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Conference oass::racers

Title:	Racers and Racing
Notice:	As long as it's not NASCAR or F1 or Drags...
Moderator:	RHETT::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Aug 08 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	391
Total number of notes:	4486

81.0. "Autoweek - Paul Tracy/Roger Penske in simulator?" by STAR::BOIKO (ALPHA/VAX Performance Group - ZKO3/4) Tue May 18 1993 12:50

    In this past weeks Autoweek there is a picture of Paul Tracy and Roger
    Penske sitting in what looks like an arcade driving game...but, I've
    never seen one that looked like that before.
    
    What arcade game were they playing on.....it included about half a
    cockpit and air box included.
    
    								Thanks
    								-mike-

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81.1 Virtua Racing WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M Thu May 20 1993 19:13 21

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81.1	Virtua Racing	WFOV12::DOBOSZ_M		`Thu May 20 1993 19:13`	21
	It's a game called "Virtua Racing". It's probably in any decent-sized arcade nearby. I understand up to 8 of the games can be linked, and you compete against the other drivers. I've also seen them as singles. The seats vary from a hard plastic bench to a nice contoured seat with pressure pads that push on your back...that's the one that has the "half a cockpit and air box included". The steering wheel offers feedback -- that is, there's actually some push back through the wheel. I've played it only a couple times, so I can't say how real-world it is (if I have an understeering car, does it give a shuddering/plowing feedback? dunno...) , but a co-worker here really likes it. There's 4 different perspective you may view from -- in-car, slightly above, higher still, and blimp ;^) . Three different circuits are available. The game costs between 75� and $1 in my neck of the woods...you could drop $5 a week on it and be fairly well entertained. Mike

It's a game called "Virtua Racing".  It's probably in any decent-sized 
arcade nearby.  I understand up to 8 of the games can be linked, and you 
compete against the other drivers.  I've also seen them as singles.  

The seats vary from a hard plastic bench to a nice contoured seat with
pressure pads that push on your back...that's the one that has the "half a
cockpit and air box included". 

The steering wheel offers feedback -- that is, there's actually some push 
back through the wheel.  I've played it only a couple times, so I can't say 
how real-world it is (if I have an understeering car, does it give a 
shuddering/plowing feedback? dunno...) , but a co-worker here really likes 
it.

There's 4 different perspective you may view from -- in-car, slightly 
above, higher still, and blimp ;^) .  Three different circuits are 
available.   

The game costs between 75� and $1 in my neck of the woods...you could drop 
$5 a week on it and be fairly well entertained.
								Mike