Ok, finally took the plunge and purchased TrackIR 5 with the hat clip (all they had).
Gotta say, so far more of a nuisance than an addition to the game.
Moving left and right and up and down is ..eh ..ok. I've fiddled with the bands for hours trying to keep a certain degree of movement around the center at a minimum while moving much further as I turn further.
The main issue I'm having is the smoothness, seems very choppy although my system is beefed up. I try to slow things down, it helps but movement is impeded. Your gestures have to be more large to get a better view and I really dont want to do that. It's like its either or..
Next, rear view - when you turn your head and want to look over the wing, I just can't get this down. I've tried increasing the Z band, having trueview on...true view off...etc etc. Nothing can replicate looking backwards with a good old fashioned joystick and set views. And, once I'm looking back because of the dramatic range that I have for that area so I'm not looking totally from the corners of my eyes, I seem to not get the ability to hold a look without it just whirling/spinning/twisting crazy as if it's in hyper mode...which, it is because to get you to see back there, ...well...it has to exaggerate your settings significantly.
I feel no virtual feeling what so ever with this. I've experienced enough virtual gear to get a feeling like that before and this just feels disconnected from the game. I've tried everything I could for about 3 or 4 hours of trial and error.
I just dont get it.
I did accomplish looking over the dash easier and reducing my slight movements vs movements I intend on making. I love the center feature, but the range of this thing is pretty poor if you ask me. Look down or up too much, or sideways and leaning back to look over the back 6 area, it goes out of range very easily.
I've tried several of the default profiles, downloaded a few from websites and tried my own variations which I zoomed to perfect...at least it seemed so in the testing until you get into game.
So I'm not sure what to do here. Still within my 'trial' period, but was hoping someone had some advice or maybe a profile or two I could work with.
Sorry if this sounds like a rant, I guess it is in a way. Just very disappointed they don't have a more 3dimensional editor. It's 2d for a 3d world. Being able to adjust x axis for when y axis hits a point would have been most valuable. Unless I'm missing something that is.
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