Hey folks,
I'm a Brazilian novice in terms of restoring racing cabinets, but I've already restored a lot of pinball machines, I have a project in hand, an empty cabinet from a Daytona 2 Single,
I will tell you what exactly I have here
* cabinet with complete structure in good shape
*complete wire harness
* steering wheel with force feedback motor
*shifter
*pedals
*empty board cage
*wells gardner 27 monitor
In short, I have basically everything except any card.
At first I was looking for the original boards to put this beauty to work, but I got discouraged when I saw the prices to complete the entire kit and also because these boards weren't so reliable, I even thought about buying a donor one but the donor had the motherboards with issues and would spend money for nothing.
So I started researching a lot in the last few days on how to convert all of this to work with an emulator on a PC. This is where things get complicated. I've seen a lot of old and new things about converting cabinets using a PC and some boards, and I believe there may be a lot of things that are already obsolete, and I've read about several boards being used for this conversion, I'd like to know if any good soul could do it. help me on this adventure.
My Goal >>>
have a cabin that looks original, with the same original steering wheel, same pedals, same CRT monitor, working dashboard lamps and of course original force feedback.
If any of you could put together the best set up in 2024, what would it be?
What do I need to achieve my goal, which emulator? What PC setup? Which boards are manufactured by third parties? Excuse my ignorance, but for someone who fell into this without any experience, there are several videos and posts, but few indicate anything about a complete construction of the system, or showing what is really needed to get everything working with practically zero boards.
I really appreciate anyone who can help me