Xbox Motorcycle simulator | Adaptive Controller + 2016 Ducati Panigale

I will share a project that I found on the internet when I was looking for Motorcycle simulator.

This guy made a motorcycle simulator using a 2016 Ducati Panigale. This is specifically for an Xbox, because he using the Xbox Adaptive Controller to interface between the Arduino and Xbox. His son and he have been messing around with Arduino and electronics for several years. Obviously, there is no force feedback, except gravity pushing on you when you lean off the bike. Which surprisingly is much harder on your legs than you may think. The simulator only had it functional for about 1 month and he still building stamina. The longest session was a half-race distance at Austin, which is about 24 minutes.

I know simracing is mostly for car racing, but just as I love cars too. I'm sure many love motorcycles and there just seems to be nothing out there for DIY motorcycle cycle simulators :( Maybe my build can inspire some. His son even uses a motorcycle simulator to play Forza, but he uses the joystick mounted on the left handlebar for steering.

He has 2 YouTube videos that go over all the things he did to make it work. I'll include some pictures below too.

Main electronic parts used...

- Arduino Mega

- MPU 9250 9-axis accelerometer (5 of them lol)

- Xbox Adaptive Controller

- Funny video about the project

- Technical video about all the steps in the project

- 1 lap of Mugello with top down camera view (shows response time well)