War Thunder's new HOTAS by HORI, First Impressions & Unboxing

In partnership with Gaijin Entertainment, A Japanese peripheral company HORI, Has made a HOTAS Flight Control System & Mount for PC - It has some unique features and Mounting options for realistic play-style. Including split throttle, over 61 buttons to program. And a dual stage trigger. This thing costs $499.99 MSRP.

Thanks to HORI, for sending out this Hotas for a review.

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[arbitercs]

I like how brutally honest this review was despite having received the product for free

[WalvisYT]

Wait... 500 USD? This thing looks to be of worse quality than my Thrustmaster T.16000M that I bought for less than 100 EUR.

[Android_ELITE]

everybody recommends the T16000 for general flight use, and even as an infrequent user of sim and the joystick itself I can say it was well worth it. the price is very reasonable; I bought it originally for elite dangerous but it works wonderfully for war thunder and even dcs without any major problems. the twist axis even works great if you don’t have the pedals.

[iwyrilja]

If you want a hotas for warthunder this really isn’t a good choice. I would recommend something cheap like a thrustmaster T flight hotas X. If you want something of more quality get something from WinWing, virpil or a gladiator nxt

[gabj]

FFS I thought it was a new Ho-Ri tank when I saw the notification

[SagesFury]

for 500 Dollars you can get a VKB stick and throttle which will absolutely demolish this thing in every quality metric. Pay a little more for the Upgraded version of the Stecs (under 600 total) and you can have the STECS with the throttle detents and even more buttons. Just two VKB sticks (1 normal and 1 omni throttle) would be the most flexible set up for both warthunder and a bunch of other games like star citizen.

[lorvik]

You missed an opportunity when you asked: "What's in the box?" to cut to your cat being in a box :D Very cute cat indeed!

[markthegamer]

If you want a good hotas for 500 USD, get a winwing orion 2 combo for ~500USD. It doesn't come with mounting brackets but it is fully metal

[Leo-gllb]

For 500 dollars id expect a cam system instead of a cheaper gimbal on the stick.

[Nick_o]

Man, for 500 bucks this seems rough considering the VKB Gladiator NXT EVO + VKB Stecs Mini Plus is $354 USD and those are much better even if you consider the fact this comes with desk mounts the equivalent VKB mounts are $208 so all in $562 for a much better product. Quality wise this looks like it competes with the T16000m or Logitech X56 and if this whole setup was closer to $250 it would be a good deal. Especially if you are doing somewhat casual use, the desk mounts seem a bit much. If you went for VKB Stecs Standard + VKB Gladiator NXT EVO, and no desk mounts you'd be looking at $414 all in and a much more practical setup (both the stick and throttle plug in at the back so you can unplug them move them off your desk without having to go behind your computer). I have this combo and the adjustable detents are great too, because once you set up the profiles you can swap between them with a button on the base. Some have also mentioned Winwing offerings in this price range that also certainly destroy this thing in quality.

[shrinkingshrimp]

I actually like the throttle (looks better quality than the stick, at a first look it has all the buttons, hats and features I need), if that will be available separately for less than 200 I think I will get one eventually.

[WIKUS]

$500 is a deal breaker for me... there are similar products for half that. I haven't looked inside this thing obviously but I don't see how that price could possibly be justified. I can even get the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS cheaper than that.

[alexander]

By the looks of it the throttle has the exact same button layout as the thrustmaster twcs throttle.

[Caffeine_K]

Looks like my old X-52 hotas, god that thing was a nightmare of quality control

[alexanderpopov]

So, warthunder joystick is like warthunder itself. Overall okay, but has some noticeable flaws and bit overpriced like wt prems)

[grind]

0:03 you earned the like. No need for the rest of the video. But ill watch it all the way through anyways. 👍

[ccclll]

Very similar to my X56. Hopefully the stick itself isnt as huge as the x56, which is the only problem I had with it, considering that i dont have big hands. All those buttons are a MUST if you want to play high tier jets. For prop planes a basic hotas is more than enough, but for jets you need all those keybinds.

[DeadBaron]

WTF why is Gaijin sponsoring such a complicated HOTAS when they don't care about Sim players and ignore all critiques and requests?

[ThePandabearzzz]

0:25 hey look a mirror in an aircraft that actually works well

[Ballissle]

I would buy this if it were less than $200 or probably even $150 max.