Just stumbled across this one on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/v/SVsRZNqyjW8
Thought it might be of some interest.
grT
Very impressive! Give that man a copy of GP Bikes!
Love the idea of the seat for movement and handlebar vibration
Quote from: matty0l215 on February 06, 2015, 11:51:41 AM
Very impressive! Give that man a copy of GP Bikes!
Love the idea of the seat for movement and handlebar vibration
I quite like it also but I suspect this particular conceptual approach might prove more popular with those amongst us who do not suffer from piles.. ;) On every forum there are inevitably sufferers..
As regards gpbikes I tend to suggest this, or at least mention it, to most of the guys I race against. I'll make that suggestion if I come up against this guy online again in the future.
grT :)
I'd be interested on knowing how much the thing cost the build. Looks very expensive, that ducati dash alone is £400 worth :o
It's certainly impressive workmanship, particularly so for a first go at this sort of thing.
If I'm honest I cannot quite see the need for this on something like motogp14. I'm pretty sure that a scuf controller (with a rear mounted paddle for "tuck") would be much faster on a game like motogp14. I think a better application would be on something like gpbikes but he obviously likes the more authentic feel that he gets from this custom set-up on the mainstream game. It looks as though it works quite well. I'm just not sure if the pivoting handlebar wouldn't give you more precise control than steering literally by the seat of your pants.. I think you would have to try both approaches out to get a proper feel for this.
As for the ducati dash one can only guess why he used this. Must have had one lying around I suppose or got hold of a broken unit on the cheap. Who knows? It's a neat finishing touch though.
Main thing is the concept and the execution in this I feel. And the guy does seem to have done a really nice job based upon the video.
I am amazed by the ingenuity of you guys who are building these things. Respect to you all.
grT :)
Very impressive, not sure i could get my head around the bars not moving though :o. Vibration motor is a neat idea and has been discussed in another thread.
Not sure the dash is actually powered up, it might just be a good model of the real thing.Still cool though 8)
Very impressive!
A very interesting way to implement the steering too, although a DST handlebar system would have been preferred in my opinion, but still very impressive.
I do hope this guys gets into GPbikes and tests this with it; it will be interesting to see how he gets on with GPB. ;D
Nice post Midge! ;)
Hawk.
Yep that is expensive and he dose the same as I do for modding the controller so that it connects to a console as its the original gamepad for PS4 but the circuit board is rewired to the pots and switches/buttons. The seat idea is very good but as others said, the bars are not moving, that is so wrong. It is one of the best made systems shown though. Great work.
Thanks for the vid grT.
DD
Hmm... steering control by your rear end.. waiting for the discussion on the merits of 'joypad' versus 'joystick' ::)
H really surprised you would even mention joystick seat control lol, you might end up talking in a higher pitch lol
DD
Lol ;D
Lots of different setups but all let down by the on screen cockpit.. Looks stupid.
If I had a sit on rig with a nice bar/dash/screen setup I wouldnt want to see the bike on the Tv.. Same in gpbikes you cant hide the bike or cockpit. Puts me off.
Helmet view is reasonable compromise and MaX helmet narrows the vertical view a bit further.
Is he steering it with his ass?
/David "Gonzo" Boda #46
Yes David hes got "LOW END BOTTOM POWER" !!!
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Quote from: doubledragoncc on February 07, 2015, 05:16:11 PM
Yes David hes got "LOW END BOTTOM POWER" !!!
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LOL!!! ;D
Hawk.
So there is a sound system for vibration called "Buttkicker" would that make his setup be a "ButtRider"? I would be embarrassed to walk into a shop and say " I want a "ButtRider" please!!!!!!!!!!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/v/JscQXDsSgco
I'm just wondering how H found that video, I mean most people find thing my chance, BUTT was that a chance find or was H looking for certain types of videos???
I might have to make sure I stay well in front of H on the track, or is it safer behind?????.........O..M...G what a quandary I'm in
DD
OMG these shoes !! :-[
Now that I'm done puking about them, the butt-steering idea is not bad: it should fit well for games in which the steering input controls the lean angle (GPB without DST/DSA).
A pity he has a 1000$ input device to play a game totally not worth it :)
MaX.
lol yeah.. if the bars lean with the seat and are able to steer L/R for counter steering it would be pretty good.
Don't like the concept for steering but might be a reasonable way of inputting rider lean into the sim.
Second thoughts, this is not the way you move side to side on a bike-probably have to look at foot peg loads instead
As far as I can see, bars are fixed.
Anyway, to go countersteering you'd need to use DST/DSA ...
MaX.
Mind of a 12 year old!!!!!!!! .....your far too intelligent for this forum, I'm still 5 hehe
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