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How can I get more recent driving games onto my driving cabinet?
NoOne=NBA=:
The Logitech wheels are for PC and Playstation.
I don't think there are any Xbox drivers for them.
The Logitech FF and 900 degree steering make everything else seem cheap.
For the high-end games, like Forza and Gran Turismo, you need a good FF wheel to do well.
You need to feel the car starting to lose control, so that you can run that fine line between in control and out of control.
On the more arcade-like games, it's not that big a deal, but still provides a better experience than a non-FF arcade wheel.
unclet:
I do not want to buy any extra controls. I was just trying to look into what it would take (if possible) to get my existing arcade controllers (ie: Star Wars yoke, Spy Hunter Steering wheel, etc..) to work on PC driving games. Thanks for the input though.
Dmod:
Most of the PC games accept keyboard inputs as well as buttons so you should be able to get your existing rig to work, albeit without force feedback.
I'm currently in the process of bringing driving games up on my PC based cab. Crazy Taxi works great in a cabinet as does Need for Speed Underground 2. Lego Racers 2 also works well. These games all run smoothly on my 933MHz PIII.
I tried the Midway Treasures but the PIII is a bit too underpowered for those ports.
Another PC based alternative that's worked out for me is running the Project64 emulator which will run Nintendo 64 ports of the Midway games, the Cruisin series, and Ridge Racer and can be configured for keyboard inputs. The PIII can handle a lot of these games but not all.
I've also tried running nullDC (Dreamcast emulator) but the PIII has been too slow for the games I've tried.
unclet:
Dmod
You mentioned most PC games accept keyboard input as well as buttons, but what about analog controller input connected via USB? All of my arcade driving controllers are connected via USB since they are really all Microsoft Dual Strike Sidewinder gamepad hacks. I think my main problem might be is that all of my arcade controllers are connected via USB at the same time and I am not sure whether PC games allow for a person to select which USB controller to use for the game. I would assume most PC games would simply find the first USB connected controller device and pick that as the controller by default. However, I could be wrong .... but I have never bought any PC games yet to find out. Would you know if PC games allows for this type of controller selection?
Perhaps someone can try to plug in a few analog joysticks via USB at the same time and then bring up a PC driving game and see if you can choose which joystick to use in the game .......
Dmod:
--- Quote from: unclet on November 19, 2007, 04:16:33 pm ---Dmod
You mentioned most PC games accept keyboard input as well as buttons, but what about analog controller input connected via USB? All of my arcade driving controllers are connected via USB since they are really all Microsoft Dual Strike Sidewinder gamepad hacks. I think my main problem might be is that all of my arcade controllers are connected via USB at the same time and I am not sure whether PC games allow for a person to select which USB controller to use for the game. I would assume most PC games would simply find the first USB connected controller device and pick that as the controller by default. However, I could be wrong .... but I have never bought any PC games yet to find out. Would you know if PC games allows for this type of controller selection?
Perhaps someone can try to plug in a few analog joysticks via USB at the same time and then bring up a PC driving game and see if you can choose which joystick to use in the game .......
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Don't know much about the sidewinder drivers but hope this helps...
I'm using a Logitech Driving Force Pro with the Logitech Wingman Software and Windows XP. XP has an active gamepad device and if you use the Advanced setting on the control panel you can select which of your controllers is the active one. All the PC games I've tried recognize the active controller as the correct one.
Wingman has a nice feature which will automatically set my DFP to be the active gamepad when it's present and you can also remap any of the buttons to a keypress or a macro on a game-by-game basis. The application runs in the background and automatically reconfigures the driver based on which game is active.
edit:: I should have added that I also have three other USB controllers plugged in: two Ultimarc U360s and one Red Octane dance pad. If I unplug the DFP, I have had to use the control panel to set the active controller back to one of the other devices.
edit2:: You don't have to buy anything to try out your setup. Many of the games have downloadable demos online. Here's one to try the NFS demos. I recommend trying NFSU2.
http://www.nfshome.com/demos.php
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