As stated before, the Rumble Pad works perfectly even before installing the Saitek drivers and software (including the vibration function) so it's really plug and play!

To test out the product, I ran Need for Speed: Shift, enabled pad control instead of keyboard and started up a race; using the controller feels much better than racing with the keyboard and I could feel vibrations in the pad of different intensities when hitting other cars, going “offroad” or when crashing into a wall.

Another game I have tested is WRC FIA World Rally Championship, but the one I liked best was Dirt 2, where you can feel the vibrations at every bump.

Finally, I have tried Mafia 2, which also has a very nice vibration system implemented (depending with which weapon you shoot, you will get a different response from the controller); games like Mafia 2 and Saboteur need a little more time to get used to when aiming, compared with a PC mouse.

Having Xbox360 compatibility is a huge plus, because most of the games I have tested already have very good profiles preloaded into them, so we just have to switch in the game settings the controls from keyboard/mouse to pad, and off we go!

The product can be found in online stores for about €34.99.

I would like to thank again to Mad Catz for making this review possible!