This joystick was my last attempt at trying to buy a force-feedback joystick.  Without getting too wordy, there is just far too much deadspace in the joystick's center.  Even spending extensive amounts of time trying to calibrate with the joysticks calibration utility and manually adjusting the calibration with a directX calibrator it was still impossible to get a true center.

Unfortunately, that's only the first problem one is likely to come across.  The gyro motors used to center and move the joystick are very poor.  I found that after as little as 1 month of sporadic use, the twist function on the joystick failed to work properly.  After dismantling the joystick I found that the joystick was just shoddily constructed of poor components.

I wouldn't recommend this joystick for even the most casual of gamers.  Force feedback really, really isn't worth it.  Very few computer games are even programmed with Force Feedback in mind.  I recommend going with a more reliable, spring-based, joystick such as the Saitek Cyborg EVO.
This joystick was my last attempt at trying to buy a force-feedback joystick. Without getting too wordy, there is just far too much deadspace in the joystick's center. Even spending extensive amounts of time trying to calibrate with the joysticks calibration utility and manually adjusting the calibration with a directX calibrator it was still impossible to get a true center. Unfortunately, that's only the first problem one is likely to come across. The gyro motors used to center and move the joystick are very poor. I found that after as little as 1 month of sporadic use, the twist function on the joystick failed to work properly. After dismantling the joystick I found that the joystick was just shoddily constructed of poor components. I wouldn't recommend this joystick for even the most casual of gamers. Force feedback really, really isn't worth it. Very few computer games are even programmed with Force Feedback in mind. I recommend going with a more reliable, spring-based, joystick such as the Saitek Cyborg EVO.