The force reacted instantly from the first time I started all of the games. Because of its similarity to the SideWinder FFP, I had no problems with the default joystick configurations on any of the games. I started out trying the Force 3D in Starlancer, Bang! and Motocross Madness 2, each of which took to the joystick immediately. The main trigger's a bit on the soft side, and joystick itself tends to sway and flop around much more than your standard force feedback controller.Īll this is fine and good, but being that this is a force feedback joystick, it's hard to judge the Force 3D without taking it through its paces with some good solid gaming. The Force 3D, on the other hand, feels incredibly light, with the joystick itself feeling almost delicate. The WingMan Force may feel cumbersome on a desk, but there was no doubt of the quality and engineering that lay beneath the plastic. Unfortunately, Logitech seems to have sacrificed a sense of weight and quality with this new '3D' line of gamepads and sticks. As I mentioned before, the small base size is the greatest feature of this force feedback joystick, especially when you've become accustomed to some of the space-destroying beasts currently on the market. Even the throttle bar has a great curve that makes it a breeze to tweak your speed slightly, unlike Microsoft's sometimes confusing throttle control. The buttons have a very nice placement in terms of clickability, and you'll rarely find yourself accidentally mashing the wrong button, thanks to the angled shape of the joystick's main buttons. The question is, does it pull it off?įirst off, the WingMan Force 3D features an interface incredibly familiar to the SideWinder Force Feedback Pro, only with two buttons on the base instead of the SideWinder's four, and, and an extra button on the actual joystick. Smaller than almost any other force feedback joystick on the market, the force 3D promises to give you full force feedback, without taking up valuable desk space. Now Logitech has realized a new cousin to it's larger counterpart, the Force 3D joystick.

Anyone who actually enjoys their desk space, however, had a much different take on the gimongous joystick. The smooth push and pull of the joystick felt much more natural and realistic than the chunkier (and not to mention louder) reactions of the Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro.

The Logitech WingMan Force won a lot of praise for its incredible cable-driven force feedback system, and for good reason.

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