How to use a force feedback joystick ?


With a modern force feedback joystick you actually feel the forces of rudder and sheets. This makes sailing with Sail Simulator 4 even more realistic. Besides modern joysticks have programmable buttons with can be used for thumb control of the viewing direction and for swiching view or control mode.

Sail Simulator 4 was successfully tested with the following joysticks:

Go to Downloads for the latest profiles.

Basic joystick control functions (Microsoft SideWinder FFB2):

  • Left-Right: Rudder
  • Fire button + for/backward: adjusting (any) sheet
  • Left and right (thumb) buttons for selection of the sheet
  • Thumb button for adjusting the view direction
  • Middle thumb button for switch AUTOCREW on/off
  • Other buttons for viewing mode and start/stop engine

To use Force Feedback in Sail Simulator 4.0, select FFB for Rudder and Sheets in Preferences/Control. Use the sliders to optimise the sensibility against stability.