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First major xbox 360 mod

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  • 01-01-2006 1:31pm
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    Rabies
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    theregister.co.uk
    Conceived by Nissan Design America Inc. (NDA) and equipped with the Xbox 360 next-generation video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Nissan URGE concept car allows drivers (while parked) to play 'Project Gotham Racing 3' using the car's own steering wheel, gas pedal and brake pedal while viewing the game on a flip-down seven-inch LCD screen

    It might be just in a concept car but it is a nice idea.


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    projectmayhem
    Registered Users Posts: 9,480 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    imagine hitting the switch to play by accident while driving :o


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    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    i have seen a mod team do something similar before
    http://realvirtualcar.blogspot.com/
    they got a crap car, put a large lcd screen on the windscreen, connected all the paddels, gearstick and wheel. even got the speedometer to work :D


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    Rabies
    Registered Users Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Wow, that looks sh!t cool Ri_Nollaig.


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    evad_lhorg
    Registered Users Posts: 5,889 ✭✭✭evad_lhorg


    projectmayhem wrote:
    imagine hitting the switch to play by accident while driving :o


    or worse... imagine hitting the drive button while playing. :D smash!!!


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    Balfa
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    The pedals would be excellent, but how would the steering wheel work? Would they plan on fitting a force feedback motor to the pinion?? It'd need to be a lot more powerful to be able to realistically twist the whole assembly.


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    amp
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    If I had such a car I think I'd prefer to drive it. The resolution through the windscreen is much higher.


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    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    While first reading that I thought the reason for playing while parking was going to be because the Xbox360 would mangle the disc!


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