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Generic Eric:
How much space would a driving cab take up? 

In order to properly plan, I'd like to know the area of space a driving cab would take up.  I am interested to know about driving games as well as flying/cockpit games, such as Star Wars. 

Thanks a bunch.

Howard_Casto:
I really depends upon the particular cabinet honestly, they vary a lot.  The most popular cab to convert is a Daytona and going by guestimate and some dimensions someone sent for my project it has the equivalent of a 26 -28 inch wide, foot and a half deep "cabinet" section, with a 2 foot wide 4 1/4 foot long podium to house the seat coming out of it.  Some are a bit smaller in terms of how far they stick out while some of the crazy "ride on" cabs take up a whole room basically.

So big.  I'm making a collapsible one myself.  When closed up it'll take up about as much floor space as a standard arcade cabinet, so assuming I manage to pull it off (about halfway done atm) that might be a way to go if space is a concern. 

Of course there are those steel "sim" rigs, but those are overpriced for what you get (the seats are cheap and they are really flimsy, even the +300 dollar ones). 

You could probably make a removable wheel for star wars and the like assuming you can manage to stuff extra wires for the pot through the wheel's shaft.  Afterburner is even easier, fighter cockpits have the stick between your legs, so just make a removable base for a joystick in front of the seat.  Use your shifter as your throttle, assuming it's an analog shifter (most commercial ones are). 

SegaOutrun:
which star wars? if you mean the model 3 game star wars trilogy, its playable but its has some graphical glitches. nothing major if you have a strong pc.

if space is an issue, you could make an upright racing cab. Mine is kind of an upright, (its more of a two in one), its a regular cab with steering wheel in the center of the cp. I use a stool to sitdown when I race so im not standing like a traditional upright. its not pretty but I can play street fighter and outrun on the same cab

menace:
I'm in the design phase of a quasi-upright driving machine and the last two comments have piqued my curiosity--any chance howard or sega could post pics of what they have so far?

I too want the stylings of a sit-down without the floor space and was thinking something collapsible or modular would be the way to go.  My plan was to use the front section of a traditional sitdown (although slimmer since I'll be using a 21" touch screen all in one) but have the seat area using chairs already found in the basement.  I was also planning on pedal height adjusters so my kids could play it easily as well as me.

BadMouth:
This is an important question.  I will measure tonight.

My old cab was next to a heating oil tank in the basement.
Even though the front part of the cab is wider than the seat area, It felt uncomfortable to have it right up against the oil tank.
Gotta have some elbow room and breathing room, as well as more space on the side you plan to enter and exit the cab from.
As said, will take some measurements tonight and post my thoughts.

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