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Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

#2
I love how clever this is!

If I wasn’t pretty sure that gunning the engine in park repeatedly is a bad idea (and would draw more than a few stares when done from a street-parking space in Manhattan) I’d give it a try.

Would very much like to see a video of someone using this.

Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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post #2

I love how clever this is! If I wasn’t pretty sure that gunning the engine in park repeatedly is a bad idea (and would draw more than a few stares when done from a street-parking space in Manhattan) I’d give it a try. Would very much like to see a video of someone using this.

I’m also of the impression that dry turning the wheel isn’t great for the tie rods. But I welcome a car person to teach me the truth.

Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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post #2

I love how clever this is! If I wasn’t pretty sure that gunning the engine in park repeatedly is a bad idea (and would draw more than a few stares when done from a street-parking space in Manhattan) I’d give it a try. Would very much like to see a video of someone using this.

Surely, you’d do this key on-engine off. (Key on so the CAN bus is active; engine off for obvious reasons.)

Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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post #2

I love how clever this is! If I wasn’t pretty sure that gunning the engine in park repeatedly is a bad idea (and would draw more than a few stares when done from a street-parking space in Manhattan) I’d give it a try. Would very much like to see a video of someone using this.

Here is the video from the creator I think: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jpn45k/watch-this-dude-play-...

Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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post #2

I love how clever this is! If I wasn’t pretty sure that gunning the engine in park repeatedly is a bad idea (and would draw more than a few stares when done from a street-parking space in Manhattan) I’d give it a try. Would very much like to see a video of someone using this.

I’m also of the impression that dry turning the wheel isn’t great for the tie rods. But I welcome a car person to teach me the truth.

The amount of force you're putting into the system, regardless of if the engine is running (and therefore the power steering pump is pumping) or not, is a fraction of the forces the system handles constantly while going around a corner at 60 mph or hitting a pot hole.

It's perfectly fine.

Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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post #2

I love how clever this is! If I wasn’t pretty sure that gunning the engine in park repeatedly is a bad idea (and would draw more than a few stares when done from a street-parking space in Manhattan) I’d give it a try. Would very much like to see a video of someone using this.

I’m also of the impression that dry turning the wheel isn’t great for the tie rods. But I welcome a car person to teach me the truth.

Park the car with the front tires on two pieces of cardboard (each) to limit the turning forces.

I wouldn’t sweat it for the duration of demo or until you (quickly) got bored with it. You do the same everyday you parallel park a car.

Re: Control Mario Kart 64 with your car over CAN bus (2016)

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I’m also of the impression that dry turning the wheel isn’t great for the tie rods. But I welcome a car person to teach me the truth.

The amount of force you're putting into the system, regardless of if the engine is running (and therefore the power steering pump is pumping) or not, is a fraction of the forces the system handles constantly while going around a corner at 60 mph or hitting a pot hole. It's perfectly fine.

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