Since these have clickable pits, you will really only need the very basic plane controls bound to the stick, the rest can be handled with the mouse or keyboard commands with little fuss.ģ.) DCS A-10C, DCS Ka-50 and the soon to be DCS MiG-21Bis, all of these are very complex and are built with the idea that most of your controls are going to be at your fingertips (or in the MiG's case, close to your stick and throttle anyway), as such, a HOTAS setup will really be the better way to experience these.
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Now, with that said, it is important to understand what you will really need depending on what direction you go in terms of DCS modules.ġ.) Flaming Cliffs 3 (and the A-10A, F-15C and Su-25 modules), This is where you can get away with a simple joystick (think the Logitech 3D pro) but it will still require a lot of messing with keyboard controls, due to the lack of clickable cockpits in these planes, you need to have a lot of controls bound for everything, still, it is built with a simple stick and a keyboard in mind so it is not so bad in the long run.Ģ.) DCS P-51D, FW-190D9 and the F-86 Sabre, these modules are not very controls heavy, you can easily handle them with a simple stick setup (again, the Logitech 3D pro is a good example). To kinda echo and expand on what has already been said, DCS really requires a basic joystick at the very least, even gamepads won't really give you a great experience without a lot of tweaking and even with that tweaking, those little analog sticks still won't give you the travel you really require for precise flying.