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Hotas 4 or Hotas 5 MSFS Edition for MSFS 2024 on PS5?

MSFS Setup · Methodology · Checked 2026-10-13

These are the two PS5 sticks with an MSFS 2024 profile from Microsoft or Thrustmaster. The Hotas 5 is the newer, MSFS-licensed one. The Hotas 4 has the longer track record. The August 2026 update changed how both behave. A third stick, the Hotas Neo, also runs MSFS 2024: Legacy mode uses the Hotas 4 profile, and PS5 mode does not include one.

Short answer Take the Hotas 5 MSFS Edition if the price is close, since it has more buttons and is made for MSFS 2024. Take the Hotas 4 if it is cheaper or in stock. Neither is a yoke, and both are entry-level sticks.

T.Flight Hotas 5 MSFS Special Edition

PS5, PS4, PC

  • 14 action buttons, trigger and hat, per the Amazon listing
  • Mode button: Red for PS5, Blue for PS4, Green for PC
  • Plug and play in MSFS 2024, per the Amazon listing
  • Throttle detaches; TFRP pedals plug into the stick

T.Flight Hotas 4

PS5, PS4, PC

  • 12 action buttons, trigger and hat
  • PS4/PC slider switch; official PS buttons on the stick
  • Confirmed by Microsoft as fully supported at the PS5 launch
  • Throttle detaches; TFRP pedals plug into the stick

What both share

Five axes, adjustable stick resistance, a throttle that detaches, and two ways to get rudder: twist the grip or tilt the lever on the throttle. Both have the RJ12 port for TFRP pedals.

What changed in August 2026

MSFS 2024 changed the PS5 profiles for both sticks. Thrustmaster’s article says the Hotas 5 in Blue mode is no longer detected as a Hotas 4, custom profiles made before the update are gone, and the Hotas 5 in Red mode needs a custom profile. Owner reports and fixes are in the Sim Update 6 guide.

How owners describe them

Posts in the MSFS forum from late 2025 call the Hotas 4 usable but limited in build quality and precision for larger aircraft, and one owner of several Thrustmaster console sticks says they wear quickly. Those are individual opinions. In that thread the Hotas 4 was the only PS5 stick anyone named.

After the update, one owner reported the Hotas 5 in Red mode stopping responding mid-flight, and said Blue mode did not do that. It is a single report.

Pick by job

JobPickWhy
Most buttons for views, flaps and autopilotHotas 5Two more buttons than the Hotas 4.
Lowest price or whichever is in stockHotas 4The two are close in capability; pick the one you can get.
Least profile trouble after the updateHotas 4Both got new default profiles. The Hotas 5 in Red mode needs a custom one.
Flying airliners or Cessnas more than anythingTCA Sky YokeSee the PS5 hub.

Which one to buy

Buy the Hotas 5 MSFS Edition if the price is within a few dollars of the Hotas 4. Plan to build a custom profile for it.

Buy the Hotas 4 if it costs less or the Hotas 5 is out of stock. It is the stick Microsoft named at launch.

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Check the Hotas 5 MSFS Edition listing Check the Hotas 4 listing

Specs and modes come from Thrustmaster’s Hotas 5 page, its manual, the Hotas 4 page, the Hotas Neo article and the Amazon.com listings linked above. Owner views are from the MSFS forum thread on PS5 joystick choice and a Reddit thread. Checked October 13, 2026.

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