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 RUclips 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. 👍
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
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!
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!
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
Hello Jabber, I figured it out. 1 I use triple monitors, it works beautifully. For any other users, trackir is setup on center monitor, after setup go to titles, find the games youare to play following jabbers instruction. once yoour game starts, TrackIR will work. As a former Student pilot, TrackIR and Iguess VR are game changers. I WILL NOT go back. Thanks Jabber
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!
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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!
Bruh. I never realized just how bad my TrackIR profile was until I watched this and actually learned what I was doing. Over a year and a half of using the pro clip and my setting as a one-stop-shop for all my games like IL2, DCS, Truck Simulator, ArmA, F1 and Train Simulator, and thought "it's good enough, it works", but damn I was wrong. Definitely improved the profiles and less fatiguing on the eyes. And it never occurred to me to offset the IR camera as I left it in the middle from when I first used TrackIR with the hat clip🤦🏼♂️
Thanks for this. The best tip you gave was to see what you wanted at the angle you look, e.g. behind view looking at the screen edge, front view at the screen middle. My tip is to switch off all other degrees of freedom except the one you are setting up (untick the checkboxes of these).
I need X a lot for when I try to sneak my head behind the throttle stick in the F16 when I'm playing BMS. Hmm... come to think of it I do it in DCS as well. I'm hoping these tips help me splash some bandits. Right off the batt I realize my LED position is wrong. Thanks a lot spud
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 :-)
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!
After years if Opentrack / PSeyecam, i finally got trackir, and struggled alot with the software setup. Somehow its a bit easier in opentrack, since you define travelcurves and not speed curves, also the neck offset is missing i think. But this tutorial made me finally got rid neck/ eye strain... thx
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!
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. :)
Thank you. dusted off the Extreme 3D Pro and IR tracker and forgot how to set it up. Config removed the jumpiness and I get 120' rotation with 30' head swing!
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! 😁😎
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.
I came for the hand gestures, I really thought you were marshalling an airplane. Very cumprehensive
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 RUclips 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. 👍
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
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
Wow... three years of screwed-up TrackIR is solved in one 20 minute video. Thanks, Jabbers!
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!
Mooch sent me here and I’m glad he did. Great video! I learned a bunch.
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!
Just made the upgrade from smooth track to this, so helpful, thanks.
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.
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
This video has helped me get so much more out of Track IR and MSFS too - many thanks for your advice!
OH my god, dude. I want to give you a hug. You got me all sorted out now.
Thank you so much, I wondered why I was getting a raging headache. Now I know what is wrong with my setup.
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!
Hello Jabber, I figured it out. 1 I use triple monitors, it works beautifully. For any other users, trackir is setup on center monitor, after setup go to titles, find the games youare to play following jabbers instruction. once yoour game starts, TrackIR will work. As a former Student pilot, TrackIR and Iguess VR are game changers. I WILL NOT go back. Thanks Jabber
that screen below widescreen is pure genius, never seen it before. Especially if all cockpit fits in, very nice
Thanks, it's also touchscreen 😀
Good stuff, as always bro. Thanks for the great FREE community content :-)
Been thinking of getting TrackIR for War Thunder, after 2.5 years without. The video was instructional and straight forward, thank you
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!
This helps a lot. Thanks for the video. A lot has changed since TIR4.
Thank you very much for this video. I was totally lost until now.
My god. Ir tracker with double 33 in curved displays. Thanks for tutorial mate. My star citizen flying is so much more immersive
Hey thanks man. I just got my TrackIR in today. I would have never figured this out lmao. kudos sir
Thanks! I found this very helpful in configuring it specifically for my setup. Appreciate the advice.
Most useful IrTrack 5 youtube tutorial setup thank you ❤
Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial; it'll improve my QOL in-game immensely!
every video i’ve watched like this recommended different profiles. thanks for giving me the knowledge to make my own custom one.
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.
You sir-are the MAN! Thank you for doing this!
Thank you, you would think they would include more detailed instructions with this unit.
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.
oh man this is awesome! thanks so much dude! it's like day and night for me now!
Thanks for the tips, just had to reinstall
Windows and redo my trackir setups, was a lot more difficult this time that originally bizarrely
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!
This really helps a lot, appreciate it, 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.
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
My track IR arrives tomorrow, this was an outstanding video. Thanks for taking the time to do this!
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.
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!
Just wanted to pass on my thanks always struggled setting up my profile for DCS and this was spot on now have a perfect setup !
Once I get trackir in a week or so I will return. Good video so far.
Thank you Jabbers. Lifesaver.
Good stuff my friend. I know I'm late, but this is still relevant and helped me bigtime. thank you!
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.
amazing tutorial will be recommending this to people thank you
Thank you very much for this great video. It helped me a lot to configure my TrackIR. Again, many thanks!!!!
Thanks for the tutorial. I got perfect the first time. Great video!
Bruh. I never realized just how bad my TrackIR profile was until I watched this and actually learned what I was doing. Over a year and a half of using the pro clip and my setting as a one-stop-shop for all my games like IL2, DCS, Truck Simulator, ArmA, F1 and Train Simulator, and thought "it's good enough, it works", but damn I was wrong. Definitely improved the profiles and less fatiguing on the eyes. And it never occurred to me to offset the IR camera as I left it in the middle from when I first used TrackIR with the hat clip🤦🏼♂️
Awesome!
6:35 Thanks a lot for Speed option. Now I can see my back.
Jabbers, I know a really good chiropractor! Thought you might need one after watching this video. Which by the way, great work! As always.
Excellent work Jabbers. Much appreciated and chock full of information. Thank you!
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!
great video. Really helped me understand how to set up my track IR
Your approach is amazing "think about what you need in game and adapt on the settings". Amazing.
would been completely lost without this tutorial. Thnx so much :)
Best video I’ve seen on this. Thanks!!!
This video was very helpful in getting me started with TrackIR. Thank you very much for making it.
Great video Thanks a lot I just got track IR and have no clue what I was doing watching this video will really help
Thanks for this. The best tip you gave was to see what you wanted at the angle you look, e.g. behind view looking at the screen edge, front view at the screen middle. My tip is to switch off all other degrees of freedom except the one you are setting up (untick the checkboxes of these).
Jabs is a cool dude man...he likes DCS got bomb as computers...super cool.
Great video. I just got my TrackIR in the mail last week haven't set it up yet. This is very helpful.
thanks a million, this video safed my sanity... new setup at home, and the TrackIr was killing me.. :)
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!
i've had trackir since and 2013 and this helped me lol
I need X a lot for when I try to sneak my head behind the throttle stick in the F16 when I'm playing BMS. Hmm... come to think of it I do it in DCS as well. I'm hoping these tips help me splash some bandits. Right off the batt I realize my LED position is wrong. Thanks a lot spud
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 :-)
Thank you, this was a one stop shop for setting this up. Much appreciated!
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!
Thank you, Wow I have been adjusting blind and just going what ever I could find. So much better!
superb, clear and concise tutorial ! really helped me out ! big thanks
After years if Opentrack / PSeyecam, i finally got trackir, and struggled alot with the software setup. Somehow its a bit easier in opentrack, since you define travelcurves and not speed curves, also the neck offset is missing i think. But this tutorial made me finally got rid neck/ eye strain... thx
Bloody Legend thanks mate. My go to vid for setting up TrackIR refresher.
Thanks for sharing 👍👍🙃🙃
Exactly what I was looking for. Just got mine today and while it certainly is working (MSFS 2020) it absolutely needs to be fine tuned.
Thanks for your tutorial, i have Track IR for a long time and was
struggling, now it is clear to me and works great !
Thanks for this - the advice about targeting where your eyes should point to is huge
That's great. Apparently I used TrackIR wrong for the past 4 yars. feeling kinda stupid. Thanks mate
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!
thanks so much for taking the time to make this vid its helped me so much i now have a understanding of the software
Priceless, thank you man, I was really struggling until now, game changer.
Best TrackIR video out there. Thank you 😊
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.
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.
Thanks. I now understand the setup here. I watch one other video and I did not get anything from it. So, well done.
Really appreciate the attention given to reducing eye strain. Great video!
Ace video mate!!! Was lost trying to set it up for dcs... thanks so much dude 🙏
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 been able to find, thank you for taking the time to create this, thanks for sharing.
Got my Track IR in today so I will be using this tutorial to set mine up, thank you!
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. dusted off the Extreme 3D Pro and IR tracker and forgot how to set it up. Config removed the jumpiness and I get 120' rotation with 30' head swing!
Thank you for this, I just ordered mine and been pretty worried about eye strain.
Thanks for posting. Going to need to work on my set up. This will be a big help!
Just what I needed! Thanks so much Jabbers :)
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
Perfect! Exactly what I needed! Thank you.
Thanks!!! Great video and amazingly done. Good explanations are always a great gift! Happy flying!