Say hello to one of the most niche PS5 controllers youll see this year

Date:
Fri, 09 May 2025 12:41:59 +0000

Description:
Want to pimp your farming experience on PS5? Meet the Thrustmaster SimTask FarmStick PlayStation.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Thrustma ster's SimTask FarmStick comes as a dedicated PlayStation model It's goes on sales June 4 but you can pre-order today Just bear in mind you'll need a Thrustmaster steering wheel to get the most out of it

The Wurzels sung Ive got a brand new combine harvester and Ill give you the key which peripheral maker Thrustmaster must have taken inspiration from for the second time as it has just revealed the SimTask FarmStick PlayStation - a joystick designed to be used with Farming Simulator 25 .

Weve already taken the Thrustmaster SimTask FarmStick X , thats the one designed for use with the Xbox Series X and Series S , for a spin and were impressed with its wide range of inputs, precise control, and mappable
buttons when youre using it with a PC. But a few things like limited compatibility and its very niche use cases saw it lose a star and a half in our review.

Clearly there must be some budding farmers on PlayStation, as Thrustmaster
has now come out with a version of the SimTask FarmStick for the PS5 and PS5 Pro .

Now Ill freely admit Im not a huge simulator fan, but I do appreciate peripherals that are fully dedicated to help (somewhat) replicate the
controls of real-world vehicles. And the SimTask FarmStick looks festooned with the right buttons for operating heavy farming machinery.

As someone who comes from a farming background, Ive been around a fair few modern tractors, and these days they tend to sport controls that look closer to gaming joysticks than traditional steering wheels and gearsticks.

The SimsTask FarmStick PlayStation is very similar to the Xbox version, with 18 buttons on its base, six buttons on the stick, two rocker switches, a thumbwheel and a mini-stick on the main joystick. Naturally, the Xbox button has been replaced by a black PlayStation one. (Image credit: Thrustmaster)

There is a catch here: to get the most out of the Simtask Farmstick PlayStation you need to use it with the steering wheel peripheral. But I
think if youre already looking at dedicated peripherals for Farming Simulator 25, you should go full throttle on it and get the SimTask Steering Kit.

Pre-orders for the Simtask Farmstick PlayStation are live now for $179.99 / 99.99 ahead of its June 4 launch. You might also like Five things we learned from the latest Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer Forza Horizon 5 shines on PS5, but the Realms update left me wanting more Far Cry 4 and Assassin's Creed 3 director 'hates' the Nintendo Switch 2 Game Key Card system, 'Were losing
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