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Osnabrueck · 09-01-2006, 05:20 AM

There's folks who can use a trackball just as well as a mouse, but I'm not one of those people. I can barely get a single thing done with a trackball controller.

The mouse works because there's a good amount of physical space that correlates into reactions. So in other words, the range of movement is well matched with the range human motion, in this case, the hand.

A steering wheel addresses ergonomic and spacial imput issues rather neatly. A joystick has too limited a range of motion to get the same done, although I'm sure something halfway decent could be rigged and I'm sure folks who have no problem steering with a PS2 dual shock controller could adapt to it.

Me? I can't get a single thing done with those damn analog joypads, and a car with a joystick would be no different.

BTW - I love that concept car. A good dose of futurecasting and a very important prelude to the W220.

09-01-2006, 05:20 AM	#3
Osnabrueck Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,100 Thanks: 410 Thanked 342 Times in 204 Posts	Re: Complete Joystick operation There's folks who can use a trackball just as well as a mouse, but I'm not one of those people. I can barely get a single thing done with a trackball controller. The mouse works because there's a good amount of physical space that correlates into reactions. So in other words, the range of movement is well matched with the range human motion, in this case, the hand. A steering wheel addresses ergonomic and spacial imput issues rather neatly. A joystick has too limited a range of motion to get the same done, although I'm sure something halfway decent could be rigged and I'm sure folks who have no problem steering with a PS2 dual shock controller could adapt to it. Me? I can't get a single thing done with those damn analog joypads, and a car with a joystick would be no different. BTW - I love that concept car. A good dose of futurecasting and a very important prelude to the W220.