I saw this particular controller on Hoki Hoshi's channel and was immediately taken with the idea of it, especially as I wanted an Elite style controller for my Series X anyway.
So I bought it, spur of the moment. By the way, in case you don't know, the main selling point of this controller is that it has a small wheel module that you can swap with the left analogue stick and use for controlling cars in racing games. It's specifically tailored towards Forza Horizon 5 apparently, which happens to be a game I've spent a stupid amount of time playing and am pointlessly, embarrassingly good at. So that's the selling point.
A few things became apparent when I started using it however:
- the amount of travel on the wheel is tiny. From videos I'd assumed that it would rotate at least once, maybe twice or thrice depending on settings, so you could have 1080 steering. 1080 steering is what you get on a proper sim wheel, and the idea of having a replica of that in thumbsize form was appealing(although not particularly workable - but still, I was curious.).
The amount of travel it actually has? 90 degrees. A quarter of a turn of the tiny wheel. I'm being totally honest here: I don't think it has any more travel or sensitivity than the analogue stick itself. I mean it when I call it a gimmick.
- it's wired. This is bewildering and obscene for a wheel that costs 170 quid. I'm awed at how good a job they did of selling it to suckers like me too, because it appears to be identical to the previous 'elite' controller by Thrustmaster, only with the(pathetic) wheel module and a hideous paint job. It doesn't look premium. It looks ugly.
But the main problem is with the wheel module. It gives you no finer control than an analogue stick. There are a few reasons for this.
Firstly the travel is almost indistinguishable in amount from the travel you get with an analogue stick. It just looks like more travel because the relatively large-looking wheel is sat on a much smaller plate, and it's that plate that controls things. The plate itself is invisible because the wheel is almost flush with the controller. You can only see the plate when you hold the controller side-on.
Secondly the deadspots in the analogue control for racing games don't disappear when you use this wheel. They're still there. It could be a full-size wheel with 1080 steering, but if it's being filtered through the software(the software of whatever racing game you're playing) that's meant for an analogue stick it's going to ignore any extra sensitivity. Analogue sticks do not have much sensitivity, and this wheel just uses the software that analogue sticks use.
People claim their lap times have improved slightly in certain games after buying this wheel. I am confident that this is a mental illusion. They're kidding themselves, because this really doesn't do anything the basic analogue stick doesn't already do.
To sum this depressing experience up: do not buy this controller. It's an absurdly expensive, ugly, basic, wired item that adds nothing to the driving experience except the placebo effect of greater control. The Series X Elite 2 is out there and does everything this does and more, only without the pointless, plastic Oreo that is this controller's sole gimmick.
I've given it 2 stars because it functions okay as a controller and the swappable elements are quite cool. Also you can reprogram it, possibly. Google that, it might not be right, I can't be bothered checking, I just want to write this review as a warning and move on. Pretend I never bought it. Maybe drive out to the countryside, somewhere quiet, hurl the thing into the bushes, then run.
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ONTDEK EEN NIEUWE RACEHORIZON!
Herontdek Mexico met de baanbrekende ESWAP XR PRO CONTROLLER FORZA HORIZON 5 EDITION-gamepad
Ervaar ongelooflijk meeslepende racen op een gamepad, dankzij de gloednieuwe RACING WHEEL MODULE. Rijd de ideale lijnen en voer de perfecte drifts uit. Blijf in controle op elk type terrein met de 95° draaihoek en het antislipoppervlak van de module.
Geniet van alle voordelen van de ESWAP X PRO CONTROLLER dankzij de twee geavanceerde next-generation (NXG) mini-sticks voor verbeterde precisie, plus uitstekend reagerend klikken op de mechanische D-pad en knoppen.
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VOOR FANS VAN FORZA HORIZON 5Ga op pad en ontdek Mexico met de ESWAP XR PRO CONTROLLER uitgedost in de kleuren van Forza Horizon 5. Trek uw racehandschoenen aan en vloer het gaspedaal met deze officieel gelicentieerde Xbox- en Forza Horizon 5-gamepad. |
ONDERDOMPELING OP HET HOOGSTE NIVEAUU gaat echt het gevoel hebben dat u aan het racen bent, dankzij de waarlijk baanbrekende ervaring met de nieuwe RACING WHEEL MODULE meegeleverd met de ESWAP XR PRO CONTROLLER FORZA HORIZON 5 EDITION. Met het zelfcentreersysteem van de module en de draaihoek van 95° ervaart u een geheel nieuw niveau van onderdompeling met ongelooflijk beheerst bochten- en driftwerk. |
UW RIJSTIJLMet de Hot-Swap-techniek kunt u op elk moment modules wisselen: pas uw gamepad aan uw gameplay aan en niet andersom. De ESWAP XR PRO CONTROLLER FORZA HORIZON 5 EDITION bevat de RACING WHEEL MODULE, twee mini-sticks en een D-pad. Wissel modules in een handomdraai, voor de setup die het beste bij u past op elk gewenst moment. |
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WORD EEN LEGENDE ACHTER HET STUURDoor de combinatie van verbeterde precisie en een verlengde levensduur van 2 miljoen activeringen, bieden de geavanceerde S5 NXG-mini-stick en de RACING WHEEL MODULE een uitstekende balans tussen rijprecisie, controle over lijnen en algehele onderdompeling. |
BUITENGEWOON SNEL EN ACCURAAT REAGERENDU gaat het uitstekend reagerend klikken van de mechanische drukknoppen zeer waarderen. Deze knoppen zijn 64% sneller dan standaard op membraan gebaseerde knoppen (getest onder laboratoriumomstandigheden). Zeg vaarwel tegen stropige reactietijden in games. Met een activeringsafstand van 0,3 mm kunt u snel reageren en de controle naar u toe halen in uw races. |
DE GAMEPAD CONFIGURERENPas de gevoeligheid en andere instellingen van de mini-sticks, de RACING WHEEL MODULE en de triggers aan met de ThrustmapperX-software. Wanneer de RACING WHEEL MODULE is ingestoken, worden de D-pad-richtingen automatisch toegewezen aan de achterdrukknoppen (1, 2, 3, 4). ThrustmapperX is beschikbaar voor Windows en is rechtstreeks toegankelijk via het menu van de Xbox. |
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