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 | TrackIr 5 Professional Premium Head Tracking for Gaming |
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Product Description
Put your head in the game! TrackIR is a cutting edge experience that makes you part of the game.Now your game knows exactly where you are sitting,leaing, and looking, in true 3d space! Take your PC gaming to astonishing new levels of realism and immersion. Bring your game view to life!Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2592 in Video Games
- Brand: Natural Point
- Model: 92994
- Released on: 2010-02-22
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Features
- Increased realism enhances your game experience through subtle immersion
Customer Reviews
Most important flight sim add-on!
I fly Microsoft Flight Sim X
as a way to keep my head in flying while I cannot afford to exersize my
real life certificate. I've been wanting one of these for a while and
during the wait, Natural Point put out the new version 5. I finally
bought it and, all I can say is "WOW!"
Okay, that's not all I can
say. When the package arrived, quickly I might add, from GoGamer, I was
surprised at the size of the box. It was well over-packed and protected
from the rigors of shipping. The actual unit is quite small. Unpacking
from the bubble package is easier than the normal bubble packaging, too.
I was going to wait for Christmas, put it under the tree, etc. but the
kids will just have to understand!
Setup is a snap. Installed the
software from the website first, then plugged it all up. It just works.
I picked one of the default profiles and went flying. It was wonderful
to look around the airplane, although I habitually use the hat switch
which is now largely useless. I haven't even explored all the settings,
profiles, or adjusted anything but the flying is 100% better. I turned
my head to look where the runway is! Simple thing, but so, so important
for realism. Imagine leaning in forward to see and set the radio, or
turn the OBS knob to a precise setting, or craning your neck up to see
over the dash better. I'm hoping today to explore the settings some
more. I picked a profile that moves actually too well. I need to expand
the "dead zone" just a bit so my head movements don't make flying into
what my wife calls a puke ride. It isn't of course.
The only
difficulty I've had so far is trying to assign buttons for "Center" and
"Pause" to my Saitek yoke. I haven't figured out how to make it work.
But this is due to my not having explored the software yet. The buttons
assign in the Track IR software, but when I start the sim, they aren't
functioning. I need to RTM.
Bottom line: This Track IR should win
the Nobel Peace Prize. It is an OUTSTANDING product. Even at the
default settings I'm still using, it is a HUGE improvement over using
the hatswitch for panning, the + and - buttons for zooming, the
shift+enter to raise my head, etc. It's only going to get better for me
as I improve my personal profile settings. If you are not sold on it
yet, read flight sim forums for reviews. There are YouTube videos you
can watch it in action. No one ever says they don't like it. If you're
reading this review, you want it anyway. Buy it. You will NOT regret
your purchase.
slight better than v4
Compared to the Trackir v4,
the v5 is smoothier, and in general you don't need to "recenter" very
often. Also, you have more room to move your head, specially when
leaning. Considering that v4 is already a 5 star device in my opinion,
you can't go wrong with v5. If you have a v4, there is really no
necessity to upgrade, but if you're going for your first trackir, don't
hesitate - buy v5.
Situational awareness
in a box
Yes it's expensive but one
you have used it, you can't live without it. Using a hat-switch to look
around in air combat simulations cannot compare to simply moving your
head naturally to pan around as if you are in the plane. Once you own
one, flying without it is just not worth it. Do yourself a favor and buy
one. I bought mine directly from the trackir website. You can get a
better deal by buying from Amazon or an Amazon retailer.
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