Will Project Cars be the first racing sim to get motion controls right?

[famousringo]

kitler53 said:

fleischr said:

I don't consider racing wheels motion controls -- it's really it's own niche.

I always did find a particular Moto GP arcade game interesting because you had to lean the motorcycle to turn. Amazingly sophisticated for an arcade game of the 80s/early 90s.

i'll just say i think you're wrong here.  racing wheels are definitely motion controllers.  the game is controlled by moving your hands.

But by that definition, every type of controller is a motion controller for detecting the movement of some digit or limb. You'll have no distinction at all unless you're camparing it with thought or voice control.

The distinction I see is that a button, wheel, or joystick use mechanical sensors to detect motion within the sensor system itself, whereas what we commonly call "motion controls" uses MEMS sensors and/or cameras to detect motion outside the sensor system.

That it for today's Adventures in Pedantry! Tune in next week when we discuss the appropraite usage of 'affect' and 'effect'.