Really? Granted I don’t play the likes of Battlefield, but I’m struggling to think of any game I have that tops 100GB. MSFS meanwhile occupies 133GB on my disk. It’s still by far the biggest game I have in terms of install size.
CoD these days is something like 140GB, I believe. But it is an outlier.
It’s not unusual any more, depending what you play of course.
Fair enough! I haven’t played any of the games above MSFS on that list. Over 200GB for COD is insane!
You should see my DCS install… it’s nearing half a TB including the user files.
At least with MSFS, most of the game is not installed on our local hard drive until we start flying to that particular location. Thankfully.
Wow I have 6 of those games loaded on my drive! Hahahahaa.
*cries*
Naw man, be hobby-positive. You have a passion. Is it a problem to you or those around you? Keep on keepin’on mate!
Looks like I have 207GB in my install area and an additional 60GB in other downloaded addons. I’m not at Kaosfere levels but it’s not a light install either.
Thanks to some recent Dell purchases, I’ve got a bunch of Dell Rewards that I can burn.
And, hey, Dell sells joysticks!
Unfortunately, the Thrustmaster T16000M is temporarily out of stock.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/thrustmaster-t16000m-fcs-joystick-wired-for-pc/apd/aa056572/gaming-gaming-accessories
But the TCA Airbus Edition with Throttle is in stock
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/thrustmaster-tca-officer-pack-airbus-edition-joystick-and-throttle-wired-for-pc/apd/ab369529/gaming-gaming-accessories
Anyone have experience with the Airbus stick? I know that Flight Sim automatically recognizes it and has full support. But I’m sorta wondering how it does in more shooty sims (DCS). I know they think the Airbus branding is a selling point, but it makes me think it’s only for airliners.
The actual button layout looks the same as my T1600M at the bottom, and a google closeup looks like it may have slightly less buttons at the top. I have Trigger + 3 buttons + tophat on the T1600M top.
This looks like a trigger plus two buttons plus a tophat. Not like you’re losing much here, hell I rarely use half the buttons on my joystick in flight.
The T1600M has parts to flip the handle of it for lefties, so if that’s important to you, make sure the Airbus version has the same.
@schurem may know of folks that play with the Airbus joystick in DCS. It’s been quite a while since I’ve played combat air sims.
If it has a trigger you can fly DCS with it. More buttons are better. But you need only one.
I have been bested and shot down by people flying on a keyboard, so an airbus branded stick which actually is a tm1600 should do fine.
The two throttles would rock for something like a harrier, but a real HOTAS this set ain’t. You will not be picking out which testicle to drop a jdam on from 30000 feet while sorting bandits and dodging SAM’s. Well, not without making chords on your keyboard.
You can always start lusting after foot-long russian built boutique sticks after you find your feet and get bitten by the bug again…
This is the top of the T1600M by comparison. The rest is damn near identical.
If you ever get a throttle quad, especially if it’s one of the thrustmaster ones, there is a lot of overlap from the default button setup on the joystick extra buttons and the throttle extra buttons. Remap if needed.
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Oh, wish I’d seen this quicker. I have the t.1600m on my main flight sim rig, but the Airbus TCA stuff on my second work computer for when the kid and I do multiplayer. The sticks are just about identical quality and capability-wise, with the added benefit of a reverse thrust position on the stick’s throttle slider.
But the throttle quadrant’s nice too, and you wouldn’t have regretted ordering that. The lack of buttons compared to the t.1600m’s throttle is a bit of a downside, but the two throttle axes are really nice, and the setup work great for MSFS,
If you get the TCA throttle too, you won’t hate yourself. :) T.1600m throttle’s a bit better for combat stuff, but the TCA throttle’s better for MSFS.
My Thurstmaster TCA Airbus stick has arrived, and I inaugurated it with a F-22 flight form KSEA to KSFO, complete with a high-speed, low-pass buzzing of San Francisco and landing that would have gotten even Pete “Maverick” Mitchell grounded for life.
I can’t believe I’ve been trying to fly this with a gamepad. It is like a million times easier with a stick.
MS is gonna have a problem when all the Xboys show up.
The Thrustmaster Hotas works on Xbox, as does the T16000M. There may be more that work on it but I had wondered the same for my nephew and he fed me the info on Thrustmaster compatibility.
But I agree with you, flying straight, using the rudder, trimming, hell, damn near everything is easier. It doesn’t feel like you’re trying to land a yoyo.
Yeah, I know that the Xbox has sticks, but I think the vast majority of folks who download it on Gamepass are not going to have a fun time.
