(SSGX Origins) Let's make a Wipeout game! This time for real!

[Dan Locke]

Regarding keyboard controls, there's no reason to set them up differently from the console games' controls. Use the arrow keys or WASD in place of a crosspad, with Enter or Escape being the pause menu, and put the thrust and weapon functions on the opposite side of the keyboard, with the left and right brake keys on either side of them. Here's the configuration that I've always used for the PC and emulated versions:

Arrow keys = Pitch and rotation

Left Shift = Left brake

Spacebar = Right brake

X = Thrust

Z = Use weapon

S = Drop weapon

D = Change view

Left Control = Rear view

C = Hyperthrust (in Wipeout 3)

Enter (or, more recently, Right Shift) = Pause

Of course, the keys should be user-definable, and not locked into a predetermined configuration. But I figured that it would be helpful to post a configuration that I find comfortable to use. Arrange your hands on the keyboard to line up with it; it works quite well.