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IAmNotMatthew Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:38am

Controller

Hello everyone,
I'm planning to buy a controller for my PC, but only for two games, Euro Truck Simulator, and F1 2013.I'm not richest guy in the world, I've selected a controller, named SPEEDLINK STRIKE, a wired controller(I hate wireless controllers, mouses, keyboards, etc.).Is that controller compatible with these two games, or not?
Thanks for the answer.

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ibica monako pa nica Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:42am

You should use an Xbox 360 controller because that's what Steam supports.

Kargor Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:44am

Originally posted by Ridash:
You should use an Xbox 360 controller because that's what Steam supports.

Steam has almost nothing to do with that, except for Big Picture Mode. It's the games that generally like the XBox360 pad more than anything else.

ibica monako pa nica Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:45am

Originally posted by Kargor:
Originally posted by Ridash:
You should use an Xbox 360 controller because that's what Steam supports.

Steam has almost nothing to do with that, except for Big Picture Mode. It's the games that generally like the XBox360 pad more than anything else.

Indeed.

Astraea Kisaragi Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:47am

It should be. I had a Speedlink controller before and it worked with Need for Speed or Test Drive games.
However is not recommended. Speedlink is cheaply made, has driver issues and many games you need to manually set up. Also in overall I don't recommend a Playstation styled button layout, a X-Box layout is much better supported, especially in newer games, more comfortable and should be compatible with Steam Big Picture.
I really recommend to save up for a wired original X-Box 360 controller, even if only a used one. Its durable, you dont need any drivers and almost all games auto-detect and automatically set up the best button layout. I never regretted my 26 euros what I gave for it.

Last edited by Astraea Kisaragi; Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:47am

Mar Oct 12, 2014 @ 1:52am

Personnaly, I often play action games with a Xbox 360 controller and it works perfectly for me ^^

IAmNotMatthew Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:05am

Yeah, thanks for the help guys, I really need to get more money, because a 2500HUF(~9€) controller wouldn't be an expensive, but as i see everyone is prefering XBOX 360 style controller, wich is 7500HUF(~25€), so, with my new microphone it would near 35€.
Thanks for everything again.

ᴠᴀʀ Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:18am

If you have an old PS2/PS3 (Dualshock) controller or playstation style simillair, you can use SCP drivers.[emulation-general.wikia.com] (Dualshock > XBOX controller)
Just saying

Last edited by ᴠᴀʀ; Oct 12, 2014 @ 3:24am

Tofu boi Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:29am

Originally posted by sm0:
If you have an old PS2/PS3 controller, you can use SCP drivers.[emulation-general.wikia.com] (Dualshock > XBOX controller)
Just saying

Thanks you :)

Tev Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:34am

Is it Strike (Click me)?[www.speedlink.com], or Strike FX (Click me)?[www.speedlink.com]

Strike FX mentions support for xinput (should work out of the box with that) but Strike does not.

For Strike, you might want to use SCP drivers, or xpadder.

Last edited by Tev; Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:34am

IAmNotMatthew Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:45am

Originally posted by sm0:
If you have an old PS2/PS3 controller, you can use SCP drivers.[emulation-general.wikia.com] (Dualshock > XBOX controller)
Just saying

Sadly I don't have old PS2 or PS3 controller, the DualShock 2 is better than the 3, I used it many time and i hate DualShock 3, and it's more expensive than an XBOX 360 controller (DS3: 15.000HUF(50€), XBOX 360(38€))

Originally posted by Teutep:
Is it Strike (Click me)?[www.speedlink.com], or Strike FX (Click me)?[www.speedlink.com]

Strike FX mentions support for xinput (should work out of the box with that) but Strike does not.

For Strike, you might want to use SCP drivers, or xpadder.

Speedlink Strike, not the FX, it's double the price.

Last edited by IAmNotMatthew; Oct 12, 2014 @ 2:47am

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