[Tom Stanton] has been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator a lot recently, and decided his old desktop joystick needed an upgrade. Instead of just replacing it with a newer commercial model, he built a ...

Hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator is magical no matter how you play - but it definitely gains a little something special if you use the proper sim hardware. If you'd asked me who all those specialist flight ...

Flight simulation games get more realistic every year - from the graphics quality, to the accuracy of the flight characteristics, to the ability to download the actual real-time weather conditions for ...

However, until recently, many players had been priced out of using joysticks with their flight sim of choice, either because of the cost of the flight stick itself or because of the cost of handling ...

Logitech have announced their first force-feedback flight sim controller, the Flight System G940. Comprising a joystick with realistic force-feedback, dual throttle control and rudder pedals, the G940 ...

From simple joysticks with a few additional buttons to full-on HOTAS (Hands on Throttle and Stick) configurations and flight yokes, there is a seemingly endless variety. You can even find these handy ...

Today's game controllers are complex enough to make a jet pilot jealous. In the early days of home computer gaming, flying a virtual airplane meant punching the keys on your number pad to move your ...

Ahead of the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release, which is scheduled for later this November, loyal fans and new players can conquer the skies by pre-ordering the new Thrustmaster Hotas One ...

Saitek has been been a solid player in online flight sim gaming peripherals since 1997 with the intoduction of the X36F HOTAS system. This system consisted of a programmable stick with separate ...

I am trying to setup a ultimate mech warrior control setup but hit a glitch as 2 joysticks at the same time is bugy or mostly not working. What I really need is the second joystick to control throttle ...