If we talk about flight simulation and quality joystick, we have to talk without a doubt about this brand, Virpil, one of the best, if not the best manufacturer, which comes from Belarus and after long waits finally opened a website in Europe. That said, does it outperform others like VKB? What makes it so special?
Virpil, the company that arrived, saw and won
The company’s rise was meteoric compared to its rivals, which took much longer. They launched premium startup products and that directly catapulted them to fame that could be better or worse at that time, but there they were in the innovation segment.
They were the first brand to release left-handed HOTAS and that gave them a boost in popularity when it comes to flight simulators. Especially Flight Simulator of Microsoft and of course the jewel in the crown, Star Citizenmuch more played than the first, although less specific, everything must be said.
The main thing here is that as a Virpil brand it has a fairly clear strategy on how to approach the market and that is that the sections are divided into only two types of products on which everything is updated, and then apart they have specific products and additions to these.
everything is divided into collectives and flightsticks as the main scheme, where within each of these sections are their specific grips and bases. What does Virpil achieve with this sales strategy? Compatibility and update, where for more information, the parts that we buy to assemble our setup are pin-for-pin compatible with those of the Thrustmaster Warthog, with what this represents.
Success is in the choice
And it is that depending on the base that we choose, we can implement the stick bearing in mind that they have to be adapted to a table or to an external assembly that they also sell. There is the difference between the bases and logically the user chooses which one he wants to choose and then upgrade it.
Once chosen, we will only have to choose the grip that we like the most, whether for left-handed or right-handed people, and complete the setup with any of the products available on their website, such as the accelerators VPCthe different rudder pedals (and all its forms) or the named supports.
Likewise, there is something that makes this Virpil company different from the others and that users like a lot, and that is that beyond the updates that we can do with total compatibility, we can repair our peripherals to a great extent.
They have for sale connectors, supports, and cables that we can buy in order to repair our setup ourselves, at least in the parts that suffer the most wear. For all these reasons, Virpil, despite being small, is possibly considered the best brand for Space Sims peripherals on the market.
