use my wheel. Using a gamepad or keybord works like it should. I have bin playing a little with x360ce but i could not get the game to recognise my wheel as an Xbox controller for some reason?
Any help would be greatly appreciated since i really wanna add this game to my twin cab (work in Progress).
Howard_Casto:
Just a heads up, some of this stuff probably needs updated.
As of 153 the output code for outrun has been accepted, so various sega games from that era now have their "deluxe" motors hooked up, which equates to more than simple rumble.
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