[Tweaknews] - LOGITECH RUMBLEPAD 2 VIBRATION FEEDBACK PC GAMEPAD REVIEW


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Date: September 13th, 2004
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Logitech
<---SHOP FOR A LOGITECH RUMBLEPAD 2 VIBRATION PC GAMEPAD

PRODUCT INSTALLATION

Installation is very easy but I decided to include a small section on what occurs with this specific product.

When the driver CD is first inserted and allowed to automatically startup, you will be introduced to the screen you see above where you can install the base drivers and software or install the various other gaming software bundled with this controller. For this installation section, I will be sticking to the important parts of the base driver and software install. Click "Install Now" for the gaming software to continue.

*Note: Don't plug in the controller until the software asks you to do so.*

After accept the terms and agreement, the installation directory and the software is actually installed, this setup window will pop up telling you to plug to install the controller into your USB port. Windows XP in my example found the controller and installed the drivers and then I moved forward to test and calibrate the controller.

You will next see this testing window to make sure all the buttons and controllers are working properly along with the vibration feedback. To test the vibration feedback, you press the bottom right button in the center portion of the controller. A short vibration means the feature is turned off, a long vibration pulse means the vibration feature is turned on.

The ten programmable buttons all correspond to a certain vibration such as a helicopter, gunfire and a car crash just as a couple of examples. Try them out, they make for some entertainment for a short duration.

The included Logitech profiler software allows you to save button profiles for certain games and you can also download preprogrammed gaming profiles from Logitech for certain games. Setup the profile, save the profile and have some fun and know that if you change games, you will just have to load up the corresponding button profile.