/vr/ - Retro Games

anybody else have one of these? this is my first and only arcade stick, I like it but one thing I was not expecting is how it's harder to tell which direction the stick is facing than when using a d-pad. it's like I don't have a frame of reference. would an octagon gate help? and more importantly, if anyone else has one of these, is the factory stick ok to use with an octagon gate? it has a lot of slack and I'm worried it's going to make hitting diagonals harder.