Recent positive comments - TMSR Mac Products - MacUser Sept 97
www4.zdnet.com
Bob LeVitus - Mac columnist for the Houston Chronicle and a consultant to the Motorola Computer Group:
"... If you play car-racing games such as Sierra On-Line's IndyCar Racing II, get the Formula T2 Driving Wheel ($155 estimated street), from ThrustMaster. It's a steering-wheel-and-pedal combo you plug into an ADB port. Now that I've used it, I wouldn't go back to driving my Indy car with a regular joystick if my life depended on it. "
Christopher Breen - author of The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games:
"...If you intend to be a flying ace, you need a complete button-studded flight-control system -- a joystick, a throttle, and a set of rudder pedals. You've got two choices: the
ThrustMaster FCS (Flight Control System), WCS (Weapons Control System), and RCS (Rudder Control System) or the F-16 Fighterstick, Pro Throttle, and CH Pedals, from CH Products... Each setup has advantages.
The CH Products devices have more buttons and toggle switches than those from ThrustMaster, and you can use the CH Pedals for racing games as well as for flight sims. The CH Products controllers are sturdy, but they're on the big-and-tall side; those with smaller hands may have problems with the F-16 Stick and Pro Throttle. Although the ThrustMaster controllers feel a little less sturdy, they fit beautifully into my hand.
Finally, the ThrustMaster software lets you make a printout of your key configuration -- how you've set up the stick, throttle, and pedals. With the CH Products controllers, expect to spend a fair time scribbling down your button configurations. "
--alan |
