HARD/RACE DRIVING anyone remember the arcade game?

This arcade game from ATARI is at least 5 years old and as far as I'm concerned it's the best simulation around, despite blocky graphics. Maybe it's because of the feedback through the steering wheel. It also has exellent vehical dynamics. Does anyone know of an affordable steering feedback system for PCs? I played RACE DRIVIN' the other day on a machine where the steering feedback was non-functional, and it really sucked. So I think the feedback really would add significantly to any driving game. So would VR headtracking support. Do any current or near future games support any of this? John W

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> This arcade game from ATARI is at least 5 years old and as far as I'm > concerned it's the best simulation around, despite blocky graphics. Maybe > it's because of the feedback through the steering wheel. It also has > exellent vehical dynamics. Does anyone know of an affordable steering > feedback system for PCs? I played RACE DRIVIN' the other day on a machine > where the steering feedback was non-functional, and it really sucked. So > I think the feedback really would add significantly to any driving game. > So would VR headtracking support. Do any current or near future games > support any of this? > John W

I really doubt a feedback system could be affordable. When HardDrivin first came out the simulator cost $10,000. I bet it would still cost a couple grand. Not to mention they always broke down. As for head tracking, I think the ***Max was recently released. It's the successor to (Logitech's?) first sucky helmet, forgot it's name. It's supposed to be a real improvement but instead of 2-300 it cost a little under $900. In addition to the prohibative cost there is the fact that software must be specifically written to support it. Who's going to waste time programming a racing game for a product that practically nobody owns that will only cause the game to be slower? We are not going to see any of this in mass market for years to come. :(