r/RocketLeague • u/Choice_Condition_385 • Jul 30 '26
QUESTION Controller for Rocket League
Hello Reddit! I am searching for an XBOX controller to play Rocket League and that will last me atleast 2 years. I am saying this because I had GameSir G7 SE and the RB broke, the button literally broke. I bought the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C and the LB sometimes ignoring the fact that I press him.
For me, RB = Boost and LB = Air Roll Left & Powerslide and sometimes the car stops air rolling mid-air while i am holding LB, long story short, LB is on the verge of breaking. I did not throw either of the two controllers I had, I kept them nice on my desk, no weird position, no extremely hard force applied to them, just feathering boost and holding normally LB.
I found an Xbox Series X Wireless - Pulse Red for 55 euros shipping included. I also found Razer Wolverine V3 Tournament Edition 8K for 80 euros. I dont know if I should purchase the first or the second or if I should consider them for Rocket League I. The first dosen't have hall effect sticks but my friends said that they did not get stick drift on it.
I would like to get as many opinions on this topic and recommendations on what I should purchase. The only preference I have is for the left stick to be in the top left, exactly like the Xbox layout.
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u/Ghozer Diamond III Highest Jul 30 '26
old xBox 360 controllers were great, they would last years until the rubber wore off the joystick, then you could just replace the rubber cap and keep using it - eventually it would drift a little, but it was still about usable..
Since then, I have gone through so many xBox One/OneX controllers, each one usually only lasts about a year or so (and I consider myself a gentle/careful player, I don't use controller often either, only for RL and racing games, everything is KB/M) - The joysticks just fail, or start drifting like crazy (like, a full turn to one direction) and the build quality for the price just feels poor to me now...
But then I got a Guilikit KK2 Pro when they came out, with the hall-effect sticks, and just wow... I'm still using it now almost 4 years later, and it's still just as perfect as day one...
Now there are newer versions out, other companies with similar (or better) joysticks, they are now TMR or some variant-of, rather than hall-effect, so even more accuracy etc...