Who likes what … I have to feel certain things. VR is too virtual for me. As in a real flight, I like to take a tablet with maps in my hand, I have my home cockpit, I like to feel buttons and knobs. That’s why I use TrackIR, thanks to which I can also look around and feel tablets, knobs and buttons in my hands at the same time.
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I’ve used TrackIR for years and years and years. Couldn’t imagine flying without it. If you want to see how it looks in action, all of my flights are using TrackIR:
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That’s why God made the Pro clip. You can attach it to any headset. I have a wireless headset that weighs literally nothing. Yes I have the cable from the TrackIR clip, but to me that’s infinitely better than having to wear a ball cap. Once you get going in the plane you don’t even notice it. It’s essentially the same as actually flying. The chord for your headset is annoying in the plane too, until you get going, then you don’t even notice it.
It does, very quickly. Trust me! 
Get one of those sun visors that some golfers prefer.
I did, and now my head only overheats when my situational awareness is challenged. 
The fact that you never used your hat clip makes your advice somewhat dubious, wouldn’t you say?
I have never used anything else, and it works 100% reliably.
Clipping a wired device to my headset would more or less defeat the purpose of choosing a wireless set.
Fair enough.
Reading my post again, I should have expressed myself more politely.
I apologize. 
All good! 
Absolutely! Without it I feel paralysed. It’s a definite must have for me.
I started to use TrackIR few months ago. It’s 100 % worth it.
I used to normally switch between 10 custom cameras to see around me. This is no longer needed. My head is moving naturally and my hands are free to focus on other more important things inside the cockpit.
In addition, I can lean forward, backward.. even look out of the window in a similar way to VR.
The bush trip flying is much more enjoyable using TrackIR compared to custom cameras/POVs especially when flying between mountains following roads, or rivers.
In setting up TrackIR The core points are: 1) Good curve 2) One SmartCam button 3) Center TrackIR button
I created a detailed guide on how to configure the TrackIR to emulate VR experience. you can click on following link to access it
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It does, yes, but I have used both, and no way, no how is the hat clip as good as the Pro. It just ain’t.
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it depends on what users need.
The hat clip is passive and the IR light is emited from camera → users with glasses or bright rooms get sometime trouble ( also adjusting settings will not help ).
The Pro-Clip instead emits IR Light and so the “points” can better determined from camera and issues with reflecting glasses not exist.
About the topic itself.. I would recommend TrackIr ( or also alternatives like opentrack, if it works in meanwhile with Msfs ). But the beneffit depends on which kind of airplanes users flight. At least for small or fast airplanes I would recommend it in each case. Of course also for Helicopters. ( DCS is not realy fun without TrackIr ). For the big airplanes I’am not sure.. If users look 12hours at the flight-computer, they dont need TrackIr
can someone using TrackIR report on that “mouse movement smoothing” that came with the august update? Is it affected?
Im using OpenTrack with my iPhone (SmoothTrack) which seem to work suprisingly similar to TrackIR and quite good, but same as the mouse movement itself suffers from smoothing out minute head movement, which results in movement stutters.
can we see it in your video ? … ( I can’t search in a one hour video these second with the issue you possible mean )
I never noticed a conflict with mouse-movement and TrackIr… I use the TrackIr Software for the “curves” of TrackIr.
therefore the videos in the first link are only a few seconds and the second is marked where it is visible. (17:06)
it is there most obviously, just move the mouse very slowly left to right (in cockpit) and you’ll notice that the movement is NOT translated to ingame movement.
ah.. I not noticed that “split” of video.
I remember these two videos from August, but haven’t seen an issue 
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I will try that ( but tomorrow, its bit late here ).. but I not realy noticed till now an issue.. may be it’s how I use mouse in flight
@MichaMMA @Ju1ius2416
Not sure what you are using but I can move the view with imperceptible input. I would look into your settings.
this is not about settings otherwise it would be changable.
still my question is, does anyone actually using TrackIR experience this issue?
The video I posted is using mouselook AND TrackIR5.
It may not be a setting with the sim. It may be a mouse setting.
I cannot duplicate what you are demonstrating.
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