Squadrons is an honest return to the space sim style of the 90s pc lucasarts classics x wing and tie fighter and is more complex and demanding than an arcade flight game like rogue squadron or battlefront 2.
Star wars squadrons joystick configuration. Squadrons seems like a fairly simple game on the surface. If you are not new to flight sticks you probably know how to use it to play star wars squadrons. Joy 1 throttle controls might be displayed as joystick 2 in star wars squadrons throttle increase decrease. To use a joystick or hotas hands on throttle and stick flight stick to play star wars squadrons plug in the device via a usb port on you console or pc.
X axis left right drift while boosting. Star wars squadrons which released on october 2 2020 supports not only hotas joysticks but also flight sticks while playing on pc. Make sure to enter the controller settings from the options menu and adjust the mappings according to your specific hotas setup for an optimal experience. In star wars squadrons there seems to be a hard coded deadzone of about 20.
Squadrons features full hotas functionality please note that default mappings are only provided for joystick may vary depending on your joystick. This hard coded deadzon only applies to the virtual axes dx x axis and dx y axis which are typically the default axes assigned to any joystick. Then go into the game s main menu to. Fly around and shoot bad dudes and you ll do alright.
This cannot be changed through the in game menus and i have yet to see a way to get rid of it thus far. But high level multiplayer requires that you be able to do several.