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u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: StephenH on July 14, 2005, 10:50:41 pm ---You could interface a Pole Postion control to the PC as an analog input.  I beleive that the pots (potentiometers) are a different value, so they may have to be swapped.
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If it isn't clear from prior posts, the Pole Position wheel is a 360 degree wheel, aka spinner, and NOT pot based.

Xiaou2:
yes, optical and it uses a geared optic for more precision... so a supersprint wheel for instance will not feel correct as they have no gearing, so less accuracy.

ChadTower:

Hrm... so, in theory, it could be adjusted to be much like the real thing.  I have wanted to get a PP cabinet and put MAME with only PP/PP2 in it, so I do have interest in this.  I'd rather have the real hardware but don't want to have to fix it every week.

Xiaou2:

 I do not have my pedals hooked up right now..  but when I did, I used it to play spyhunter, and it was flawless : )   

 Remember that some games, like Pole Position, allow you to go faster than the other cars.   

 Some games like spy hunter will allow you to go too  fast in the actual arcade cabinet ,  if the pots are not adjusted well.

 Use mames analog settings to adjust the sensativity and ranges.  And also, some games have pot calibration routines that must be ran for best results.  Some of them are in service modes (hit f2 i think).

  You should be able to set up a PP1 and or PPII, and have it work identical (in theory) to a mame PP cab.   Some precise calibration with a real machine or better yet, capture a video of one playing,  may help to fine tune mames analog settings.

 Even if it was a 'little off' .. it will probably not be enough to make any noticable playability difference.

   

   

 

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