The grip is very comfortable to use. It also has a twistable base, which is good for quick turns in games. The whole joystick is fully programmable so if you have a game that there is not a profile for you can create your own. This is very easy to do and makes the capabilities of the joystick almost endless. The only few drawbacks to the joystick would be the price and the lack of profiles.
Profiles are little files that tell the joystick what buttons do what within a specific game.
There are only 20 provided with the joystick and these are a little outdated. I expected to be able to download the profile for Mechwarrior 4 from the Microsoft website but it did not exist. Hopefully these profiles will become available eventually. I spoke to a Microsoft representative and they are going to look into it for me. If you have the cash or even if you save up you should definitely get yourself one of these joysticks.