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Driver's-Seat Driving Game Controller

Posted by timothy on from the well-that-seems-perfectly-reasonable dept.

RichardX writes "The folks at Real Virtual Car have taken an old car, hooked up a projector to the windscreen, USB on the steering and pedals, connected it all up to a PC and ended up with what may be the single greatest homemade games controller ever." Even a force-feedback steering wheel!

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  1. looks like by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 2, Informative

    Seems like they took the idea from the Namco idea in London, UK. Where a few years ago they had a real mazda MX5 hooked up to a Ridge Racer game.

    The concept seems fun, but it's kind of taking realism half way. Also seems like the images are down on that website already

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  2. Bandwidth exceeded by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    already?

    http://realvirtualcar.blogspot.com/

    Have a nice day =)

  3. The pics aren't loading, so... by FuckTheModerators · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's the networkmirror of it.

  4. Something similar by slapout · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you live near one of these
    http://www.smsonline.com/centers/index.html
    you can ride a close to life size Nascar car that moves a little. About 10 are networked together and you race against each other. The race is projected onto a screen in front of you.

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  5. Seen something similiar before by ScottyUK · · Score: 2, Informative

    Commendable DIY effort, but I've used a system like this at my local "Holiday Hypermarket" before, based on some model of Cadillac. I have no idea what it was doing in a travel agents in East Kilbride, UK, but it was running a funky driver training program and token-operated.

    BSM (UK group of driving schools) brought a mobile version based on a Vauxhall (Opel/GM) Corsa to my school a few months back as well.

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  6. Sounds like a poor man's NADS by Iowa_Hawkeye_Fan · · Score: 2, Informative

    NADS = National Advanced Driving Simulator
    www.nads-sc.uiowa.edu

  7. Re:Heh by Migraineman · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe you meant "1st gear". Here's a link to some SCCA Sports 2000s. They're wonderful to work on and drive. Hell, even the older Formula Fords have a first gear that'll do 70+.

    Seriously, if you want to "go fast" and not worry about breaking the law, come play with the SCCA folks. If you're limited on funds, try autocrossing. It's very affordable and there's probably an SCCA group running an evnet near you (presuming you're in the US.)

  8. Re:Where the points come from... by UCFFool · · Score: 5, Informative

    Many people tell this joke, but unfortuantely most people have no idea where it came from.

    Death Race 2000 (1975) was a movie where killing people with your car was a national sport. You got different points for the different ages, races, etc.

    Most metropolitan areas have the DVD in one of the multiple video stores, and it's an interesting movie... especially with Sly Stallone getting second billing to David Carradine. Learn your history, the fun way. Next week: Q-Tips!

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  9. From the builders - What a surprise by zvika+netter · · Score: 2, Informative

    We just started this project few weeks ago We're surprised it got this exposure. We are having lot's of FUN (and bleeding cuts) working on this project and we hope you'll enjoy checking it out. Come back again to our blog in the future - we hope we can find a better place to host the videos (so you can HEAR it also) Zvika