TrackIR and Cliffs of Dover

[fiendlittlewing]

I have recently purchased Track IR.

I would say it's a nice addition to the game, but not essential.

Pros:

TIR is easy to learn. I had some trouble getting used to it after years of using the mouse stick on my throttle. However when I invite newbies to fly, they get TIR intuitively. Mouse view was always a confusing challenge to them.

TIR will improve your immersion.

TIR 5 is nearly plug and play. There are tons of customizations, but I'm ignorant of them.


Cons:

TIR is expensive! Your buying a $150 head-mouse.

TIR will not improve your aim. In fact it'll probably have the opposite effect. At least at first.

You have to wear a silly hat like this:


This is a TIR lan party.


If you've got the money, TIR is awesome. But a decent HOTAS and pedals are prerequisite. It will make you happier, but not more skilled.

[howcome]

Once you go Track, you never go back.

[katdogfizzow]

Youre not even playing the game if you don't have trackir...

[AnttiK]

TIR is very natural to use with this sim.

[Azral]

It might take some time to get used to it.
And yes your Aim may need a reconf.

BUT

After flying with TIR now for 3 years or so, i came to
the old conclusion about TIR and flying games:

I´d rather fly with the crappiest Joystik and TIR than without it !

[skarden]

Same as the others here,I simply wont fly without it anymore,once you get through the initial adjustment (it was about a week till I was fully comfortable with it ) you'll find you can't play ANY flight sim without it,it's really that good.
Highly recommended

[jimbop]

Get it or build a freetrack system if you have the inclination. If you build, make sure you get good quality IR LEDs like the flat-top SFH485P.

Originally Posted by DD_crash

+1 (although there is an alternative that we arent allowed to discuss)

Why isn't freetrack discussion allowed? There are FT threads/posts all over this forum.

[NedLynch]

It is an awesome tool for sims like this. It will not make you a better pilot, skillwise, but it does take a lot of workload from you just trying to look around and gaining situational awareness.

Keep in mind it also works with other games, such as ARMA, F1 2010 (not sure about 2011, didn't buy it yet) and other racing games and RoF.

I did not have any problems adjusting to it, headmovement and camera/view movement feel very natural, you can adjust the movement to your liking as well.

As for the price of $150.00, yes it is not cheap and there is a different solution out there, but if you are not quite technically inclined, like me go for the Track IR. I was never sorry I spent the money on it. I tried other "look around"-solutions when playing RoF, like mouse look, even an xbox 360 gamepad, hat switch of course, nothing beats looking around hands free without any effort, plus you can map the hat switch now for other functions.