Logitech G Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick Playstation Black Silver Gaming Accessories (Joystick, Playstation, Wired, USB 1.1)

Four of us, including myself, have bought this joystick on my strong recommendation. And yet you see only three stars!! Let’s start by dividing the joystick into two sections—electrical/electronic and mechanical.

The Good Part: This is no doubt in the external layout, appearance and Logitech’s superb electronics. The electronics in terms of sensitivity and reliability are really superb at this low cost. A wholehearted five stars here!! In Flight Simulation, this makes it ideal for flying helicopters, if like me, that’s what you’re into. Very fine control is possible with the high resolutions built in to the control electronics. But is this sensitivity fully realised? Read on……….!

The Not-So-Good Part: Ah, here’s the problem! When you get the ‘stick you’ll find that it has a very smooth action with very little center play. I discovered that this was due to the fact that its initially packed with a very thick grease (silicone?) that tends to mask this undesirable play. With some use, (especially some vigorous cake mixing, demanded by some shoot-’em-up games, LOL!!), this becomes very noticeable, detracting from real life experience and introducing inaccuracy where critical control in, say, hovering a helicopter, is required. I found the centering spring tension far too high which has the additional effect of wearing out the the internal gimbal bearing fit. The gimbal unit and centering components are all made of plastic and, to start with, may not have the fine fitting tolerances possible with machined metal mechanical parts. It is not fair of us to expect Logitech, at this cost, to do this. This is the area where two whole stars got lost IMHO! And this is where Logitech needs to do something. I can suggest HDPE parts for the gimbal and centering sliding parts and, definitely, finer manufacturing tolerances.

SO AM I MERELY CRITICISING? No way! All that follows is what I recommend no one to do!!! LOL!!! Except at his own risk, of course!!!
When I found the ‘stick unsatisfactory, the first thing I did was open it up (thus nullifying Warranty of 3 years!) and changing the centering spring for one of much lower tension which did the centering job without excessive pressure and wear on the plastic parts. There was a good improvement here experienced both by me and one of my chopper flying friends. To further improve the mechanical part, I intend either to modify the plastic outer sliding part to make its internal diameter adjustable, or make good sliding fits, with machined brass/steel sliding parts.
At the end of the spring change, I’ve given the ‘stick one more star, and one more to be given on full completion of my mods!!! FIVE STARS!!!

SUMMARY: Not everyone is into needing the precision I demanded, since I’m into choppers. A regular user, for most games would find this stick excellent—my group, including me, bought four of these joysticks, remember!
So ultimately, it remains HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
ERICH.

Been playing flight sims on my keyboard and mouse. The decision to get a joystick was the best ever! The Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick is a great compact package that fits nicely on my desk with my keyboard and mouse!

The product is fine and works great. But there might be problems while key binding. Because the button names in device & button icon in computer are little different. But still it’s not a problem you can over come it easily just use a little brain power.

This was an impulse buy for me after trying out MS flight simulator 20. I found it hard to maneuver the aircraft and truly get the immersion with a keyboard. I haven’t played any flight oriented games or simulators previously and all the flight stick or complete hotas setups seemed too expensive to invest in. This one seemed worth for the money and comparatively cheap and so got it.

So far I have played around 30 hrs with it. Would vouch for this if someone is also currently in the same situation looking out for a flight stick. Ergonomics is pretty good, the build seems solid, keys have a clickiness to it and a mini throttle knob so that you’d not need a separate throttle.

One downside I’d like point out is the software support is outdated. If you have any of the Logitech G products, you’d want to have two versions of the software installed. One separately for this stick. And not all games support this stick out of the box (which I didn’t know earlier). For that you’d have to do some mapping-fu ie. bind the flight stick keys to some keys on the keyboard using the software. And within the game assign those keys instead.

Excellent condition, comfortable to use. Worked immediately on windows 11 for MSFS without requiring any additional drivers

Lo utilizo para jugar Microsoft Flight Simulador 2020 y funciona excelente. Muy buena compra.