Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Jeremy Bradford photo
1 Level
801 Review
40 Karma

Review on Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog PC Joystick Controller (Windows) by Jeremy Bradford

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Best Kerbal Space Program joystick. Period.

flight simulators? Is the elite dangerous? No, I bought this bad boy for the Kerbal space program. This is a fantastic stick for that. Others don't like the stick's stiffness, but it's perfect for the precise maneuvering required for my rockets or planes with too many control surfaces. The KSP is also built on top of Unity, which only considers positive values, requiring most pens to use a third-party game controller. Not so with the warthog. It only registers positive values and when connected to the TARGET system, it also starts registering negative values. So you can get the best of both worlds, which is amazing. Some are dedicated to target GUI and programming. For those who play KSP and sent Kerbals to the Pluto analogue, this is a godsend and a very simple setup (although it takes a long time, the first setup took 5 hours). I fully mapped each function to the switches twice as this thing supports up to 7 levels! Programming. Rocker switches can be converted to momentary switches or used to hold down a specific button. Double action trigger! There is a !Mouse! on the throttle body so I can scroll and click without taking my hands off the HOTAS. You foresaw everything. I'm very impressed and just pray I don't have any of the "after 6 months" issues others have had with broken buttons and LEDs.

Pros
  • Doping 🔥
Cons
  • There are other interesting options.