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Who wants a Driving/Racing forum?
BadMouth:
Hope I'm going about this the right way. It says in Forum Discussion to create a poll, but didn't say where.
More people will see it here.
Here is what I'm thinking........
-Stickied threads with instructions on how to set up MAME, M2, Vivanonno, Demul, Supermodel, etc for driving games.
-Replies to the MAME setup thread could include the tricks needed to set up specific games (like the shifter in Hard Drivin).
An alphabetized list with links could be maintained in the first post.
-Lap time competitions similar to the high score competitions in the Main Forum.
-General discussion of arcade driving games, racing anime, movies, etc.
-The driving cab projects should stay in Project Announcements, but a directory could be created in a thread in the Driving Cab forum.
Not sure what I would call it.
Ideas/comments?
brad808:
In my opinion it's a good idea... but I also have a driving cabinet. With that being said I would understand why people without a driving cabinet wouldn't want one.
The biggest reason people without driving cabinets should be interested in this is because there is a ton of information which can lead to lots of posts about specific driving games that won't affect the majority of people with MAME cabinets. MAME cabinets are easy in the sense that you get a joystick, 6 buttons, a keyboard encoder and you can play 4000 games no problem. Driving games from what I've seen have a bunch of different emulators (each with their own problem), a ton of different ways to handle inputs, different ways to handle force feedback, different shifters, pedals, donor wheels etc. For that reason it would be nice to keep the ton of "crap" posts (looks like there is a bunch more driving cabinets on the horizon) out of way because 95% of MAME cabinet builders won't be needing the information or care to see it because it will all be irrelevant for their setup.
From the perspective of a person with a driving cabinet I would love to see a separate forum for the obvious reason that all the information will be contained and easy to find. I see threads show up that are a year or two old with awesome information regarding driving games or cabs that get lost with the exact problems I'm trying to troubleshoot.
I didn't even know racing anime existed until I just searched on youtube. Not something that I would personally be interested in.
High score lap times and overall race times would be sweet. That could be lots of fun. I would think because there are less racing games that there couldn't be a high score competition like in the main thread every week but maybe a "wall of fame" type idea where there is a fastest lap champion and if you get a better lap then submit it and take it over. Same idea for the overall race times. Have a master list with each game and the track such as:
Daytona - Easy
Fastest Lap: 0:1.00 (Brad 808)
Fastest Race: 1:0.00 (BadMouth)
Daytona - Medium
Fastest Lap:
Fastest Race:
Daytona - Hard
Fastest Lap:
Fastest Race:
Scud Race - Beginner
Fastest Lap:
Fastest Race:
Etc.
Come to think about it if the idea of a separate driving/racing forum isn't brought to fruition we should still create a High Score driving thread.
Edit: Absolute worst case scenario we should at least have a high score thread for Cuis'n USA/ Cruis'n World (Let the haters hate) >:D
leapinlew:
I think what we have works fine. When I built my driving cabinet, I needed help and I doubt the people would have helped me in a sub forum simply because they wouldn't have seen it.
Here is my cab:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=54588.0
Here are the links I needed help with:
Best mouse to use for steering
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=54515.0
Debating on buying a driving cab, posted in the main forum and I got no responses
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=52180.0
How to get a pole position wheel to work with a mame
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=52577.0
Encoder wheel/mouse hack
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=54685.0
All in all, it was a fun project. I think an Xbox cabinet might have been better than a Mame driving cab. The end result was a cab that only played a few games well, and most of the games were a compromise due to steering wheel differences (360vs270), pedal differences (Microswitch vs Pot & Gas vs Gas/Brake), screen orientation (Horizontal vs Vertical, and the shifter manual vs automatic, return to center. I think a dedicated forum would get very little action, but it would have been nice to see everyones driving cabs.
isamu:
I'm all for it dude. :afro: Not sure if all the community is though
RamjetR:
Dedicated section for Driving Cabs? hmmmm I just don't think there is enough traffic on that subject to warrant it?
Easier to collate information perhaps, but really... If people just linked their projects or interesting threads in the bottom of their signature like you do BadMouth. Then I think the information gets around quite easily enough.
I click on links in Sig's much more often than going looking for a particular thread. Your sticky thread in Driving Cabs has pretty much become the definitive noobs resource for information. Other than that, people cruise the project channel and the main channel.
Ramjet