Newlander Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hi Guys , just wondering if anyone has made a racing cab like Daytona USA ect if so what sort of wheels ect people have used and what sort of support there is from emulators? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I haven't tested it personally but I have seen settings for force feedback wheels in the controller options for the Sega Model 2 emulator. Now I have tried it a little a while back without force feedback and the wheel did work but if the force feedback works that would be really cool. The wheel I tried it out with back when I did try it was the Logitech Momo wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newlander Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 was thinking of a dual cabinet , not sure how good the network emulation is if it even is emulated , if anyone knows the answer would be awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 That I couldn't tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3TTwUrsT Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 @failrunner LOL! this would be sooooooo awesome! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleToyBox Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I've recently started converting an old Cruis'n USA cabinet into a multi-platform racing cabinet. For a wheel, I'm currently using an old Logitech G25 but planning on upgrading to a Fanatec Clubsport for Christmas (still can't believe my wife approved it). Following various tutorials online, I've managed to get MAME working with resistance (not true force feedback), Demul to handle a few Naomi and Naomi2 games (most importantly, Crazy Taxi), and M2 to round things out. Add in the various driving games I have through Steam and I've got a bunch of fun to play games. Right now, I'm using a wireless keyboard to launch all the games one at a time. My goal is to get a Big Box theme up and running where I can use either the wheel or the d-pad on the shifter to navigate through all the games. They seem to work when I use the keyboard but I haven't been able to get Big Box to recognize the wheel yet. I'm hoping the Fanatec wheel will provide better compatibility for the front end so I can put the keyboard away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkass Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Just bumping to see if Uncle had a update on this.I am hoping to set something up and wondering if he has started on it yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleToyBox Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I've played around with the cabinet some more and gotten distracted by spending most of my time playing games rather than working on the front end. Sunday is looking like I'll have some time available. Let's see if I can manage the willpower to spend time working on the front end rather than playing games. For the record, I'm borrowing an Oculus Rift from a buddy and trying to get as much experimentation as possible done before I have to give it back. Turns out maintaining a high frame rate is key to this. Here's what the cabinet currently looks like. I swapped out the cruddy plastic seat for a minivan seat. Had thought about spending extra for a racing seat but the mini van seat is more comfortable for extended gaming. Will update as soon as I make progress on the front end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkass Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Thanks for replying looks pretty good and yeah I would have a hard time not playing with a Oculus if I had the chance.Mine won't be going in a cab.They are to hard to find and to costly where we are .Also running out of room lol the pin/mame that I built a few years ago takes up to much room already lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newlander Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 looks awesome! , would love a video of it in action love the way it looks , keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkass Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I added just my steam racing games for know to see how it worked have not played with any big box setting to see if I could use my wheel yet but can use an xbox controller ,not perfect but better that keyboard and mouse,and the wheel works as intended once steam launched.On to the emulators next weekend . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBond@ge Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 3/8/2017 at 9:11 PM, m3TTwUrsT said: @failrunner LOL! this would be sooooooo awesome! Damn, I thought he was going to get thrown out of that thing. I wish he did. I would have laughed myself to death lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleToyBox Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Finally got around to working on this. LaunchBox successfully picks up all of my Steam games as well as the handful of emulated games and is a joy to navigate using the keyboard. Unfortunately, I would rather use the controls on my Fanatec CSL Elite wheel to navigate so I don't have to deal with the keyboard at all. The reason this is unfortunate is that I haven't been able to get Launchbox to recognize the wheel is attached. It shows up in the control panel as a game device and all of the games work without fail once launched. This is the same issue I had with my Logitech wheel. Does anyone have any ideas how to get LaunchBox (or BigBox) to detect input from an attached racing wheel? It's got lots of buttons and I'd love to be able to assign them to manage this interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Do you have the use all controllers check box checked in the LB options beyond that I don't know what you would do to get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleToyBox Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Since making my last post, I've done some more Googling around and decided to use JoyToKey. This is exactly the application I needed to use to get my racing wheel to work with LaunchBox. Now I just need to spend some time tweaking the front end to look better and I should be ready to share a video of BigBox running using just my steering wheel. I also need to make sure the games play correctly once launched... (this could take a while) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkass Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Thanks ,for the info was going to work on this today .I guess will use joy to key ,never been a huge fan of it but have not used it for a few years so maybe its better now.Can I ask what are you using for your sega emulator ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleToyBox Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 When I had the Logitech wheel in there I was using Demul for a handful of games and Model 2 for some of the others. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the Fanatec pedals to work with Demul so I've moved on to other platforms. Today I learned I can run Model 3 games beautifully on my system using Supermodel but I'm having a hard time adding them to LaunchBox. Getting closer to the point where I feel I have something worth showing in a video. All of this while also testing out a new control panel that includes a trackball (might have played a bit too much Marble Madness and Camel Try today). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkass Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I had no problem adding supermodel in .It was actually the model 2 one I had problems with but turn out to be a me error doh.Only problem I ran into is closing the emulators you need to hit esc , I guess can use joy to key for it .Are you using a UI for supermodel instead of just the command line? Because I used a UI this time and just wondering if that has an effect on adding it to launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBond@ge Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/22/2018 at 12:17 AM, UncleToyBox said: When I had the Logitech wheel in there I was using Demul for a handful of games and Model 2 for some of the others. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the Fanatec pedals to work with Demul so I've moved on to other platforms. Today I learned I can run Model 3 games beautifully on my system using Supermodel but I'm having a hard time adding them to LaunchBox. Getting closer to the point where I feel I have something worth showing in a video. All of this while also testing out a new control panel that includes a trackball (might have played a bit too much Marble Madness and Camel Try today). How are you having a problem launching Model 3 / Supermodel in LaunchBox? I use it without a problem. It was long ago when I set it up so I can't remember if it was tricky or not but nothing stands out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleToyBox Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 My challenge is when setting up the import. Supermodel/Model 3 is not listed in the drop down menu. I already have Model 2 configured and working. I'm wondering if the fact that I configured Model 2 first somehow disabled the option to Supermodel. It should be pretty easy to launch as it has to be a command line to do the launch... should be just a case of me spending a bit more time poking around. Right now, my biggest problem is how thinly I'm spreading myself. Currently, the list of things I'm in the middle of playing with are: Oculus Rift with Visual Pinball New controller layout with both spinner and trackball Setting up a dedicated laser disc game repository (those chd files are crazy big) Still trying to beat Cup Head Competing in local pinball tournaments Making sure to spend time with wife and kids - while this is the last on my list, it's what I spend the most time doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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