would that be possible? is there a car that outputs electrical signals based on steering wheel angle, accelerator/brake amount, (stick shift stuff if applicable), etc.? and would it be easily accessible?

at least in my humble experience, a steeling wheel when the car is parked and off doesn’t turn very willingly. (compared to when driving). also, the brake, accelerator, clutch all seem to be quite different when parked or when driving.

i think what i’m trying to say (i know nothing about car mechanics…) is that all of the available “controls” in the car are linked mechanically, hydraulically, pneumatically (or however) to other pieces.

of course, I have no experience with car mechanics, so i could be totally wrong, but i think that even if steering/accelerator/etc did output an electrical signal based on their state, they are still linked mechanically to their respective… stuff…

that said, it would be quite neat to see, and i think i saw in popular science a while back some japanese concept car that allowed an in-built driving simulation to interface with the car’s controls.

(Speaking of which, where did real force-feedback controllers go, anyway? Not ones that vibrate a little, I mean the big, bulky ones which could kick in a specific direction, based on where you just got hit in the game.)