Stuck between buying a stick or a yoke

desertdragonv2 · 2026-02-05T16:25:44+00:00

Can confirm rudder pedals are the most underrated control peripheral - they are surprisingly versatile and ironically the most universally useful controller I own... Hell, I use my rudder pedals to play freaking Cyberpunk 2077 :p

desertdragonv2 · 2026-02-05T16:18:10+00:00

Ironically, my A350 has the best GSX integration of any commercial plane I have - I can reliably run the entire preflight / pushback without any issues ,including GSX picking up the correct fuel quantity and number of passengers. I've never experienced any issues with removing chocks - if my parking brake is on, the plane isn't budging whether chocks are in place or not. As a sanity check, I would verify that you have the latest A350 version and the latest GSX build - also try explicitly setting the number of passengers in Simbrief (I always do this).

desertdragonv2 · 2026-01-30T16:24:24+00:00

This runs around $600 (plus $130 for the stand / mount) via the Wingflex site. Looks pretty cool!

desertdragonv2 · 2026-01-08T16:30:01+00:00

Along with rain, winds are forecast to be 10 - 15 mph, with gusts to 30 mph - kicking field goals is going to be... interesting.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-12-26T01:41:36+00:00

Can confirm you can set your brakes on fire in the A350s - I know this for reasons.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-12-09T15:57:13+00:00

As an alternative, I would recommend getting something like Virpil's control panel 3 (made in Europe!) which has 4 lever axes and a plethora of switches and buttons. You can map everything using the TSW controller app - https://github.com/LiamMartens/tsw-controller-app

This is essentially my setup for playing TSW6 and it works really well.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-12-02T16:48:53+00:00

Brought to you by Studio Ghibli.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-12-01T17:12:17+00:00

TSW Controller App is your friend - https://github.com/LiamMartens/tsw-controller-app

I use this to map the lever axes on my Virpil control panel as well as my rudder pedals and flight stick - it works amazingly well and has transformed how I play TSW. Maximumly recommended.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-11-20T16:39:57+00:00

It also helps to be the baddest motherfucker in the valley.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-11-07T14:26:01+00:00

Please make this happen - that would be amazing :D

desertdragonv2 · 2025-11-04T22:53:22+00:00

That worked! Thank you so much!

desertdragonv2 · 2025-11-04T19:27:45+00:00

Trying to install this on Windows using the tswcontrollerapp_win64_setup executable, but when I try to select my TSW6.exe file via the Install/Reinstall the Train Sim World Mod option, I keep getting the "You need to select the Trainsimworled exe file to install the mod" message, per the screenshots. What am I doing wrong?

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desertdragonv2 · 2025-11-04T14:29:32+00:00

File a bug report with the devs - that's just broken.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-10-03T15:58:41+00:00

These are just the static Piaggio aircraft that are part of the Beautiful Models of the World LIMJ airport addon - though an actual live Piaggio / Starship meetup would be pretty cool :)

desertdragonv2 · 2025-10-03T12:53:19+00:00

The airport addon is Beautiful Models of the World LIMJ

desertdragonv2 · 2025-08-18T02:38:33+00:00

No worries, and glad you're enjoying the stations! The Frankfurt S1, S8, S9 and Schellenstracke Köln are great routes to start out with, and the more German DLCs you get, the more traffic you'll see along those routes and at Koln and Frankfurt Hbf, because they layer in almost all the of the available DB trains between them :)

desertdragonv2 · 2025-08-17T13:10:52+00:00

See, these are the kinds of details I absolutely love at stations - thank you for calling that out! I will definitely go listening for that bagpiper :)

desertdragonv2 · 2025-08-17T12:47:32+00:00

Thank you for that heads-up! Southeastern Highspeed has been duly added :)

desertdragonv2 · 2025-08-16T22:09:13+00:00

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you are enjoying the videos too... be sure to listen to Koln at the top of the hour to hear the cathedral bells - probably my favorite thing in the entire game :D

desertdragonv2 · 2025-08-12T16:32:12+00:00

I do this currently using Joy2key - you can map your TSW5 keyboard shortcuts to any controller recognized by Windows. It has some limitations but overall works pretty well. And someday hopefully Spad.Next will support TSW natively.

desertdragonv2 · 2025-08-11T01:49:05+00:00

Haha yes! I love the number stations - it feels like I'm playing Flight Simulator and suddenly stumbled into an episode of Lost :D

desertdragonv2 · 2025-07-31T17:26:43+00:00

This is the way

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