Posted by pink on 19, 2001 at 2:19 PM:
In Reply to: Gated Input: pls Define posted by White Falcon on 19, 2001 at 1:14 PM:
A gated shifter is an automotive term for shifters that force you to slide into the gears through long skinny slots known as "gates". The H pattern refers to a 4 way gated shifter.
As far as arcades go, i believe gated shifters are just shifters that stay in the "gate" or slot for the gear you are in until you move it out and into another.
: Can anyone explain what a Gated Controller is? following is an exerpt from a readme for Nascar Racing Game...
: In
: Direct Selection mode, you may assign a control to shift directly to any
: gear, or to neutral. The H Pattern mode is intended for use only with
: controllers featuring a gated shifter such as the ActLabs RS Shifter. In
: this mode, you may shift directly to any of the forward gears as well as to
: reverse gear. Once the shifter is moved out of an assigned gate, the
: transmission will shift to neutral automatically.