List of games that support Pressure-Sensitive Face Buttons

This is a manual list of games believed to support pressure-sensitive face buttons.

Controllers with pressure-sensitive face buttons support

• NeGcon
• DualShock 2
• Original Xbox Controller
• DualShock 3

See list of controllers with pressure-sensitive face buttons

Pressure-sensitive buttons are mostly used for

• Acceleration: cruise vs full speed
• Braking: partial slowdown vs full brake
• Turning: partial turns vs full turn
• Attacking: light attacks vs strong attacks
• Jumping: short jump vs long jump
• Movement: creep vs normal walk or normal walk vs run
• Shooting: aim vs instant shot
• Zooming: quick zoom vs slow zoom (useful for sniping or map zooming)

Games

Game	State	Notes
FlatOut		Custom config. Requires reWASD application to run. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
FlatOut 2		Custom config. Requires reWASD application to run. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Grand Theft Auto		Custom config. Requires reWASD application to run. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Grand Theft Auto 2		Custom config. Requires reWASD application to run. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Grand Theft Auto III		GInput mod. Enables pressure sensitivity for DualShock 3 controllers or controllers which can emulate its behavior. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration. Works with DsHidMini driver, but requires drop DsHIdMini's xinput1_3.dll into the game directory.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City		GInput mod. Enables pressure sensitivity for DualShock 3 controllers or controllers which can emulate its behavior. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration. Works with DsHidMini driver, but requires drop DsHIdMini's xinput1_3.dll into the game directory.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas		GInput mod. Enables pressure sensitivity for DualShock 3 controllers or controllers which can emulate its behavior. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration. Works with DsHidMini driver, but requires drop DsHIdMini's xinput1_3.dll into the game directory.

Emulation

PlayStation Emulation

Game	State	Notes
Ace Combat 2		Native support.
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere		Native support.
Air Combat		Native support.
Arkanoid Returns		Native support.
Crash Team Racing		Native support.
Cyber Sled		Native support.
Destruction Derby		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Destruction Derby 2		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Galaxian3		Native support.
Gran Turismo		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
J-League Soccer Prime Goal EX		Native support.
Motor Toon Grand Prix		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Motor Toon Grand Prix 2		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Namco Museum Vol. 1		Native support.
Namco Museum Vol. 3		Native support.
NASCAR 99		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
NASCAR Rumble		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Peak Performance		Native support.
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Rage Racer		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Rally Cross		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Ray Tracers		Native support.
Ridge Racer		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Ridge Racer Revolution		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Side by Side Special		Native support.
Studio P		Native support.
Tempest X3		Native support.
The Need for Speed		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
TOCA Touring Car Championship		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Touge Max G		Native support.
Twisted Metal III		Native support.
V-Rally		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Wipeout		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Wipeout 2097		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
World Stadium 2		Native support.
World Stadium EX		Native support.
Xevious 3D/G+		Native support.

PlayStation 2 Emulation

Game	State	Notes
007: NightFire		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration in the racing sequences.
007: Quantum of Solace		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration in the racing sequences.
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies		Thrust, yaw, radar zoom, and target camera zoom are pressure sensitive.
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War		Thrust, yaw, radar zoom, and target camera zoom are pressure sensitive.
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War		Thrust, yaw, radar zoom, and target camera zoom are pressure sensitive.
Battle Gear 2		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration in the racing sequences.
Bravo Music: Christmas Edition		Correctly timing button presses is a huge part of the gameplay, but the pressure sensitive buttons add another layer. Each prompt has three levels of pressure and you have to hit the button with the correct amount of force to succeed.
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001		Native support.
Champions of Norrath		Pressure-sensitive aiming.
Colin McRae Rally 3		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Colin McRae Rally 04		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Crash Tag Team Racing		Pressure sensitive D-Pad controls walking speed. Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Crash Twinsanity		Pressure sensitive D-Pad controls walking speed.
Crazy Taxi		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Dead or Alive 2		Player can use pressure-sensitive buttons to adjust the strength of strikes of normal punch/kick.
Driving Emotion Type-S		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Evergrace		Determines how powerful of an attack character does.
Flipnic		Native support.
Ford Racing 2		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Formula One 2001		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Formula One 2002		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Formula One 2003		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Formula One 04		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Formula One 05		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Formula One 06		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Gacharoku		Native support.
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Gran Turismo Concept: 2002 Tokyo-Geneva		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Gran Turismo 4: Prologue		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Gran Turismo 4		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Grand Theft Auto III		The pressure sensitive buttons are used when driving. Press lightly to slowly cruise down the street, and keep it pressed hard to accelerate to the maximum speed.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City		The pressure sensitive buttons are used when driving. Press lightly to slowly cruise down the street, and keep it pressed hard to accelerate to the maximum speed.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas		The pressure sensitive buttons are used when driving. Press lightly to slowly cruise down the street, and keep it pressed hard to accelerate to the maximum speed.
Hot Shots Golf 3		Native support.
Hot Shots Golf Fore!		Native support.
Mad Maestro!		Correctly timing button presses is a huge part of the gameplay, but the pressure sensitive buttons add another layer. Each prompt has three levels of pressure and you have to hit the button with the correct amount of force to succeed.
Midnight Club		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Medal of Honor Frontline		Determines how far character throws grenades via button pressure.
MLB The Show		Native support. The harder you press, the more aggressive you throw or swing.
MLB 2006		The harder you press, the more aggressive you throw or swing.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty & Metal Gear Solid 2: Subsistence		Pressure sensitivity was used for the aiming and shooting mechanics. Press the fire button lightly to hold up the gun without firing. Let go lightly to put down the weapon without shooting. The mechanic works slightly differently sometimes depending on the weapon equipped.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater & Metal Gear Solid 3: Substance		Pressure sensitivity was used for the aiming and shooting mechanics. Press the fire button lightly to hold up the gun without firing. Let go lightly to put down the weapon without shooting. The mechanic works slightly differently sometimes depending on the weapon equipped.
MotoGP 4		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
NamCollection		Native support.
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Need For Speed: Underground		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Need For Speed: Underground 2		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Need For Speed: Carbon		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Need For Speed: ProStreet		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Need For Speed: Undercover		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Okami		The drawing mechanic - the pressure determines the thickness of the line you draw.
Onimusha		Onimusha games use pressure-sensitive R1 button. Player can ready weapon with R1 and press hard for powering up attack.
Portal Runner		Native support.
Primal		Pressing hard on a shoulder button can give a different move than pressing lightly. This means Jen's lightning fast moves slow down when you get excited and start hitting the buttons harder in combat.
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy		You use pressure on L1 to control how high you lift crates and things with your psychic powers. So after lifting something, you can still move it vertically up and down by changing pressure.
Ridge Racer V		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Silent Hill 2		Melee attacks are dictated by the pressure sensitivity.
Silent Hill 3		Melee attacks are dictated by the pressure sensitivity.
Space Fishermen		Native support.
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs		Native support.
SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals: Combined Assault		Native support.
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs		Native support. Lightly tapping the triangle button makes you switch to crouch instead of going straight to stand or prone position.
SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs		Native support.
SoulCalibur II		The game differing combos that result in just a stance being used, or pummeling someone with pommel, which make use of the pressure sensitivity.
SoulCalibur III		The game differing combos that result in just a stance being used, or pummeling someone with pommel, which make use of the pressure sensitivity.
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time		One item in the game, the Dragon Bone Flute, utilizes the pressure sensitive buttons. Playing certain melodies on them depends on how hard or light you press the buttons. Four sounds are mapped to one button. Four different attacks are mapped to two buttons.
The Bouncer		The pressure sensitive buttons are used to enact either strong or weak attacks using one button.
TOCA Race Driver 3		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Wipeout Fusion		Pressing button harder makes you shoot faster.
Zone of the Enders		Tighten the spread of sprayfire weapon (the Phalanx).
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner		Tighten the spread of sprayfire weapon (the Phalanx).

Xbox Emulation

Game	State	Notes
Dead or Alive 3		The game utilizes the Xbox controller's pressure sensitive analog buttons to allow shortcuts in performing certain moves, making the controls lenient to allow players new to the series to adapt to gameplay.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball		Controls the size of jumps in the pool jumping mini game.. The harder you press, the stronger the girls spike/serve the ball.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind		Native support. Pressure is defining how high character will jump. When using the white/black buttons to raise/lower price offers with vendors, how hard you push them determines how fast the figure changes.

PlayStation 3 Emulation

Game	State	Notes
Armored Core 4		Native support.
Gran Turismo 5		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Gran Turismo 6		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots		D-pad allows zooming during cutscenes.
Saints Row: The Third		Uses pressure sensitive buttons for controlling helicopter altitude.
WipEout HD		Uses the pressure sensitive buttons to control acceleration.
Zen Pinball		Native support.

Nintendo DS Emulation

Game	State	Notes
Colors!		Homebrew application. Harder press will draw a darker line, similar to using paper.
Metroid Prime: Hunters		The touch screen features 4 different touch-sensitive buttons that you can press to switch between your available weapons, and to switch between Normal and Morph Ball Modes. Light presses on the menu screen options would give tooltips, while harder presses would actually select things.
Okamiden		Stylus brushstrokes are pressure sensitive.
Rhythm Heaven		It can have you hold the stylus on the screen and flick. It also tells the difference between light and hard taps. Moai Doo Wop especially. It has you using light and hard taps within the same game.

Arcade Emulation

Game	State	Notes
Arm Champs II		Native support.
Sonic Blast Heroes		Native support.
Sonic Blast Man		Native support.
Sonic Blast Man: Real Puncher		Native support.
Street Fighter		Native support.
KO Punch		Native support.

Other information

GiantBomb's List - Games where pressure sensitive buttons play an important part.