The good news is that yes you can use a flight stick or hotas hands on throttle and stick with star wars squadrons.
Star wars squadrons flight stick. With star wars squadrons microsoft flight simulator and more there are a lot of great reasons to buy a hotas flight stick these days. By mat paget on october 31 2020 at 5 30am pdt 16 comments. The best star wars squadrons settings. Squadrons general discussions topic details.
Oct 2 11 35am no flight stick option in controls. For our demonstration of how to set up a flight stick we ll be using the saitek x 55 rhino. Thrustmaster t flight hotas 4 this is the hotas stick recommended for ps4 players wishing to use a flight stick during their star wars squadrons experience. The game has flight stick and hotas support on all platforms meaning you.
Squadrons releases on october 2nd the developers have promised hotas flight stick support on pc xbox one and playstation 5 not only that but the game will also have full vr support. Squadrons is an honest return to the space sim style of the 90s pc lucasarts classics x wing and tie fighter and is more complex and demanding than an arcade flight game like rogue squadron or battlefront 2. Pilots across the galaxy have been wondering what they need to do to get their stick and throttles up and flying and they ll be relieved to hear setting up their hotas controllers is pretty simple. Squadrons is a modern throwback to the old x wing and tie fighter days and it has hotas support out of the box.
Squadrons will undoubtedly be an incredibly immersive experience but for those who haven t already invested into the flight sim hobby buying and setting up a flight stick can be pretty. Squadrons flight stick buyers guide for newbies. Flight stick hotas guide for squadrons in 2020 discussion from everything shown thus far it s pretty star wars. Joysticks flight sticks whatever you want to call them are now becoming relevant again thanks to the epic new release of the biggest flight sim in years like microsoft flight simulator and now star wars.
Before you can start assigning your buttons you first have to open the settings menu and navigate to the control page. Then launch the game in non vr mode go into options controls and your flight stick will show up to bind 10. Keybinds and graphics options for hitting 60fps. At the very bottom of the list in the flight stick category you will see your options for assigning your sticks.