Cruis'n' USA cab

[fireslayer26]

I just bought a sit down Cruis'n' USA cab. Well, it was originally a Daytona USA cab, that was later upgraded to a Cruis'n' USA. My question is that I see the control panel has a force feedback motor attached to it but it is not connected to anything. I can not find any other wires to connect it to in the "guts" of the cab. The way it was explained to me was that they just changed out the chips on the board to make it Cruis'n' USA, but now I wondering if they changed out the whole control board since there is no connection for the force feedback motor. Did the Cruis'n' USA game have force feedback. Where should I look for the proper connection for it?

Thanks,
William

[BadMouth]

I just bought a sit down Cruis'n' USA cab. Well, it was originally a Daytona USA cab, that was later upgraded downgraded to a Cruis'n' USA. My question is that I see the control panel has a force feedback motor attached to it but it is not connected to anything. I can not find any other wires to connect it to in the "guts" of the cab. The way it was explained to me was that they just changed out the chips on the board to make it Cruis'n' USA, but now I wondering if they changed out the whole control board since there is no connection for the force feedback motor. Did the Cruis'n' USA game have force feedback. Where should I look for the proper connection for it?

Thanks,
William

Daytona USA used a Sega 120v AC motor with a clutch mechanism.
Cruisin' USA used a Happ 24v DC setup that's pretty common among games not made by Sega.

My guess is that they just hooked the Potentiometers from the Sega controls up to the Cruis'n board.
There is no way to interface the Sega FFB motor to the Cruisn' board.

Sega setup:


Happ setup:


The first thing I would do is download a Cruisn' USA manual and see if it had a separate FFB board.
Then make sure you actually have the FFB board and 24v power supply for the feedback motor.
If your cab still has the Sega FFB Steering setup, you'd have to swap in a Happ setup.
It isn't going to drop right in, you'll have to do some fabrication.

I had a friend weld some studs to the Sega bracket and widen the hole for the steering shaft to do this one time:
(the happ setup is upside down, so your steering wheel would be also unless re-keyed)

[BzZziLLa]

\Well, it was originally a Daytona USA cab, that was later upgraded to a Cruis'n' USA.

Cruis'n usa isn't an upgrade from daytona

[Howard_Casto]

Eh I dunno.  At the time it was graphically impressive and certainly had more personality than Daytona.  Unfortunately it hasn't aged very well due to the use of 2d sprites.  Now I would rather have Daytona... back then I would rather have Crus'n USA. 

[fireslayer26]

So do you think I should try to "upgrade" back to Daytona USA and get my force feedback back??   

PS- Does anyone know where I can get a replacement yellow start button for the Daytona USA cab?

[Malenko]

Id rather have cruisn.  The easy and medium tracks are fun on daytona but the hard track gives me nightmares.  Other than the Chicago track in Cruisn, I like all of them.


Its really up to you do based on how much you are willing to spend, and how much you like one game over the other.

[fireslayer26]

I do like the Cruisn USA but just wish the force feedback worked.  I may try BadMouth's solution in the future when I have time. Also, how do I change the Cruisn USA to free play?

[Malenko]

you have to go into the service menu and change the coinage. It's under adjustments:

[BzZziLLa]

I just got a cruis'n world cabinet. Would any parts out of this work for you?