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Title: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: twitami on October 18, 2006, 02:45:56 am

I have a few of each of these, and was wondering if anyone ever hacked either of them. The first picture is the Ultraracer, which I actually just connected to my PC with a PSX to USB adapter. It works GREAT in MAME, plus is amazing in Trackmania (the best driving game ever btw). The Namco controller would seem to be an ideal spinner controller. It rotates 360 degrees, and even has a 'friction' to it's movement. If I was at all gifted in the art of hacking (as so many here are) I would probably give it a try.

Brian
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/InterAct_UltraRacer_PC__702636.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/jogcon.jpg)

Title: Re: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: DrumAnBass on October 18, 2006, 01:31:08 pm

What drivers are you using with the Ultra Racer? I have seen those here http://www.softwareandstuff.com/acc_ultracer.html for $6 but they say no drivers for XP, which is what I am running...

Title: Re: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: twitami on October 18, 2006, 03:21:46 pm

I cheated. I am using the Playstation models with a PS to USB adapter. It doesn't need any drivers at all when hooked up this way. XP recognizes it and it sets the wheel as an analog controller by default. It works amazingly well. I actually might consider taking a few apart to use the wheel on my upcoming MAME cabinet.

Title: Re: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: DrumAnBass on October 18, 2006, 03:39:22 pm

Wow very cool!  Ebay here I come! ;-) Anyone else here play with the PC version?

Title: Re: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: ahofle on October 19, 2006, 12:27:03 pm

That Ultraracer controller looks excellent.  Do you guys know if it will work with a PS2?  Or is there is an equivalent for the PS2?

Title: Re: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: twitami on October 19, 2006, 04:57:21 pm

There is not a PS2 version. I haven't tried mine on my PS2 yet. I will and will post my results.

Title: Re: Anyone ever make a spinner or steering wheel out of these?
Post by: daywane on October 19, 2006, 09:10:34 pm

Mine is for a N64
I have 1 N64 to USB adaptor,  it also will do PS1 controllers
the N64 version of the above wheel will not work on my adaptor
buttons work but windows don't see the wheel