Well guys, I have just done something I haven't done in many years....I actually broke out and dusted off my real portable PS2 machine and popped in all my Ridge Racer games. I started with RR4 Type 4, then Ridge Racer Hi-Res 60fps Bonus disc, then finally Ridge Racer 5...then I proceeded to play them with a controller I've owned for years but hardly
EVER used!
The infamous Namco JoGcon!
This bold move was inspired by a comment Vas Cabb made over at the MESS forums
JogCon isn't rumble - it's actually a motor-driven wheel. You can spin it infinitely in both directions, and it can be commanded to apply torque feedback in either direction.
100%
CONFIRMED!! This little wheel on the JoGcon is a thing of wonders!!! It actually behaves almost
EXACTLY like a real arcade cabinet ffb wheel when playing Jogcon support Ridge Racer games! RRV and R4 HiRes Bonus disc gives a nice jolt and torque effect(similar to Scud Race oddly enough) to the Jogcon when turning and drifting, it feels totally
GNARLY!!!!!!! The only thing I notice it's missing is any kind of rumble effect, particularly when there's supposed to be, such as car to wall, car to rail, or car to car collisions. Vas Crabb...do you suspect this is more to do with the JoGcon's wheel containing only a small motor that's designed to deliver torque type forces in either direction, or do you think it's a result of Namco's console RR games not delivering that type of rumble effect at all, when the JoGcon is detected as the controller?
Reason I ask, is because when using a dualshock controller, the game delivers vibration and proper rumble during jumps and collisions, and I don't feel that in the JoGcon, so I'd like to get your opinion on it.
Anyway, all this does is further break my heart, knowing that the Lilypad plugin is out there, waiting to be modified and tweaked to add emulated JoGcon controller compatibility, yet no one has tackled it yet
Hopefully this changes one day, as I can just imagine how
ABSURDLY BITCHIN' it will be to have the ability to use our PC force feedback wheels in a game like Ridge Racer Type 4, Ridge Racer Hi-Spec Bonus disc, and Ridge Racer V.
Thread on LilyPad:
http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-LilyPad-0-10-0Source code(written in C++) is contained in the latest SVN of PCSX2
http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/index.php?m=detail&rev=5621&platform=windows-x86Let us pray someone tackles LilyPad and digs into its source code one day. Let's for it together....
edit: OK pic should be fixed