Logitech Wingman Interceptor Drivers For Mac

The Interceptor is a rather significant, sizeable piece, but not so large as the motorized joysticks. This is my new favorite gaming controller and I use it about 10-15 hours a week instead of hassling with a mouse. Logitech recommends a Pentium 166 or better, Win95 or 98 and 16MB of RAM as minimum requirements. Logitech Wingman Formula Force Gp Drivers. Mac Drivers For Logitech Usb Speakers. Logitech Wingman Interceptor Joystick Drivers.

OK so I'm (Finally) looking to buy a decent joystick.I'm going to be playing flight sims (microsoft, red baron pack, etc) and also space sims (Descent, I-war, Freespace, etc.)I'd like to not spend much more than $100, and if I can get good quality for less I definitely want to!The two main ones I'm looking at right now are the Saitek X45 and the Saitek X52 Pro. (Or maybe the Saitek X52, if the pro isn't THAT much better).What are the pros/cons of these, and do you have any other suggestions? I really need a control system that I can tri-chord (three directions of movement at once) while firing etc.I know that the X45 has a rudder bar, while the X52 has a twist rudder. I think I could learn to love either one.and since I've been using keyboard for everything up until now, anything is going to be a huge learning curve, so that's not really an issue;)So anyway, what do y'all think or would suggest?Thanks!

I rock a Saitek ST290. Serves my purposes.If you intend to only play flight sims (well, space flight sims) and the like, twisty rudder will work. But if you want to play Mechwarrior or something similar, I would suggest the bar (or actual pedals). More intuitive.Beyond that, just go for what looks comfortable.

You honestly don't need an obscene number of buttons (again, I love my ST290:p). Obviously, the fewer buttons you have, the more you need to touch the keyboard, but just pretend that you are flipping switches in the cockpit.In my experience,the bare minimum is probably going to be six buttons (and it is hard to find a joystick without six buttons). Everything else is just extra shinies.Fire GunsFire Missiles/SecondariesTarget thing under crosshairsTarget nearest enemyAfterburnersCountermeasures. I'm not sim hardcore player, but I like space sims and personally I use Thrustmaster T.16000M. It's very acurate, solid in construction, has rudder, hat, 3-Way movement, lots of buttons - in Poland retail price is bellow 80$ - I see you are from US - should be much cheaper in your country:-). Beware that these joysticks come with- and without game Tom Clancy's HAWX. I would go for bundle WITHOUT a game - but it's your choice.

Before i bought it I read lot's of posts in forums where hardcore flightsim fans meet: avoid Logitech products (poor quality potentiometers - after a year you will have problems with it). I read some good opinions and also some very dissapointed about SAITEK. OK so I think I'm down to either the Thrustmaster T-flight or the Satiek X52 Pro.obviously there's a HUGE price difference. How long can I expect each one to last? And I've read bad things about the deadzone on (at least older) x52's.is that true of the newer ones?Also I was wondering.on the loosest setting is throttle fast enough (on either one of them) to use in a flight sim like descent?

If not, I was thinking about using a button under the index finger on the throttle for accelerate and a button under the thumb for reverse. Do both of those sticks have buttons that would work for that? (I can't really tell from the pictures;)Thanks!! I've used the following (along with some others I don't remember enough about to comment on):-Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar (with Force-Controlled Cougar mod) + Thrustmaster RCS (with Hall sensor mod)-CH Products Fighterstick + Pro Pedals (both USB versions, and thus Control Manager-compliant)-Logitech WingMan Interceptor-Logitech WingMan Strike Force 3D-Microsoft SideWinder Force-Feedback 2 (2nd-gen/red)-Spacetec SpaceOrb 360-3dconnexion SpacePilotAnd now, to elaborate on each of them.

Brace yourself-it'll be a long read.-First, the Cougar. It fits my hands like a glove, there's almost everything you would expect to find on the F-16 stick and throttle, and its drivers are very flexible, allowing for sophisticated programmability and custom axis mappings/curves/deadzones, as well as keyboard emulation.

Quite nice to use.The FCC mod that came installed with mine (I bought it used) allows for a pressure-driven/force-sensing feel much like the real F-16, but the mod also allows for a small amount of stick movement for tactile feedback purposes, unlike the Saitek X-65F. It will take some getting used to, however, and while it's bearable in space games, Falcon 4.0, and even DCS: Black Shark to some extent, I would NOT recommend such a mod for IL-2 Sturmovik or Rise of Flight.For a stock Cougar, it doesn't seem too different from the old TM F-22 Pro-lots of resistance that doubles in the diagonals (now that you're working against two stiff springs) and a tendency to build up a bit of center play.

Some people don't mind it, others loathe it and go for aftermarket U2-NXT gimbals and Hall sensors ASAP.But it's not without its quirks. The speedbrake and dogfight switch housings are often misaligned, and you'll have to take the throttle apart, pop out said housings, file off a couple of edges, and reinsert it. The microstick is really whacked on mine now, and the ring around said microswitck is irritating when trying to use it (something that is NOT on real F-16 throttles, I should add). The rotaries have no major response issues within their electrical range, but the apparent electrical range does NOT correspond to the physical range, and the physical center detent isn't even in the middle of said electrical range! Also, the paint's rubbing off of the stick pretty badly now. Finally, while metal, it's cheap zamac/zamak.-The CH stuff.precise, durable, and even more programmable thanks to the Control Manager.

But it certainly isn't ergonomic, as the Pro Pedals are spaced a bit too closely for my liking and the Fighterstick dug into my palm just holding it in a way the TM F-22 Pro or Cougar stick never did.The general CH feel is light resistance and a WIDE throw. Some say it makes them feel like toys, while others say it helps keep their shots on target.-Ah, the old WingMan Interceptor.

Quite possibly the most ergonomic stick I've ever used, and unusually for something that isn't TM or CH (or Saitek, for that matter), it has THREE hat switches, along with seven discrete buttons and a two-way rocker under the trigger. Resistance is a bit more than CH, but significantly less than TM. Center play is barely existent. The X and Y axes use Hall sensors of some sort (though they sure don't look like conventional Hall sensors), allowing for precision and durability beyond their later offerings. All in all, it's a great stick.But it has a major flaw nowadays: a digital gameport interface. One that is wholly incompatible with your typical cheap analog gameport to USB adapter, and one that nobody has cracked as of yet to make a dedicated USB adapter (much like the 3DP-Vert for MS SideWinder 3D Pros). Roland gr 33 review.

It also lacks any sort of rudder twist, though the Win9x drivers could accommodate gameport rudder pedals somehow.-The Strike Force 3D.I'm actually quite let down by this one. It's very ergonomic, it has TWO hat switches on the stick, and the force-feedback motors are pretty strong. How could you go wrong?The gimbals and potentiometers (sorry, no more Hall sensors, just cheap mini-pots!), that's how. The pots are coupled to the gimbals in such a stupid manner that X/Y-axis bleed (having input on one axis while only moving physically along the other axis) is a problem due to the pots being loose and having a bit of play.

Doubly worse since it's a force-feedback stick that's going to vibrate and shake a lot.I have an idea of how to fix it, but I'll need to fashion up some linkages. It should take care of most of the X/Y-axis response problems.But there's a second problem-the centering force that compensates for a total lack of springs. It has a MASSIVE deadzone that gives the stick some egregious center play-about 20% of both X and Y axes, as a rough guess. Sure makes for difficult precision flying/gunnery.-At first, I didn't get the big deal about the famed MS SideWinder Force-Feedback 2. It was just a basic stick-four axes, eight buttons, one hat switch, just like the original SideWinder 3D Pro. MS doesn't even provide proper Vista/Win7/64-bit drivers any more.But I just got one today, and it all makes sense now. This stick is SMOOTH and PRECISE-words I never expected to say about a FFB stick.

Furthermore, the centering forces are tight with only a bare minimum of center play. Said forces tend to be a bit weaker near center (but still enough to keep the stick from moving inadvertently), but ramp up in strength near the extremes.