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Thoughts on Wooting? (next.wooting.io)

submitted 1 year ago by WooChooTrain to c/[email protected]

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Anyone have any thoughts / experience with the Wooting optical switch keyboards? I like the idea of having an optical WASD. When playing games on a keyboard, motion being a binary toggle is more jarring than when using a joystick.

I was worried about compatibility, but it seems like the Wooting can emulate a controller so it just requires the game to support simultaneous keyboard / joystick input.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a Wooting keyboard myself. It's an amazing keyboard for writing, casual usage and gaming.

If you play any games using analog input, like racing games, it's the best you can get next to a controller.

Also, the keyboard does not need any weird software running in the background, you do all settings and firmware updates on their website, without installing anything.

[–] WooChooTrain 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I can imagine it being incredible for racing games. I guess most racing games all allow simultaneous kb/joystick?

Are there any unexpected benefits you found of the optical switch vs. the classic mechanical switches?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess most racing games all allow simultaneous kb/joystick?

Yes, they do. Didn't see any specific game which does not - especially since I used a similar setup with my Steam Controller, which did keyboard, mouse and analog controller input.

It also works with non-specific analog I out games, like GTA V.

[–] WooChooTrain 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, thanks for the info! I also found this handy doc that seems to be crowd-sourced compatibility with analog input!