Fun joystick-centric games?

I just picked up a Saitek X-52 joystick and MS Flight Sim. Is it just me or are the graphics in that game really glitchy? Anyway, Flight Sim is both cool and boring at the same time, so I dove into Attack on Pearl Harbor. That game is pretty damn fun with a joystick.

Anyone have any suggestions for other good games to play with a joystick?

That's it? Not that I have anything against old games, but I was looking for something a bit newer. Besides, I played the hell out of Tie Fighter and X-Wing a long time ago.

Have developers given up on joysticks? MS Flight Sim, DarkStar One, and Attack on Pearl Harbor will only get me so far...

• X3 - Terran Conflict
• DCS: Black Shark
• Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos (older)
• Lock On: Modern Air Combat (older)
• Falcon 4.0 (older)
• H.A.W.X. (arcade flight combat...I can't even bring myself to call it an arcadey flight sim)

Freespace 2 is pretty good.

The open source project for it also has a number of mods availabe as well if you are into that kind of thing.

Ah nuts...I just noticed that I got sucked into one of these.

Asnfan: this thread is nearly two years old. If the TC hasn't found something for his/her Saitek X-52 by now, chances are that he/she stopped looking a loooong time ago. Please don't bump threads that are this old.

Don't feel bad, dude. Forum threads last forever, don't they? Besides, I just now googled "best games for joystick" and up this came. I just bought FS 2004 (my system can't handle FS X I think) on eBay, and it's cool but the flight instructor's annoying. I wanted to find some "yank and bank" or other type of fun games for a joystick, so I appreciate your suggestions.