Steam Contoller Suport

[Bochenski]

Hi, I'm preety new at this sim, and since I started playing whit X-Plane 8, I wanted to buy a Joystick. However, some people said to me that they were quite fragile. Now, I discovered Steam Controller and some people say that is good for flight simulators, so... ¿Anyone has used it yet? I'm not frigtened about configurating it, I just want to know if somebody could implement all the functions. I mean, mouse and gamepad mode, and the gyroscope (for boeing planes). Thanks in advance.

Sorry for my bad english

[oscar6662]

If you wanna play GTA that thing is cool but for 50€ you can get a cool logitech joystick

[PINTO]

Joysticks aren't that fragile. I have one (Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2) that's lasted for well over a decade and is still going strong. Originally bought for $15.00. Heavily used while playing Tachyon: The Fringe in the early 2000's.

My X52 has been good for a solid 6 months with no issues.

That said, no experience with the Steam controller. I've been wanting to get one for my RetroPie, although for flight sims I think a good HOTAS or yoke+throttle and rudder pedals will beat it any day. You should be good with mapping out stuff, although it won't be able to map everything.