RPM gauge is working with Nascar Racer 2003 Season

Today I wrote a small program that capture telemetry information from Papyrus Nascar Racer 2003 Season and move the servo engine in the RPM gauge accordingly. Click on the picture to download a clip to show it in action.

We got a car!

Finally, after searching several junk yards, we were able to find a decent car that meets our requirements: full dashboard with all the plastics in place, a wheel, gear stick, handbrake and chair. No engine. No wheels. The car is a Renault Megane I probably 1997 or so.



The car that we got was invovled in an accedient so it has the airbags open.



The guy that brought us the car, just left it at the entrance to the driveway and we had to get it closer to the workshop entrance. Luckly, we had a forklift...



The hard part was getting into the workshop through the narrow entrance.



Finally, it was inside.



Next, we have to take apart the semi broken front window and clean the car.

RPM gauge is working with Racer

Finally, after getting information about the hidden features of Racer, we were finally able to write a simple program in Java and receive the RPM information in real time. Whoo hooo!

You can click here to see a short clip..

Getting started

Zvika Netter and I met in Kinnernet 2005: Zvika has built the beautify MotoTank and I built a retro acrade system. At a 3am session we tried to think about ideas for new projects and decided to go with a car simulator that will be built inside a real car.