Bagging the best PC joystick is a great way to pilot a Tie-Fighter in Star Wars: Squadrons or fly a plane across the globe in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 for the ultimate flight sim experience.

His reason: each of the planes was controlled in flight by a single stick (“joystick”) operating ailerons and elevator, which he claimed to have invented. A victory in the Chance Vought case ...

The best joysticks will help you to take your favorite simulation games to the next level. In 2025, most of these are designed around in-depth flight-sim games, but you'll find a surprisingly wide ...

Microsoft's upcoming flight simulator game is the latest entry into an illustrious video game series that dates back to 1982.

Picking a joystick can be simpler than you think with only a handful of key criteria to consider, and only a few companies even still making dedicated flight sticks. Whether you’re after a ...

Using dual joysticks isn’t a hugely common approach to 6DOF games, at least compared to HOTAS, but there are those who prefer to spread control of a ship or plane across two joysticks to avoid ...

[Tom Stanton] has been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator a lot recently, and decided his old desktop joystick needed an upgrade. Instead of just replacing it with a newer commercial model ...

The last time we saw [Akaki]’s work it was a 3D-printed flight simulator joystick that uses Hall effect sensors and magnets, but it’s a delight to see such an accessible approach that doesn ...

Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2024 is on its way. For many players, that means it's time to get a new joystick for their gaming PC. Even though most flight simulator games allow for other ...