Logitech G Extreme 3D Pro USB Joystick
$24.99
$39.99
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Condition: New
Style: Open Box
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1 people found this helpful
Best purchase in a while -- nice surprise!
By AmazonDMD on Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2020
This is one of those products that is so great, you feel compelled to leave a review. I haven't owned a joystick for a very long time, since the 90s actually. I had one back then for playing the classic 6 degree of freedom games like Descent 1 and Descent 2. Skip ahead 25 years-- I just got a gaming PC and came to find out that the classic descents (with improved gameplay and graphics) still exist, as well as their long-awaited successor, Overload. This joystick is perfect for those games, and it's bringing back all the nostalgia from long ago. The other game I play this with is Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). Using the joystick and keyboard alone no doubt is as fancy as some of the huge cockpits designed specifically for flight simulator games, but the simplicity of just having a joystick that works is great. You can control everything with this joystick in Microsoft Flight Simulator and it works great. Other things: Quality is very high. Button layout is intuitive and there are plenty of them. Accuracy of sensors inside the joystick feels spot on. Windows 10 recognized it immediately, as well as the games that I use it for. Con: On occasion when playing descent, the joystick will move on me. It is weighted well, but could be slightly heavier. I'm probably cranking on it more in descent that most people will for most games. Overall, besides making it slightly heavier, I'm not really sure what I'd change. It's a workhorse of a joystick that I expect to last for years. Price was not bad either, especially compared to other options.
Top critical review
7 people found this helpful
Works well but with one issue
By Clifton Gardner on Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2024
Picked this up for older flight/6DOF games such as TIE Fighter, Freespace, Descent, Forsaken, etc. This is suited to older games when a joystick is the most engaging way to play, but a full HOTAS is overkill. The stick itself feels very sturdy and is maybe a little stiff, but should loosen up over time. The buttons are all clicky and feel very good to use, and the trigger is especially well-calibrated. X, Y, and throttle axes are well balanced and work well. However, my issue lies in the rotation axis. There is a tiny bit of “play” in the rotation of the stick when at rest. However, the default setting of the stick is to have a 0% dead zone on this axis. When gripping the stick with the right hand, the stick will register just the pressure of your hand against the stick as a slight leftward rotational input. I found myself constantly and very slowly rolling leftward as I would grip the stick. Many games now have an option to set a deadzone on each of the axes, so for those games, the fix is just a matter of adding a 25% dead zone to the rotational axis (which I find is the perfect amount for this stick). However, for those games that do not have dead zone settings, you have to use the Logitech Profiler, an application which appears to be designed for Windows 98 and for 1024x768 resolution monitors, to set up individual profiles for each game and assign it to the game’s executable. Moreover, in order to apply custom profiles, the executable must be launched directly from the Profiler application. This is awkward and cumbersome. On a positive note, the Profiler application will allow you to customize any button to perform a keystroke, which is very useful for much older games where keybinds are not assignable. Overall, once you set a 25% dead zone to the rotational axis and get your profiler set up, it’s a great controller that works well. Just be prepared to do some setup using an antiquated set of tools to get it working ideally. Fortunately, I can report that I have no issues using the Profiler application in Windows 11 on relatively recent hardware (Ryzen 5 1600AF, 16GB DDR4 RAM, RX 580GB, SATA SSD).
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