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I need a joystick or some sort of peripheral to play IL-2. any recommendations?

Those SideWinder thingies (cant remember the full name).
lol. Just so happen i reinstalled my IL-2 today. biggrin:
Was swell fun trying to get the hang of it once more.

suggestion number one. drop IL-2 and pick up IL-2 Forgotten Battles. It is twice the game that IL-2 is, even though IL-2 is still very good. FB is just an updated version, newer game, better graphics, and the new patch is coming out in the next week or so (cant wait)

suggestion two. you cant go wrong with a microsoft sidewinder 2 precision pro. costs around 40 to 50 dollars american. ive had all sorts of sticks, and this one is the most solid. also, a logitech wingman extreme digital 3d is decent, ive flown with that....for cheap but quality stick you can go with a saitek cyborg pro....although it aint the prettiest one out there it gets the job done.

also, if you have money too burn by all means go with a hotas rig...thats Hands On Throttle and Stick ;)

saitek x45 is the most popular hotas because its not too expensive , and its a good product

the hotas cougar, however, is the best money can buy, this puppy can only be ordered, no store carries them. in fact, the military uses this stick to train its f 18 pilots heh. it costs like 250 dollars. its made by thrustmaster
http://us.thrustmaster.com/products/hot ... skin=Hotas
i had a thrustmaster topgun cheapie hotas, it was great, but the springs wore out fast. it was a really fun stick though.

hope this helps
J

Yeah get the sidewinder 2 if you can.

and the patch is supposed to come out today.(with a flyable P-51)

I'd suggest the Microsoft SideWinder 2, like everyone else. - I have one, and although I don't use it much, it's fucking good.

Thrustmaster TopGun Fox 2 Pro.

yeah i have that one too

logitec wingman extream. great but i cant seem to get it to work now with my upgrade. cry:

i got a wingman attack 2

ok thanks for the recommendations, looksl ike I'll be going with the msoft since I have little experience with new joysticks

i have a wingman and i cant seem to get it to work properly with most of my games

hm that would suck if it doesnt work with XP

mine uses an old 15 pin serial port. from what iv heard these were dropped with sp1 from xp. so now i have to go out, spend anonther 35$ to buy the exact same joystick but with a usb plug. mad: . i saw the digital wingman extream, anyone try this one? worth the extra 20$ or not?

hey old wanna play some il-2? ill definatly be flying some finnish brewster fighters

yeah if i can ever get a joystick. not sure if I should get wingman 2. what is the digital wingman extreme?