All you’ll get is a vague rumble that feels weak. Really a great addon to the game, but sadly as I said it doesn’t work AT ALL in Bluetooth mode.īottom line, if you want the controller to work wirelessly, you won’t get decent force feedback nor impulse trigger vibration. Impulse trigger rumble is great - you can feel the rumble when you brake hard for instance. Compared to my old wired X360 controller for Windows, Bluetooth on the 2016 XB controller feels like it’s at 25% power.Īs soon as you plug the controller back into USB, it’s immediately recognized and rumble is fantastic. It’s like a simple setting of “we’re off road, so rumble a bit”. Designed to meet the needs of today’s competitive gamers, the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 features over 30 new ways to play like a pro. It doesn’t react at all to the power of your car, how fast you’re going, etc. Go offroad, it rumbles a bit until you go back onroad. Vibration is limited to simple rumble which feels weak and not very specific to what you’re doing.It’s like you have to drop to desktop temporarily and then return to the game for it to start any sort of force feedback, which is buggy behavior.

Vibration and rumble do not work at all unless you Alt-tab out of the game and then go back into it.

All the buttons work, are fairly responsive, etc. Playing via USB, it’s fantastic - impulse controllers are strong, rumble over grass/rocks is great.Īs soon as you switch to wireless Bluetooth: I am using the “Xbox Controller + Cable for Windows” with a copyright date of 2016 on the packaging.

I have the latest firmware on my controller. This is still a problem with the 2016 Xbox controllers and Windows 10.

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