Customer Reviews

Microsoft Sidewinder Freestyle Pro Game Pad ( A17-00001 )

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is a must-have for true gamers! And MotorCross Madness (included) is a great game! The motion-sensors let's you move in the game by just moving the game pad, so you don't have to get your nails ruind by clicking on buttons. This is the best game controller I ever had!

It is not true that this doesnt work under Win xp. Mine works just fine. infact it works better on win xp than on any other OS

The good: I've had this gamepad for a couple years now and it still works like new. It's solidly built. The game that comes with it (Motocross Madness) is fun, and a good demonstration of the tilt control.

The bad: It doesn't work in the game port under Windows XP. The driver software doesn't work under Windows XP. You can still use it in the USB port, but without driver software you cannot calibrate the tilt control. Not that it matters, because the tilt control is less useful than you would think. It's too easy to go from full left to full right, making car-racing games an exercise in zig-zagging. In fact, Motocross Madness is the only game I've found in which you can reliably use the tilt mode, so I basically keep tilt mode off. Also, the direction pad feels cumbersome. It's really hard to go from left to right without putting any up or down in between. In some games, it makes you want to revert to the keyboard.

Summary: built well, but for XP there are tons of better choices.

I have had this controller for over 2 years and it still works perfectly. This is by far the best controller I have ever used for action games that require flying. Try playing a game like Descent with this controller and you will see what I mean.

The quality of everything is very good and it's tons of fun to play any computer racing with this gamepad. I've used this a lot, and it still looks brand new. Even though this has lasted long, when I use the d-pad for a non-racing game, I get a killer thumbache. After an hour of playing, my thumb hurts so much. It would be better if they designed it with a control stick or a better d-pad instead of that annoying one. This gave this product a three star rating. I would still recommend this to a friend though, because this controller is great with racing games and the controller is of the highest quality, except for the d-pad.

I've used this gamepad for about three years now. It works great, but with one problem: the tilt is off-center. I have to hold it slightly to the left to tilt at all with it. This may not seem like a big problem... just calibrate it, right?

Wrong... if I calibrate it for tilt, at the same time it's calibrated for having tilt off, which means any time I want to simply use the pad, I strafe to the left without pressing any buttons. Very anoying.

However, even though I have to hold it slightly tilted, it's still a good pad and fun to use. Even with this problem, I recommend it to other buyers, it's solidly built. I do suggest getting it replaced before the warrenty if it comes off-center. =)

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE> DOES NOT WORK ON WIN2000 OR XP