have you used a xbox 360 control pad on your pc?

as the topic says realy

 ive been playing pc games for a while now and amiga games before i started off, and the one thing that i always wanted is a decent control pad (mainly for raceing games) ive had so many different pads (sidewinders ect) and none of them has felt the same as a good console pad.

with the x360 pad being fully compatable with pc i just wondering will some games now take the 360 pad the default pad blueprint? i seen in rainbow 6 vegas that there was an option to use the 360 pad

and if you have tryied it what was it like? dont get me wrong ill take a keyboard + mouse over a pad for 90% of games but i wouldnt mind useing a pad for some games

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That could help you I think.  I have it and it is really nice. 

Yes, I have, the controller itself is pretty comfortable but you need to install modded drivers to get better support in some games like bf2 or nfs: mw, but there are several games that support the control natively like Jade Empire, PoP: TT, and vista games if I recall right :P

As for the control becoming a standard, I'm pretty sure it will but only for sports games.

I use an original xbox controller on my pc just to let you know, but it's pretty close to the same result.

Older games tend to have crappy support for gamepads.  If the game actually supports a gamepad you'll have fun reconfiguring all the buttons, and figuring out what the hell "b8" is in the middle of a game.

With Vista and "games for windows" the gamepad support is only going to get better over time, and the 360 gamepad is the best you'll find on the market.

Yes, I have, the controller itself is pretty comfortable but you need to install modded drivers to get better support in some games like bf2 or nfs: mw,Gamartto

This is the truth right here.  I picked up the 360 controller and tried configuring it (default drivers) for BF2 flight.  Imagine my surprise when I found out that I couldn't assign pitch and banking to the same analog stick.  So now I have pitch tasked to my left thumbstick and banking assigned to my right thumbstick...pain in the butt if you ask me.  Thankfully, Halo PC and TD: Unlimited seem to work okay.

i use an ordianary xbox pad (that i soldered a USB connector onto)

its not bad, it didnt tae too long to get the drivers sorted out for it to get it working properly and its detected by most games i haev tried it with that have joypad suppport

for games that dont support a pad and emulators i use a program called xpadder 

I played through the entire Prince of Persia series with it.madrocketeer

Someone told me it worked for the games but i got the 1st one n it doesnt work. I had alot of fun playing it, until i got stuck. 

I have an Xbox 1 Controller S on PC and it is fantastic.  I have not tried a 360 controller but it seems there are a lot more complaints about the 360 controller not working for many games where there are no complaints about the Controller S.  The XBCD drivers are just perfect.  I could be wrong but it seems that the Xbox 1 control on PC is better than the 360 controller.