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Ridge Racer Multiplayer Link - Coming......
MartinJames:
Hi all,
I own a home arcade -
I recently spoke to one of the Devs of the System22 Driver and although currently he is a little pre occupied, he said if I give him a nudge in a couple of months he should be able to implement the link system form system21 as it is the same code, just needs hooking up. great news for me as I spend loads on system22 boards and I now officially give up! Mame it is for my Ridge racer 2 machine.
So leave it with me, and if by any chance he reads this! - THANK YOU!
Martin
isamu:
Very interesting Martin...but does this mean we'll have support for online netplay as well? Or just local LAN?
Also, can you please ask the the gentlemen behind the system 21 and system 22 driver if he can please see about extracting the FFB output driver code for those RR games, so that Howard can take a look at it and see if it's is easily compatible with the upcoming Mame Hooker?
MartinJames:
--- Quote from: isamu on March 26, 2013, 03:01:07 am ---Very interesting Martin...but does this mean we'll have support for online netplay as well? Or just local LAN?
Also, can you please ask the the gentlemen behind the system 21 and system 22 driver if he can please see about extracting the FFB output driver code for those RR games, so that Howard can take a look at it and see if it's is easily compatible with the upcoming Mame Hooker?
--- End quote ---
AS far as I know there is no FFB in System 21 or 22. Certainly not for any of the ridge racer series, twin or DLX. And From memory not for the 100" full size MX5 either. They work on the standard Namco Spring steering. I own RR1 upright, DLX, RR2 twin and all work the same. Never seen one but happy to be proved wrong.
I am however making a sitdown MAME cockpit which will be simply awesome, which I am trying to emulate FFB in non FFB games. Think Outrun DLX kind of thing.....
BadMouth:
That's an awesome home arcade! :drool
--- Quote from: vtivti on March 26, 2013, 07:48:30 am ---
--- Quote from: isamu on March 26, 2013, 03:01:07 am ---Very interesting Martin...but does this mean we'll have support for online netplay as well? Or just local LAN?
Also, can you please ask the the gentlemen behind the system 21 and system 22 driver if he can please see about extracting the FFB output driver code for those RR games, so that Howard can take a look at it and see if it's is easily compatible with the upcoming Mame Hooker?
--- End quote ---
AS far as I know there is no FFB in System 21 or 22. Certainly not for any of the ridge racer series, twin or DLX. And From memory not for the 100" full size MX5 either. They work on the standard Namco Spring steering. I own RR1 upright, DLX, RR2 twin and all work the same. Never seen one but happy to be proved wrong.
I am however making a sitdown MAME cockpit which will be simply awesome, which I am trying to emulate FFB in non FFB games. Think Outrun DLX kind of thing.....
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Rave Racer had FFB, but I think it was limited to a small number of cabinets. (maybe only in Japan?)
It's listed as a feature in the flyer and there is an option in the service menu to turn it on or off.
Most here in the U.S. were conversion kits put into Ridge Racer cabinets, so they didn't have FFB.
No idea if it had a separate FFB board or if it was on the main board.
They must have been extremely rare. I've only been able to find a few mentions on KLOV of someone picking one up and have never been able to find a picture of the steering setup.
Never been able to find the manual, except for the conversion kit which doesn't say much about ffb, just that it's not relevant to installation in a RR cab.
Every once in a while I search for the ffb motor on ebay because I'm curious as to what type of setup they used.
So far, I haven't seen one.
oh....and Hap rocks! ;D
BadMouth:
Info on Ace Driver seems easier to find and it turns out that it had FFB also.
None of the manuals I've found so far list the boards, but I'll keep looking.
Found this board on ebay that looks like it might be a FFB board..... in my dumb end-user opinion (because of the four transistors on the end).
Awful lot of other chips on there for it to just take in a signal and amplify it for the motor.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unknown-transformer-and-board-from-Namco-ACE-DRIVER-/110553383163?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bd7ec0fb+
Happ also lists a 270 degree FFB steering wheel assembly:
Item Number: 50-0160-00
STEERING ASSY 270 ACTIVE SPECIAL FOR ACE DRIVER
The description kinda makes it sound like it's a standard happ setup modified for Ace Driver.
Could just be that the game used 1k pots instead of 5k.
I have a feeling that I'll find a picture of a used steering setup and we'll have our answer.
EDIT: The Ace Driver Deluxe manual has everything listed. Looks like it might be a happ motor and small pulley (24v), but the rest is different.
The drawing of the FFB board isn't detailed enough to tell if the one on ebay is it, but it looks like it most likely is.
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