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driving games what would I need hardware?
vidmouse:
--- Quote from: vartech on January 15, 2009, 03:53:52 pm ---I know I need a 270 wheel also.
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I'm in a similar boat right now and am intending to do a mouse hack on
my sci 360 wheel. What I don't quite get is what games require 360
and why some require 270. Seems if you can get 360 you can do it all??
Or is it just a matter of amount of control you have, like trying to use an 8-way joystick to play pacman (do-able, but harder, less enjoyable)??
Minwah:
--- Quote from: severdhed on January 16, 2009, 03:43:11 pm ---i dont have alot of experience with driving controls, but for your pedals...you go with pedals that have a potentiometer, so you get analog control, and you install a switch so that it activates when the pedal is depressed the whole way..that way it will work with both types of games.
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No need!!
Go with potentiometer pedals yes, but do not add a microswitch. There is no need, Mame can map an analog input to a digital game input. Even if you want to use an emulator/game which doesn't have this functionality, you could just use JoyToKey.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: vidmouse on February 12, 2009, 08:33:51 am ---What I don't quite get is what games require 360
and why some require 270. Seems if you can get 360 you can do it all??
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Yes but...
--- Quote ---Or is it just a matter of amount of control you have, like trying to use an 8-way joystick to play pacman (do-able, but harder, less enjoyable)??
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Exactly. Playing eg OutRun with a 360deg wheel is possible and I suppose fairly ok, but not a patch on using the proper controller. Things like straightening up are not so easy with a 360deg wheel as it is not clear by the position / feel of the wheel where 'straight' is.
Get an arcade 270deg wheel...much better than creaky plasticky PC ones :P