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Xbox 360 and standard USB steering wheel & pedals?
Cretster:
Ok so I've got the cronusmax now, and after some initial hassle have got the latest firmware on it.
The objective here is to use the logitech driving force wheel/pedals in my cabinet for playing forza on the 360 in it.
I 'think' this is how I need to rig it up to do that but I may have got the wrong end of the stick....
1) Wheel & pedals plugged into PC (ie the cabinet as they are at present)
2) Download & install CronusMAX-XInput, then do some sort of setup with that. Plus presumably load some specific profile file to the cronus for forza/360.
3) Plug the cronus into the 360 and also connected to PC (easy enough since they're in the same cabinet)
4) Start the game with a real wired 360 controller (connected to the cronus), then remove that from the cronus, and plug the wheel into it instead?
I might have got this completely wrong, and I need to go read up on the cronus forums. Most of the stuff I see relates to the XB1, not the 360, so it's feasible it's a bit easier with the 360 but might be the same process.
What I ultimately want is to be able to just start the 360 and begin playing it using the wheel, but if this cable swapping nonsense is necessary I guess I'll have to buy some sort of physical USB switch that can be pressed on the cabinet in order to effectively swap the cables over by pressing a button.
Please feel free to shoot this down (politely) if I'm talking absolute crap!!! :D
Cretster:
Ok a little update on this.
I found part of the problem was needing an actual wired controller for the 360 to authenticate on startup. I was using a wireless one with the USB cable connected, thinking it'd do the same thing. Nope!
So I bought a used unbranded one today at extortionate price from a local shop in the hopes it'd work and it does!
So I've managed a lap or two of Forza 4 in the cabinet, using wheel & pedals. The problem I currently have is the Xinput app that translates the output from the wheel just keeps failing after a short period of time, so you only get part of a race before the app crashes. The guys on that forum have pointed me at a Beta that's meant to solve this but it's being a ballache to set up in respect of missing dll messages etc, and I'm sure I've done all the stuff I should have done in order to prevent that.
Will have to persevere though.
Have been busy discussing with nerdy colleagues the potential mechanisms I might have to build for the bottom half of my intended converting racer cab. Could be interesting.....
Cretster:
Great - all seems to be fine and dandy now with this.
I tried one option of using a different Gtuner plugin called MaxAim and this worked great, but with no force on steering wheel, and a big load of sloppiness in the middle of the steering.
Got it working properly with Xinput though finally and it's fantastic now. Absolutely loving playing forza in my arcade cab with a wheel. :D
Now the plot thickens as to the vague design & planning of V2 of my cabinet.....
See this topic for more info....
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143004.0.html
Cretster:
Was having a slight issue with 2-3 second screen blackouts while playing Forza in the cabinet, and traced it back to the cheap auto HDMI switch. It wasn't fully isolating one HDMI signal from another it seems, so I bought a manual switch (which arrived today), and it works perfectly.
Also bought a cheap 32" LCD monitor as an upgrade to the 19" one currently in my cabinet. It won't fit of course, so I have no choice but to go ahead with build #2..... :D
BadMouth:
Just to clarify....
The CronusMAX does work to interface a Logitech wheel with an xbox 360?
Directional force feedback works, not just rumble?
That's pretty awesome if both are true.
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