PS3 Joysticks

[polyphemus_65]

I guess I'm such a noob when it comes to flight sims that all this talk of looking around to one's 6 o'clock has me perplexed. If you are flying in simulation mode, you can look up and use the rear view mirror to scout enemies on your tail. Provided, of course, you are flying an allied (here read, 'cockpit available') plane. Granted, I don't know if you can look behind in any form in the virtual cockpit view, but I never use that view. If I'm dying to fly my BF or FW, I play on realistic. Besides, unless you are plastic man, I don't think you would be able to turn your head all the way around to your 6 o'clock in reality either so it seemed logical to me to have to depend on a mirror.

The hat switch controls the look around feature on the Thrustmaster HOTAS and I find it much easier than holding down R3 to look around, but that is an option if one is using the controller (at least on PS3)...