Comprehensive TrackIR Setup Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- This is my comprehensive tutorial on how to setup TrackIR from scratch for your screen resolution and viewing distance to help avoid issues with eye strain and headaches.
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I got my TrackIR about a week ago and have watched a number of tutorials videos like this. I think I just watched my last one. Well done Jabbers.
I know right this video is great. It would have taken forever to figure all this out. But like I said, right out of the box, it works pretty well. And I am using that stupid hat clip, which is not bad, but I need to get some new gaming PC head phones so I can use the clip track pro.
Excellent tutorial Jabbers. 👌 I started out with an IR3 back in 99. Moved up to an IR4 in 2005 and then got the IR5 software to use with the 4 with only the hat clip. So now I've bought a IR5 with the 3 light clip and I'm just getting it going. All these years I've had no problems. Install and run and everything working fine as is. 2 weeks ago the problems started. Just couldn't get it working properly. I decided to search UA-cam and found you. What an enlightenment. I had no idea to properly set a Tracker IR. They supply nothing to setup properly. You have saved the day. Now I know what to do to use it with SCS' American Truck Simulator without the 6DOF and my flight sims with 6DOF. Thank you so much. 👍
My track IR arrives tomorrow, this was an outstanding video. Thanks for taking the time to do this!
I came for the hand gestures, I really thought you were marshalling an airplane. Very cumprehensive
Thanks for this video! I've been using TrackIR on DCS for two+ years. I've always noticed how much better it looked in videos, but most guides were confusing and not always comprehensive enough for a noobie. Good stuff!
Thanks Jabs, really helped! I used to have my smoothness at 25, now when I turn it to 10 it feels weird, but also is much better and kinda feels more like VR. Thanks for making helpful, high-quality videos to this awesome community!
Holy freaking hell. I've been looking for a tutorial on how to properly set this up for 5 month. Dude, I've never had track-IR before and am new to DCS. This is by far the best video I've seen on how to set it up.
Just made the upgrade from smooth track to this, so helpful, thanks.
Good stuff, as always bro. Thanks for the great FREE community content :-)
Your approach is amazing "think about what you need in game and adapt on the settings". Amazing.
Priceless, thank you man, I was really struggling until now, game changer.
Fantastic video. Yesterday I spent a few hours trying various profiles from various DCS streamers/youtubers to prevail. Today, 15 minutes of your video.. = First time loading into DCS after setting it up == perfect. Thanks a bunch!
Great video! I always notice I can get headaches plays DCS and DCS only. I’m looking into correcting my head tracking placements. Thanks Jabbers!
This helped me _MASSIVELY!_ I just got my TrackIR 5 yesterday, and I had what I _thought_ was a decent profile. I'm using my TrackIR for Elite: Dangerous, so I only need to be able turn and tilt my head 90° in game. I'm using a 40" 1080p TV that I'm sat about 5 feet away from. The camera sits a fair bit above my field of view from the sofa, and I never once thought to tilt the Track Clip Pro upwards on my headset. It's still a bit wonky (I presume from both the distance and angle), but it performs pretty decently, all things considered. Really good tips; I did not have the camera situated optimally, still don't (not quite, anyway, but it's miles better than it was when I initially set it up, thanks to your video. Many thanks for your insights.
Been thinking of getting TrackIR for War Thunder, after 2.5 years without. The video was instructional and straight forward, thank you
Thank you for this video. I've been fighting with DCS and the snappy head movements that was making finding controls in an already intense simulator very difficult for me on the default setting. Now I can smoothly move my head/zoom to see the panels I need to to without ending up looking at the floor or at my engines!
Thanks!!! Great video and amazingly done. Good explanations are always a great gift! Happy flying!
As a brand new player just getting to DCs this is very helpful and turned my Ir headset from something unusable to passable in about 30 minutes while watching your video....going to have to keep tweaking a few sensitivities but I'm sure that's more just fine tuning as i notice them.. Got my like and sub for this video keep up the good work
Thanks for your tutorial, i have Track IR for a long time and was
struggling, now it is clear to me and works great !
Really appreciate the attention given to reducing eye strain. Great video!
Thanks! I found this very helpful in configuring it specifically for my setup. Appreciate the advice.
Thank you, quite helpful. Many of these things I had already figured out (I'm just getting into TrackIR), but I had a few, but important knowledge gaps. Appreciate you making this!
Thank you so much, I wondered why I was getting a raging headache. Now I know what is wrong with my setup.
Great video, been using TrackIR devices since the original release and learned a bunch from this video. Thanks!
Thanks for the tips, I get my trackir this week, pretty stoked. This will definitely help me out.
I found this video after just searching youtube for where to put my camera and how to align the clip thing. This was more than helpful!
Fantastic video. Thank you so much for the time it took to do this. I will be coming back to your channel a lot.
Thank you, this was a one stop shop for setting this up. Much appreciated!
STILL the best TrackIR setup video on the platform. I lost an SSD with a lot of my sim pit files on it and thank god I still had this video saved on a playlist from the first time I used it almost 5yrs ago. Thanks again Jabbers!
Very cool tutorial. I learn some new things. Thank you Jabbers.
Just got the new IR5 with the head attachment. I felt best to watch a competent individual before I attempt to mess. All the compilations up😢 You were very thorough. Now I feel confident that I can do the install. Thank you very much and I may have to watch it again as I do the install step by step. Thank you so much for your time. Definitely priceless!😎👊🕊️
I have a brand new IR5 with also the headset piece. No way I was going to wear a ball cap. About 3 hours. It takes some getting used to from VR to IR that's for sure cuz I had my swivel on the hat switch to have some situational awareness. Big difference but the receiver seems to be getting a little warm. Not hot. Just a little warm. The one on top of the monitor and I did something with the zoom because I can move in a little bit and see everything real close. Kind of good for my eyes. But when I back off I can't see everything in the hud so I just pressed the f12 recenter it's all right. The setup was really close but some things were a little different on the new. I don't know version or maybe I did not broaden out the settings. Set up real good. Only have 132-in monitor but I seen your second one below you. So you're looking at the cockpit at all times. Very good for the f-18 definitely will go that direction, but it seems that I might have a better perspective if I added two more frameless monitors on the side. Idk but thank you so much. It's up and running and I totally qualify. The f-18 legacy now being that everybody's in the eagles and I'm amazing man. But to join up with the rest, I'm going to learn the f-15 until the strike eagle comes out. I got a pre-purchase on that. Hope to see you soon. One day per se.
aka Rags. Thank you again
Great video! Im going to give trackir another shot for dcs, since now i kno how to set it up properly thanks to your awesome video! Thanks Jabbers!
Best tutorial I've been able to find, thank you for taking the time to create this, thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Wow I have been adjusting blind and just going what ever I could find. So much better!
THANK YOU SOO much. This is really helpful. I have read and re read the instruction manual, but this video has made it all clear.
Well done.
Excellent video, just what I was looking for and very professionally explained! I was considering a VR headset, but they're very expensive by comparison to TrackIR and I'm not sure I want my face enclosed by a VR headset for long periods. I know that TrackIR isn't an equivalent to VR, but it does still provide an alternative method of looking around the cockpit, which brings a level of immersion otherwise missing and for a lot less cost! Thanks and regards from the UK :-)
excellent video brother. brand new to flight sims here, hard to find videos like your that go into detail, i had alot of trouble with my track ir software. untill i watched your video. fantastic
Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial; it'll improve my QOL in-game immensely!
This video was very helpful in getting me started with TrackIR. Thank you very much for making it.
Great video. I just got my TrackIR in the mail last week haven't set it up yet. This is very helpful.
Just what I needed! Thanks so much Jabbers :)
Thanks for this - the advice about targeting where your eyes should point to is huge
This video has helped me get so much more out of Track IR and MSFS too - many thanks for your advice!
Thank you Jabbers. Lifesaver.
thanks so much for taking the time to make this vid its helped me so much i now have a understanding of the software
Great video Thanks a lot I just got track IR and have no clue what I was doing watching this video will really help
This helps a lot. Thanks for the video. A lot has changed since TIR4.
Best TrackIR video out there. Thank you 😊
Excellent work Jabbers. Much appreciated and chock full of information. Thank you!
every video i’ve watched like this recommended different profiles. thanks for giving me the knowledge to make my own custom one.
By far, and i mean really far, the best, most comprehensive video on how to setup TrackIR. Hats off, Sir.
Thanks for the hearted like even tho I'm about a year late. Shows u do read up on comments. Respect.
Perfect! Exactly what I needed! Thank you.
Dude, your awesome. I knew when I bought the Track IR 5 it would be kinda hard to setup for DCS. This video rocks. I just got Track IR 5 today and just flew my F/A-18 C right out of the box, it works pretty good. But it has jitters so thanks, this should make it smooth. But yeah, it takes a little getting used too. I just like how I can look at my MFD/DDI really close and set things up. Track IR 5 rocks. It works better than I thought it would. Not having to use the mouse to look around my cockpit is so great.
Best video I’ve seen on this. Thanks!!!
oh man this is awesome! thanks so much dude! it's like day and night for me now!
Best video Iv'e seen in all of my research. I just ordered my Track IR and the wireless "Luke Clip" instead of the TrackIR pro clip.
Ace video mate!!! Was lost trying to set it up for dcs... thanks so much dude 🙏
great video Jabbers, essential Track IR set up, thanking you
Got my Track IR in today so I will be using this tutorial to set mine up, thank you!
Good stuff my friend. I know I'm late, but this is still relevant and helped me bigtime. thank you!
Thank you very much for this video. I was totally lost until now.
Finally! Thanks for this easy tutorial!
Thank you very much for this great video. It helped me a lot to configure my TrackIR. Again, many thanks!!!!
superb, clear and concise tutorial ! really helped me out ! big thanks
Thanks for posting. Going to need to work on my set up. This will be a big help!
cheers Jabbers worked a treat dude!
Thanks for the tutorial. I got perfect the first time. Great video!
Bloody Legend thanks mate. My go to vid for setting up TrackIR refresher.
Thanks for sharing 👍👍🙃🙃
The best trackir tutorial ever. Thx!
would been completely lost without this tutorial. Thnx so much :)
amazing tutorial will be recommending this to people thank you
Thanks Jabber ! Very helpful !!
Thanks so much for this video. I finally understand the set up / software. HUGE HELP. Ur awesome
This really helps a lot, appreciate it, thank you!
great video. Really helped me understand how to set up my track IR
Very good detailed explanation...Thanks!
That was more than just helpful. Thanks a lot!
Thank you, I never realised how bad my profile was till I followed these tips.
Ya my profile was trash
Same! I was using stock with no clue how to tune before watching this
Thanks-really helpful and thorough!
This is awesome, thank you sir! Got the bug to try and pick DCS back up again!
Mooch sent me here and I’m glad he did. Great video! I learned a bunch.
You sir-are the MAN! Thank you for doing this!
Thank you so much for this. Using Track IR with MSFS20 and your advice helped a ton.
Excellent work. Thank you so much
OH my god, dude. I want to give you a hug. You got me all sorted out now.
dude, you rock on this. I Still have some fine-tuning to do, but this helped a bunch!!!
Hello. Just wanted to say a quick thank you. I am returning to pc after many years absence and my setup here see’s me much further from the monitor than I used to be. I never had to look at tracker settings, because they just worked. Which was lucky as I’m not at all technically adept. My new position though, messed tracker right up. I won’t claim to fully understand all aspects covered in your vid, (I’d have to watch it multiple times) but just following along has lent me a basic idea of it and my tracker setup is now fit for purpose again. :)
best tutorial I've found so far, thank you. I'm setting mine up for Arma3/DayZ.
Most useful IrTrack 5 youtube tutorial setup thank you ❤
Great vid dude! Subbed!
This was awesome. Thanks!
great eplanation, great channel, thank you!
Thanks very much Jabbers, it help me a lot. Cheers.
Thanks for the tips, just had to reinstall
Windows and redo my trackir setups, was a lot more difficult this time that originally bizarrely
Thank you, this helped so much.. In X-Plane 11 the setup was different for me, but watching you I was able to tweek it to be spot-on.. Waiting for Microsoft Flight Sim on the 18th.. so I needed to be able to set it up quickly and efficiently! As soon as I get it! Thanks so much! 😁😎
For XPlane get a mod called X Camera, so much better
Hey thanks man. I just got my TrackIR in today. I would have never figured this out lmao. kudos sir
Thnx dude, i've been using my own profile for about 2 years now and it was really really bad. It's so much better now.
Wow... three years of screwed-up TrackIR is solved in one 20 minute video. Thanks, Jabbers!
Excellent video. Thanks very much
GREAT JOB! Just installed mine and it's now setup well enough to start playing. I'm using TrackIR 5 and I don't see the 3 red dots, just a green reticle. You earned a Like, a Sub and a Thank You!