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Title: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: Endprodukt on July 02, 2025, 04:05:26 pm
I was wondering if you guys have a solution to get the neutral gear to work? It expects a dual input on one gear to shift to neutral. I would like it to behave correctly if anyone has a solution.
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: SailorSat on July 03, 2025, 12:54:37 am
I don't understand the question in the first place.

Do indeed switch to neutral by tapping one of the 4 gear inputs twice.
On a real shifter, I'd move the stick to 1, then pull it slightly back (to have the microswitch in the shifter open) then have it snap back to 1st - you're in neutral now.

You want it to switch to neutral if moving the shifter into neutral position?
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: Endprodukt on July 03, 2025, 02:56:20 am
That would be the expected behavior. No gear engaged = neutral.
It's a bit weird what mame does.

Good to see you around btw
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: SailorSat on July 03, 2025, 07:38:00 am
Just checked the MAME source - yes, kinda crap what they did there.
Nothing you can do though. I'll send in a patch to MAME.
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: Endprodukt on July 03, 2025, 08:03:06 am
Thank you very very much. Glad to hear I wasn't stupid. I will check if the other midway racers behave the same.
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: Endprodukt on July 03, 2025, 11:50:51 am
Cruis'n World and Offroad Challenge act exactly the same.

San Fracisco Rush can't even set to neutral and has no button assigned in mame.
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: SailorSat on July 03, 2025, 03:03:40 pm
Thank you very very much. Glad to hear I wasn't stupid. I will check if the other midway racers behave the same.
Cruis'n World and Offroad Challange are the same driver as Cruis'n USA after all :)

Currently wondering on how to approach the issue in the first place.
The current system probably was made so you don't have to constantly "hold" the gear button (like a real shifter would).
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: Endprodukt on July 04, 2025, 05:14:26 am
Model2 emulator has a hold gear option for that. Not sure mame would allow something like that.
Title: Re: Neutral gear in Cruis'n USA
Post by: BadMouth on July 04, 2025, 11:29:45 am
Been out of the loop for a long time, but a solution was added to disable the toggle behavior on the Hi/Lo shifter games.
I do not know if it works in Cruis'n.

https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135345.msg1397466.html#msg1397466 (https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135345.msg1397466.html#msg1397466)