The controller I use every day in Forza Horizon 6 is now just $43 thanks to Prime Day, so you too can do the 8BitDo

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Every day for the past few weeks, I've been blasting through the highways of Tokyo in Forza Horizon 6. If I had the space for such a setup (and...err...the money), I'd be using a really nice wheel-and-pedals setup, but alas, I have to make do with a controller.

Fortunately, it's a pretty decent one, and right now the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 is a fraction under $43 at Amazon, though just the white version.

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The Ultimate 2 is packed with all kinds of controller goodies: tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks and Hall effect triggers give you superb control, as well as no chance of ever experiencing stick drift. There are extra buttons on the shoulders and back to give you even more control options.

And when you're done gaming, you can just drop the thing into its charging base. It will automatically shut off, but should you need it instantly, it will power up and reconnect to your gaming PC within a second.

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A photo of the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless game controller for Windows PC and Android devices — (Image credit: Future)

When I reviewed 8BitDo's 'ultimate' wireless controller last year, I was impressed by all its features and usability, though I was somewhat less keen on its cheap-feeling plastics, stick caps that made my thumbs sore, and the lack of resistance in the triggers.

But having used it almost every day since then, I've got used to the sticks and triggers, and they don't really bother me so much any more. It still feels a tad cheap, though, but credit to 8BitDo, the white plastics haven't become grubby in the least bit.

At its original $60, you'd be forgiven for complaining about such things, but at $43, the Ultimate 2 is genuinely great value for money for what you're getting. And when it's a little cooler in my office tonight, I'll be hammering my little Miata around with ease, thanks to the 8BitDo.

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Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in the early 1980s. After leaving university, he became a physics and IT teacher and started writing about tech in the late 1990s. That resulted in him working with MadOnion to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its PC gaming section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com covering everything and anything to do with tech and PCs. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open-world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?