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Driver's-Seat Driving Game Controller
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!
"Look, a cyclist! 30 points!"
"No, over there! On crutches! 100 points!"
Windshield sounds so much better, like it is some kind of protective device that makes you invincible, allowing you to run over pedestrians with gleeful abandon. Windscreen on the other hand sounds like something that could barely keep flies out of your automobile.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Any real car should be able to do 70 MPH in 2nd gear...
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.
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.
Coder's Stone: The programming language quick ref for iPad
http://www.force-dynamics.com/video/force-dynamics _301-rbr-rallyschool.wmv
Long signatures suck.
I drive a '71 SIIA 88" Land Rover. Not only do I have a cracked windscreen, but I also have a tyre on my bonnet.
I'd rather have someone respond than be modded up.
All cars have game controllers -- they're called steering wheels, brakes, and accelerators. With the appropriate combination of l33t combo moves, you can pretty much win the following games on your morning commute (in Atlanta):
- Gran Turismo: I-285 Edition
- Need For Speed: GA400 Gridlock
- Project Middle Finger Racing
- Grand Theft Auto: Midtown Street Parking Edition
In Ohio, you have a car game unavailable in most parts of the country (although LA just introduced it, from what I hear):
- Freeway Sniper Spy Hunter
IronChefMorimoto
Let me guess, you're American?
Being a non-average Amercian, I'll narrow your suspicion and say he's an American who barely got his license and just is nieve, or he's an American who is... just kinda clueless.
I'll append his statement to what it should be -
There's nothing like driving on a cool, dry day, double apexing a large, sweeping turn listening to the engine approach redline in 4th gear as you approach a set of compounds, blip the throttle with a perfect downshift to 3rd while straight line breaking, turning in and going over the birm on the inside, throttle steer into the tight right, and flooring it as you fly out to the left.
I get to do that about 3 times a year at high performance driving schools and racing schools. But it's very expensive and hard on my car. Enter the newest breed of racing games that are becoming more and more "driving simulators". I applaud the folks at real virtual car for trying to make the video gaming experience as immersive as possible for those of us who can't afford to make racing their career.
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"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.
"Derp de derp."
Not that I agree, but it seems like everyone here makes their decisions according to the laws of microeconomics rather than what they really want to do.
Not only that, but it seems everyone generalizes on the behavior of everyone else who posts here.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
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!
"The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly" - Touchstone,Shakespeare's "As You Like It"