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IMHO it's more then worth it. Get a good one with a throttle and programmable buttons if you are going to do it.

Message Edited by georgi on 11-04-2004 01:21 PM

Message Edited by georgi on 11-04-2004 01:36 PM

I'm using the Saitek X45 joystick/throttle.

I admit, I rather like flight sims to begin with, but this joystick is great. Heavy (doesn't move around on your desk), excellent placement and amount of buttons (grand total of 4 top hats, 2 wheels, 6 buttons on joystick, 2 on throttle, roll bar on throttle, 2 mode switches, one of which can be used to totally remap the whole joystick (grand total of 24 buttons, virtually)) and very comfortable.

Well worth the $70 I spent on it when it came out

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Kanaric wrote:

I'm using a Logitec Wingman Extreme 3d, its very much worth it imo. I dont understand how anyone can play these kinds of games with a mouse, especially since you have throttle and 7 buttons..

If you are seriously about any kind of sim you always need a decent joystick. Sidewinder or Wingman are probablythe best ones (that are reasonable).

The only reason there is no reason for a joystick for the most part now a days is because the big companies like Atari and EA have destroyed the Space Sim/Flight Sim genre to almost nonexistance simply because they want to release 50 different Warcraft and Quake clones.

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The severe decline in the number of space sims seems to have had an effect in the availability in joysticks here in Denmark anyway. I went to ten different stores in the second largest city in the country - I found *one* shop that had a single model in stock (Logitech's cordless model - cannot recall the name). Gamepads and wheels/pedals everywhere though (most of them for Xbox and PS2 of course).

I ordered a Logitech Force 3D in a netshop and I am hoping I will have it Saturday at the latest. Currently playing with a Logitech RumblePad, and even if it is far better than keyboard and mouse, I still find it too much of a strain to use the small thumb sticks in fast dogfights.

And after having tried what racing games are like with a force feedback wheel, I decided not to skip out on force feedback on the joystick either. The effects in JtL seem a bit weak (actually they only work occasionally with my pad), but I found X-Wing Alliance hidden in the back of one of my closets , and I have just reinstalled X2 - The Threat as well.

Get a joystick (force feedback or not) for space/flight sims. Only sane recommendation.