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Chapter 1167 Direct Drive Steering Wheel Scheme

Wang Xiaobin paused for a while and continued: "The direct-drive steering wheel is equipped with a stepper motor or a servo motor, and its effect will be better than that of a force-feedback steering wheel with a gear-belt hybrid transmission, because the feedback force is stronger and the response is faster. ."

"Foreign manufacturers that provide simulators for professional teams basically use direct drive solutions."

"But it's very volatile in price."

"The price of foreign direct-drive steering wheels is very expensive. The mainstream brands are basically around 1500 euros. After conversion, a steering wheel costs more than [-] yuan. Most people can't afford it."

"However, there are many domestic hard-core gamers who choose to do it themselves and DIY the whole set, so that the cost can be reduced a lot. The pure cost may be less than 2000 yuan. After all, industrial servo motors and drives are available online. If you buy a second-hand one, you can get it for four to five hundred."

"But the DIY process is extremely complicated and cumbersome. If you are completely DIY, you still need to know programming knowledge. Even if you use the ready-made solution on the Internet, it will take several weeks to adjust. For Xiaobai, buying it is a pure waste of money. Only a big guy with a particularly strong hands-on ability can play well."

"What's more, if you go to the Internet to find DIY solutions, you don't have to count on product quality control and after-sales service."

"At present, the realistic game steering wheels that domestic players can buy, whether it is an entry-level force feedback steering wheel or a direct-drive steering wheel, are all dominated by foreign brands."

"There are also some domestic manufacturers that are making steering wheels, but they are all very cheap entertainment steering wheels, and there is no force feedback."

"Actually, the steering wheels of these foreign brands are the second most expensive. The key is that the accessories are also expensive."

"Whether it's H manual gear, sequential manual gear or a special hydraulic handbrake, the price of these accessories is not less than 1000 yuan. If you want to assemble a complete set, even the entry-level force feedback steering wheel solution is not worth six or seven thousand. Can't make it at all."

"After all, factors such as brand value, licensing fees, taxes and fees will make foreign steering wheels inflated."

"In fact, the cost of many accessories is very low, such as brackets, such as hydraulic handbrakes, these things of foreign brands are generally more than double the cost price. Domestic self-made hydraulic handbrakes only cost 300 yuan, and foreign brands can sell them easily. To sell close to a thousand, the difference in actual experience is not very big.”

"Of course, the advantage of buying a ready-made brand is that everything is matched and optimized for the game. After the steering wheel is connected to the computer, the driver can be installed and you can play directly. For those players who do not have professional knowledge, DIY is definitely OK. If it doesn’t work, you can only buy ready-made products.”

Wang Xiaobin gave a detailed introduction to the current domestic game steering wheel situation, and everyone nodded frequently.

These three different steering wheels bring players a completely different gaming experience, and there must be a reason for being expensive.

The purpose of buying a steering wheel is nothing more than two, one is to improve the sense of immersion and substitution in the game, and the other is to improve the accuracy of the operation.

The realistic steering wheel has a wealth of vibration modes. When the vehicle passes through different roads, the vibration effect will also be different. Players can clearly distinguish whether their vehicle is passing on a gravel road or a muddy road.

In addition, the steering wheel can fine-tune the wheel angle, cooperate with the pedals and the gear lever, and can realize advanced skills such as spring-clutch lift-off, downshifting, fuel-filling and heel-toe actions.

More importantly, the force feedback of the steering wheel can inform the player of the current wheel state of the vehicle.

Players can judge the grip state of the wheels through the force feedback strength of the steering wheel, and the tire slip can be detected at the first time, which is very important for drifting and cornering and driving on special roads.

Therefore, many racing drivers of professional teams will also use simulators for training, because an excellent steering wheel can indeed restore the driving experience of a real car.

In a nutshell, for ordinary players, since they have decided to buy a steering wheel, they must give back. Don’t touch those plastic toys under 1000 yuan. If you have this money, you might as well buy a good handle.

Some even say that it's best not to experience a direct-drive steering wheel until you can afford it.

Because after experiencing the direct-drive steering wheel, returning to the ordinary steering wheel or handle, keyboard is likely to make you feel lost, or even make you lose interest in racing games completely.

Of course, the steering wheel doesn't improve your skills, and when you first switch to the steering wheel, it may be worse than the keyboard or the handle.But as long as you get used to the operation of the steering wheel, most people will no longer use the keyboard or handle to play racing games.

Changyou nodded: "According to President Pei's usual style of doing things, since we want to make a product, it must be the best."

"Then the steering wheel we make must be a direct drive solution with a servo motor."

"Moreover, the market for direct-drive steering wheels is in a polarized state. The price of foreign brands is often tens of thousands. Although it is cheap for players to DIY, the threshold is too high, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive."

"There's a big gap in the market here."

"If we can develop an excellent direct-drive steering wheel and control the price of the full set of accessories at a cost-effective level, it will still be very competitive!"

"Maybe President Pei saw the business opportunities and decided to be the steering wheel?"

Jiang Yuan added: "It may also be because Mr. Pei felt that none of the steering wheels on the market could perfectly match the game, so he decided to do it himself."

Ye Zhizhou nodded: "Yes, this must be one of the reasons."

"The current game steering wheel on the market, although there are some buttons on the board, are basically buttons that simulate the handle."

"General racing games require fewer buttons, and this steering wheel can also meet the requirements."

"But there are a lot of simulation content in the game "Safe and Civilized Driving", such as turning on the turn signal when cornering, double flashing when parking in failure, as well as wipers, high and low beams, windshield defogging, etc. Even players To make money driving a big truck or coach, you need more buttons.”

"There are not enough buttons on the steering wheel, so you can only use the keyboard, which is obviously not convenient. If you can create a special console to integrate the buttons needed in various games, it will definitely be more convenient, and it will also help improve the sense of substitution. ."

Wang Xiaobin agreed: "Yes, speaking of this, I think that although there are many steering wheels on the market, there is still a lot of room for innovation in accessories."

"Not to mention the most basic H gear and handbrake."

"Under the steering wheel, on the base of the motor, you can actually add a dashboard display screen. This price is not expensive, but it can display different effects according to different vehicles, so that players don't need to look at the screen anymore, and they can know the car when they look down. information such as speed and RPM.”

“The steering wheel needs to be equipped with shift paddles with magnets, and there are also various buttons such as turn signals, wipers, etc. The steering wheel can be wrapped in Alcantara leather, which doesn’t cost much, but it can improve the feel very well. "

"Micro vibrators can be installed on the pedals, and the steering wheel and pedals can vibrate together to better simulate the driving feeling."

With your words, the four people quickly finalized the details of this steering wheel.

This steering wheel has a variety of different accessories, which can be purchased separately, priced separately, or packaged together, and there will be a certain discount on the price.

In terms of the main body of the steering wheel, it is divided into a steering wheel and a direct drive base. The direct drive base needs to integrate the control box and the small display of the instrument.The D1SPCE quick release system used in real cars is used between the base and the steering wheel, which is reliable, safe, and easy to disassemble.

These two together account for the bulk of the price of this set of equipment. The steering wheel is about 1300, because the steering wheel integrates various buttons and vibrators, while the direct drive base costs about 3200.

The pedals are made of pure metal. The accelerator, brake, and clutch can all fine-tune the distance up and down the pedal. The clutch and accelerator are rebounded by adjustable springs, while the brakes rely on a small preloaded spring and a large block. The rubber block, this design is to simulate different foot feel.

A small vibrator is also configured on the accelerator, brake and clutch pedals to simulate the vibration of the vehicle when driving.

The price of this pedal is relatively high, about 1200 yuan. Although the price is similar to that of many foreign manufacturers' pedals, the actual experience obtained is absolutely completely different.

The gear lever that integrates the H gear and the sequential gear, as well as the hydraulic handbrake, are 300 and 200 respectively.

There is also a special console with various commonly used buttons, which are mainly used to simulate some special situations in driving. It is actually a special keyboard, so the price is not expensive, and it can be done for 100 yuan.

In addition, there are three different brackets, namely, a foldable bracket without a seat, about 500 yuan; an adjustable bracket with a seat, about 1200 yuan; including a monitor bracket, the highest specification bracket of the G-force seat, and the price It is 4000 yuan.

Of course, this G-force seat is not the kind of six-direction, but the basic three-direction, that is, it can only simulate the movement of front and rear, left and right, and up and down, but for the general experience, the three directions are completely enough. , the six-direction G-force seat is too expensive and the demand is relatively small. The big guys who pursue this experience basically go to the group themselves, and there is no need for mass production.

The G-force seat can only improve the experience, but it does not help the improvement of technology. Many racers do not use the G-force seat to drive the simulator.The reason why such a bracket is provided is just to meet the needs of some high-end players.

If players already have steering wheel brackets or other brands of manual gears, handbrakes and other accessories, then they only need to buy the new accessories they need.

And if the player is to experience from scratch, then Outu Technology also provides three different package plans.

The first is an entry-level package, which only requires a steering wheel, pedals, brackets and console. The original price is 6300, and the package price is 5800.

This solution is suitable for novices, no need to shift gears or handbrake, and you can use your own chair for the seat, which is a relatively entry-level solution.

The second is the advanced package, the steering wheel, foot pedal, handbrake, console, adjustable bracket with seat, the original price is 7200, and the package price is 6800.

This solution is suitable for players with certain advanced requirements. The hydraulic handbrake is more convenient for drifting, and the shift paddles on the steering wheel can also complete the shifting operation.If you prefer the H gear, then add another 300 yuan to buy a gear lever separately.

At the same time, the seat and the bracket are fixed together, so there is no need to worry about the shaking of the seat, which is more comfortable.

The third is the deluxe package, which is fully equipped with G-force seats. The original price is 10300, and the package price is 9999.

This set of equipment can basically meet the driving needs of all master players, even some professional racing drivers.

The discounts for the starter package are relatively large, mainly to expand the player base.

After purchasing a low-level package, if you want to upgrade in the future, you only need to add some money to buy the accessories you need, and it is not troublesome.

(End of this chapter)