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You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. This new iteration incorporated new microsoft bluetrack tracking technology, intended to provide better tracking on nonstandard. Microsoft sidewinder 3d pro plus were sold as sidewinder precision pro but have no usb support. Sidewinder force feedback 2 joystick driver download. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback 2 joystick ebay.
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