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Snake Vargas · 09-01-2006, 08:36 AM

Yeah, it would depend on the total movement range of the joystick. If it's too small, small hand movements would necessarily have to translate into large car movements, increasing potential for jerky driving.

One more important aspect. When you accelerate, brake or go around corners, then what do you do to stop from falling off the seat?

Seat bolsters help, but one thing that you do is lean forward or backward on the steering wheel, or grip the whole thing (ie. perpendicular to its axis of movement) and use it to stop yourself sliding sideways.

On a joystick, that would cause you to turn away from your intended direction whilst cornering. Or, depending whether 'forward' meant brake or accelerate, then it would cause you to brake/accelerate when you're pushing forward due to heavy braking.

IMO it would take some special consideration for it to ever be otherwise. It's not good enough to try and get people to counteract the forces of physics themselves whilst doing something as 'mundane' as driving.

09-01-2006, 08:36 AM	#4
Snake Vargas Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 1,201 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Complete Joystick operation Yeah, it would depend on the total movement range of the joystick. If it's too small, small hand movements would necessarily have to translate into large car movements, increasing potential for jerky driving. One more important aspect. When you accelerate, brake or go around corners, then what do you do to stop from falling off the seat? Seat bolsters help, but one thing that you do is lean forward or backward on the steering wheel, or grip the whole thing (ie. perpendicular to its axis of movement) and use it to stop yourself sliding sideways. On a joystick, that would cause you to turn away from your intended direction whilst cornering. Or, depending whether 'forward' meant brake or accelerate, then it would cause you to brake/accelerate when you're pushing forward due to heavy braking. IMO it would take some special consideration for it to ever be otherwise. It's not good enough to try and get people to counteract the forces of physics themselves whilst doing something as 'mundane' as driving.