Saturday, January 14th 2012
Thrustmaster Shows Off Replica A-10 C Stick
Gaming peripherals expert Thrustmaster displayed its latest joystick for consumer flight-simulators, and popular multiplayer online games such as Tom Clancy's HAWX series and Battlefield 3. Its design is a replica of the flight stick A-10 C Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft, an iconic plane for many military aviation enthusiasts. While games like Battlefield 3 don't give you playable a A-10 C, its playable fighters are equipped with chain guns that let you perform some ground-attack maneuvers. Apparently Thustmaster got all its design rights in order, as it bears the coveted "Hotas Warthog" and USAF badges. It is accompanied by a replica throttle unit.
16 Comments on Thrustmaster Shows Off Replica A-10 C Stick
Will buy it for sure...
I used to love joystick games. Now I find them more pain than not. What happened? Used to just plug in the joystick, load the game, then maybe do a calibration and that was it. Now its, plug it in, set keybinds for everything. Sit there an hour trying to get it all calibrated. Then test and do it all over again when something doesn't go right.
Have to say though, it was all worth the expense + the upgrades to my rig to get it all smooth ad silky. The way the controls dovetail ito the sim is incredible, and immersion is racheted up still further with the Track IR. I love Eagle Dynamics, all power to their elbow!
But either way, would love to get my hands on one of these, but the price is a little out of my range for a joystick.. even as cool as it is. Still using a MS SideWinder Precision Pro. And while it's pretty old (6, maybe 7 years?), it still is one of the best Joysticks I have ever used.. I am looking at getting the TM T.Flight Hotas X though.
I've seen this joystick available for a year now. I would've bought if I hadn't bought Logitech G940 a year before that. Even then I turned back to trusty (a whole lot cheaper) Logitech 3D Extreme for most of my flying games (the non study, arcade style ones). Being a lefty does impede the proper use of the G940.
www.thrustmaster.com/en_UK/products/hotas-cougar
and BF3 does have the A-10 ....
so the news article needs some fixin'
the mapping for the joysticks are just completely screwed up at the moment. DICE have known that they were screwed up since the beta and according to them they have been trying to fix it since. Ive heard reports that using an Xbox controller hooked up to the PC works like a charm though, so go figure.....
with all that said though....the joystick was amazing for BF2