Monday, October 7, 2013

More New Purchases

I love all sorts of different controllers, but one type that I never had growing up was a steering wheel.  I remember seeing Interact's V3 steering wheel for the Nintendo 64 back in the day, but I never really had any interest in buying one... until now.



This thing is pretty cool.  You can configure just about everything on the steering wheel, including sensitivity and button assignment, and it will remember those settings even if you turn the system off.

It's a little difficult to use because it's essentially adapting an analog stick to be used as a steering wheel, but I don't care, it's still fun!  So far I've tried World Driver Championship (really difficult with the V3, but only because the game is itself incredibly difficult) and Hydro Thunder (really fun, makes it's feel more like the arcade), as well as this game:


I played Off Road Challenge several times in the arcade (it seems like the arcade machine is everywhere) and I think I even rented it once.  It's a decent arcade game, but nothing to write home about.  However, I like off road racing, and arcade games are a perfect fit for the V3 (since arcade racing games are designed to use steering wheels), so I'll be uploading a full playthrough of this game on my Youtube channel using the V3 some time in the near future.  But from what I've played so far, it's a lot of fun using the wheel.

Some versions of the V3 apparently had built-in rumble, and while mine has a rumble light on it, I can't figure out how to get the rumble to work (the manual doesn't say anything about it).  If anyone knows how to turn the rumble on, I'd love to hear how.