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Title: Force Feedback or not?
Post by: Cohen on November 24, 2000, 11:31:00 AM
Hi, what do you think Force Feedback or not?
Is it worth it's prize? Is it harder to playwith a FF joystick?
and what do you think about rudder pedals is it worth the money???
Title: Force Feedback or not?
Post by: Wlfgng on November 24, 2000, 01:49:00 PM
Rudder pedals for sure.
As for the FF.. personal preference.

Just my opinion.

Title: Force Feedback or not?
Post by: stegor on November 24, 2000, 04:30:00 PM
Rudder pedals are fundamental if u wanna real fly, they improve greatly your ability in acm.
FFB .... its an your choice, ....



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Title: Force Feedback or not?
Post by: Wingnut_0 on November 24, 2000, 07:33:00 PM
 
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Originally posted by Cohen:
Hi, what do you think Force Feedback or not?

Hello Cohen,

I used an MS FFB stick for many years before it finally quit.  I absolutely loved the stick.  For some it takes awhile to get used to the shaking when firing,etc...but the most used feature I used on it was the return to center strength.

For all my flight sims I used a very hard return to center so that when I pulled on the stick I had much more "feel" of pulling to high of G, etc.  

Unfortunately this game does not yet support FFB so unless you play others that do I wouldn't waste my money.  I believe the MS FFB 2 is out and cost around $130 US.  

The only downside to an MS stick is that (unless there's a fix I'm unaware of) you could not use rudder pedals with it and the power plug has a habit of wearing out (this has been "fixed" on the MS FFB 2)

Don't use rudder pedals so I can't comment.

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[This message has been edited by Wingnut_0 (edited 11-24-2000).]
Title: Force Feedback or not?
Post by: bowser on November 25, 2000, 09:40:00 AM
You can use the Simped Vario rudder pedals with the MS FF sticks.  They use a special adapter.
Once you try FF you won't go back.  Even though AH doesn't support FF, I still like the feel of the FF "return to center".

bowser
Title: Force Feedback or not?
Post by: Rickenbacker on November 27, 2000, 10:41:00 PM
I like FF sticks too, but with the FF turned off  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) . I find it much more realistic than having the stick always return to center. Springs on a joystick are harder and harder to stand after I started flying for real this year, although I guess I could pretend it's the trim springs  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif).

 (http://hem.bredband.net/rickenbacker/images/ricksig.jpg)