Back To Page 1 Serious Playtime Lets take a look at each title I played to test this dynamo, and the performance for each game / simulation. Most games worked full tilt in the 30-to-50 frame per second (FPS) range. The games and their average frame rates are mentioned below. Armed Assault 2 – I first […]
by Chuck “Magnum” Ankenbauer Introduction Let’s get this out of the way — I am a big fan of Alienware — and I am no hardware tech guy. But after “guod” pleaded with me to offer thoughts on my newest hardware purchase, I decided to give it a go. Back when I got into heavy gaming, […]
Back To Page 1 MFD Programming Sadly, the MFD Cougar pack is almost completely non-programmable. There is not a Thrustmaster provision for assigning keystrokes to any of the MFD buttons or switches, which means each MFD presents itself to applications as an axis-less joystick. Either an application supporting multiple controllers is required to use […]
by Joe Keefe and Stephanie *Panther* Lessentine Introduction More than 10 years ago a company named Quickshot released the MasterPilot MFD system, a programmable MFD with 6 buttons per side as well as additional switches in the base. For a time it was very popular for home cockpit builders and desktop flight sim enthusiasts. However, the device required a separate […]
by Chris “BeachAV8R” Frishmuth First, let me be clear: I am not a Windows guru. I’m the target audience for those witty Mac ads on TV espousing PCs to be crap and Macs to be the end-all be-all of home computing needs. But I am a tinkerer, and my PC addiction has been well […]
by Heusinkveld Engineering by Jens “McGonigle” Lindblad Introduction If you have been eyeing the newly unveiled Logitech G27 which Chunx reviewed here, and thinking that those adjustable pedals on the new wheel would come in as a deciding factor to upgrade from your G25, consider as an alternative a mod kit for the pedals of […]
Back To Page 4 Comparison with My Current Controllers Overall the G940 compares similarly to the Saitek X52 in terms of desktop footprint. Both are roughly the same dimensions. One small suggestion I’d have for future versions of the G940 would be the addition of toggle switches similar to those on base of the […]
Back To Page 3 Rudder Pedals The rudder pedal assembly is stout and operates smoothly. The top of each pedal rotates forward to provide toe brakes for differential braking on the ground. Rudder travel is nice and the spacing of the rudders is perfect. The design of the rudder controls, which are likely to […]
Back To Page 2 Throttle The throttle features another coolie hat, although this one is an 8-way type selector, still another 8-way button, thumb buttons, the mode-shift toggle (Mode 1, 2, and 3), and two more programmable rotaries, one under your left thumb and one on the back of the split throttles. Again, the […]
Back To Page 1 Now lets discuss each of the three main components in the system. The Stick The stick features multiple buttons on top, a coolie hat which is actually a mini-stick (excellent for controlling radar cursors), a 8-way view switch, a dual detent trigger, and on the base of the stick trimmers […]
Logitech Flight System G940 by Chris “BeachAV8R” Frishmuth Introduction When it was announced at the June 2009 E3Expo that Logitech would be releasing a complete HOTAS package the flight sim world was instantly energized. With only a handful of other companies still catering to the hardcore flight sim crowd the Logitech Flight System G940 has been […]
Motorsports by Jens “McGonigle” Lindblad Land Combat by “Adlabs6” Back To Page 3 Air Combat Simulations by Tom “WKLINK” Cofield Introduction I had the chance to try out the TrackIR 5 with several games including IL-2 (yeah, it was modded), Aces High, and DCS: Black Shark. For those that don’t know, I am a veteran of the TrackIR versions, having owned […]
