Logitech Force 3D Pro Joystick (Black/Grey)
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Decent stick and works on apple
Summary: 4 Stars
I use this stick on my apple and it works well. I've read the complaints about drift, etc., but these can easily be solved by creating a deadzone in the middle of the stick. If you want to program this on an apple computer, you need to buy ControllerMate ($15), as Logitech does not provide programming software. It is well worth the buy as ControllerMate recognizes all the buttons and axes and you can map any key you like to them. This means you can use the stick for games like MW2, BF2, etc. I give it a 4-star because it has one less button on the head of the stick than the Cyborg Evo, which is what I benchmark it against.Customer Review: Solid feel, good performer
Summary: 4 Stars
I am using this joystick primarily with Flight Simulator X. After re-assigning the buttons the way I like them, the joystick performed quite well. My only complaint is that I do not like the way it centers. I am not getting positive feelback when centering the stick. This sometimes makes it difficult to maintain level flight.
Other then that, it is well built and priced right.
Customer Review: Good
Summary: 4 Stars
The product is good, practice only we need to clean the computer in order to have enough memory for...Customer Review: Well-made, but too sensitive
Summary: 3 Stars
A while back I finally had to dump my old Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick. Not because the stick itself was bad but because I no longer had a working game port. The current generation of Sidewinders are a pale memory of the older models so I decided to give Logitech a try.
The force feedback on this joystick is great. It really pulls you into the game and gives you a feel for the action. The buttons are well places and very responsive. The placement of the throttle is a godsend. So many companies put the throttle in an out of the way area but in sim games like MechWarrior you need instant access to the throttle.
The downside of this stick is its sensitivity. Though I have gotten used to it the way the stick reacts takes away a bit of the enjoyment in games. Many times I find myself turning off the force feedback so I have better control, but then what was the purpose of this purchase?
If you need the sensitivity, get this stick. However most people should look elsewhere.
Customer Review: Great build quality but the stick is just too finicky
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this stick locally, as it was:
A) the only stick of the three local PC shops that had force feedback (1 of the shops didn't even carry joysticks anymore, best buy only had like 2-3 in shop and this is in the SF Bay Area)
B) felt the most comfortable and solid in build quality
I have read all the positive reviews of saitek products but the build quality of them seems very low to their price ratio so I wanted to avoid purchasing one. They just look and feel very cheap to the touch so I wanted to try something different.
I've owned the logitech stick for about a week now and will return it and try a Saitek Evo Force joystick. My main reasons are that there doesn't seem to be much support for the stick and that it's way too finicky in games. You will spend more time configuring the settings to the joystick than you will actually gaming. It's just way too sensitive and the center spring is not smooth enough so all movements are ridgid and feel as though you are fighting with plastic teeth (which you well are I guess) The logitech profile software that is pretty much essential in order to use this stick but also leaves a big footprint. Not really that important in the age of 2 gigs of memory and dual core cpus but I already have 4-5 other programs that must be run at all times in the background and would prefer not to have another. Especially when it leaves a 20+ meg footprint at times.
My last joystick was a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback pro that I owned about 5-6 years ago. I remember what a great joystick it was and it seems as though nothing has topped it since. My impression of the logitech joystick to my memory of the sidewinder is poor. After using the joystick for a week and finally at the end of my patience trying to calibrate it in Il-2 :FB I would rate it poorly.