Though somewhat overshadowed during the console generation-shift, driving and flight sims have maintained a dedicated following that, on the high-end, is highly willing to invest serous money in apparatuses that heighten the experience. Such fans with an extra $15,000 to spend will be stoked to learn that VoodooPC / HP have partnered with D-Box to sell the Pro-200 RC racing chair.
Displayed prominently at this year's GDC, the Pro-200 RC racing chair is an impressive system that utilizes proprietary hydraulics technology and D-Box's Motion Code software to bring extremely tactile feedback to PC driving and flight-sim games. We got the chance to test it out, and were quite impressed with the ability of the system to heighten the pseudo-reality of intense racing games. While racing, accelerating hard shifted the chair hard to the rear. Turning hard and suddenly losing traction jolted the chair quite hard, and exactly in concert with the force-feedback racing wheel.
Though the Pro-200 RC racing chair carries serious sticker shock, dedicated racing fanatics should be pretty stocked to see such a product gaining higher profile distribution. D-Box products are now being sold via VoodooPC / HP. Somewhat lower-end options are also available.
source : www.ign.com
