Review on Logitech X52 Flight Control System for Enhanced Optimization by Doyun Hwang ᠌

Name: Logitech X52 Flight Control System for Enhanced Optimization
Item: Logitech X52 Flight Control System for Enhanced Optimization
Rating: 5

November 30, 2022

I was surprised by the quality for this price.

In general, I'm addicted to this thing. In general, I have never regretted the purchase. now I will never admit anything other than this. Probably, this is not the cheapest of the representatives of this kind of controllers, but its price is relatively acceptable compared to analogues, and the quality and convenience are at the level. Everything above is already for sophisticated and definitely not poor people who know exactly what they want.

Pros

- the presence of not only suction cups, but also holes for bolting (through, recessed, comfortable, 5mm). - Amazingly light, smooth and even RUS (the one that is a regular joystick) due to springs and other subtleties. - The number of buttons and knobs is just awesome. And if you also remember that you can set up 6 (!) Button layouts (3 modes and 3 modes + modifier), and switch between them right in the game without taking your hands off the joystick, it's just fantastic. Remembering, of course, is not easy, but you can hang a spur in front of your eyes somewhere. - When for the first time I gave gas to the throttle, I took my breath away. - Unlike the PRO version, on which there are two knobs and a button under the display on the throttle, this version has just three buttons. And in the elite you can hang actions on them. and on krutilki from the PRO version - as I heard, it is impossible. I hung on them in the elite those panels that are called on the buttons '2', '3' and '4' on the keyboard in the default settings. oh convenient. - height adjustment of the stand for the right hand (the lower trigger is adjusted along with it) - full control customization. Not only can you tune into the buttons themselves in the game, but you can also attach macros imitating the mouse and keyboard to the same buttons (in other modes, if you want). At what macros are direct, i. E. sequences of clicks, etc. - The setup, although complicated, is very convenient when you understand what, where and how. The software from Logitech is very convenient, with the visualization of the pressed buttons on the picture of the joystick, etc. - it is possible to crawl right on the joystick through the file system of the computer in search of files for control settings profiles. But this opportunity takes away one button on the throttle, and I have it under the afterburner. So I don't use it. (If anything, this is disabled through the Windows diagnostic and configuration tools. Perhaps you can somehow reassign it. Haven't tried it) - The backlight is also regulated by the same screw media. At what separately buttons and a small screen. - wildly delivers flip cap "safe" under the thumb.

Cons

- There are not many games where this variety of buttons is required, and where they can be really well configured. In Elite Dangerous, by the way, I checked out such complex (as it seemed before) settings just with this joystick. So cool and custom you can adjust the control settings. - RUD (engine control knob, throttle) is a little tight for my taste, even with the tightness settings turned to the minimum. those. Usually it's fine, but if you have to pull it back and forth for 30 minutes, the hand starts to get tired. This happened to me at TRP when I rode in the elite. - Sometimes it starts to fail. those. in the neutral position turns the ship for me. strongly or slowly. But it seems that this is not a hardware problem, but a software one, i. E. either the computer starts to accept it incorrectly, or the board of the joystick itself starts to screw up, tk. a simple reconnection 1, 2, or 3 times of the USB wire solves this problem. The main thing is to poke it quickly, then the elite picks it up. Sometimes it doesn't work and you have to restart the game. The running Windows diagnostic application also sees these failures, but I only had them in Elite (although I practically did not play other games with it). However, I noticed similar things on my old joystick (it's 13 years old, xs what model), and there may be a problem with the elite. - not very convenient second (left) stick on RUS. It is a little inconvenient to turn it with your thumb, because it is far to stretch. On the PRO version of this problem is not, as I understand it. There the shape of the hat is more correct. But all the other buttons are in amazingly convenient and easily accessible places) - Complex setting. Personally, I don't see this as a particular disadvantage, but I spent several hours until I learned how to twirl them the way I wanted. Knowing that most of the population is more likely to overstrain than move their brains, I will probably attribute it to the shortcomings. Don't buy if you are one of these. Although I can’t even imagine how much easier and more convenient.