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twitami:

Plus, it could be used with regular driving games as well couldn't it? Like Out Run, Night Driver, Enduro Racer, etc? I know they used a different wheel (270 vs 360 I think), but they WILL work with a spinner, I have played them with one. Is there a problem using one for them?



Xiaou2:

 Yes, you can play 270 degree well with a 360 spinner.

 You can also play 2 player spinner games with such as  Warlords.
 

 I think it would be a cool addition to add analog pedals that can plug into
the machine  Via  a connector jack.

 Or maybe you could even make a mini-analog stick hacks  for  micro 'finger pedals'
on the actual control panel.


hbm*rais:

You CAN play 270 games with 360 wheel/spinner. Then again, you could play it with a keyboard, a mouse or a 8-way joystick. I couldn't tell you if the experience would be pleasant, as I never tried it. I can tell you for sure I wouldn't be able to play modern games (think Outrun C2C ou Crazy Taxi) with this kind of controller, even if they'd allowed for it.

As Kermmit said, its an specialty machine. If you know and love enough 360 games (driving or spinner), by all means, go for it.

If it was my cab I would try to cover my bases and have a 270 wheel around anyway. That way I would be able to play modern arcade based PC games and the fantastic games emulated by the Nebula M2.

How about this: A single centered 270 controller, sided by two 360 spinners/wheels. You don't need a wheel mounted on the center controller, just use the same kind of shaft used on the GGG spinner.  That way you can go from single player 270 to dual player 360 in just a minute.



--- Quote from: twitami on November 23, 2007, 01:48:26 am ---Plus, it could be used with regular driving games as well couldn't it? Like Out Run, Night Driver, Enduro Racer, etc? I know they used a different wheel (270 vs 360 I think), but they WILL work with a spinner, I have played them with one. Is there a problem using one for them?



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Xiaou2:

"couldn't tell you if the experience would be pleasant"

 It works and plays just fine.    A spinner has high resolution, and therefore,
will preform just the same as a Pot based controller.

 Trying to play a 360 game with a pot however, will not work well,  or not at
all.

"I can tell you for sure I wouldn't be able to play modern games"

 Wrong Again.    Most all modern driving games allow for mouse steering.  Ive never
seen a modern driving game that didnt allow Mouse steering.




hbm*rais:

Xiaou,

There is a big difference between "working" and being a pleasant experience. Never mind the resolution of a spinner, it doesn't "perform just the same" as a pot based controller. It performs differently, not better, not worse, differently.

The infinite spin and lack of self centering of a spinner would ruin any modern game to me. Note that I said "to me". That's a personal taste and not an indisputable truth.

Out of curiosity, what modern driving games allow mouse steering? Are you referring to MAME? If yes, then of course, it's part of the emulator infrastructure, it makes lots of kinds controllers work interchangeably (you can use 8-way joystick to play a trackball game, why not a spinner for a 270 wheel game).

If you're talking about modern PC games, then I'm a bit lost... the only ones that I know that allow mouse steering are some hardcore simulation games.

@OP: If you're a hardcore fan of the Super Sprint series, maybe you want to check a PC game called GeneRally (http://generally.rscsites.org/screenshots.shtml). Same style of game, lots of different cars and tracks. But... it doesn't seem to allow mouse steering. Also, I'm not sure if it's cab friendly.





--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on November 23, 2007, 06:30:57 pm ---"couldn't tell you if the experience would be pleasant"

 It works and plays just fine.    A spinner has high resolution, and therefore,
will preform just the same as a Pot based controller.

 Trying to play a 360 game with a pot however, will not work well,  or not at
all.

"I can tell you for sure I wouldn't be able to play modern games"

 Wrong Again.    Most all modern driving games allow for mouse steering.  Ive never
seen a modern driving game that didnt allow Mouse steering.




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