Flight sim players...

[great advice]

Ive had a few people tell me the Saitek X52 is no more than a gimmick, take away the fancy lights and its no better than something half its price!

 

[PieEater]

Ive had a few people tell me the Saitek X52 is no more than a gimmick, take away the fancy lights and its no better than something half its price!

Well thats an opinion, but show me something half the price with the same amount of features.

 

[Will]

MS Sidewinder FFB2 for me (used with Falcon 4:AF, and Il-2/FB/Pacific Fighters, never got into LOMAC...)

 

[Killerkebab]

Saitek X52.

What is TrackIR?

 

[pegasus1]

Saitek Cyborg Evo Force Feedback. Good stick and you can change the throttle settings with your cuffs

 

[Ex-RoNiN]

sureley not a keyboard and mouse?

Guilty

 

[PieEater]

What is TrackIR?

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/ - takes over your POV hat switch, it scans a dot on your head and tracks your head movements, look left and your POV follows.......

 

[Roduga]

Guilty

Well, that explains this then!

 

[Gigi]

So, what from everyones experience, would be the best joystick?

for either FS2004 or combat flight sims?

/Gigi

 

[Ex-RoNiN]

Well, that explains this then!

Heheh

 

[Roduga]

So, what from everyones experience, would be the best joystick?

for either FS2004 or combat flight sims?

/Gigi

I can't fault my Saitek Cyborg Evo Force, although I am tempted to get an X52.

 

[Roduga]

Heheh

I had a game with my brother a while back. I was wearing a blindfold, he was guiding me in:

"Left a bit....bit more....down a bit...slow a bit....bail out a bit".

 

[Bradmax57]

Anyone know is MS is working on a new one?

 

[Bradmax57]

flight simulator that is

 

[Roduga]

Yeap, there was a thread on this a while back, FSX looks boootiful.

 

[Azagoth]

Anyone know is MS is working on a new one?

Official site - http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx

The blogs of the FSX development team. A very good resource of info about the new sim.

Hal Bryan - http://blogs.technet.com/hal9000/default.aspx

Mike Gilbert - http://blogs.msdn.com/tdragger/

Tim Gregson - http://blogs.technet.com/beatlesblog/default.aspx

Steve Lacey - http://www.steve-lacey.com/

Sebastien St-Laurent - http://blogs.msdn.com/sebby1234/

Adrian Woods - http://blogs.technet.com/torgo3000/

Nick Whittome - http://msmvps.com/thenakedmvp/

Jason Waskey - http://blogs.technet.com/pixelpoke/default.aspx

 

[Bradmax57]

Official site - http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx

The blogs of the FSX development team. A very good resource of info about the new sim.

Hal Bryan - http://blogs.technet.com/hal9000/default.aspx

Mike Gilbert - http://blogs.msdn.com/tdragger/

Tim Gregson - http://blogs.technet.com/beatlesblog/default.aspx

Steve Lacey - http://www.steve-lacey.com/

Sebastien St-Laurent - http://blogs.msdn.com/sebby1234/

Adrian Woods - http://blogs.technet.com/torgo3000/

Nick Whittome - http://msmvps.com/thenakedmvp/

Jason Waskey - http://blogs.technet.com/pixelpoke/default.aspx

Cheers for the links, that looks sweet!!!!

 

[Charlatan]

Been using a Saitek X45, but have a CH Yoke coming today. I'll post my thoughts on it when I've had a good go.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

Ive had a few people tell me the Saitek X52 is no more than a gimmick, take away the fancy lights and its no better than something half its price!

There is nothing available even at the same price, let alone half the price that has as many features as the X52.

 

[William]

I managed to find a MS Sidewinder 2 FF for £30 in a competitor ages ago. Very fond of it.