Joystick

Foxoq · 06-06-2006, 01:24 AM

Thinking of purchasing a joystick to further my not-so-great flying skills. Anyone here have a joystick ATM, and do you like it/is it worth it? I'm thinking of possibly the Saitek Cyborg EVO, I'd give you a link, but I'm not allowed

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Thanks.

Nitecrawler · 06-06-2006, 01:42 AM

I have the same joystick and I love it. Easy to customize buttons, as I guess all joysticks are. I have not had any problems with mine.

RocketPunch · 06-06-2006, 02:14 AM

I use the PS2 controller, works perfect for me.

Lorian · 06-06-2006, 06:53 AM

I use mouse and keyboard. I have never had any trouble with it, except when I turned up the sensitivity, that was not pretty...

**WhiskeySix** · 06-06-2006, 04:07 PM

I also have the EVO and love it - it comes with programmable software to let any button do anything (or even multiple things via macros)

it's also got a nice sturdy throttle lever - makes flying helo's a lot easier - set that to about 30% or so - whatever it takes to hover... then you only need to press W and S to increase/slowdown the rotor.

Foxoq · 06-07-2006, 12:17 AM

Cool, thanks guys.

Backlash-7 · 06-09-2006, 03:12 PM

I tried the PS2 type game pad and couldn't make it work. It wasn't the pad it was me. I went back to Best Buy and bought the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro (it was less than 20$ on sale) and have loved it. I still can't fly very well do to lack of practice but I can do alot more with fewer skills with this joystick than I could with the game pad. Just a thought. Heck for less than 20$ you really can't lose.

**devilman** · 06-09-2006, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foxoq

Thinking of purchasing a joystick to further my not-so-great flying skills. Anyone here have a joystick ATM, and do you like it/is it worth it? I'm thinking of possibly the Saitek Cyborg EVO, I'd give you a link, but I'm not allowed

.

Thanks.

The saitek cybord evo's awesome, had it for over 2 years and never had a problem. At times it becomes uncalibrated but just recalibrate and it's fine.

I've been through 2 flight yolks, Logitech Force feedback something, broke after a 5 months, and a Logitech no force feedback, broke after a year. The z rotation is what died on both, uncalibratable.

Go with Saitek.

Foxoq · 06-09-2006, 06:57 PM

Roger Wilco.

**SuperDudeBT** · 06-09-2006, 07:51 PM

I have the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. I'd like to just be able to plug it in mid-play, and go from there. But, I have to exit out of game, open the software, then launch the game from THAT software. It doesn't even work if the software is already running, and the stick is plugged in, & I start BF2 after. It has to be launched from in the joystick software. This is even more of a problem bcuz I run BF2 at a non supported resolution, and it's not possible to put the shortcut in w/ the resolution size in the Logitech software.

Soo, is there anything I can do about this?

**Acid** · 06-09-2006, 08:48 PM

I have a Logitech Twist handle and I have no problems. Plug and Play for me.

=TFM=Melvin · 06-10-2006, 03:16 PM

I've found my Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold USB to be very nice. The EVO was too light weight for me, but since they don't make mine anymore, the EVO would be a good choice. It has to have Twist, though. Then you have all 3 axis: roll, pitch, and yaw. Using twist for yaw can be very helpful when flying, IMO.

06-06-2006, 01:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Foxoq Join Date: May 2006 Location: BC, Canada Age: 19 Posts: 315	Joystick Thinking of purchasing a joystick to further my not-so-great flying skills. Anyone here have a joystick ATM, and do you like it/is it worth it? I'm thinking of possibly the Saitek Cyborg EVO, I'd give you a link, but I'm not allowed . Thanks.

06-06-2006, 01:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nitecrawler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NY / Toronto Posts: 71	Re: Joystick I have the same joystick and I love it. Easy to customize buttons, as I guess all joysticks are. I have not had any problems with mine.

06-06-2006, 02:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
RocketPunch Join Date: May 2006 Location: NY, USA Posts: 1,119	Re: Joystick I use the PS2 controller, works perfect for me. __________________ Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast!

06-06-2006, 06:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lorian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 2,036	Re: Joystick I use mouse and keyboard. I have never had any trouble with it, except when I turned up the sensitivity, that was not pretty... __________________ \|TG-E17th\|Lorian Member since 18th February 2006 Supporting member since 4th August 2006 PGP public key Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Memory: 2x 1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 RAM Video Card: XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB Monitor: 17" Dell CRT and 15" generic LCD Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic and Creative Sound Blaster Live! (no Linux X-Fi drivers yet)

06-06-2006, 04:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
WhiskeySix Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gillette Stadium, Section 309, Row 12, Seat 24 Age: 32 Posts: 7,886	Re: Joystick I also have the EVO and love it - it comes with programmable software to let any button do anything (or even multiple things via macros) it's also got a nice sturdy throttle lever - makes flying helo's a lot easier - set that to about 30% or so - whatever it takes to hover... then you only need to press W and S to increase/slowdown the rotor. __________________

06-07-2006, 12:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Foxoq Join Date: May 2006 Location: BC, Canada Age: 19 Posts: 315	Re: Joystick Cool, thanks guys.

06-09-2006, 06:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
Foxoq Join Date: May 2006 Location: BC, Canada Age: 19 Posts: 315	Re: Joystick Roger Wilco.

06-09-2006, 07:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
SuperDudeBT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Macon, GA, US Age: 21 Posts: 694	Re: Joystick I have the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. I'd like to just be able to plug it in mid-play, and go from there. But, I have to exit out of game, open the software, then launch the game from THAT software. It doesn't even work if the software is already running, and the stick is plugged in, & I start BF2 after. It has to be launched from in the joystick software. This is even more of a problem bcuz I run BF2 at a non supported resolution, and it's not possible to put the shortcut in w/ the resolution size in the Logitech software. Soo, is there anything I can do about this?

06-09-2006, 08:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
Acid Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Posts: 3,581	Re: Joystick I have a Logitech Twist handle and I have no problems. Plug and Play for me. __________________

06-10-2006, 03:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
=TFM=Melvin Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: da West Posts: 27	Re: Joystick I've found my Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold USB to be very nice. The EVO was too light weight for me, but since they don't make mine anymore, the EVO would be a good choice. It has to have Twist, though. Then you have all 3 axis: roll, pitch, and yaw. Using twist for yaw can be very helpful when flying, IMO.

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