Good stick with FFB

[Flashman]

I have MS FFB2. I got it off ebay (not for £6.50 though you lucky *^*^$&^%!!) and I liked it so much I bought another just in case the first one breaks, though it hasn't yet.. well sort of...

If you ever find the forces stop you have probably blown the power supply card. I had to but a cheap Laptop power supply and wire it up to the stick. Its actually made the forces a little bit stronger! I think I broke mine when I dropped it though, its not a known weakness!

I haven't rtied any other but these sticks are great.

Mine works fine under Win7 64 bit and XP 32 bit. The only problem with Win 7 is that the software doesn't work and as such you cant mess about with the forces or use the button software, however I havent found this to be a major problem.

[dash2099]

I can concur the ffb2 is working well in win7 x64 and xp32 too. you will have to rely on the game to tweak the ffb forces. I haven't had any need for a standalone utility so far.

[Azimech]

Originally Posted by Flashman

If you ever find the forces stop you have probably blown the power supply card. I had to but a cheap Laptop power supply and wire it up to the stick. Its actually made the forces a little bit stronger!

That's a very interesting mod! May I post this in the central MS FFB2 topic? What voltage uses the stick anyway, 12 V?

[Flashman]

Originally Posted by Azimech

That's a very interesting mod! May I post this in the central MS FFB2 topic? What voltage uses the stick anyway, 12 V?

I believe, and please note the believe, its 24 volts DC. Thats what power supply I use, a cheap 24v PSU from maplin (cant remember the type, im writing this from my laptop not games machine).

i couldn't directly find anything on the t'interweb which stated it was 24v and to be honest i can't rightly remember how i determined it was 24 volts (i made this mod about 2 years ago) but i did and it works!

I could me more vague if that might help.......

[SFF_Vellu]

Hello!

I have flown more than ten years with MS FFB2 and I have tested Logitech's and Thrustmaster's FFB sticks and MS FFB2 is superb if we compare it to newer competitors. I recomend it.

SFF_Vellu

core i5 750, Win 7 64, GTX580, MS FFB2, CH's pedals, CH's Pro Throttle

[engadin]

Originally Posted by lensman1945

Not true..my MS FFB2 is working fine with Win7 64bit

Really? FFB is OK on W7 64bit? OMG I am doing something wrong again. Thanks for the input.

[squidgyb]

Originally Posted by engadin

Really? FFB is OK on W7 64bit? OMG I am doing something wrong again. Thanks for the input.

Yeah, the MS FFB2 works fine in Win 7 x64, no need to install any software either (other than the drivers Win will install itself).

[xnomad]

Originally Posted by engadin

Really? FFB is OK on W7 64bit? OMG I am doing something wrong again. Thanks for the input.

Yes but you need to install the latest patches for the game for FFB to work. These patches are still beta though.

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by squidgyb

Yeah, the MS FFB2 works fine in Win 7 x64, no need to install any software either (other than the drivers Win will install itself).

Just adding another confirmation to this. FFB2 works fine in Win7 x64.

Best stick ever.

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by Pluto

Use the Sidewinder FFB2 from Microsoft in combination with the throttle of the Saitek X45 !

+1


+ two sets of Saitek Throttle Quadrants to have 6 additional sliders just in case...
this is a slider-intensive game....

(maybe I should change my callsign to RBJ...)


Win7-64 and it works fine (incl. FFB)