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Racing games with shifters question
Flinkly:
i was actually thinking of gettting one of those 4 speed shifters from happs through ponyboy. also, why can't someone just change the support in mame to a leave-in-gear option, rather than both. seems kinda stupid, except they are going for realistic game controls while we're going for one to rule them all. also, no mame games use more than four gears, right? anyways, maybe i'll just try it out for all of us.
ponyboy:
If you need the Happ 4 Speed Shifters 50-8496-00 I have them. I sell them for $58.95 ea.
Just let me know.
Thanks,
Ponyboy
Mojo2000:
--- Quote from: Flinkly on March 13, 2005, 03:30:36 pm ---i was actually thinking of gettting one of those 4 speed shifters from happs through ponyboy. also, why can't someone just change the support in mame to a leave-in-gear option, rather than both. seems kinda stupid, except they are going for realistic game controls while we're going for one to rule them all. also, no mame games use more than four gears, right? anyways, maybe i'll just try it out for all of us.
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1. As I see it, realistic game controls in MAME are secondary to the proper emulation of the CPU's and ROM's. As such, a leave-in-gear transmission might have to be an unofficial, unsupported and potentially reviled hack.
In passing, sequential shifters (wheel paddles and hump levers, both self-centering by nature) are found in some real cars, albeit expensive ones typically. These range from luxury passenger and sports cars to Formula 1.
2. OutRunners features cars that use five and six speeds... but it's all through a sequential shifter so I guess that just counts as Momentary Up and Momentary Down. :)
3. Isn't MAME going to emulate Ridge Racer at some point, and possibly Sega Rally? If so, then five and six locked gears will become reality. So to speak. ;D
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