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    Looking for a new joystick..

    Thinking of buying Microsoft Flight Simulator X, but tbh need a new joystick first (my old one is a bit knackered now from all those hours spent playing IL2 ).

    Last time I was at a LAN had a go on a friends Microsoft Sidewinder 2 which I thought was pretty good, especially loved the force feedback. Only place I have seen it up to now is ebay though at £50+ so I guess they've been discontinued?

    Does anybody have any joystick recommendations? & places to buy from?

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    The Logitech Force 3D Pro is a very nice stick, use it in BF2 and I've found it to be very good.

    I've heard Flight Simulator X doesn't really require a joystick though, I heard they designed it with they keyboard and mouse primarily in mind, but maybe not. I'm sure a joystick would be leaps and bounds better than a keyboard and mouse.


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    The sidewinder range has (unfortunately) been discontinued for quite a while now (which is a shame as they were really good sticks) and I've noticed that most lines of PC joysticks have all but dried up recently (it appears I'm not the only one who noticed this - Bit-Tech had an article up a couple of months back looking at the lack of decent sticks).

    You could always try the MS 360 USB pad (£18 on play.com) and I think the new version of Flight Sim was tailored slightly more towards it's use as MS are trying to get it's joypad standardised (and I'm not sure, but I think it's compatibility is part of the criteria for the "Games for Windows" program. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong).
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    I (unfortunately) had to junk my Logitech Force 3D Pro recently, since the Y-axis went completely, and have replaced it with a Saitek Cyborg Evo, which I've found to be more accurate, with a MUCH smaller dead spot. No force feedback, though. That said, I don't actually miss it.

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    Hmm, I really prefer a joystick over a joypad though.

    I may hunt ebay/second hand places for a while see if I can get a sidewinder 2 at a decent price

    Veles: That's one of the sticks I was looking at actually
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    X52 Pro from Saitek which is due to be released very soon.

    A few improvements over the X52 and has the radio stack control feature.

    You can see the controller Here

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    woulnt want to play a flight sim with a joypad.. nonono.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN View Post
    X52 Pro from Saitek which is due to be released very soon.

    A few improvements over the X52 and has the radio stack control feature.

    You can see the controller Here
    Was actually looking at that one on Scans site - but noticed it didn't have an ETA date yet.

    Edit: Is that force feedback btw? I can't seem to tell from the description.
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    We have the older X52 listed as opposed to the newer X52 Pro which is linked above.

    Apparently it's to be available soon according to Saitek.

    As for a review of this ( the older X52 ) , who better than Uncle Nick's own personal review of this flight controller at the following link ;

    http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item...&search=SAITEK

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    I'll third Saitek (or whatever we are up to), we have about 10 Saiteks at work and they all still work perfectly, some are 3 years old and still in regular use with force feedback still fine.

    They are also very easy to setup in my opinion and we have a dual joystick setup, which we thought would be mind bending was actually done in minutes.

    However Logitech steering wheels are definitley the best.

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    The X52 does look good - but as far as I can tell it doesn't actually have force feedback though? .. which is one of the things I was really looking for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN View Post
    X52 Pro from Saitek which is due to be released very soon.

    A few improvements over the X52 and has the radio stack control feature.

    You can see the controller Here
    Lee do you know how much it will retail for? I'm very interested as i got Flight sim for Xmas, but since upgrading to a mac im unable to use my old Joystick and i'll need a USB one.


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    So can I assume the only decent force feedback joystick is the discontinued one [Sidewinder]?
    What happened to force feedback?

    As I mentioned before, the Saitek X52 does look great.. but without force feedback I don't think it'd "do it" for me.

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    whats happened to force feedback? well i can only speak from personal experience with light aircraft... but they dont really have all that much feedback IRL.
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    whats happened to force feedback? well i can only speak from personal experience with light aircraft... but they dont really have all that much feedback IRL.
    I'm not that bothered about realism ... just know playing IL2 with feedback was amazing...

    Pretty sure WW2 planes must have had feedback?
    If not, ah well, original point stands.

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    i know what you mean. first time i used a force feedback stick was with Wargasm at a mates house. that was fantastic
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