New Attachment for the Xbox 360 Controller
July 31, 2007 10 Comments
Kontrolfreek just came out with a new gaming accessory designed to increase the precision and comfort of your analog sticks on your Xbox 360 controller. The SpeedFreek was initially made with racing games in mind however they claim it improves your experience in all types of games. The accessory is a plastic attachment that fits comfortably over the left analog stick (but obviously is compatible with the right analog stick as well).
While Kontrolfreek says this attachment is successful with all gaming genres and was tested with such titles as Gears Of War, Project Gotham 3, Forza 1, MotoGP, RalliSport 2, Test Drive Unlimited, Rainbow Six Vegas, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, Worms, and Oblivion among others, Gizmodo’s opinion is “It’s not great for anything but racing games, because the plastic attachment on the bottom makes pressing down hard on the stick slightly more uncomfortable.”
The price is pretty reasonable with two attachments selling for $9.95 while four can be purchased for $17.50. It may be a decent alternative for someone who enjoys those racing games but doesn’t want to spend the money on the more pricey racing wheels. The white color is pretty boring, but maybe they will come out with some more colorful options in the future.
they should make one for the dpad…. its soo mushy.
Neat idea, not sure whether I’d dish out $10 bucks for 2 of them though.
Yeah, I need to wait to hear what other people (as far as people I know) think about it before it comes anywhere near my radar. Just not sure if it would be beneficial or bothersome.
I’ve been using it for a few months now, excellent for driving, great for Call of Duty, bad for Gears of War
Interesting that it would be good for one shooter, but not another. Why is that? I am concerned about it affecting my crouching, which I tend to do just a little bit.
it just blocks the X Y A B buttons when you need them fast
It would inhibit one’s ability to use the X,Y,A, and B buttons.
On the other hand, this thing could keep me from jumping off the edge of Lockout so much. Hmmmmmm?
The crouching issue would be a problem for us in the Honor Guard wouldn’t it?
If you ain’t crouching, you ain’t defending!
“it just blocks the X Y A B buttons when you need them fast”
He is not talking about trying to use it on the right stick for aiming. Not on the left stick where you would typically hold/click for crouching.
wait, so they give u 2 of these things, one for each stick? for 9.95?
Yeah, but can it bake muffins?