Hardware & sims

Works with your force-feedback stick.

Four sticks are validated and run plug-and-play. Any other force-feedback joystick is detected, named, and can be enabled with safe defaults. Three operating systems, three simulators — no plugins, no account, nothing gated.

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FFB-Bridge Settings page showing the force-feedback device picker and hardware options FFB-Bridge Settings page showing the force-feedback device picker and hardware options
Settings → Hardware: pick your device, calibrate axes, and choose how forces are rendered.
Sticks

Three tiers of stick support.

Validated hardware is plug-and-play. Everything else is detected and handed a sensible path — we never silently lock you out.

Validated · plug-and-play

Known-good sticks

Tuned and tested end-to-end. Plug in, arm, fly:

  • Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 045E:001B
  • Logitech Flight System G940 046D:C287
  • Logitech Force 3D Pro 046D:C286
  • Logitech WingMan Force 3D 046D:C283
Any other FFB joystick

Detected & opt-in

Not on the list? FFB-Bridge still detects, classifies, and names your joystick. Turn on Allow unlisted devices to drive it with safe defaults — with live invert / axis-swap calibration and automatic crash-recovery as the safety net. Or run FFB Probe to characterise it; approved reports grow the validated list.

Wheels · gamepads · single-axis

FFB Probe only

Wheels, gamepads, and single-axis force devices aren't driven by FFB-Bridge — it's a flight-stick force engine. They're pointed straight to FFB Probe so you can still capture a compatibility report.

Operating systems & simulators

Where it runs.

FFB-Bridge runs outside the sim and talks to it over the network — SimConnect TCP for MSFS, UDP datarefs for X-Plane. No plugin, no in-sim install.

Operating system MSFS 2024 MSFS 2020 X-Plane 11 / 12 Sticks
Windows 10 / 11 Yes Yes Yes All validated + unlisted
Linux Yes (Proton) Yes (Proton) Yes All validated + unlisted
macOS new — — Yes (XP 12) SideWinder FFB2

macOS support is new: Apple Silicon (M1 and later), with X-Plane 12 and the SideWinder Force Feedback 2. The Mac build ships as a signed, notarized DMG. Other sticks and simulators on macOS aren't supported yet.

Not on the list?

FFB Probe is the companion tool.

A free, standalone diagnostic that reports exactly what your force-feedback device can do. It's how unlisted joysticks get characterised — and how the validated list grows.

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Detect & classify Identifies the device and whether it's a joystick, wheel, or gamepad.
Capability report Which force-feedback effects the hardware actually supports, per OS.
Grows the catalog Approved reports feed the public device database — the first community-catalogued stick is the Gudsen MOZA.

Find your stick. Fly the feel.

Download FFB-Bridge for your platform, or run FFB Probe to check an unlisted device first.

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