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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by clavicat on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:17AM (#29499173)
You know what would be cool? If you could use driving mechanisms as the game controller, like those arcade racing machines but in a real car. Imagine playing Forza or Mario Kart in your Tesla. Given that it’s all electric, this should be doable, right?
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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by SaintGhurka on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:24AM (#29499310)
A lot of the Tesla games DO use the steering wheel. Centipede, for one.

I can never bring myself to play them because I feel like I would look like an imbecile sitting in the car furiously turning the wheel while the car is parked.

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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by rootusrootus on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:01PM (#29499877)
It's also pretty hard on the tires.
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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by sgustard on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:46AM (#29499632)
That's a feature of many Tesla games. Now imagine your steering wheel stops steering the car due to a bug when your passenger fires up a game.
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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by colordrops on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:52AM (#29499720)
It has the opposite problem. They intentionally don't disable steering while using the wheel to control the video game. The result is that your tires get ground down with a pile of black rubber dust on your driveway. I don't let the kids use the steering wheel for fear of destroying the tires.

I would be surprised if it is possible to disconnect the steering from the mechanical steering mechanism.

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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by wumpus on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:21PM (#29500188)
Tesla doesn't have any "drive by wire" cars, the steering has a mechanical linkage.
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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by darknavi on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:53AM (#29499747)
When you play those games with the steering wheel it actually still turns the tires.
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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by orourkek on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:24AM (#29499309)
This is already a feature!

https://youtu.be/zqG6AAZ5JvA?t=84

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Re:Tesla Update Allows Video Games While Driving, and the Fe... by tbabb on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:24PM (#29501739)
Sometimes it's hard for me to tell when a Hacker News comment is being sarcastic or not.
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