a cheap and cheerful joystick

spacegrass · 1 Jan 2007 at 00:48

Hi, Ive just got il2 sturmovik 1946 and since im a huge fps nut dont see the point in spending much on a top of the line stick.

I would like something with force feedback, good level of customisation on the buttons, and USB. I like the look of the saitek cyborg evo, although I only want to spend around £15 ideally if its honestly impossible to get anything good for that price I will probably shell out for that one if anyone can tell me if theyve had a good experience with it.

alex2zulu · 1 Jan 2007 at 14:12

saitek cyborg evo , not the wireless or anything, its rocks , very adjustable and comfortable , lots of buttons to get the feel u want and its just good

about £30 , u can find it for.

PilotTait · 1 Jan 2007 at 14:27

Id had many joysticks in the past from saitek X45, X52 and CH Yoke but the one i have now (which was the cheepest out of all i have) is the best iv ever had!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GC-003-LG

Its very smooth and works really well, very much like an Airbus stick, doesnt have force feedback though.... but great joystick non the less

spacegrass · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:20

great, ive just bought the evo for £28, can anyone reccomend me some good flight games other than the il2 series?

im not interested in ms flight simulator, Im looking for other good combat flight sims, nothing arcadey like blazing angels thanks.

4T5 · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:28

Get yourself on BF2 matey there's loads of combat flying to be done on there and your enemys are real.
Jets and Attack Choppers and Blackhawks the choice is yours.
BF2 is dead cheap nowadays and the servers are still full. Flying is not my thing really but there are some seriously good pilots on BF2.

No bombing Colonels though a

Demon[KcsF] · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:32

Great choice with the EVO mate, I have the wireless version and cant fault it

Bry.

PilotTait · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:36

malc30 said:
Get yourself on BF2 matey there's loads of combat flying to be done on there and your enemys are real.
Jets and Attack Choppers and Blackhawks the choice is yours.
BF2 is dead cheap nowadays and the servers are still full. Flying is not my thing really but there are some seriously good pilots on BF2.

No bombing Colonels though a

Prefer microsoft flight sim meself but i can agree with that, BF2/Battlefield 2 is a great game

spacegrass · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:43

how does it work in bf2 when you want to walk around and shoot and then you feel like getting in a plane? do you just move to the joystick is it seamless like that?

4T5 · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:47

Yes mate you just walk up to whatever vehicle you fancy and press E.
Once in you use your pre set up joystick.
Works a treat even when you get hit whislt flying.
Press E for a quick bail out and 8 for your parachute, job done then it's on the floor for some infantry or Armour action.

davegriffiths · 1 Jan 2007 at 17:49

well yes.. you use the mouse/keyboard for moving, then you just grab the joystick for flying.

as for joystick choice, i have the cyborg evo force feedback...

i think the FF is great, but there is a dead spot in the centre, where the gimbal spring doesnt do much as its weaker that the normal evo due to the FF, and the FF hasnt yet engaged. therefore i tend to fly choppers in BF2 with the mouse, but jets with the joystick

spacegrass · 3 Jan 2007 at 20:42

Just got the evo through the post, how can I get this thing to work in il2 now? Starting up il2 and it doesnt detect any joystick