Cheaper than a certain over hyped iPad App is the entire PC game , of Formula 1 F1 2011 , start your engines by inserting coins to the value of £19.85 here ..boy I miss arcades...
Head tracking is another way the human / VR interface is becoming reality . Racing games can benefit greatly when you get to look around your virtual car . Today I used pppjoy mouse emulation to give me mouse control in F1 2012 mapping the x axes to look left and right. And as on the basic level the Zeiss headtracker emulates mouse control ,we have headtracking enabled in F1 2012. So how does the addition of headtracking change playing F1 2012?
Driving using headtracking turns this console port into a driving sim , right now I am using mouse emulation to get headtracking , what we need is Codemasters to introduce full axes headtracking to further enhance this series and take advantage of devices like the Cinemizer OLED headtracker . More to follow