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Best Steering Wheel Setup?
Magnet_Eye:
I was thinking about having a Logitech Steering Wheel near my Cab for driving games, it hooks up to the USB. Though I wonder how it conflicts with the opti-pac, etc..if it does at all. Anyone done this? I am thinking i might be able to mount it to the front of the CP or something when i play those games. Do these actually work with MAME?
What have you done? What do you do to play these driving games?
Thanks!
-M 8)
paigeoliver:
Most arcade driving games are expecting 360 degree steering wheels (ones that you can just keep turning forever). PC wheels are not like that. I have a couple PC wheels, and I am not really happy with the way they perform in MAME (Except for a really cheap one I have that also has an analog shifter, which makes an excellent Star Wars controller).
There should be no conflict between a PC wheel and an optipac, as the PC wheel is a "Joystick" and the optipac is a "mouse" as far as the computer is concerned.
Minwah:
I wouldn't neccessarily say *most* arcade driving games need 360degree wheels...from memory I thought it was about 50/50.
If you like games like Outrun, Chase HQ etc. then a PC wheel will work fine. For the games paigeoliver mention like Pole Position, the Sprint series etc. then a 360deg wheel (or at least spinner) is a must.
If you like all these games then of course you need both :D
paigeoliver:
I was more thinking along the lines of Pole Position, Turbo, the Sprint series, Super Off Road. That is mostly what I play for driving games.
I thought Chase HQ had a 360 wheel? My SCI certainly did (Sequel to Chase HQ).
Magnet_Eye:
Damn, I didnt think about it..you're right! I can't play my favs, like Championship Sprint, Pole Position, etc..
It would be cool for Hard/Race Driving i think, and a few others.. (Road Blasters!!!) better than nothing i guess. I will have a spinner in my new CP, so i can use that for those others, but playing them with a spinner sucks ass! I need a wheel!
Who has built a steering wheel that works like a spinner? Damn, we need one...maybe oscar can save us?
PS- paigeoliver, how can you play Star Wars with just a wheel? no up/down movement...?
:P