Ditch the sim rig and use your car instead (2019) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ditch the sim rig and use your car instead (2019)

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 2:22 AM UTC

magicalhippo wrote: post #17

falcolas wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is actually how Cassidy works in Overwatch - the tradeoff is the exceptionally small hit radius of the projectiles. But there are other games where your ability to hit buttons quickly matters. Fighting games, for example. The recent kerfuffle around Razer's snaptap keyboard (and the software version with "Null binds") have well demonstrated that technological advantages in the controllers bring advantages into t…

On the flip side, I've played games which ignored the "fire" input for N milliseconds after triggering. Works well to prevent the issues mentioned, but was highly annoying as I would frequently click just a millisecond or so too early, and miss the shot.

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Re: Ditch the sim rig and use your car instead (2019)

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Post by rldjbpin » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 5:06 PM UTC

interesting project indeed, but lack of steering feedback might already be a deal breaker for most. in terms of emulating the car you'd practice virtually for real-world driving, there is probably a nice market for easy-to-convert platform for getting input from cars.

Re: Ditch the sim rig and use your car instead (2019)

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Post by porkbeer » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 5:36 PM UTC

spaceywilly wrote: post #20

batch12 wrote: post #9

That's one way to get a workout. Without the engine, there's no power steering, right?

BRZ has electric power steering assist. If he puts the wheels on alignment pads he should be able to move the wheel easily. I’d still be worried about wear and tear on the components (you really don’t want your tie rods to give out at speed) but it’s a fun weekend project.

He says ge jacked up the car to give less friction. The wear should be mininimal as no actual cornering forces are involved, which are suprisingly large, ofren exceeding the weight of the car in (momentary) lateral force. While this will still cause some wear, it is negligible. I would imagine the ideal would involve a force feedback module and completely lifting the wheels from contact. Perhaps even utilizing the cars own electric power steering.