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TheShaner:

Here we go, it was from tony silveira's bArcade.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,102665.0.html

He actually takes two different approaches. 

1.  Slots:


2.  On the control panel


They are both pretty neat approaches. 

BadMouth:


--- Quote from: TheShaner on May 03, 2013, 03:11:13 pm ---For now I just need to address the fact that I cannot play outrun, offroad, or my all time fav APB on my cab.  I have played those plenty of times on stand up machines and they are perfectly fun like that.  Of course nothing beats the experience of playing a good racing game sitting down with FFB, but that will come in due time.
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Offroad and APB are 360 degree wheel games and do not play very well with PC wheels.
If those are important to you, go with a 360 degree wheel.
Either get a used one off ebay and wire it to an Opti-Wiz/Opti-Pac, or get a spinner with a steering wheel attachment.
(actually I'd use a U-HID so it could also cover analog pedals, not sure if the nano version has enough pins for everything though)

There are workarounds to make the 270 degree wheel games work better with a 360 degree wheel.
It's not for the faint of heart, but I'm sure you can handle it.

PL1:

Are you thinking about 1UP's PAC-MAMEA with removable SW Yoke?






Scott

TheShaner:

I hadnt seen that one befor PL1, so no, but he is using roughly the same idea that I showed above on the bArcade.  I will probably steer in that general direction and see if there are any ways I can improve upon the mounting.   I am starting to wish I had some good storage room inside the cab to hold the different modular controls if I end up building them

SegaOutrun:

Im using a logitech momo steering wheel. it was $40 on craigslist for me and like 80 new. Its no g27, but i play arcade racer more than realistic racers so, it works well for me. 6 buttons (10 if you count the paddle shifter and the gear shifter)


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