Maj.Striker
Swabbie
Banned
Ok, I decided recently to purchase a new joystick. My current joystick, an old Saitek (I'm sorry I don't know the model, but I've had it probably six years or so now) has worked flawlessly for me all this time. I have never been as satisfied with a joystick as I have this one, I bought it for like $20-25 brand new and it has been perfect. My only grievance with it is that it has only four buttons, a small gripe from me. Anyway, my reason for changing was because my younger cousin needed a joystick and I thought I'd be generous and give him mine. So yesterday I went to the Compusa store and looked over their current selections. After some consideration I chose a Logitech Force 3D Pro for about $70.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2221,CONTENTID=10714
I took it home and installed it and then booted up for a quick test. Five minutes later I quickly uninstalled and put the thing back in the box to return it today. Absolutely horrible. My biggest gripe was that it was extremely sensitive to even the slightest movement and would not re-center when I let go of the joystick. I'm not a big time joystick enthusiast so I don't know the proper terms but my previous Saitek always would recenter perfectly when I let go of the joystick always dead on and never left my cockpit spinning randomly. So, today I did some online research and here are two products I am looking at:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=305939&pfp=SEARCH
I decided that I had been so satisfied with my current Saitek that maybe I should stick with the same company. This one looks like a very good deal and I've heard many great reviews on it. There is a force feedback version as well that I might consider although to date I haven't been overly impressed by the FF.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317028&pfp=SEARCH
This is the other option and I've got to admit...it looks pretty sweet! Unfortunately there's only two buttons on the flightstick (there is an abundance on the throttle though).
What do you joystick pros (or novices) think? Any other suggestions to add to these? I want something that is decent but not overly sensitive and automatic recentering is a must! I'm guessing that my current stick has some sort of springs that return the stick to a perfect center when not being used and that's what I'd like to have in my next stick.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2221,CONTENTID=10714
I took it home and installed it and then booted up for a quick test. Five minutes later I quickly uninstalled and put the thing back in the box to return it today. Absolutely horrible. My biggest gripe was that it was extremely sensitive to even the slightest movement and would not re-center when I let go of the joystick. I'm not a big time joystick enthusiast so I don't know the proper terms but my previous Saitek always would recenter perfectly when I let go of the joystick always dead on and never left my cockpit spinning randomly. So, today I did some online research and here are two products I am looking at:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=305939&pfp=SEARCH
I decided that I had been so satisfied with my current Saitek that maybe I should stick with the same company. This one looks like a very good deal and I've heard many great reviews on it. There is a force feedback version as well that I might consider although to date I haven't been overly impressed by the FF.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317028&pfp=SEARCH
This is the other option and I've got to admit...it looks pretty sweet! Unfortunately there's only two buttons on the flightstick (there is an abundance on the throttle though).
What do you joystick pros (or novices) think? Any other suggestions to add to these? I want something that is decent but not overly sensitive and automatic recentering is a must! I'm guessing that my current stick has some sort of springs that return the stick to a perfect center when not being used and that's what I'd like to have in my next stick.