Cheap Steering Wheel at Target

[mrserv0n]

Yay I got one Had to drive 25 minutes but eh it was worth it, plays great on my cab 

[zudmsc]

what settings do you use for the wheel? 
I have deadzone at .25
sensitivity at 13%

Sprint just doesnt have the same feel for steering.  I know the original game uses a 360 degree wheel. 

Please let me know what settings you use.

Michael

[atarihomestar]

I called target and they told me that there was 1 at a store about 25 minutes (one way) from where I live.  I asked them to hold it, piled my 2 kids into the car, and took off.  I got there and the guy at the electronics counter acted like he didn't have any idea what was going on.  We ended up walking around looking for it, even though the guy told me he was going to hold it at the counter.  After walking around for a couple minutes,  I notice the thing on the shelf, on top of some other product!  So I grab it, and finish walking to the end of the isle, and I see about 4 others on the end-cap.  So I got another one for a friend of mine.  Woohoo.  They don't look bad. 

If it wasn't for how much it would cost to ship, I would have bought the other ones and tried to sell them here.  But I'd probably have to sell them for about 30 bucks each in order for it to be worth it.  10 bucks sure sounds better than 30. :-)

Thanks for telling us about this deal! I'm excited to try it out.

[AwesomeAlbert]

My brother works at target, bought the wheel for 10, i went to the other target, they had none.  I asked him to pick me up one the next day at the store he works, they were out.  When he bought his he said there was alot of them !!!!!! Ill call the other two stores tomorrow.... My bro told me i can have his, he wont use it anyways, he just bought it because it was on clearance.

my brother found two more in the store he works at and bought it for me, we both came out with one..need to go pick it up at the house.

can someone that is testing this compile a list of games it works well with.. and your settings.. i have an extra empty cab, maybe i can do a standup driving cab.

thanks

[ahofle]

what settings do you use for the wheel? 
I have deadzone at .25
sensitivity at 13%

Sprint just doesnt have the same feel for steering.  I know the original game uses a 360 degree wheel. 

Please let me know what settings you use.

Michael

I just used the defaults (I didn't even install the drivers), but I haven't tried the wheel with any 360 wheel games since the spinner works much better for those.  This wheel also works well for Roadblasters.

[atarihomestar]

I can't get it to work for Road Blasters (a game I loved playing at the arcade.)  It's like it thinks I'm either cranked hard left or hard right.

[Red]

Can you operate the gas/brake without using the pedals?  Also, does the wheel seem cheap to you or is it pretty sturdy?  Thanks.

Red

[atarihomestar]

Can you operate the gas/brake without using the pedals?  Also, does the wheel seem cheap to you or is it pretty sturdy?

I think you can set it up in mame if you want to use keys or pedals for the gas/brake.  I'll check tonight when I get home.  Also, I was really surprised at how sturdy the wheel felt.  I think it's about 5 pounds, and the wheel doesn't feel like some hollow hard plastic tube.  If I could figure out how to get it to work with Road Blasters, I'd give it an enthusiastic thumb way up. Everybody else seems to think that it's working great, so I think it's probably just some setting I'm not setting correctly.

Oh, also, the wheel doesn't go more than all the way around.  I think it's like if you look at the wheel, you can turn 12 o'clock down to 6 o'clock either way (to the right or left) and as you get closer to 6, you seem to get more and more resistance.  It feels pretty good to me.  I'm not totally positive about the fact that it only goes 1 complete revolution.  Once again, I'll check when I get home.

[ahofle]

I can't get it to work for Road Blasters (a game I loved playing at the arcade.)  It's like it thinks I'm either cranked hard left or hard right.

I'll check this when I get home and report back.

[TAG]

Oh, also, the wheel doesn't go more than all the way around.  I think it's like if you look at the wheel, you can turn 12 o'clock down to 6 o'clock either way (to the right or left) and as you get closer to 6, you seem to get more and more resistance.  It feels pretty good to me.  I'm not totally positive about the fact that it only goes 1 complete revolution.  Once again, I'll check when I get home.

That's right, it's not a 360 degree optical wheel, so you can't keep spinning it around and around and around.  As such, while you can use it to play Pole Position, it's not a 100% authentic arcade experience.  It's more appropriate for games like Rave Racer and the like, where the wheel matches the one used in an arcade.

Still, for the ridiculously low price, it's sure close enough for me, at least until I get around to building the driving panel with the old Pole Position wheel I picked up awhile back.  But the Nascar wheel will still be useful for the 270 degree games!

[mountain]

I can't get it to work for Road Blasters (a game I loved playing at the arcade.)  It's like it thinks I'm either cranked hard left or hard right.

Mine did the same thing. I had to set the sensitivity all the way down to 1% to play Roadblasters. I think for Out Run I had to set it to 3 or 4.

[atarihomestar]

I can't get it to work for Road Blasters (a game I loved playing at the arcade.)  It's like it thinks I'm either cranked hard left or hard right.

Mine did the same thing. I had to set the sensitivity all the way down to 1% to play Roadblasters. I think for Out Run I had to set it to 3 or 4.

Sweet.  I think it was set to like 50 when I first tried it, and I think I understood the sensitivity setting backwards, so I set it to like 95.  I didn't notice a change.  I'll try it at 1 when I get home. 

TAG:  Yeah, you really can't beat 10 bucks.   And it is a billion times better than using keys or a joystick or something.

[bfauska]

I don't know why I keep checking this thread.  It just makes me resent you all a little more each time...  I gotta get some kind of wheel setup in my cab soon... maybe even a spinner based so I can play Pole Position. 

Thanks for starting the thread though, I did check 2 targets and never would have even known to try if it hadn't been for the thread.  I'll just have to keep my eyes open for other opportunities.

[ahofle]

Well I tried again last night and you are right, Roadblasters just doesn't feel quite right.  I have the sensitivity way down, but it still doesn't work like Outrun.  Hard to explain.  I noticed that MAME lists the control as 'dial' implying optical.  Outrun is listed as 'paddle'.  Wasn't the original game a pot-based yoke, not optical?  It works perfectly with a spinner.

Thanks for starting the thread though, I did check 2 targets and never would have even known to try if it hadn't been for the thread.  I'll just have to keep my eyes open for other opportunities.

Did you have them check all the Targets in your area?  I was surprised they were able to do that when I called.  They told me the two targets in town that had them in stock.

[atarihomestar]

I tried Outrun last night and it worked great.  I remember playing that at the arcade and I remember being amazed at how great it looked.  Now it's amazing how bad it looks. :-)  Still, it's a blast to play.

bfauska:  I did as a few others in this thread have done - I called my local target, told them this number - 080000826 - and they were able to look for the thing at any of the Targets within like 30 miles of my house.  And they found some at a Target bout 20 miles from my house.  :-)

[knave]

After deciding that I really don't need one of these... ...I went to my local target and they had none...they checked for me and the other local target was out too but one an hour away from me has six.  I'll pass  Any one live in Valejo, CA?  Go get em.   

And if ya' want pick up one for me. 

[Ninten-doh]

Has anyone tried playing Outrun with the Final Burn emulator?  There's a version with force feedback that might be great with your new toys.   

Here's the link...
http://www.geocities.com/finalburnff/

[deadpool18]

Has anyone tried Chase HQ?

[bfauska]

 

I got one.

I have to figure a way to put it on my CP, but at least I got one before NO stores around me had any.  If I include the gas price I still got it for less than $20 so that's good.

Thank you Deadpool for the original post.

[scotthh]

My wife picked one up for me at the Target in White Plains, NY (after Ninten-doh's wife struck out for me in Clifton, NJ). And I still suck at Outrun.

[ahofle]

Has anyone tried Chase HQ?

Works great, but I suck at it (I don't remember the first white car being that hard to take out).

[deadpool18]

I just tried Chase HQ for a few minutes, and I like it!!! 

[bratwurst]

Anyone have a set they got at Target like this that they're not using anymore and want to sell?