Logitech G Extreme 3D Pro USB Joystick for Windows - Black/Silver

This is one of those products that is so great, you feel compelled to leave a review. I haven't owned a joystick for a very long time, since the 90s actually. I had one back then for playing the classic 6 degree of freedom games like Descent 1 and Descent 2. Skip ahead 25 years-- I just got a gaming PC and came to find out that the classic descents (with improved gameplay and graphics) still exist, as well as their long-awaited successor, Overload. This joystick is perfect for those games, and it's bringing back all the nostalgia from long ago.The other game I play this with is Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020). Using the joystick and keyboard alone no doubt is as fancy as some of the huge cockpits designed specifically for flight simulator games, but the simplicity of just having a joystick that works is great. You can control everything with this joystick in Microsoft Flight Simulator and it works great.Other things:Quality is very high. Button layout is intuitive and there are plenty of them. Accuracy of sensors inside the joystick feels spot on. Windows 10 recognized it immediately, as well as the games that I use it for.Con: On occasion when playing descent, the joystick will move on me. It is weighted well, but could be slightly heavier. I'm probably cranking on it more in descent that most people will for most games.Overall, besides making it slightly heavier, I'm not really sure what I'd change. It's a workhorse of a joystick that I expect to last for years. Price was not bad either, especially compared to other options.

I recently tried the War Thunder Beta and decided I needed a decent budget price joystick. Mouse and keyboard control is the simplest but not very rewarding neither does it feel like you are actually flying.I chose the Logitech Extreme 3D after reading some decent reviews and having used many Logitech products in the past and always been pleased with performance and reliability.The Logitech Extreme 3D Pro is no exception. It has been around and unchanged quite a few years. It has a heavy solid base with grippy rubber pads that stick to the desk without using suction cups or any other annoying contraptions. The stick feels solid and centers well. It’s not force feedback, but to be honest force feedback is mostly a gimmick and can put off your aim if it jolts at a bad moment. Modern planes do not use cables where old ones do so I suppose the force feedback may be nice in a biplane but anything modern probably not.It has full pitch, roll and yaw rudder control. Rudder by twisting the stick and 12 buttons plus a digital hat switch (small joystick on top).Setting up is dead simple. For best results calibrate your joystick with the OS first and then use the proprietary software.The stick is far more accurate than any of the game pads I used previously. The 360 and playstation sticks only managed about 70% of travel in the diagonals like a rounded diamond. Where the Logitech manages 0 – 100%The rudder works well but does need some discipline when you are flying a combat plane in a tense situation. In Arcade it’s not such a big deal, but in a more realistic flight model rudder can throw your plane into a flat spin which will put you out of action pretty fast. Especially if you don’t have the altitude to recover.The throttle works well but it very sensitive, especially at the top of the range. If you have afterburn and can push the throttle beyond max for short periods like you can in War Thunder you may want to get some software to allow you to set curves and ease off the top end of the throttle.The buttons are all precise digital buttons and the hat switch works well for looking around the plane and getting fair situation awareness.So for this game it’s a great. The stick comes with no software, but there is a profiler configuration program for it available from the Logitech website. It’s worth installing as it does offer you some flexibility if you play several games and want to tweak how the stick performs.If you want the ultimate utility for configuring the stick I recommend Pinnacle Game Profiler. Which lets you set a lot of actions with quite a lot of flexibility. Long button hold for alternate functions, or setting your own modifier/shift button. As well as custom dead zone, sensitivity etc.Anyway it’s a great stick. As I mentioned before mouse control is easiest with the game I’m playing. But joystick feels so much more real and immersive and gives you an edge if you use the more advanced combat modes with realistic physics. A great stick that I highly recommend. Especially for the relatively low price.It's a great beginner introductory stick to get you into flight sims.

Got this for some games I play and it worked super well! It was just plug and play with it. Im glad the cable is super long so it reaches my usb hub. Very glad I got this as it adds a lot to the game experience

Got this so the kids could play war thunder and they have found other games to play with it. Not sure if it is compatible with anything except with the PC. It seems to be pretty durable since I have seen them slam it side to side and on the desk and it still works. There are a lot of different buttons that can be programed to different actions with in different games.

I recently got into DCS and needed a stick to begin my journey. I didn't want to fully invest into a proper setup yet as I wanted to test the waters and see if I will even like the game. I was recommended the Extreme 3D Pro from various forums as it's both cheap and offer a decent amount of programmable buttons for the price point.The stick itself is well built for the most part. There is a bit of play with the twist rudder control but it doesn't hinder the real world use of the stick from my experience. I was surprised by how well balanced the stick was in relation to the base. I've had no issues with it sliding or lifting during my DCS sessions. A nice addition to the stick is the throttle slider control. It's small but it works well. The trigger is surprisingly satisfying to click. It's a bit shallow but it has a springy click to it.As for the usage during DCS, I found it very good for the Flaming Cliffs modules. With modifiers I was able to assign multiple key binds onto the same button which made game play much more fluid. Having to use the HAT button sucked for looking around the cockpit in my opinion. Having a head tracker is definitely preferable. One issue I came across was that the twist rudder was interrupting my flight by engaging the rudders when I didn't intend to. I fixed this by adding a significant dead zone to the rudder axis using the "Axis Tune" tab on the controls section. With this in mind I also did the same with my pitch and roll axis by adding a curve to reduce some of the sensitivity.Overall I highly recommend this stick for beginners. It will do the job until you decide to move onto something better.