Anyone try a Red Octane USB Pad with a 360?

[VACRMH]

I bought a 2.0 or 3.0 some time ago, for use on my computer with stepmania.

Now I'm thinking about picking up a DDR game for the 360, but can I use that pad with it? It has USB. And if not, is the pad that comes with DDR Universe any good?

[norkusa]

It won't work. You need to buy the Universe bundle or get one of the 3rd party pads. There's also the XFPS controller adapter, but those cost $80 last time I checked and you still need a wired 360 controller to use it.

I haven't tried the Universe pad yet but looks exactly all the other cheapo Konami soft pads. They're okay for light use, but don't expect it to work for more than a couple weeks if you're playing Heavy songs.

[VACRMH]

It won't work. You need to buy the Universe bundle or get one of the 3rd party pads. There's also the XFPS controller adapter, but those cost $80 last time I checked and you still need a wired 360 controller to use it.

I haven't tried the Universe pad yet but looks exactly all the other cheapo Konami soft pads. They're okay for light use, but don't expect it to work for more than a couple weeks if you're playing Heavy songs.

Thanks for the help.

Damn, I want the reason I suck at DDR to be the fact that i'm not good at the game, not the pad slipping everywhere. Maybe I'll just stick to Stepmania for now.

[norkusa]

Thanks for the help.

Damn, I want the reason I suck at DDR to be the fact that i'm not good at the game, not the pad slipping everywhere. Maybe I'll just stick to Stepmania for now.

Yeah, I know how you feel. It's a real waste that they've got the the Universe series on 360 but the only way to play it is with those shitty soft pads. It's the only reason why I won't play it. I tried, but I can't go back to soft pads after getting a Cobalt Flux.

Stepmania is the way to go though. Hopefully someone is working on a Universe 1 & 2 song pack for it.