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Multiple Racing Emulators?
paigeoliver:
You would be better of building a senior project that was completely legal. Instead of emulating a linked arcade driving game (which like I said will cost a lot more than buying one), you should run some pre-existing PC driving software that supports multiplayer.
Or if you really insist on emulation then your most cost effective route is STILL to start with an existing linked arcade driver setup, since you would spend more on the controls and displays alone than the whole thing costs.
Bramlet:
If you can get cheapo TV's and computers for free or close and have sources for cheap wood and junkyard car seats, I think it could possibly be done for less than purchasing. How much would a linked driving cab cost to purchase? The only ones I've seen in my limited amount of time looking was around $2000.
brad808:
I know it's not exactly what you asked about but have you considered a console based driving setup for multi player? There are a ton of good console driving games and almost all of them are designed for multiplayer. You would unfortunately have all the down sides of console games such as loading times and endless menus but you could probably get close to 30-40ish sweet multiplayer games vs only a few "arcade" games setup for multiplayer.
The cost of xbox,ps2, xbox360 is going to be way cheaper then a computer running even good pc racing games. I see second hand ps2's at the second hand store by me selling for $30 all the time. You can't even get a half decent video card for that.
Unless your dead set on arcade games (which I completely understand) then forget the console.
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Hadeys:
--- Quote from: brad808 on March 06, 2012, 11:56:01 am ---I know it's not exactly what you asked about but have you considered a console based driving setup for multi player? There are a ton of good console driving games and almost all of them are designed for multiplayer. You would unfortunately have all the down sides of console games such as loading times and endless menus but you could probably get close to 30-40ish sweet multiplayer games vs only a few "arcade" games setup for multiplayer.
The cost of xbox,ps2, xbox360 is going to be way cheaper then a computer running even good pc racing games. I see second hand ps2's at the second hand store by me selling for $30 all the time. You can't even get a half decent video card for that.
Unless your dead set on arcade games (which I completely understand) then forget the console.
--- End quote ---
I would consider anything, and I have a cabinet which could be used. It has monitors and seats but no other electronics in it. I think it would be a great cadidate to do something like this with.
paigeoliver:
The monitors you have are the most important thing. What they are is going to determine everything about the rest of the project. Are they normal arcade monitors, medium resolution or VGA?
Trying to use a console would be a mistake as it could make interfacing with the driving controls very difficult and has less functionality than a PC and can be more expensive. You don't need new PCs to run a racing setup, any old ones would do. A 10 year old PC driving game on a computer someone threw in the trash would still look better than Daytona did.
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