Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Thrustmaster eSwap Pro vs Astro C40 PS4/PC Controller”.
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Now thrustmaster has been considered to be an industry leader in the world of gaming peripherals specifically in the simulation world, they’re very popular in the world of flight and racing simulators, and although they’ve made a number of game pads in the past, the e-swap pro controller is A premium gamepad designed from the ground up allowing the gamer to fully utilize and customize their controller to their specific preference and gaming style. Now, as the name implies, you could essentially swap out the dual thumbstick configuration to your specific preference, whether you like an asymmetrical xbox style, thumbstick configuration or a parallel dual shock. Playstation configuration we’ve seen this done before on the astro c40 controller. But the cool thing about these modules is that they’re magnetically attached, unlike the astro c40 controller, which it requires an allen key to make the swap happen. You could simply pull out each of the modules which are held in by a very strong magnet. So they won’t come out accidentally and swap out each module very fast, and everything is hot swappable and the overall design over here is definitely a lot more convenient compared to the astro c40. Not to mention it’s going to be really easy to add additional modules specific for your gaming style. For example, they have a fighting version of this controller, which has a circular d-pad extra custom buttons that you can remap specific combos to, and it’s really simple uh to add these to your controller without any screwdrivers or special tools since they’re magnetically attached now, the customization Factor goes quite beyond that on the side, you can see that we have side grips that are magnetically held as well, so you could have a couple of different color options, not to mention different color options for the individual modules at themselves.
Now the triggers at the back can also be swapped out if you want longer trigger designs, but you do need to unscrew those via phillips head screwdriver. But it’s not that big of a deal since you’re not going to be swapping it all too often, at the back of the controller, you can see that we have four remappable buttons and you can essentially assign any uh commands available on the playstation 4 to one Of these individual buttons and the best way to do so is via the pc software in the software, you can also adjust the overall sensitivity and feel of the thumb, sticks triggers and dual vibration motors. You also have a two profiles where you can save your individual settings to and if we come back to the controller, you can see that we have a button that controls those individual profiles, followed by a 3.5 millimeter connection for your headset and a microphone mute button. Now, in terms of the ergonomics and overall feel of the controller itself, the shape is definitely nice.
It feels nice in the hands great for any size and shape of gamers out there and if you’re used to the standard kind of playstation, slash xbox one style, control, you’re going to feel pretty much right at home. Without any major complaints that i can see. The button quality itself is fairly high, quality, very clicky and mechanical. They say it’s rated for up to 5 million actuations, so durability wise.
It shouldn’t be a problem for the buttons and the thumb sticks themselves based on the initial feel of thus far. The thumb sticks, uh, have a concave cap on them. So if you want something more convex or something like that or higher or lower thumbsticks, you don’t have that adjustability yet, which is unfortunate, something we find on the scuff and indeed the astro controllers. Furthermore, i also like the standard d-pad that comes with it now, if you do want a circular d-pad, that is an optional extra if you’re into fighting games and things like that, but still an available option, which is nice to see the only real complaints that i Have thus far is the fact that there are no hair trigger stops, uh that limits the range of motion, and you can limit the range of motion and actuation distance of the triggers themselves in the software.
But there are no physical stops like we see on the scuff controller, which could be uh kind of handy for some people that are used to that feature. And although we do have the touchpad that you find on all playstation 4 controllers, it is a little bit smaller, certainly smaller than the stock dualshock 4 controller. And if you use the touchpad quite a bit, that might be an issue for you.
I don’t use it that much so it’s not that hugely concerned for me and, lastly, the rear buttons on the side are kind of tough to reach. You can get used to it, but they’re, definitely not as widely accessible as something with more of a paddle style design that we see on the scuff and astral controllers, which are a little bit more easier to access at the back compared to the smaller circular buttons. In the specific formation, lastly, this is a wired only controller and it comes with a nice long, braided sturdy cable. But you are going to be always attached to that wire, which makes sense in the esports world, where you want as a limited lag as possible and you’re close by your console and overall gaming setup, but for convenience factor and for the living room gamer. That could be kind of a bummer if they don’t like wires and wireless is becoming really really popular and certainly very good in terms of overall latency and an option that scuff and astro both have so would be nice to see that in the future.
Now, in terms of how this uh controller specifically compares against the astro c40, i would say uh the overall feel of it. I actually prefer. The astro c40 is a little uh too round uh shape for me, but it’s something that you can typically get used to. After a while, but this is a certainly more in lines of a standard – dual shock, 4 or xbox style controller you’re not going to have too many problems in terms of the overall shape and feel of the controller and the button quality and overall thumbstick quality is Excellent and has that same flexibility and versatility, factor of swapping out the individual thumb sticks and d-pad it to your specific preference, and probably its biggest selling factor is the fact that you can swap out those modules quickly without any tools via the magnetic connection other than That that’s really it i’d, definitely love to hear your thoughts on the thrustmaster e-swap pro controller big. Thank you for thrustmaster for helping us make this content possible as well skillshare for sponsoring this video. Without them, this video certainly wouldn’t be possible and big.
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