I got a MS Sidewinder wheel and would like to have the feel of
a stick shift to go with it. Is there a standalone stickshift you can
buy to go along with it? Does the Act Labs work with the MS wheel or
only their RS wheels? Right now I'm just using a joystick as a
shifter.
The AL shifter looks awesome. I can't wait to see a USB version for
other wheels.
I was wondering. How many games fully support the random gear
shifting? It'd be cool to shift into 2nd from 5th in one swoop.
Games I play right now, Need for Speed, only allow sequential
shifting.
Any ideas if there are people making their own shifters? I was
thinking about buying a shift knob and putting it on a joystick and
map it to shifting up and down. Not as realistic as the AL shifter
but could be doable.
On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:32:42 GMT, [email hidden]
(Gerry) wrote:
>
>For the moment, the AL shifter only works with their RS wheel. A USB
>version that is compatible with other wheels is supposed to be in the
>works or is at least now being considered by Act Labs.
>
>-Gerry
There is a charity-ware program called "Shift-It" for the AL shifter that
allows for direct shifting in nearly any game including NFS.
--
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> The AL shifter looks awesome. I can't wait to see a USB version for
> other wheels.
>
> I was wondering. How many games fully support the random gear
> shifting? It'd be cool to shift into 2nd from 5th in one swoop.
> Games I play right now, Need for Speed, only allow sequential
> shifting.
>
> Any ideas if there are people making their own shifters? I was
> thinking about buying a shift knob and putting it on a joystick and
> map it to shifting up and down. Not as realistic as the AL shifter
> but could be doable.
>
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 03:32:42 GMT, [email hidden]
> (Gerry) wrote:
>
> >
> >For the moment, the AL shifter only works with their RS wheel. A USB
> >version that is compatible with other wheels is supposed to be in the
> >works or is at least now being considered by Act Labs.
> >
> >-Gerry
>
Now if only someone would make a similar utility to allow you to map
each gear to a keyboard key or joystick button. Then you would be
able to hack a joystick/keyboard and make your own free-shifting
stick-shift. The possibilities could be endless.
Sort of like what classic gamers are making with
keyboards/gamepads/joysticks to play arcade games.
http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade.htm
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 23:28:57 -0600, "Ambulater"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>There is a charity-ware program called "Shift-It" for the AL shifter that
>allows for direct shifting in nearly any game including NFS.
