   Joystick Games
  Okay, I just got a Saitek Cyborg Evo, and It's sweet.  I've been using it in Battlefield 2 and loving it, but BF2 isn't exactly a flight sim.  For some reason, flight sims seem to be totally out of style.  No gaming sites have a category for them, and all my searches lead me to sites that haven't been updated for a decade or more and feature "Buy It!" links that lead to distributors that are long since out of business.I'm putting out a call for good games that I can play with my kickin' new joystick.  Free is good, demos are good, and I'd even be willing to buy something if it's cheap (just spent all my cash on BF2).What's out there?   
  Try the X series of space sims.   ;  I've got X2: The Threat, and it's pretty good, but there's so much going on that it's tough to actually fly instead of putting it on autopilot and managing my fleet all the time.  I basically want to play A-10 Cuba.  Is that free yet?   ;  go pull out a copy of descent 3.  i found a copy in a bargain bin at my local brandsmart for $5 with the expansion, so its cheap if you find it.   ;  TIE Fighter, baby.  If you can beat it, you are my god.   ;Quote:Original post by HelplessFoolgo pull out a copy of descent 3.  i found a copy in a bargain bin at my local brandsmart for $5 with the expansion, so its cheap if you find it.I have that same joystick.  And yeah I reccomend going for Descent 3.  It is a little old, and it may be hard to find with Interplay gone [:(] but it is definitely worth it.   ;  i just remembered.  its not a flight sim, but the mechwarrior games control nicely if you have a good joystick.   ;  IL-2 Sturmovik has a demo you can try, great game.  Full game must be dirt cheap now, what with all the expansions it has.Is the Cyborg comfortable?  I was thinking of getting one, but it looks... weird.   ;  X-Wing, original DOS - extremely, extremely hard, requires joystick. <- I completed it over a year!TIE fighter - maybe works on windows? still extremely hard TIE fighter vs. X-Wing - I think this is DirectX, it's easier, but it lets you play as bothX-Wing Alliance - you can control a bunch more ships. But it's far too easy.;  I'm going to have to second the X series [wink]The last game (aside from those) that I've played that actually plays well with joysticks was the X-Wing/TIE Fighter series. If you can find a copy (highly doubtful), make it work (more doubtful), and map the joystick to the old DOS mode (I found this very difficult), the stick is an absolute joy to use with F-15 Strike Eagle III.Mantis is another game that was pretty obscure, even back in its day, but it's a fun shooter/flyer too. I tend more towards space flight than atmospheric flight, so if you're looking for a "real" flight sim I'm afraid I'm out of ideas.   