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https://github.com/Endprodukt/FFBPluginRacerMAME/releases/tag/1.7

Added games:

GTI Club
Midnight Run
Winding Heat
Thrill Drive
Cart Fury
All Sega Model 2 racers (only works with included Mame version for now)
Racing Jam 1/2
Xtreme Rally
Roads Edge

Fixed a bunch of existing stuff, rebooking non working games.

Added a new feature in the GUI called "Constant Inf" that is an alternative way of applying constant effects to your wheel.
If counter forces don't feel smooth you might want to give this a try and see if it works better for you. Big difference here.

Rave Racer has a feature to invert the ffb depending on if you play the game in standard or deluxe variant.

Have fun.

It's a physical diamond shaped restrictor in 4 way mode, so it doesn't hit the corners. It's boxed shape in 8 way games.

My beef is with the JLF sticks as they feel sloppy, even with the upgraded springs. I prefer a WICO leaf for 4 way games, but this works great for the 4 way horizontal games that I want to play. It's also fine for classic 4 way games, if you can deal with the stick.

I feel like everyone knew this would happen for a couple reasons, but the biggest reason to me is that is was built on a fad that also ended. Even if they had an inexpensive product and higher quality products. To me, the Arcade1up explosion was great for a couple reasons:

• The masses allowed the development of several great innovations like a less expensive Star Wars controller and 4/8 way switchers
• I refurbed lots of games during this period and sold some for top dollar because of the increased demand

Update version 1.3

README – CRT-MAME 0.168 V1.3

Binary files and source code available here on GitHub:

https://github.com/HardCade/hardcade/releases

Development Version – December 2025
© 2025 Hardcade – PlayRetro

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PROJECT: CRT-MAME 0.168 Edition

CRT-MAME 0.168 is a specialized version of MAME 0.168 optimized for: 15 kHz CRT monitors (arcade, TV, PVM/BVM, Hantarex, Nanao, etc.) and LCD

monitors

Minimal input lag,

advanced and precise refresh rate control per game.

Objectives:

    - Achieve minimal input lag
    - Achieve increased display performance and superior behavior (compared to existing emulators) for 15 kHz CRTs.
    - Achieve ultra-smooth display and optimal performance on LCD screens.

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CURRENT MAIN FEATURES (subject to change)
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- Saving the Refresh Rate slider to CFG files

- Improved slider (precision, stability, rounding, defect handling)

- Added Windows input timestamp (anti-lag preparation)

- Added Late Input Polling (reduces input lag by a full frame)

- Added Direct3D optimization – "Direct Present Minimal" (reduces display lag)

- Added Adaptive HardSync (stabilizes frame timing and prevents stuttering, reduces overall latency)

More features and improvements are coming soon...

Terminator 2D: NO FATE

Steam

Native res is 798x448

50% Down-scaling to a progressive resolution


398x224@60Hz

Or just run it in it's native resolution interlaced
798x448i@60Hz








In loving memory of Sergi Clara (psakhis)

I was directed to here, however I don't know if I'm allowed to ask her because I'm using Batocera with CRT Script, not Groovy Mame or CRT Emudriver but maybe similar applies.

While I've gotten into installing crt script for Batocera to use with my crt tv for a long while now, I still have zero experience with this part of pc crt emulation set ups.

I've had issues with interference, and I'm starting to realize it might be because I have things configured wrong with the crt tool I used to configure it.

And now I'm just hearing about the idea of "generating your own modelines" to match your exact CRT TV's specs.

How exactly does one do this? My crt tv is the panasonic ct-27g24a. What is all the information that I need about my tv to do this? And when I have all of that, how exactly do I "make modelines" to match it?

I have no idea how to even search for tutorials because I don't know what terms to search in and I did try before posting here. So if you know any tutorials on all of this feel free to share with them as an answer.

After you've finished fiddling with monitor presets and VMMaker, be sure to exit the GUI by clicking OK.

OP uses Arch so no vmmaker in there. The supported way for this on Linux is to make the Switchres compatible emulators pull their configuration from the global switchres.ini. In MAME this is done by enabling the switchres_ini option.

In the switchres repo you can find the geometry.py tool that helps with the process of adjusting geometry interactively and then exporting the resulting range to switchres.ini (although OP's already succeeded doing it manually). This works smoothly on Linux. The geometry tool works on Windows too. However, since it's command line based and there's no centralized switchres.ini, exporting from vmmaker as explained may be easier.

has namco's rockin' bowl-o-rama ever been emulated i have a bad pc in mine and namco want to much money thanks

It has a placeholder in MAME as "rbowlorama", but as of v0.281 it is still non-working.
- Downloaded the CHDs and launched the game, but it showed a "no screen" display and there were no inputs.

JRudebaugh on KLOV figured out how to do a MB swap.
https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/how-to-rockin-bowl-o-rama-bad-motherboard-swap-without-replacing-io-card.501868/


Scott

thanks so much for the info

Looks about right to me!

So now I tweaked it to a degree that it always produces a satisfactory image in every situation. Perfect doesn't exist it seems.

Ahhhh, wisdom!

In this context, perfection is a mirage. It perpetually seems to be be just over the next sand dune, you keep walking but you never get there.

Perfect image for every game has always been impossible, even in the original arcades. Arcade monitors are tweaked for a single game, or maybe a game system (like NeoGeo, Capcom etc.). If you put in a new board, you must tweak the monitor.

In the mean time I compiled Retroarch and AttractmodePlus. If I use the two ranges in Retroarch it works standalone but if I launch something from AttractmodePlus it crashes. If I don't use the ini it works as expected.
Somehow it freaks out on the resolution change but I still might have some things to try.

I use Attract-Mode and it all works smoothly. I use Win7 and a 720x480i desktop. The default layouts work fine, though I did tweak the "Basic" layout a little to make a better fit for TVs with overscan.

After you've finished fiddling with monitor presets and VMMaker, be sure to exit the GUI by clicking OK. VMMaker will then process the config, and in the console window you'll see a message "Exporting settings to mame.ini...". This is copying the crt_rangeX data into your mame.ini, which is what GM/switchres uses. If you don't complete this step then the application won't have the right settings!

So give that a go and see if it improves things.

It's all but a standard build but all in all very cool stuff.

It is indeed very cool 

has namco's rockin' bowl-o-rama ever been emulated i have a bad pc in mine and namco want to much money thanks

It has a placeholder in MAME as "rbowlorama", but as of v0.281 it is still non-working.
- Downloaded the CHDs and launched the game, but it showed a "no screen" display and there were no inputs.

JRudebaugh on KLOV figured out how to do a MB swap.
https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/how-to-rockin-bowl-o-rama-bad-motherboard-swap-without-replacing-io-card.501868/


Scott