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วันจันทร์ที่ 24 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2551
Thrustmaster Freestyler Bike (PC)
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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 23 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2551
Thrustmaster HOMAB Tacticalboard - Game pad - 50 button(s)
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Thrustmaster Hotas Cougar Flight Stick - Model 2960534 PC Controllers
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วันเสาร์ที่ 22 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2551
Thrustmaster Hotas Cougar PC Flight Stick
Thrustmaster Cougar Flight Stick Hotas PC. When you try to better flight simulation, three words come to mind: accuracy, realism and effectiveness. The new partnership between the Thrustmaster Virtual Thunderbirds and demonstrates the perfect union of these concepts, making the flight stick of the most advanced on the market for more able hands of the simulator. Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar ¿s like no other device on the market simulation. A replica of the legendary F-16, the reference in terms of modern combat aircraft, the HOTAS is the product of long and substantial investment in research and development. Thrustmaster collaboration with the prestigious U.S. Air Force only adds credibility to the HOTAS, since the product ¿s functions are identical in all respects to the actual aircraft controls. The Virtual Thunderbirds, a group of stunt driving simulation, are well known for his ability to play the Air Show conducted by the squadron of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds' s demonstration consists exclusively of combat aircraft F-16. A replica designed for performance. Our all-metal HOTAS Cougar is a real strength of technology, with 28 programmable buttons, the resistance of the throttle, adjustable afterburner and seals rest and a variety of programmable switches hat, "in particular. It The result is a tremendous efficiency and realism in flight simulation games, "said Eric Mindjimba Thrustmaster ¿s international marketing. We are proud to partner with key community members as virtual simulation Thunderbirds, as this leads to Ambassadors long term able to demonstrate all the possibilities offered by the Cougar HOTAS. Co-produced in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force and used by a pilot training for Air Force - a milestone in aviation. .Virtual Knights Thunderbirds opinion and Russia
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The most realistic flight simulation controller is here: the HOTAS Cougar, lifelike in design, lifelike in performance. This is truly "Hands on Throttle and Stick" gameplay. Based on the actual controller found in F-16 fighter aircraft, the HOTAS transports you to the furthest reaches of flight-simulation technology. From the second you grab hold of both the stick and the throttle, you notice the difference. All metal, black, and ready for business--that is the HOTAS. This controller offers up to 28 programmable buttons, multiple programmable hat switches, and adjustable resistance for the throttle, afterburner, and idle detent. These are just a few of the many features of this revolutionary stick and throttle combo. Without question, the HOTAS Cougar is the controller for true flight enthusiasts.
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superficial quality
I have been using the Cougar for over a year now and have concluded that it is a combination of the best and the worst in consumer products. In the end analysis it is ok for someone who doesn't mind tinkering, modifying and repairing. If it wasn't for the online community I would have thrown my Cougar away a long time ago. These guys are the BEST thing going for the Cougar. Support from the manufacturer is far from acceptable. Now for the good and the bad.
This product has a great feel about it. Largely because it's all metal, heavy and seems durable. The metal, however, is very soft and, consequently, easy to strip threads. The switches and pots are low quality. Replacement pots are only available through the manufacturer as they were specially made. (I think by CTS) The Throttle Quadrant has a speed brake switch which is on in the forward position, off in the middle position and momentary on in the back position. The switch itself is the toggle variety. It is guided by a plastic guide that works well when properly aligned but there is nothing designed into the product to insure alignment. You'll have to fix this yourself or the guide is likely to break. Fortunately the procedure is detailed in Frugals World Cougar forum.
Programmability is a big plus with the Cougar. Again, if you are not up to tinkering and just want to plug and play, look for something else. If you don't mind spending some time with your face in the manual and working through a profile or two you will have incredible flexibility.
The throttle itself is rather sticky through its range of motion and there are two detents for idle and afterburner. All in all it is clunky and I opted to remove the detents. As far as the sticky motion is concerned I have yet to find a way to fix it.
The Cougar is not really a desktop item. Sure it's heavy and you would think it would stay put but it doesn't. It is a lot more enjoyable when anchored to a platform. If you are contemplating this purchase I suggest that you go to and get familiar with http://cougar.frugalsworld.com/. They will be your primary support group and you can get some insight to the problems and soulutions that the rest of us are working through.
Pay special attention to the instructions when loading the software. There seems to be a problem with version 2.04 that damages the throttle pot.
All show, no go
Pros:
1. metal and sturdy (except throttle lever support which is plastic and actually broke on mine). Metal makes for great feel of the stick, much better than any plastic joystick.
2. Vast programming abilities (rivaled only by top competition equipment). This is, IMO, the best thing about the Cougar.
3. Impressive looks and design - a real stunner. Better than any other joystick in this regard.
Cons:
1. Poor gimbal construction. The stick will inevitably develop center play which, in combination with stiff springs, makes the center position feel like a detent - this effectively denies any precision control near the center. A fix for this is available as a 3rd party product, but is costly - almost twice as the Cougar itself.
2. Poor quality potentiometers. With joystick this expensive, HAL (contactless magnetic potentiometers) are the way to go, or at least high quality potentiometers found in competition products. HAL potentimeters for Cougar are also available as a 3rd party product, but are costly (a kit of three is slightly less than 200$).
3. Sticky feel with throttle. The material has quite a difference in friction, which means it is hard to move the throttle, but once you do move it, it is hard to stop it in desired position. No precision here. If the resistance is lowered, the throttle lever falls forward/backward due to its own weight !
Verdict: A wannabe quality product which simply falls short in crucial areas. Requires significant additional costs to make it work as advertised. Definitely not recommended, as there are much better options out there.
A Hobby unto Itself. Softcore Simmers Beware.
For two years I owned a Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS, touted as the ultimate flight simmer's controller, and in that time I all but stopped simming. Honestly, in two years I flew perhaps a dozen hours at most. Before the Cougar, I simmed much more--off and on for years--and did so on lousy to middling equipment: bargain-bin trash, a CH Flightstick, and later, a CH Combatstick USB. By then I found myself playing Falcon 4.0 religiously, so when it became "necessary" to pick up a throttle, I passed over the homely CH Pro Throttle and reached for the sexy, uber-F16 controller, the Cougar.
Next to the Cougar, any other controller looks like it came free with a Happy Meal. It's so sleek yet solid and rugged--it's simply gorgeous. You'll find yourself ogling it, polishing it, displaying it, and even fashioning dust covers for it. You'll also appreciate its features, ergonomics and simplicity. The trigger is dual-stage. Every button on the throttle falls under a finger. And that throttle, along with gameport rudder pedals (should you have them), plugs directly into the stick base, forging a single mega-controller with a gazillion buttons and axes, all routed to your PC through a single USB plug. Elegant.
Packaged with the Cougar comes a simmer's dream date: a 183-page manual, your guide to the complex software suite that drives the Cougar. You'll want to take it to bed, curl up under a reading lamp and spend the night with it. But that's where the problems start. It doesn't illuminate; it obfuscates. If the Cougar Reference Manual concerned baseball, chapter one would be "The Infield Fly Rule," and the first page would delve into the Old English etymology of "field." In other words, one must learn Cougar-programming in spite of it. Expect to spend several Saturdays getting nowhere. Expect to procrastinate, and, for the thin-skinned among you, expect to give up. And that's too bad, because the point of owning a Cougar, besides its looks, is to harness its powerful programming features for your own purposes.
Ultimately, though, the Cougar is a piece of hardware, and yes, a great looking one. So how does it feel? In a word, STIFF. As a former (and current) CH user, I found it difficult to make small, discreet motions with the stick and tiring to hold precise bank angles. I also found it tough to move the throttle; to paraphrase another reviewer, it's tough to get it going, and once going, tough to stop on a dime (though to be fair, it's the only throttle I've tried). Then there's the issue of bad potentiometers, a common Cougar complaint. Bad pots mean dead axes, and dirty pots mean "spiking" or sudden input surges. I experienced neither. Yet reading Cougar forums induces a nagging fear that those pots will eventually require replacement, or at least periodic cleaning. That's off-putting, to say the least; I thought the whole point of buying the best is so you don't have to do this. In fact, many a happy Cougar owner does this and more, tackling its shortcomings through third-party upgrades: new potentiometers, softer springs, precision-machined brass gimbals, aluminum switch casings, and so on. These mods require not only cash--lots of it--but time, technical expertise and a modest workshop, complete with soldering iron, multimeter and an assortment of lubricants and cleansers. Even getting the Cougar to work as advertised with CH Products' Pro Pedals Gameport (arguably the standard in analog pedals) takes a rewiring job. Not exactly plug-and-play.
Clearly, there's a type of simmer who revels in this. He's the kind of person who loves to work on his car over the weekend. Personally, I'd rather drive my car and leave repairs to my local mechanic. In the case of the Cougar, unfortunately, that mechanic is you, baby, you! Do yourself a favor and take a personality test before buying one. If you lack the tinkerer temperament, not to mention time (sims take enough time already!), engineering smarts and excess cash, consider looking elsewhere. Or you just might end up doing what I did: nothing. I let my Cougar sit idle until one day I sold it.
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วันศุกร์ที่ 21 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2551
Thrustmaster Mark I Flight Control System
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วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 20 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2551
Thrustmaster Nascar Charger with pedals
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For the price of a new racing game, you can get a complete racing wheel with pedals that will add enjoyment to the games you already have. The ThrustMaster NASCAR Charger is a low-cost device that surprised us with its accuracy and relatively solid design.
The wheel unit connects to a PC via a game port, meaning it'll work with every racing game on the market--including older titles that run under MS-DOS. We unpacked the wheel and quickly had it secured to our desktop; the quick-release clamps made it easy to remove the device when we needed our PC for more mundane tasks. The wheel is hard plastic all over, with four buttons on the front and two paddle shifters in the back, all of which are programmable. It doesn't support fancy features like force-feedback, so no bulky external power supply is necessary.
When we first pulled the included pedal unit out of the box, we couldn't help but laugh. The Lilliputian brake and gas pedals sit on a tiny base and are spaced only about an inch from one another. To make matters worse, the gas pedal can be compressed only a few inches and the brake pedal hardly moves. This definitely is not an ideal setup for success in realistic racing simulations like NASCAR Racing 3 or Grand Prix Legends. As we soon found out, however, the pedals were just fine for arcade-type driving games like Need for Speed: High Stakes.
The software for the NASCAR Charger is as basic as the hardware. After the installation process was completed, a simple configuration program let us calibrate the device and make sure all the buttons were working, but that was about it. We were glad to see that Guillemot didn't bog the software down with a bunch of useless features, as many manufacturers do.
We weren't expecting much from the wheel in actual operation, considering the price of the unit and the ridiculously small pedals. But the NASCAR Charger never failed to impress, especially in arcade games. The fact that the brake pedal had little travel made it ideal for the split-second brake-slamming tricks most arcade racing games require and made Need for Speed: High Stakes a blast. The real star of the setup is the wheel, which had a perfect amount of resistance for racing--strong enough to allow for curve-carving precision, yet light enough to let us quickly reverse our turns. It was the kind of precision we would have expected from products costing two to three times as much. This little wheel really delivers.
We had two minor problems with the device. Foremost is the narrow base for the pedals, which tended to tip to the right when we pressed hard on the gas. A few strips of duct tape solved that little dilemma, but a wider pedal base would greatly enhance this product. Our other gripe was with the wheel, as the fit and finish wasn't up to Guillemot's typical standards. The back and inside edge of the wheel had a semisharp seam and some other bits of plastic that made driving uncomfortable at times. Again, the solution is simple--give it a rub with some sandpaper--but customers shouldn't have to do things like that. If you can put up with the product's few faults, you can have an incredibly fun, precise wheel that delivers more hours of fun than the low price would indicate. --T. Byrl Baker
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Guillemot offers the Thrustmaster Nascar Charger racing wheel for all your racecar needs. Achieve on-the-floor action with the pedals for genuine acceleration and braking. Accelerator and brake levers are also mounted behind the wheel for variable control. Quick-release clamps anchor the wheel to any desk to get you up and racing fast.
Thrustmaster backs the Nascar Charger with a one-year warranty.
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For the low price, it's a great accessory (with one caveat)
The most obvious comment to make is on the price. It's so inexpensive that I would recommend it to anyone who has even a casual interest in racing games. It really does make a world of difference when playing these games (and you become a much better driver too!)
The software was easy to install and it plugs into a serial port (usually with the sound card.) The calibration worked fine so I haven't run into problems with the cars drifting in one direction or another. I have to warn people that this was made back in the Win95/98 days and I'm not sure if it'll work properly with Win2000 or XP. You may want to pop an email to Thrustmaster just to make sure before buying.
Because of the low price, you may think Thrustmaster cut corners. As far as the wheel is concerned this is not the case. It has a nice grip and just enough resistance to make you feel like you're leaning into the turns. Let go of the wheel and it snaps back into place. It's designed to "clamp" on to a desk and the grip is nice and solid. Two buttons and a rudder pedal are on each side of the wheel. These can be programmed for additional functions such as gear shifting, looking behind, horn, etc...
The one area Thrustmaster where really skimped out is on the flimsy pedals included with the set. First off they're so small a small child can't fit their foot on them. Plus they're too close together to be considered realistic. Finally, the base is so lightweight that your attempts at stepping on the gas may send them flying across the floor. I have to hold the base down with one foot while depressing the gas pedal with the other. Annoying. I'm considering disconnecting them and just using the rudder pedals for acceleration (or super-gluing the pedals to the floor.)
I originally bought this back when Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed was still popular but never hooked it up for some reason. I guess it's because I was able to get by using the keyboard. EA's latest release, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit II has such bad driving physics that it's virtually unplayable using a keyboard. Hooking this wheel up, however made a world of difference (it's actually playable now), so I'd recommend it to anyone who plays these or other racing games for fun. If you're a real racing enthusiast, you may want to bypass this for a wheel with quality pedals.
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Nice Accessory
I bought one of these a year ago for my 2 year old son (who is now 3). He loves it. It allowed him to play on the computer before he was was adept with the mouse or keyboard. I am certain he would give this 5 stars. His favourite automobile games are Sierra Viper and Need for Speed Porche. He enjoys it still.
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Thrustmaster Nascar Pro Digital 2
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great racing wheel,go buy it now!!!
The thrustmaster pro digital 2 wheel has been one of the best wheels I've had for over a year now. I play my racing games with this wheel every night for hours and it has with stood the pressure I've put on the it day in and out. The pedals and wheel are easy to program,easy to operate and can take the pressure form on line racing I've put this wheel through. It has a great clamp that holds it into place(even when you are really getting into your game). I give this wheel a 4 rating,It would get a 5 but I feel that only one thing is a short fall for this wheel. This wheel has only one thing that I would like to see made just a little stronger,and this would be the gas and brake pedals. They are very good but after one year of very hard use,I've broken the pedals. I guess when you are into your game you don't realize the amount of force you use,so I've broken mine,BUT IT TOOK IT FOR ONE YEAR. Pro digital 2 wheel is what I'm buying again,it may break after a year but it is that good!!!
so much fun
this is my first wheel and i love it i play it every day and never had any problems with it. i use it with nascar 2002 and it works great
Decent wheel, but nothing outstanding
I recently purchased this wheel for my 12 year old nephew, and he is thoroughly delighted with the wheel. The only complaint I have is that by not being a force feedback design, it gives a totally dead feel for the user. It works great with the Need For Speed series of games, and also does well with the Sierra NASCAR Racing games.
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