Vista - Joystick

Hi, I have Flight Simulator X ( Demo ) installed on RC2 5744. I do not have
a joystick or game controller. Is there one that will work with my setup and
if so what is it. I have looked through the Vista games, hardware and
general newsgroups but don't see anything about this.

Doug

I'm using Microsoft's SideWinder Precision 2 joystick with Flight Simulator X
demo on RC2 5744 and it works great. I didn't have to load any driver - the
joystick was immediately recognized by Vista RC2.

"Doug" wrote:

> Hi, I have Flight Simulator X ( Demo ) installed on RC2 5744. I do not have
> a joystick or game controller. Is there one that will work with my setup and
> if so what is it. I have looked through the Vista games, hardware and
> general newsgroups but don't see anything about this.
>
> Doug
>
>

Doug,

Just about any USB joystick will work just fine out of the box with Vista.
Even my ancient Microsoft Force Feedback 2 joystick works fine under Vista.

Should you not want to pick up a joystick, FSX works with both mice and a
keyboard.


Bill F.

"Doug" <dhannah@quickclic.net> wrote in message
news:ekDu1lgAHHA.4292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi, I have Flight Simulator X ( Demo ) installed on RC2 5744. I do not
> have a joystick or game controller. Is there one that will work with my
> setup and if so what is it. I have looked through the Vista games,
> hardware and general newsgroups but don't see anything about this.
>
> Doug

You can pick up pretty much any USB joystick and it should work. I'm
using a cheap Microsoft stick, and it's good. Although a nice yoke and
pedals would be nice!


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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

Doug wrote:
> Hi, I have Flight Simulator X ( Demo ) installed on RC2 5744. I do not
> have a joystick or game controller. Is there one that will work with my
> setup and if so what is it. I have looked through the Vista games,
> hardware and general newsgroups but don't see anything about this.
>
> Doug