maybe this has been asked before, but I am wondering what equipment everyone uses in the game.
I’m using my 65" living room TV as main screen, together with a smaller monitor where I put my PFD etc.
I use my XBOX controller for exterior camera movement and my mouse for cockpit movement and to change stuff when I am using the AP.
Additionally I use the keyboard for some controls as well as two Thrustmaster 1600 (I’ve ordered the Airbus stuff but it hasn’t arrived yet).
Same as you. I’m using 55" living room TV, but that’s it.
I use Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Edition, but I still use my mouse to make changes to the panels for things that I don’t have bound to my joystick/quadrant. And I use the POV button to adjust the camera view point as well as another button to reset the position to the default.
I use a 24 Monitor, I7 4970K without overclock for this program, 16G RAM DDR3, Gforce 1070ti, Mother ASUS B85MG, 1070Watts Source, 1 SSD 470G WD for Windows and MSFS, 1 SSD 980 Kingston for X-Plane and the rest of the programs and a 2TB HDD for the rest. As for controls, I use a Logitech / Saitek Yoke, Dashboard and Pedals, Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse.
also a DIY Track IR system via Webcam and IR emitter made by me. Now I am adapting all the cockpit keys and knobs I had in X-Plane with an Arduino board and a USB Maximum (using SimVim) passing everything from X-Plane to MSFS2020 …
Although my equipment is practically obsolete, it runs perfectly smooth FS2020 configured everything in ULTRA.
I intend to make my homemade cockpit (DIY Cockpit) and use a projector that I have already acquired for a while.
Greetings from the South of Argentina!
thrustmaster 1600 with pedals throttle and yoke 55 inch samsung 4k screen
9th gen i-5 9600kf running at 4.7 ghz msi MB 32 meg corsair 3600 mhz memory
asus 2080 super 8 gig on samsung 1tb ssd and i didnt wanna wait for the new hp reverb G2 so i opted for the cheaper track ir 5 for the time being till some of the bugs get worked out of ms flight sim and the new vr headset
This post has been going for a while and had lots of really great pictures of some amazing setups. It is fun to see what others are using and even gives you some great ideas.
Some of those are ridiculous, I wish I had a fancy chair setup.
Intel i7 7700x
Evga 2080ftw
50 inch LG 4k TV
Chproducts fighterstick throttle and pedals.
(20 years old still work great)
TrackIR+proclip
Arctis7 wireless headset
i just ordered track IR5 with the pro clip how do you like it between DCS and ms flightsim trying to use the mouse for looking around the cockpit and using to interact with the ■■■■ pit just got way to cumbersome
im planning on the hp reverb g2 but i wanted to wait till some of the bugs got worked out since VR in ms flight sim and the headset are both brand new
I bought it back when for dcs blackshark originally. You’ll never look back, its great. I can’t play without it, only flight sims though or trucksim/driving stuff.
Keep in mind for the first 2 weeks or so it might give you little headaches or feel weird. It takes getting used to, some people get it at first some don’t. If you do don’t worry your brain will work it out on its own.
I’ve been quite surprised, actually.
8th Gen i7 9700
32GB 2400mhz RAM
GTX 1060 3GB
5200RPM 2.5" HD
I thought I’d get the base game to try it, expecting to be limited to medium settings with 32" 1080P monitor. My main concern was the hard drive that I installed it to. I run 8x 2.5" (recycled out of laptops I’ve worked on, over the last couple years,) and 2x 3.5" hard drives, using a PCIE SATA extension. My motherboard only has one SATA M.2 slot with a 128GB SSD boot drive. I was certain I’d have to buy a bigger SSD to run the game, but to my surprise, as long as I don’t mind long load times pre-flight, then the game runs fine, without any loading interruptions, on high settings. My GPU is maxed though. Running 90-100% always with the game on. Prices for GPUs right now are insane, so for now, best I leave well-enough alone. I’ve always disliked my stock motherboard for lack of M.2 NVMe slot. Would it be worth it to get ANY even slightly better GPU just to have more GPU RAM, like say a 1070? I can’t shell out the cash for RTX line.
Hey, we are in a similar boat because we are both using a living room TV as the main screen.
One thing I love about the big screen (mine is smaller at 55") is for MSFS I put the screen resolution at 3840x1440, so I get a better panoramic view in the cockpit. I really recommend it if you haven’t tried a custom resolution already. It really helps see left and right, and has so far saved me from buying a Samsung G9.
I’m not single but fortunately the other half is face down in his Switch to care much.
I don’t think resolution makes a different in the view itself. It would actually make things worse if the resolution isn’t running at the native screen resolution. My advise is, run the resolution with the native resolution of your screen. Or use borderless window.
If you want to adjust the view, use the Camera settings to make the changes. And if you want to render a lower resolution, use the Render scaling slider instead. So your GPU would still render at the reduced resolution, but it will display on your screen at the native resolution. Looks much better, improves FPS, and you can adjust the camera in any way you want without messing up the quality that much.
i7-10700K, AMD Radeon 5600XT, 32GB RAM. NVMe disk. 27" 60Hz screen.
Thrustmaster T.1600 FCS I bought heavily discounted about a year ago, a chain was selling out all joysticks.
Have the VKB T-rudder on the way, should arrive with UPS tomorrow.
Keyboard is low-profile Logitech G915 Clicky (was half price ans less noisy than my sons full size Cherry Brown).
Have an old Thrustmaster HOTAS (the old all-metal F-16 thing) that are worn out, been trying to replace resistor with magnetic sensor instead (DIY). First attempt works but not that great, so not using it for now.
I do have a secondary screen 24", not connected at the moment as it is in use for the work-at-home laptop.
