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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. Re:Neat, but... by Skye16 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So? Don't you ever just want to MAKE something with your own two hands? That's what drives people like this. The whole "do it yourself" thing. It doesn't matter how much it costs. What matters is that you're enjoying doing it.

  2. Re:Neat, but... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "They probably could've purchased any arcade racing game for cheaper..."

    He also could have just read a book instead. There, I was insightful to those who are disturbingly practical in life, mod me up.

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