the joysticks overall sesign was good, good response, and i really liked the throttle and button placement. The reason im giving this 2 stars because of the horrible software. I run Xp,and once you get it running its fine. The problem starts when you shut your computer off. once you turn your computer back on and if you try to use the joystick, it won't register, and you need to uninstall and reinstall the joystick software all over! This happens every time you shut down your computer, and it gets very annoying.