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Eurotrucker smart-bike mod

A half-built Euro Truck Simulator mod that uses the smart exercise bike as a control interface, started for similar game-plus-bike vibes. A comfortable steering input method was never worked out, and handlebar-button steering was rejected out of concern it would build dangerous muscle memory on a real bike.

Last shared For The author's own bike-controlled gaming experiments
01 / The problem

What it addresses

No comfortable, non-awkward way of doing steering input for bike-controlled play was ever worked out.

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  1. Eurotrucker smart-bike mod

    A half-built Euro Truck Simulator mod that uses the smart exercise bike as a control interface, started for similar game-plus-bike vibes. A comfortable steering input method was never worked out, and handlebar-button steering was rejected out of concern it would build dangerous muscle memory on a real bike.

    Problem: No comfortable, non-awkward way of doing steering input for bike-controlled play was ever worked out.

    Audience: The author's own bike-controlled gaming experiments

    Posted by @gabriel666smith · Original comment ↗

    “I have a half-built Eurotrucker mod somewhere for similar vibes. Never worked out a way of doing steering input that wasn't incredibly awkward, though.”