Saitek X52 Pro - delivery expected soon
you're gonna love that stick! best one I've ever owned..
What type of controller will you be using for Elite Dangerous
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you're gonna love that stick! best one I've ever owned..
Minti2
Deadly, But very fluffy...
Very tempted, but i see BT selling for £109 but there still awaiting delivery!
Think seeing as its only Alpha am not in to much of a hurry, hopefully get one in the sales Jan, or at least be in stock with BT at same price(also give me a chance to check out the Xpad and keyboard/mouse combo, see how they play out)
X52 for me - I was just re-playing mechwarrior 4 and realised how limiting it is to play any simulator with mouse and keyboard alone. I guess many of the modern games are quite dumbed down control-wise, hopefully Elite will offer a wide range of things to keep in check and buttons to assign. I honestly hope it will be hard and complex to master it all
X52 for me - I was just re-playing mechwarrior 4 and realised how limiting it is to play any simulator with mouse and keyboard alone. I guess many of the modern games are quite dumbed down control-wise, hopefully Elite will offer a wide range of things to keep in check and buttons to assign. I honestly hope it will be hard and complex to master it all
Blame the gamepad.
Jamie I have been using one to play free space and am getting on with it fine. The throttle doesn't give as much resistance as I would like, but other than that no complaints.
Hi Paul,
To be honest it has hardly seen any use since I bought it 3 years ago. I think that is due to a lack of Space/Flight Sims that I wanted to play rather than the stick itself.
It has a pleasing rubberised feel to it and the throttle and stick give quite a lot of resistance. I don't remember it being awful to use. However, I do remember that as someone used to a twist stick I did not find the rudder on the throttle very intuitive when I tried it out.
I'm thinking I might hold off buying something expensive until I know what the best control method for Elite is. All this joystick chat has put me in a mood to dig out an ancient copy of IL-2 I have somewhere so if I have any revelations re:Blackwidow I'll let you know.
X52-TrackIR5/Ch Throttle Quadrant/Saitek Throttle Quadrant/Saitek Rudder pedals...Saitek switch panel and Autopilot, "IF" someone makes a plugin for itP
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I was planning on using my HOTAS, but a 360 controller is starting to sound interesting.
After going through the whole thread, it seems that the X52 is "THE" one to get at the medium pricing range. Starting to get the money for it rdy. I'm looking forward to see some feedback from the Alpha Test. Hope there will be some
After going through the whole thread, it seems that the X52 is "THE" one to get at the medium pricing range. Starting to get the money for it rdy. I'm looking forward to see some feedback from the Alpha Test. Hope there will be some
My X52 Pro is fun!
Tried it out on a few games - Wings of Prey, HAWX, FSX - it seems to work great! I really like the adjustable resistance.
Unfortunately, all the games I have tried it on don't interest me in the slightest - so I can't really say how well it works in practice. Just looking forward to trying it out on Elite
The equipment moves beautifully, the Jellybean lights are lovely, but the MFD display seems limited - nowhere near as configurable as I imagined (but maybe I just don't know how to do it yet!), and if you plan on dimming the LED's - power flicker is a real annoyance.
Ahhhh....no way. My imagination includes flickering lights in a Board on a space ship, old, a bit rusty/dirty.....Bounty Hunter/Trader Style a like. I sooooooooo wish we would be there already
Thx for pointing on the X52 as well mate! I hope i can make it happen soon, but that money....ah, i will make it at some point. Having some Ebay stuff already under observation to get an idea how much it will be
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Ahhhh....no way. My imagination includes flickering lights in a Board on a space ship, old, a bit rusty/dirty.....Bounty Hunter/Trader Style a like. I sooooooooo wish we would be there already
Thx for pointing on the X52 as well mate! I hope i can make it happen soon, but that money....ah, i will make it at some point. Having some Ebay stuff already under observation to get an idea how much it will be
You won't regret it - I've used X52 extensively when flying in Il2 - it is absoltuely amazing to have everything at your fingertips and once you get used to it it becomes very quick and intuitive. The initial setup takes some time as you need to map and re-map to best suit your needs but once that's done it feels absolutely brilliant. And that feeling when you flick up the fire button cover because it's time for serious business ...
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One that controls things.
I am hilarious.I have a Saitek X52 Pro with throttle etc but I actually thing the XBox 360 controller with my PC wireless XB360 controller interface is very good. I can't be arsed to get the HOTAS setup for most things, so probably will default to XBox controlling!
If you can go an extra tenner or so, the Thrustmaster T-Flight looks pretty good, and it's supported in the alpha straight off.
Once the Christmas and work nonsense has settled down I reckon I'll get one myself. That'll be my first joystick since the trusty Quickshot back in 1984 or something.
