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gampads on N4

2 posts by 2 people · 18 Nov 2001 13:12 UTC - 18 Nov 2001 23:48 UTC

Jason Wilcox 18 Nov 2001 13:12 UTC#151558
Besides a wheel/pedal combo, does anyone use those gamepads w/ those two percision type joysticks (i guess thats what they are call). Maybe what Im trying to say is the game pad similar to playstation system. Would those work OK on the steering?
I tried to play it with a Logitech Rumblepad for a while and it was horrible. If it was just me I would say that was due to my own clumsiness, but my teenage son also has a great deal of difficulty with it. You can get it set up in such a way that the steering is manageable, but it is very difficult to control the throttle accurately with the stick, plus it is difficult to come up with an axis arrangement that both allows simultaneous throttle and brake and doesn't confuse the hell out of you. OTOH I have been playing NH 2002 on the Xbox using a similar controller, and doing much better. The crucial difference is that the Xbox controllers have two analog triggers that are used for throttle and brake, and this is much easier than putting those axes on a thumbstick. If you could find a gamepad for the PC that has two analog triggers and an analog stick for steering, it might work okay. I think Gravis may have one like that. "Jason Wilcox" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YsOJ7.50013$[email hidden]... > Besides a wheel/pedal combo, does anyone use those gamepads w/ thosetwo > percision type joysticks (i guess thats what they are call). Maybewhat Im > trying to say is the game pad similar to playstation system. > > Would those work OK on the steering? > >

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