Topic: Racing game controls

[DolphENDO]

Mr Ass Kicker a.k.a Reggie spoke of a racing game debuting at E3 and that the controls will be done in a very different way.  Well, its just my own guess, but I bet the wii-mote control and the nunchuck unit will be used as a sort of steering wheel.  The nunchuck unit will be left hand on steering wheel while the wii-mote is obvsiously the right hand.  While playing a racing game you'll be moving both hands in a "turning the steering wheel" sort of way.  The z button on the bottom of the wii-mote control can be used as acceleration while simply pulling the 2 controls closer to you fast will be for breaking.

[BranDonk Kong]

He says it's going to use the core controller.

[Mario]

What would be the point of having two motion sensors do that? Obviously when you move the left one up, the right would go down the same amount, and if you're using two, and you DON'T do that, then the laws of physics are broken and the world explodes. Just the main Wii remote should be enough I think.

I need a wii-mote that gives more turning.  

[Fro]

I think it'll just be the remote turned on its side, and you'll tilt it to turn.

[trip1eX]

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Originally posted by: Fro
I think it'll just be the remote turned on its side, and you'll tilt it to turn.

Yeah seems a no-brainer to me.  

[DolphENDO]

Well seeing as my idea would generate the feel of ACTUALLY driving the car, I thought my idea was pretty awesome.  Still do.

[Hostile Creation]

Because the most obvious guesses = "a very different way".

[eljefe]

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Because the most obvious guesses = "a very different way".

a very different way than we're used to. I think it'll involve "manually shiting gears"/ "pulling the parking brake" with one hand

and

steering with the other hand.

[Edfishy]

Unfortunately, I think Dolph's idea makes the most sense.

First of all, if you used the Wiimote wand on-end as a steering wheel, it would feel like you were driving a British car(Right side steering wheel rather than Left).  Fine for the British, a little awkward for Americans.  
Second of all,  your right arm cannot twist to the left as easily as it can twist to the right, causing a little arm strain on left-hand turns.  Not a big deal, but in the long run can result in stressed arms.

Dolph's idea would remove the strain, and would allow equal turning capabillity in either direction.  As well as make the driving feel a little more realistic.

[Spak-Spang]

I mentioned this elsewhere, but I want a Motorcycle game.  Where you can Line by tilting the Wiimote and such.  I think it would be a fresh and engaging Racer.

I also would love a return of those Top Down racers, where the entire track is in view as a party game.  The Wiimote could be used to stir and that would be brilliant fun with four players.

[eljefe]

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I want a Motorcycle game.  Where you can Line by tilting the Wiimote and such.  I think it would be a fresh and engaging Racer.

I also would love a return of those Top Down racers, where the entire track is in view as a party game.  The Wiimote could be used to stir and that would be brilliant fun with four players.

extreme g wii

It could be even faster paced because of the instinctive controls.

[Jensen]

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Originally posted by: Edfishy


First of all, if you used the Wiimote wand on-end as a steering wheel, it would feel like you were driving a British car(Right side steering wheel rather than Left).  Fine for the British, a little awkward for Americans.  
Second of all,  your right arm cannot twist to the left as easily as it can twist to the right, causing a little arm strain on left-hand turns.  Not a big deal, but in the long run can result in stressed arms.

I think you may misunderstand.  I think you would hold the controller like an NES controller, with the secondary a and b buttons in your right hand, and the d-pad/big A in your left.  You could easily turn the wheel 90 degrees in each direction.    a and b would be accelleration and brakes and dpad/A would control items and/or gear shifting.  The nunchuck wouldn't be needed.

At least, that's how I tried to play NES racing games :-)
 

[1day]

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Originally posted by: eljefe

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I want a Motorcycle game.  Where you can Line by tilting the Wiimote and such.  I think it would be a fresh and engaging Racer.

I also would love a return of those Top Down racers, where the entire track is in view as a party game.  The Wiimote could be used to stir and that would be brilliant fun with four players.

extreme g wii

It could be even faster paced because of the instinctive controls.

XG3 was nearly uncontrollable at his highest speed levels and XGRA simply wasn't fast nor balanced enough. Hopefully, a new and definitive XG will come out for this system so that there's something beside F-Zero standing at the top.  

[PaLaDiN]

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Originally posted by: Mario

I need a wii-mote that gives more turning.

Haha.

[Athrun Zala]

Another way could be to use the Wiimote to steer and the nunchuk to shift gears (since it has an accelerometer, it would be simply moving it)

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Originally Posted by Edfishy
First of all, if you used the Wiimote wand on-end as a steering wheel, it would feel like you were driving a British car(Right side steering wheel rather than Left). Fine for the British, a little awkward for Americans.

not really, if you look carefully, both the Wiimote and the nunchuk fit both hands prefectly, so you simply switch hands

[vudu]

It's a sequal to Kirby Air Ride.  You lift the remote up to go and lower it to break.  No turning.

[Zach]

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not really, if you look carefully, both the Wiimote and the nunchuk fit both hands prefectly, so you simply switch hands

Thats true, but it would be a little awkward to get used to considering that were all used to having the primary analog stick in our left hands

[eljefe]

no

because you wouldn't even be using the analog stick

[couchmonkey]

I think Jensen might have been suggesting this, but I was considering the controls last night, and realized I've been wrong.

Like some others here, I thought of playing with the controller held up in front of me and turning it left and right, much like a real steering wheel.

Now I'm thinking a second way is possible that might not be quite as similar to actual driving, but it might be more comfortable and natural.  Instead of holding the controller up, perpendicular to the ground, you hold it in your lap, parallel to the ground as usual, and you tilt it left and right.  This is how I used to play racing games (tilting left and right, not holding the controller up and turning it like a steering wheel).

I'm guessing Nintendo will either use tilting rather than turning, or maybe we'll be allowed to choose between the two.  I was thinking of how the remote might work with Mario Kart...hop by flicking, turn by tilting, powerslide-boosting by tilting back and forth after hopping...you'd really get into controlling the Kart directly, I think it would be easier and a lot more natural than the current Mario Kart controls.