One of my favorite games in the last few years is Elite Dangerous; a boring space trucking simulator which to some is going to be about as fun as filling in an Excel spreadsheet. To me though, it’s a kind of magic, spacefaring bliss, a relaxing way to get away from the world and pretend I am a daring Commander at the far reaches of the galaxy…one who needs to bring a supply of tobacco from one planet to another in record time.
Seriously, I have spent well over 150 hours playing Elite. And I couldn’t actually tell you what kind of “progress” I have made. I buy lots of different ships, try out lots of professions, but I wouldn’t call myself “hardcore.” Still, I don’t seem to get tired of it, and still haven’t nailed down exactly what I want to excel in. I just enjoy the second life it provides, and while I have fiddled with plenty of control schemes, nothing has been able to beat the cheap Hotas joystick I borrowed off a friend to play it with.
Until, that is, I got a slightly-more-expensive joystick, the T.16000M FCS Hotas by Thrustmaster, which is practically made for Elite, and shows in every possible way, with a few head-scratching nitpicks.
Source: Destructoid Review: T.16000M FCS Hotas