Is there a Hotas controller I can use with PlayStation VR?

Hands On Throttle And Stick (HOTAS) controllers are extraordinarily common within the flight simulator neighborhood and at the moment are gaining numerous traction within the VR world. These controllers basically offer you a ton of management over your airplane or spaceship, and you may as well feel and look like a boss whereas taking part in. Hotas Controllers will normally have a well-recognized joystick for one hand and a throttle for the opposite.

With rumors of War Thunder and Elite: Dangerous coming to PlayStation VR, and with a couple of VR video games already supported, together with EVE: Valkyrie and Starblood Arena, you is perhaps tempted to arrange a cockpit in your VR house. Here’s one of the best — and to date actually the one — one you will wish to get for PlayStation VR.

Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS four

The T.Flight HOTAS four from Thrustmaster (about $80) is the controller for PS4 and PSVR; it is even branded with the PlayStation emblem and is black with blue accents to match your machine and to offer a pleasant offset for the white and blue PSVR. If you are additionally into PC gaming, a easy swap will set it over to work in your pc.

The base is weighted to maintain it in place even while you’re frantically evading an enemy, and the joystick has an adjustable resistance to greatest swimsuit a heavy or gentle hand. To simulate a rudder operate and to pivot your craft on a vertical axis, the joystick might be twisted left or proper.

The connected throttle can truly be indifferent and moved apart to simulate a extra sensible setup and to allow you to sit again and get into the sport. Perhaps one of the best half is that each the joystick and throttle have all of the buttons you discover on an ordinary DualShock four controller, making it extraordinarily simple for you to map out the controls the way you see match.

Ready to actually really feel such as you’re within the cockpit of your ship? Grab the T.Flight HOTAS four from Thrustmaster now.

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More HOTAS glory

Still unsure whether or not or not HOTAS is for you? Check out Editor-in-Chief Russell Holly’s write-up about his time with HOTAS controllers in VR.

Using HOTAS controllers in VR is beyond amazing!

Updated September 27, 2017: We’ve refreshed this text to make sure you’re nonetheless getting one of the best HOTAS controller for PSVR.