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Straight away you can tell Astro means business as soon as you open the box with its serious looking travel case - less to protect the C40 TR and more to protect us from it. As I've been using it I've come to notice some fairly serious design flaws that could be easily improved in a revision or update, which I am documenting here in hopes it reaches the next design team. This lets you set dead zones and rapid acceleration arcs at different angles of tilting the stick or pulling the trigger, granting a remarkable level of granularity. Lastly I know it must be possible because it is listed on their support controller database here https://support.
So please if anyone who has an Astro C40 can help me get mine working I would really really appreciate it.The controller has a serious heft to it that, while making the controller a little more tiresome to hold for long sessions, gives it a premium feel similar to that of the Xbox One Elite. Elevate your everyday with our curated analysis and be the first to know about cutting-edge gadgets. The controller is honestly very close to being one of the best ever made, if only the few major issues could be solved. Before you ever lay hands on it, the C40 TR sets itself apart from the usual crop of third-party gamepads. The main appeal of premium controllers is customization, and the Astro C40 TR is virtually unrivaled in the customization department.
The addition of the UL and UR buttons on the back of the controller are comfortable and really come in handy for some first person shooter games as you can reconfigure them to any button. This does mean that you’re limited to two additional inputs rather than the four found on some other premium controllers, but you really don’t need more than that.I was shocked at how agile and responsive the C40 was allowing me to comfortably beat my foes senseless with speed and accuracy once I'd optimised the button mapping and sensitivity options.