Maxrace F.1 Converter for Xbox 360

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http://www.virtualr.net/maxrace-f-1-converter-for-xbox-360

If this works...

"Maxbuy has released a new Xbox 360 accessory, allowing the usage of Logitech racing wheels on Microsoft’s popular console.

While the Playstation 3 natively supports Logitech’s range of steering wheels, Xbox 360 owners are restricted to a slim choice of compatible devices.

The Maxrace F.1 Converter changes that as it brings full Logitech support to the Xbox 360 as you can see in the video below, all features of the wheel such as Force Feedback and clutch are supported.

Features

Supports the G25,G27 Clutch function.
Compatible with 2 types of gear shift, manual gear shift and automatic transmission gear
shift
All G27, G25,MOMO,and GT racing wheel works on Xbox 360™ racing games.
Compatible with all versions of Xbox 360™/Xbox 360™ slim, PS 3™/PS3™ slim
consoles
Support Force Feedback function
More sensitive and accurate
Plug and play.
Enables Rapid Fire/Turbo on Wired Xbox 360™ and PS 3™ controllers when connected
to your Xbox 360™/Xbox 360™ slim, PS 3 ™/ PS 3™ slim console .
Support PS 3™ sixaxis games.
Supports 2 stick analog tilt functionality from the PS 3™ controller to the Xbox 360™ .
Support wired Xbox 360™ controller and PS 3™ controller on Xbox 360™/Xbox 360™
slim, PS 3™/PS 3™ slim console.

More info on the converter can be found on the Maxbuy website here, although the converter does not seem to be available for purchase just yet as no pricing is listed for the device."
 
From watching the video I cant see any FF being sent to the wheel. If you watch the rim close there is no movement at all. There should atleast be a little bit you can see. Also not a single peep from the wheel. We all know the logitech wheels arent silent when they are being used. I would be a bit skeptical about this thing.
 
Unless something has changed... The FFB commands necessary for wheel use are not sent over the USB connection, only wireless. If it's simply emulating a controller, then no FFB beyond rumble.

The lag doesn't look too bad though, which is better than the previous solution.
 
It is a controller emulator, their instructions say so. That also means there'll be a big, big deadzone. My 360 controller has a huge amount of slop in the sticks, for PC games I have to set a deadzone of about 20-25%, yet it's no problem on my 360 so there must be a built-in deadzone of about that much already.
 
If anyone actually wants to make this happen, they need to buy someone's "broken" old Fanatec wheel, take the main board out and go from there.
 
mrbasher
If anyone actually wants to make this happen, they need to buy someone's "broken" old Fanatec wheel, take the main board out and go from there.
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Yah they could go the route of Frex and instead of using an official xbox pad you use the guts of a Fanatec wheel.

Unless you were suggesting to reverse engineer the hardware and crack Microsoft's wireless encryption.

neema_t
It is a controller emulator, their instructions say so. That also means there'll be a big, big deadzone. My 360 controller has a huge amount of slop in the sticks, for PC games I have to set a deadzone of about 20-25%, yet it's no problem on my 360 so there must be a built-in deadzone of about that much already.
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The hardware could just skip the deadzone but they probably won't.
 
ibuycheap
Unless you were suggesting to reverse engineer the hardware and crack Microsoft's wireless encryption.
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No, I meant what you thought originally. Or, I suppose technically you could just remove the Infineon wireless module from it and put it on your own board... Then read the keys for it from Fanatec's firmware and go from there.
 
mrbasher
If anyone actually wants to make this happen, they need to buy someone's "broken" old Fanatec wheel, take the main board out and go from there.
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What about an old XBox wheel? This is similar to what I did with an old RockBand drum to use a USB-to-Midi controller on a Roland V-drum. I could play RockBand with a proper electronic kit and not the funky plastic "thingy" :D

It's the proprietary XBox controller chip that is a tough work around, maybe using the one out of the XBox wheel would get us part of the way there... I have one by the way :)
 

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