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Old 11-16-2003, 10:11 PM   #1
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Default My next project since my car is finished. Gran Tourismo Arcade Game

Well since there is nothing to do and my car is finished I decided to build something. What it is, I had no idea, but i wanted to make something with what i already had. I used to do air suspension, front end tube chassis, and some other custom fabrication so I had tons of air suspension parts laying around my house. I decided to make a small arcade game for my garage. Basically it will have these parts:

(2) 2.5" bore x 8" stroke smc cylinders
(2) 2.5" bore x 6" stroke smc cylinders
Logitech steering wheel and pedals
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80 CF Nitrogen Bottle
Victor Regulator

The only things that were purchase were the steering wheel and pedals, the bucket seats, and the pneumatic vavles.

I am sure everyone is thinking that its a complete waste of time and money and i could just play the game at the arcade for about $.50. Your absolutely right. I must be crazy.

I have not decided how i am going to control the valves. I will either use magnetic trigger switches in the steering wheel and pin switches on the pedals. Or i will splice into the actual plug going into the play station and read the voltage off of them. Then i will use some small reed relays to control the valves. I figure when i accelerate the front will go up, when i brake the back will go up, and left will go left and right will go right.

If anyone has ideas, let me know because its never too late to change or modify plans for better ones.





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Old 11-16-2003, 10:16 PM   #2
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Default Re: My next project since my car is finished. Gran Tourismo Arcade Game

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If anyone has ideas, let me know because its never too late to change or modify plans for better ones.

Type-R stickers. They will help your game.

Cool idea by the way, keep us posted with updates.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:20 PM   #3
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how fast is that compressor thingy? cause unless its really fast and the feedback is quick, it's going to be pretty stupid IMHO. sweet idea tho, keep us updated
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:22 PM   #4
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dude where'd you get that seat? is that FIA legal?
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:23 PM   #5
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the compressor is a back up. The main supply will be the 80 cubic foot nitrogen bottle regulated to 30 psi. It holds about 3000 psi and will last about 2 hours on full use. the feedback is extremely quick. If i set it up at 150 psi i could easily shoot someone out of the seat about 10 feet in the air.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:26 PM   #6
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dude where'd you get that seat? is that FIA legal?
the seat is on sale right now at summit racing for $38.99.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:27 PM   #7
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Speaking of your car baing done. Where is the thread with the tuning results?
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:27 PM   #8
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how much free time do you have on your hands?
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:34 PM   #9
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how much free time do you have on your hands?
a few hours a day after work. Just before its too dark.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:42 PM   #10
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If i set it up at 150 psi i could easily shoot someone out of the seat about 10 feet in the air.


don't tell your drunk friends this when they wanna play after a few beers on a saturday night.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:47 PM   #11
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I played pretty much the same thing at sony in japan with a recaro and suround sound sound, it was amazing! Good luck.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:47 PM   #12
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don't tell your drunk friends this when they wanna play after a few beers on a saturday night.
yes, THAT would make for some good stories


"okay, this is the brucelee simulation game. 'one, two three, JUMP'."
:drunk dude gets thrown 10ft in air:
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:49 PM   #13
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You should join my dorm room rally team
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:50 PM   #14
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I played pretty much the same thing at sony in japan with a recaro and suround sound sound, it was amazing! Good luck.
yes, put speakers like right above the head. I always that was really cool
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:53 PM   #15
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I am going to buy that cheap surround sound system they have at walmart of $79.99 and hook it up. I have it in my room and its not bad since all i was used to was one 3 inch speaker in my tv.
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Old 11-16-2003, 10:56 PM   #16
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Check out this links page for grand prix legends under under 'wheels'. There are some pretty cool setups.

http://gplea.racesimcentral.com/

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Old 11-16-2003, 11:04 PM   #17
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This is the wheel that i am using



From the website:

IGN.com called it "the best force feedback wheel available for the PlayStation®2." Official U.S. PlayStation magazine said, "If you're going to buy a wheel, buy this one." Now you can experience a new level of realism in Gran Turismo™3 and other PlayStation 2 driving games that support Logitech® Force Feedback. Feel the road, car handling, bumps, walls, and crashes like never before.

Feel the racing experience with realistic force feedback effects
Stay in control with the precision-engineered wheel and rubber hand grips
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Accelerate and brake with realistic pedals mounted on a weighted base
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Old 11-16-2003, 11:18 PM   #18
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I have that wheel too, it's great.
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Old 11-16-2003, 11:19 PM   #19
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I am going to buy that cheap surround sound system they have at walmart of $79.99 and hook it up. I have it in my room and its not bad since all i was used to was one 3 inch speaker in my tv.
yeah, for only $80, those things are pretty nice. Then again, I have a full out 700 watt SONY 6 speaker surround that is just about the best one currently on the market . Also, its gonna be like RIGHT at your head, so no need for t3h loudness.



also, about the wheel, I heard its pretty cool on the PS2. I personally am in love with the ACT-LABS one, but I just use a PC for games and just love that shifter
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Don't you want room to place your left foot? Unless you're gonna do a lot of left-foot braking..


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Old 11-16-2003, 11:27 PM   #21
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Don't you want room to place your left foot? Unless you're gonna do a lot of left-foot braking..


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That was one of the design problems. You can actually put your foot on the side an its not too bad.

Here is a picture of Eric M. on it. You can see how is foot is resting right below it. It lets you use your right foot for both. We made everything so it could fit alot of people. I am 5' - 7" and he is 6' - 5" so everyone our size and in between will fit fine. Eric M's legs are extra long so i am assuming everyone should fit.
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Old 11-16-2003, 11:28 PM   #22
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Old 11-17-2003, 01:54 AM   #23
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i am doing this project along with nick, and although i'm sure there are other similar things, we thought it would be fun to do this from scratch not basing it off anything we had seen before in person. in fact, the design has taken a turn from using 1/2" aluminum tubing to using the square aluminum pieces, which are actually really easy to work with and very strong. in the picture of me sitting in the unfinished frame above, i am not even starting to stress the frame and i weigh about 215 pounds. i'm sure nick could hop on the frame too and it still wouldn't flex. aluminum is amazing for how light it is.

i think we are going to put some of that diamond plate floormat stuff for a floorboard, so you can rest your left foot there if you want. we will definitely post a video of this thing in action when it's working. you will see how fast it goes. my car is on air suspension right now and it is using similar cylinders, and it is super fast. when hooked up to a nitrogen bottle, it will be extremely responsive, fast and last for a couple hours of continuous use.

tomorrow we are going to figure out where all the signals are coming from from the controller and how many relays we will need. if we can't get clear signals from the controller, then we will use small magnetic or pinswitches going to relays. it's all going to be 24v, since the SMC valves (shown below) are all going to use the industry standard 24v rather than the automotive standard 12v relays and valves.



i have experience in the automation industry and nick has experience with air suspension and fabrication so this is a really fun project for us. after it's all done, we are going to polish up all the aluminum so it will look shiny and cool, and maybe add some underbody neon to make it fast. i'm sure sure about the spoiler yet. if anyone has good suggestions on stuff you can buy to polish aluminum, let us know. i already tried some of it with that mother's billet polish and it works pretty good.
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Old 11-17-2003, 02:03 AM   #24
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Speaking of your car baing done. Where is the thread with the tuning results?
tranny is gone. we all knew it wouldn't last. but the engine is still running strong. so the tuning is on hold until he gets a new strong transmission in his car which should be early next year. if anyone in the southern california area needs anything installed, fabricated, modified, welded, or repaired on their wrx or any car, pm STEALTH-WRX. he needs the money.
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tranny is gone. we all knew it wouldn't last. but the engine is still running strong. so the tuning is on hold until he gets a new strong transmission in his car which should be early next year. if anyone in the southern california area needs anything installed, fabricated, modified, welded, or repaired on their wrx or any car, pm STEALTH-WRX. he needs the money.
lol. Thats sucks it happened so soon, but its not like you didn't know it would happen.
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