Decent game controller?

[hornetstinger]

Something funny with my cyclone, occasionally when unwanted movement in the game is happening.

Is there any button/movement logging that I can see what's happening

 

[martos123]

How are you connecting your Cyclone 2's? Is it with the dongle or Bluetooth. I'm getting occasional boot errors which i think are happening when the dongle is connected. It's only happened a couple of times, but trying to rule things out.

 

[Kelt]

How are you connecting your Cyclone 2's? Is it with the dongle or Bluetooth. I'm getting occasional boot errors which i think are happening when the dongle is connected. It's only happened a couple of times, but trying to rule things out.

One end of the supplied USB cable to PC, other end to charger.

Then install software d/l from web.

 

[RedMogg]

How are you connecting your Cyclone 2's? Is it with the dongle or Bluetooth. I'm getting occasional boot errors which i think are happening when the dongle is connected. It's only happened a couple of times, but trying to rule things out.

Dongle with PC & Android tablet (with a 4 port USB-C adapter, so I can charge at the same time), BT on the TV (Apollo/Artemis streaming - latency not ideal, but it works).

 

[Kill_Phil]

Got to say mightly impressed with the cyclone 2 especially given the price point! Much better than the standard Xbox controller. Although do miss the weight of the original

 

[pastymuncher]

I am connecting my Cyclone 2 by cable direct to the pc.

 

[hornetstinger]

I am connecting my Cyclone 2 by cable direct to the pc.

The cable with the gamesir G7 is much longer and flexible than the one with the cyclone 2

 

[pastymuncher]

The one that came with the Cyclone 2 is perfectly fine for me.

 

[martos123]

How are you connecting your Cyclone 2's? Is it with the dongle or Bluetooth. I'm getting occasional boot errors which i think are happening when the dongle is connected. It's only happened a couple of times, but trying to rule things out.

It turns out USB controller on my motherboard was on its way out. These issues were a symptom of the impending failure.

All good on my new setup.

 

[umboma]

Cant go wrong with a Xbox controller, I've tried more expensive ones but always go back to the elite 1 controller.

 

[Kelt]

Cant go wrong with a Xbox controller, I've tried more expensive ones but always go back to the elite 1 controller.

I have both the series 1 and 2, both have stick drift to a degree, and none of them are a patch on the Cyclone 2.

 

[umboma]

I have both the series 1 and 2, both have stick drift to a degree, and none of them are a patch on the Cyclone 2.

I'll have to take a look at the cyclone 2 and pick one up if it's cheap enough.

 

[Kelt]

I'll have to take a look at the cyclone 2 and pick one up if it's cheap enough.

My last one (its that good I bought two) cost me £33.99.

Makes a mockery of the £150ish cost for the Elite 2.

 

[umboma]

My last one (its that good I bought two) cost me £33.99.

Makes a mockery of the £150ish cost for the Elite 2.

Damn thats cheap I was thinking it'll be around the £90 mark as I've not heard if it before. I'll get one on order for the price of a takeaway lol.

 

[Kelt]

Damn thats cheap I was thinking it'll be around the £90 mark as I've not heard if it before. I'll get one on order for the price of a takeaway lol.

Just read the relevent posts here about it.

@mrk did a review of it as well.

 

[TrojanWhore]

Noticing a lot of the options suggested in this thread are currently a fair chunk above the prices people are stating (e.g. the Cyclone with dock is currently £56, so ~65% more...)
Is this just Trump and his tarriffs screwing things up or more of a case of needing to keep an eye out for when they're on offer?

Still using an old wired 360 controller which I've had for probably 10+ years, one of the stick orbits has broken when I tripped over the wire and launched it across the room. Still works fine but thinking it's time I replaced it with something more modern, at least at some point.

 

[Rawr]

Noticing a lot of the options suggested in this thread are currently a fair chunk above the prices people are stating (e.g. the Cyclone with dock is currently £56, so ~65% more...)
Is this just Trump and his tarriffs screwing things up or more of a case of needing to keep an eye out for when they're on offer?

Still using an old wired 360 controller which I've had for probably 10+ years, one of the stick orbits has broken when I tripped over the wire and launched it across the room. Still works fine but thinking it's time I replaced it with something more modern, at least at some point.

Probably buying from chinese marketplace sites instead of local stores, you need to buy when they have discount codes though as prices fluctuate a lot.

 

[TrojanWhore]

Cheers, I was just looking at prices on the 'forest, hadn't occured to look on the other marketplaces!
Looking there now I see they're ~£45, so more reasonable! Although tbh I'm lazy and impatient, so would probably just pay the extra £10 for next day and I assume better recourse for returns.

Not really playing anything controller based at the moment (or much gaming in general tbh) so will keep an eye out for deals... definitely gonna have to have a crack at the enhanced version of GTA5 at some point soon though!

 

[jcb33]

I am currently using the 8BitDo Ultimate Switch varient and I absolutely love it. I think it might be the best controller I've used since the 360. It just feels good to hold.

 

[Raymond Lin]

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