How MechWarrior's return took me back to the early ’90s mall in my mind, Ars Technica
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A major reason I’m writing this is because I came into custody of
a Thrustmaster T. M FCS kit
in preparation for another game launch: the 2020 version ofMicrosoft Flight Simulator(which I tested in preview form in September). Its closed tech alpha test will soon begin, smothered with non-disclosure agreements, and that’ll likely benefit from controls other than keyboard and mouse. To that aim, Thrustmaster kindly sent a loaner kit for the aforementioned HOTAS (“Hands-On Throttle And Stick”) rig, which includes a button-smothered pair of joystick and throttle, along with a robust foot-controlled rudder.
When the kit arrived, I didn’t yet haveMSFSaccess in my inbox. Instead, I noticed an email aboutMechWarrior 5, whose pre-release version landed at my home office while I was on a Thanksgiving vacation. There had been an internal update, the email read, to get the game up to snuff for owners of HOTAS equipment. That included a “plug-and-play” patch for the T. 01575879 M FCS.
I connected the joystick and throttle (without the rudder, MSRP $**************, butcan be found for less), positioned them on my desk, and booted the game. And my head started spinning.I’ve done this before, I thought.
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