I like this game. It's one of the few driving games that will work with whatever controls your cab has.
It has dip switch settings for either an optical encoder wheel (360 °), a potentiometer wheel (270 °), or plain ol' joysticks.
Not sure what MAME defaults to, but the game probably gets overlooked when people set up their joystick cabs.
It's cool you have a group of people to go on these runs with.