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>>Anyone know how the feedback is gotten in Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin'? I
>>know its a fairly good physics simulation, and probably considered trade
>>secrets, but was wondering if someone could at least give me a few
>>pointers. I have a decent knowledge of the forces involved in a real
>>automobile, but was hoping for some assistance as to which parts of the
>>suspension simulation are necessary and which arent. It would be for a
>>home PC racing game, shareware, with force feedback support. (build your
>>own controller, though maybe i'll hack out a few for those who dont know
>>how) Not really commercially viable but something ive wanted ever since I
>>first played Hard Drivin. :) Email response preferred, I cant always
>>access this news server before the latest info scrolls off...
>My guess would be a combination of wheel offset and castor angle,
>combined with what the car is doing at the time. I understand this as
>it applies to real cars quite well, but I'd be hard pressed to put it
>into any kind of computer form. You might even try contacting some of
>the people at Atari from the list of credits in Race Drivin'. Around
>here a used sit down, non panorama machine goes for $2650 which is a
>bit more than I'd spend on one game. If you can design a reliable
>servo feed back wheel, then it's just a matter of software support :)
