Track IR is great for looking into the apex. It really gives you the benefits of VR minus the depth, with no hit on performance. Looking forward to more Track IR content Dave 😊.
Track IR is all about how you set it up. I have used it for many years across many genres of pc gaming starting with flight combat sims and my now love, sim racing. It is essentially plug and play and you can use the standard setup for most things but becoming confident in the use of the profile editor is when Track IR comes alive. I have Track IR 5 with both types of reflectors. The clip is definitely better holding calibration more efficiently than the hat reflectors. The downside is the cable, which is a pita, but that is due to my rig situation. I use the cap reflectors taped to my headset for most of my racing and it's great. As I said earlier though it is all about setup and getting to know what and what you cannot do. In that respect it isn't new user friendly although once you understand how to do it it is so versatile. For instance in my sim rig racing setup I have actually disabled the up and down axis's and have a large dead zone in the middle. This means I have a very stable look ahead when I am racing but just a quick glance to the sides gives me a better view than the left and right views in AAC at least. How much you have to move your own head to perform any of these actions is totally programable. You can set it up so a tiny movement to the left or right will pan behind you (check six in Combat Flight Sims) or have it on a virtually one to one basis, which is great for the realism buffs out there. Great bit of kit and I am surprised more don't speak about Track IR's merits in sim racing. One thing I will say compared to VR is that if you mount the reflectors on your headphone it helps massively with a problem that effects most sim racers in the summer months, heat. VR in my experience has the opposite effect and after taking the headset off after a session sometimes I am basically just a sweaty mess lol.
I use it on my headset too... I'm fortunate to have a headset with parallel rods running over the headband and it clips on nicely (and I use one tie wrap to make sure).. it's been on there for a couple of years.
I was using TrackIR for years (now back to VR again) and love it. Certainly less is more and I've set it up so it's linear and slow in the center and accelerate if looking at the edges of the 49" to get full 180° if I want, even a bit more. I've never had the wish to "upgrade" the 49" to a triple-setup because it feels like triples if you can look around and never failed during a race. And the maximum vertical FOV is certainly bigger than any triple-screens available even it's quite limited compare to VR. The cap-reflectors are okay, but the TrackClip Pro is definitely worth it. It's more stable and needs no light source in front of you to reflect light. The downside is, it needs a 2nd cable and not much con for me, because I'm using tethered headphones anyway and fixing the TrackIR-cable to the headset cable is not a big deal. Both solutions don't like direct sunlight or reflections of sunlight from stuff in the room and both can fail if not using it in game for a while without TrackIR-restart, but far less with TrackClip Pro. The Cap-reflectors have the advantage that they don't change position if you leave the rig for some minutes while it's rather unlikely that you put your headphones on exactly the same as before, so last one needs more re-centering. Just don't forget to take off your cap if you go shopping😀
Thanks for this comment - I have neglected my TrackIR since I got a widescreen (really enjoyed it on a single 'regular' width monitor), and I really need to put in the time to dial mine in for racing and also flight sims.
@@ajnaguy 6 years trackir5 user here for simracing only. i can recommed - but always with triples as its more natural . 49 is ok.. but again you dont want to over acellerate head movement. i made a video about it.
I only use reflectors, they are 100% reliable, daylight or night. ( only if you have some sun beams hitting the reflex it jumps, so avoid that) i always drive with the blinds down anyway, to me TRackIR is the perfect mix of immersion. You can see your wheel and button box and streamdeck ect. plus high refresh rate and high rez monitors make it sweet. i went away from VR and back to triples with trackIR. never loked back.
@@NesterowiczRacing The reflectors can't work without any light-source shining on you, obviously and nothing beats proper VR. I'm using an 8KX and isn't great out of the box, but once everything is tweaked, it's sharp with triple-screen FOV even on 'small'.
What a risk for Filip to enter the corner and hope he made the carousel. That cost him the position and it was only half way through. Live to fight another battle but he was impatient. Good stuff. I considered the Track IR but some folks are not keen on it for iRacing. Thanks for the content.
I’ve found time with track IR. I believe it’s more natural to bring the car/plane to where I’m looking than to move the vehicle to where you want to look. I have friends that try the rig and the tracking is too much. Ymmv, but it’s worth a peek.
A really useful video. I was watching while making turkey pie and I forgot to set a timer, fortunately I’d started watching your video as it went in the oven. Thanks Dave 👍🏻
I Love track Ir, once I tried it I could never go back. I Play on a single screen single curved monitor. It improved my awareness and driving a lot. Budget alternative to VR, and It allows me to stay in tune with the 'real world' in the house. The Hat set up yeah...looks 'cool', but I use the alternative set up that clips onto my headphones. So yeah...love track IR. Does take a bit of testing and tweaking to get the values just right, so you don't feel unnatural with movement. For single screen simmers it's a must have.
Ahh. Memories of this back when I used to play GTR 2 full time in the pre 2010 era. Support for this was built in to the sim, however I had always yearned for a pair of VR glasses, which effectively had this and the screen in one unit.. Eventually got my HTC Vive back in 2016 and never looked back for sim racing. I had assumed VR had put Track-IR on the back footing. Nice to see they are still around.
Tried this in the past. Always felt it was counter intuitive, you're turning your head away from the screen you're looking at. I thought it would work much better with triples.
@@0heck It tracks your headmovement and adapts the ingame view to it. Extreme example: When I want to look left window ingame, I had to turn my head to the left, but there is no screen on the left.
@@NesterowiczRacing For me the whole concept makes no sense. When I have tripple screen, there is no need for TrackIR because the FOV is wide enough that you do not need any ingame head movement. And on a single screen, the screen is too small to not looking on the edge of the screen while you moving your head.
Find one of the third-party headclips that replace the PRO that NP manufactures. The wirelessness is crucial for the best experience. Just getting into iRacing with your content after spending a fair amount of time doing flight sims; great channel! Amazed how uncommon TrackIR is among sim racers; it's virtually required for flight simming if you're not already running a full VR setup.
This is a blast from the past, for me. I used Track IR back before I started using VR. I do agree with Dave in regard to "less is more". I had mine set up to give me small movements to left and right and enough movement to glance down at the dash or steering wheel display. I still keep it around as a backup for when my HP Reverb decides to give up on me. I almost consider it a must for racing on a single screen.
Dave: “he can have it if he wants it that bad .” (Proceeds to drive like hell to keep the guy in his mirror) LOLOLOL DAVE WASNT about to give him that position !!!
I have the tobii eye (and head) tracker unfortunately doesn't support iracing but it does a bunch of other sims. It's pretty good on a 21:9 @jfavignano uses Track IR with a 48" 4k monitor (16:9) and said he's never going to triples.
@@jmhagle sadly I do think I will be sending the tobii back I’m having pick up issues because of where my wheel is placed relative the screen that I refuse to change. Track ir from what I understand operates the same as vr as far as head movement. I might try it since track ir after seeing this
@@jmhaglehow is it? Contemplating that same setup… 45” OLED + TrackIR for iRacing. I have triple 32” right now, but on cheap monitors that hurt my eyes, and I want to move the rig from my garage to my office without taking up ridiculous space
I use it with Nascar Racing 2003 but some of the carsets have small fovs. I would love a setting in the track IR software which moves the viewpoint from the monitor in feet so when you centre the camera ,you have a bigger FOV. 99 percent of sims have great fov settings so the point is probably mute. Get a Delan Clip with Track IR,amazing. They are sold in the UK. Gday from OZ.
I set up head tracking recently using OpenTrack and a $15 webcam. I tuned it so up and down does nothing, and yaw is set to a max which is the tiniest of movements. I only need a few degrees of motion as I have triple screens, but it does feel very natural driving with no special headset on and with the screen reacting ever so slightly to my head movements.
I had a lot of success using Opentrack for flight sims as a low cost alternative to Track IR. I found face tracking to be wonky, but a printed QR pattern taped to the front of an old hat worked like a charm. Looking even cooler than Dave is a bonus with that too.
Great racing. Been using Trackir for a long time. Buying a wireless pro clip was one of my best purchases. 20hour battery life and charges via usb. Saves the wire hanging from your headphones.
You finally caught up with TrackIR5. Keep settings low, turn off world movement etc in game, and its a blast. If you want the trackclip wireless, the cheap Amazon Wireless LED Clip TrackClip option is easily the best I've used so far. With my G9 Ultra Wide its a perfect combo. That hat clip makes us all look special mate. :-) Good vid. 👍
TrackIR is a great help to me as I only have a 27inch screen, and have to lower the FOV a lot to get the correct setting. TrackIR allows me to view all the cockpit readouts and the mirrors, even though I cant see them when looking forward.
I've wanted to give trackIR a go for awhile. I get really bad motion sickness so I've been reluctant to try VR. This seems like a good option for people like me who don't want to end up getting sick while gaming
the 1x at 3:50 is a good example of one of my biggest issues with the safety rating. Go extreme for the sake of my issue, say you have to dodge a situation 17 times in the race, that's a drivethru for being a safe driver lol
@@sirwinstonchurchill2052 It is very accurate and fully tuneable and yes you can pause it. It depends on the software you use to drive it in game. Put the view overlay on and you get a trace where your eyes are looking and you will see how accurate it is.
As a Head Tracking user I thoroughly enjoyed this! "Please Sir I Want Some More" I wouldn't mind seeing you do this again at Summit Point where there are more tighter corners.
another good way to set it up is with the head roll axis instead of looking to the sides, then when you into the corners it automatically looks into it.
i use the Delan Clip...bought to flight Copter in ARMA III but use it in IRacing too...i dont have the space or the GPU for a triple screen and that headtracking is quite good to look into an apex of a corner...without it even in training i loose lots of time because i dont hit the apex...but unlike Dave i use it only on horizontal axis...getting too wild if i use more than that
It's all about the sense of depth, it's the same in VR but VR has double the effect because you have the depth of movement and the visual depth. But yea it's a game changer IMO 🙌
This is pretty cool. I'll have to give it a try. I think this would be sweet on a 32:9. I feel like I sometimes leave too much space when racing side by side with drivers on ovals and it hinders my corner exit speed and ability to side-draft.
I used trackir and it was nice but compared to a good performing VR there is no comparison.Although TrackIr is a little more friendly to use. It's great that iracing does such a good job integrating them both into the sim so well.
I like the idea and I was looking at maybe getting the tobii eyetracker, but today the price on the pico 4 VR headset went down to €350 here in Norway so im going to try that out! On my way to pick it up now 🥳❤
Hey Dave would it be possible for you to show your configuration of TrackIR? Screenshots of the software would be ideal since people with both trackIR and opentrack would be able to use those!
This is amazing for content creation. I have seen many racing videos on youtube and what almost every content creator forgets is that the final video has to look good for the people watching. Everyone turns off the in game steering wheel, they use some really small FOV or they use VR which on video is always off from the center of the car and is motion sickness inducing. Even big creators make this mistake like Jardier. I understand that people set their game and settings up in a way that is best for them but as a viewer I want to see what looks good for me. I would rather watch a less interesting video that looks good than some low FOV or VR mess. This video is perfect. The FOV is perfect, seeing the ingame steering wheel is great, and the little bit headtracking just gives it that extra immersion. I honestly wish every content creator made their videos this way.
Iam racing with trackir it is a lot more intuitive for me with one screen :) I use delan clip as track ir you need to set up curves carefully but yeah it works well :) looking into and out from corners is the best. Immersion is really great with head tracking :)
I cant race on a monitor anymore, triples might be okay, I haven't tried that. I use VR currently, its not so much the feeling of being in the car. It is the ability to use your head and be able to look through the turn so you can see the exit. For me that's the game changer.
I've got a 48" ultrawide and a measured 102 degree FOV for iRacing. This looks like it would be perfect as I do have to turn my head to look through turns. If it works with ACC also, then I'm all in. I see you can clip it to your headset. 🤲
Never tried trackIR but might try in some day, just went strait to VR but I preferer my triples over VR mainly because of heat in summer and I can just jump into my rig with no head gear. I also think it would mess with my visual reference of the car rotation, I like to look to apex without the car interior moving across the screen.
I drive only in ACC, but even there shared view with few others trying out TrackIR and giving up on it due impression that it's more annoying gimmick then useful tool, due too shaky/nervous experience with default configuration that moved/shook all around .. and felt probably .. like what watchers of streams of game played in VR feel. I "fixed" it by customizing TR configuration for game - removed all redundant axis, leaving just turning left/right, no leaning/lifting/swiveling; - added some deadzone in mid to prevent any stuttering/vibration inevitable from head micromovements - at very beginning of turning made it at very slow race, that gradually increases the more i turn head - bound one of buttons on steering wheel to center view With TR configured this way i still able to steady turn view to apexes, do quick glances to sides/back, but in "main head turning angle" movements are steady/non shaky "head turning" where/how needed with no parasitic/unwished movements. At this point i can tell that TR is more help then annoyance (unlike with default curves/all axis enabled). Note: unfortunately if using TR in ACC, free views cameras not working anymore, i cannot detach camera from car anymore in replays or eg. when i work as team engineer looking after teammate. Heard that VR users have similar problem in ACC.
I wish track IR was cheaper. It's so expensive for what it is. I used to use something called an EDTracker which was basically just an accelerometer in a box on top of your headset and cost £20. But it made playing Elite: Dangerous and some other sims SO fucking good. Only had yaw/pitch, so could look around but could not roll the head or move it for/aft/left/right.
Highly recommend Tobii Eye Tracker 5 over TrackIR. You can disable eye tracking if you don’t like it and use it as a head tracker only or vice versa and you don’t need dots on your head for any of it. If you really want immersion though VR is the only way to go
@@davecamyt My Tobii is mounted below and for Flight Simming. On iRacing it would definitely be interrupted by my wheel. However, I use the curved monitor mount on my single flat screen which could just as easily mount above in theory
Wow Dario was quick there Dave. Good racing but that was a costly mistake that caused you to lose draft. I know Abdul wanted to try Track IR but said his wheel blocked the sensor that goes on the screen at the bottom. I would imagine that your screen must be a little higher than his, Keep up the good work.👍
I never really liked it back in the grand prix legends days, but now I use VR headset instead which is a night and day difference. Though I know many who loved trackir, so its a personal preference :)
Seems like a good replacement for vr on paper. Only way would be on tripple screens. It might help a little but your not going to be looking at your screen on a single idk i havent tested but I don’t imagine it would be worth it with a single screen
I use both together - triples plus opentrack plus cheapo webcam. Works beautifully and I think I have yaw locked to a max of 5 degrees. Something very, very small anyway.
TrackIR definitely needs to be set up correctly with the software. Too many ppl just slap it on and complain that you need to turn your head too much to look around and look side-eyed. You can make it so you barely move your head to look side-to-side (couple inches at most), and a little more to look over your shoulder. It will seem too sensitive at first, but you will quickly get used to it. I've used it for 10 years and has kept me from spending money on every VR headset to come out. Will upgrade to VR eventually though.
I'm going to test it, but it may be useful if you have a lower fov so when you look at the right screen it actually moves to the right window. I'll do some testing 👍
I have trackIR for my flight sims, I couldn’t stand it in iRacing during an actual race. I used it to set up preferred viewing angle and height in each car I drive, and then got rid of it
Looking forward to seeing your next video on TrackIR. I haven't heard of it before so I am definitely curious. VR on a Quest 2 was incredible in iracing but the graphics quality was terrible and I didn't like the FOV.
Man tech is so crazy these days. When I was a kid in 70's and 80's this was a silly dream kids had when playing video games. To have this AT HOME and not some arcade somewhere else is so damn cool.
I don't know if it's really necessary if you have tripples since you can "track" the apex with your true head movements. I like very much TrackIR for flight simulators. I would suggest Tobee, which tracks your eyes movement, more convenient.
I got one and tried it. Gave up with it. Sometimes it would just flip out and go all over the place. My OMP seat has white piping so that might have upset it.
When you look to see cars on the right do you have to keep your eyes on the center screen? I was watching another video and when the guy turned his head he said he had to keep his eyes centered on the screen. I'm hoping that when I turn my head and look to the right of the screen it just pans over. It would be weird to have turn my head and stare at the center of the screen. Hopefully my question makes sense.
I like the videos when you use this. I imagine it’s 4k instead of 2k resolution you are using? Looks better in any case. I’t every natural looking. I had a knock off head tracker and never really liked it because of the device on my head. Thanks to you I bought one of these. Love it for my rFactor 2 racing as it just looks and works great. Wish all your videos used this instead of triples as just looks great Dave.
Just a thought.... wouldn't TrackIR be a lot better in regards to moving your head with the triple-TV setup on??? Idk if I'm missing anything.... Looks fantastic! Putting it in my back pocket for the future for sure!
I bought a TrackIR but can anyone point me to a guide on how to set this up and get it working with iRacing? I've tried looking and can't find any good guidance.
TiR still beats VR by miles for comfort and convenience, which is the main draw for me. So much easier to throw on a hat or pair of headphones and go than having to get a box on your head, get it calibrated, load up the software for it, then open the sim and blindly crawl through the menus without being able to see your mouse and keyboard. I hope one day VR is universally as easy as "pop it on and hit play"
I envy people that actually can use trackIR, I tried it once and realized it completely throws off my sense of direction, if I look one side I unconsciously start steering to the other. Ended up being useless to me
Same for me. I adjusted the rate and sensitivity, and it just didn’t work well for - although I may give it another try if the software has been updated in past 2 years. BUT I’ld like see more vids with Dave and see if he really does like it after using it for several more races.
What do ya think, Dave? Have you been using these much since this video? The idea seems very interesting, and I would expect it may feel more natural than a fixed view on a single monitor setup.
Any benefit to using this with triples? I love the glancing in VR but hate the quality, this could be best of both . Further, when turning your head you are looking away from the one screen, would be nice to stay 'in the race'🤔😉
I think its the same thing less is more. I find it i have too much information coming from my Simucube 2 base im end up slower. I wonder if thianis the same less to pay attention too so you end up being smoother
Hey @Dave Cam I was wondering why you have to run your AA graphics so low and your shadows on cars in the rear view. On 3080 9900k 32gb of ram I have FXAA on and run triple 1440p and this track at the start 20 cars I'm getting about 65 to 70fps but my image looks much crisper. Not trying to that guy just thought it may be worth you looking into it and check your cpu and gpu usage with MSI afterburner because you've had similar issues in the past I've seen in other videos. Something seems off.
Does this actually track accurately enough, with enough head movement that you don't have to adjust your eye positioning? For example in VR when I'm looking at the APEX, im actually looking at the APEX, head and eyes aligned. With this I'd imagine you have to move your head a bit further to adjust to the Apex but then bring your eyes back a bit more centered because you're probably rotating your head past your monitor edge, but of course then your eyes would be looking off the monitor as well.
Track IR is great for looking into the apex. It really gives you the benefits of VR minus the depth, with no hit on performance. Looking forward to more Track IR content Dave 😊.
Race Room has a setting that can be adjusted for looking towards the apex. It works very well.
iracing should really implement something similar.
I agree this can actually kill VR as a replacement if you dont want triples
Track IR is all about how you set it up. I have used it for many years across many genres of pc gaming starting with flight combat sims and my now love, sim racing. It is essentially plug and play and you can use the standard setup for most things but becoming confident in the use of the profile editor is when Track IR comes alive. I have Track IR 5 with both types of reflectors. The clip is definitely better holding calibration more efficiently than the hat reflectors. The downside is the cable, which is a pita, but that is due to my rig situation. I use the cap reflectors taped to my headset for most of my racing and it's great.
As I said earlier though it is all about setup and getting to know what and what you cannot do. In that respect it isn't new user friendly although once you understand how to do it it is so versatile. For instance in my sim rig racing setup I have actually disabled the up and down axis's and have a large dead zone in the middle. This means I have a very stable look ahead when I am racing but just a quick glance to the sides gives me a better view than the left and right views in AAC at least. How much you have to move your own head to perform any of these actions is totally programable. You can set it up so a tiny movement to the left or right will pan behind you (check six in Combat Flight Sims) or have it on a virtually one to one basis, which is great for the realism buffs out there. Great bit of kit and I am surprised more don't speak about Track IR's merits in sim racing.
One thing I will say compared to VR is that if you mount the reflectors on your headphone it helps massively with a problem that effects most sim racers in the summer months, heat. VR in my experience has the opposite effect and after taking the headset off after a session sometimes I am basically just a sweaty mess lol.
I use it on my headset too... I'm fortunate to have a headset with parallel rods running over the headband and it clips on nicely (and I use one tie wrap to make sure).. it's been on there for a couple of years.
been using TrackIR for many years now. It's great when racing on one screen. Great piece of kit
I was using TrackIR for years (now back to VR again) and love it. Certainly less is more and I've set it up so it's linear and slow in the center and accelerate if looking at the edges of the 49" to get full 180° if I want, even a bit more. I've never had the wish to "upgrade" the 49" to a triple-setup because it feels like triples if you can look around and never failed during a race. And the maximum vertical FOV is certainly bigger than any triple-screens available even it's quite limited compare to VR. The cap-reflectors are okay, but the TrackClip Pro is definitely worth it. It's more stable and needs no light source in front of you to reflect light. The downside is, it needs a 2nd cable and not much con for me, because I'm using tethered headphones anyway and fixing the TrackIR-cable to the headset cable is not a big deal. Both solutions don't like direct sunlight or reflections of sunlight from stuff in the room and both can fail if not using it in game for a while without TrackIR-restart, but far less with TrackClip Pro. The Cap-reflectors have the advantage that they don't change position if you leave the rig for some minutes while it's rather unlikely that you put your headphones on exactly the same as before, so last one needs more re-centering. Just don't forget to take off your cap if you go shopping😀
Thanks for this comment - I have neglected my TrackIR since I got a widescreen (really enjoyed it on a single 'regular' width monitor), and I really need to put in the time to dial mine in for racing and also flight sims.
@@ajnaguy 6 years trackir5 user here for simracing only. i can recommed - but always with triples as its more natural . 49 is ok.. but again you dont want to over acellerate head movement. i made a video about it.
I only use reflectors, they are 100% reliable, daylight or night. ( only if you have some sun beams hitting the reflex it jumps, so avoid that) i always drive with the blinds down anyway, to me TRackIR is the perfect mix of immersion. You can see your wheel and button box and streamdeck ect. plus high refresh rate and high rez monitors make it sweet. i went away from VR and back to triples with trackIR. never loked back.
@@NesterowiczRacing The reflectors can't work without any light-source shining on you, obviously and nothing beats proper VR. I'm using an 8KX and isn't great out of the box, but once everything is tweaked, it's sharp with triple-screen FOV even on 'small'.
@@Leynad778 the reflectors use the IR beams coming from the monitor top unit. I've often used it in a dark room and it works fine.
What a risk for Filip to enter the corner and hope he made the carousel. That cost him the position and it was only half way through. Live to fight another battle but he was impatient. Good stuff. I considered the Track IR but some folks are not keen on it for iRacing. Thanks for the content.
I’ve found time with track IR.
I believe it’s more natural to bring the car/plane to where I’m looking than to move the vehicle to where you want to look.
I have friends that try the rig and the tracking is too much.
Ymmv, but it’s worth a peek.
If you do a dedicated video on Track IR, it would be great if you included your recommended settings.
That Fred Flintstone livery is AWESOME!
A really useful video. I was watching while making turkey pie and I forgot to set a timer, fortunately I’d started watching your video as it went in the oven. Thanks Dave 👍🏻
Hope it was nice 😁
I was about to comment about the 50:50 grind, and you already said it. Legend. 😆 Great drive as always!
I Love track Ir, once I tried it I could never go back. I Play on a single screen single curved monitor. It improved my awareness and driving a lot. Budget alternative to VR, and It allows me to stay in tune with the 'real world' in the house. The Hat set up yeah...looks 'cool', but I use the alternative set up that clips onto my headphones. So yeah...love track IR. Does take a bit of testing and tweaking to get the values just right, so you don't feel unnatural with movement. For single screen simmers it's a must have.
ive had TrackIR for years now, using for several sims, racing, flight, and infantry combat (Arma) and i never regretted buying it for a single moment.
Lovely driving and the whole video is so relaxing.
Just started IRacing and found your videos very useful information thanks!
Happy to help 😁
Ahh. Memories of this back when I used to play GTR 2 full time in the pre 2010 era. Support for this was built in to the sim, however I had always yearned for a pair of VR glasses, which effectively had this and the screen in one unit.. Eventually got my HTC Vive back in 2016 and never looked back for sim racing. I had assumed VR had put Track-IR on the back footing. Nice to see they are still around.
Not everyone can take vr for a long time. I can't last 2 laps without getting motion sickness.
I used TrackIR in iRacing when I was on a single monitor setup, it really help finding the apexs and looking at cars next to me.
Tried this in the past. Always felt it was counter intuitive, you're turning your head away from the screen you're looking at. I thought it would work much better with triples.
If you're turning your head away from the screen...you're using it wrong.
@@0heck It tracks your headmovement and adapts the ingame view to it. Extreme example: When I want to look left window ingame, I had to turn my head to the left, but there is no screen on the left.
Trackir on single is a NOGO. :)
@@NesterowiczRacing For me the whole concept makes no sense. When I have tripple screen, there is no need for TrackIR because the FOV is wide enough that you do not need any ingame head movement. And on a single screen, the screen is too small to not looking on the edge of the screen while you moving your head.
If you have triples, what do you need tracking for? Triples give you all the fov you need.
Find one of the third-party headclips that replace the PRO that NP manufactures. The wirelessness is crucial for the best experience.
Just getting into iRacing with your content after spending a fair amount of time doing flight sims; great channel! Amazed how uncommon TrackIR is among sim racers; it's virtually required for flight simming if you're not already running a full VR setup.
This is a blast from the past, for me. I used Track IR back before I started using VR. I do agree with Dave in regard to "less is more". I had mine set up to give me small movements to left and right and enough movement to glance down at the dash or steering wheel display. I still keep it around as a backup for when my HP Reverb decides to give up on me. I almost consider it a must for racing on a single screen.
I never used trackir for racing. But I use it alot for ETS2, FS22, elite dangerous and flightsim. It's really immersive.
Dave: “he can have it if he wants it that bad .”
(Proceeds to drive like hell to keep the guy in his mirror) LOLOLOL
DAVE WASNT about to give him that position !!!
TrackIR with a single 21:9 Ultrawide monitor would be the sweet spot for performance, immersion and visibility.
I have the tobii eye (and head) tracker unfortunately doesn't support iracing but it does a bunch of other sims. It's pretty good on a 21:9 @jfavignano uses Track IR with a 48" 4k monitor (16:9) and said he's never going to triples.
Just purchased a 45in 21:9 oled and I'm super excited to give it a try. Sounds like it might be the best of both worlds.
@@jmhagle sadly I do think I will be sending the tobii back I’m having pick up issues because of where my wheel is placed relative the screen that I refuse to change. Track ir from what I understand operates the same as vr as far as head movement. I might try it since track ir after seeing this
how has it been? @@jmhagle
@@jmhaglehow is it? Contemplating that same setup… 45” OLED + TrackIR for iRacing. I have triple 32” right now, but on cheap monitors that hurt my eyes, and I want to move the rig from my garage to my office without taking up ridiculous space
I use it with Nascar Racing 2003 but some of the carsets have small fovs.
I would love a setting in the track IR software which moves the viewpoint from the monitor in feet so when you centre the camera ,you have a bigger FOV.
99 percent of sims have great fov settings so the point is probably mute.
Get a Delan Clip with Track IR,amazing.
They are sold in the UK.
Gday from OZ.
I set up head tracking recently using OpenTrack and a $15 webcam. I tuned it so up and down does nothing, and yaw is set to a max which is the tiniest of movements.
I only need a few degrees of motion as I have triple screens, but it does feel very natural driving with no special headset on and with the screen reacting ever so slightly to my head movements.
I had a lot of success using Opentrack for flight sims as a low cost alternative to Track IR. I found face tracking to be wonky, but a printed QR pattern taped to the front of an old hat worked like a charm. Looking even cooler than Dave is a bonus with that too.
Dave, glad you liked the set. I ran it everywhere, just changed the gears. Regards, Rowly Wallbank
Thanks Ronnie 😁
@@davecamyt 🤣
Great racing. Been using Trackir for a long time. Buying a wireless pro clip was one of my best purchases. 20hour battery life and charges via usb. Saves the wire hanging from your headphones.
Which wireless pro clip did you get?
TRackir is a fantastic product, not just in racing/flight sims but in Arma 3 as well.
You finally caught up with TrackIR5. Keep settings low, turn off world movement etc in game, and its a blast. If you want the trackclip wireless, the cheap Amazon Wireless LED Clip TrackClip option is easily the best I've used so far. With my G9 Ultra Wide its a perfect combo. That hat clip makes us all look special mate. :-) Good vid. 👍
TrackIR is a great help to me as I only have a 27inch screen, and have to lower the FOV a lot to get the correct setting. TrackIR allows me to view all the cockpit readouts and the mirrors, even though I cant see them when looking forward.
I've wanted to give trackIR a go for awhile. I get really bad motion sickness so I've been reluctant to try VR. This seems like a good option for people like me who don't want to end up getting sick while gaming
Tobii eyetracker and if it's still a thing, TrackNoIR might be a thing to look into.
Tried the open source opentrack and aitrack today. Works really well. But when I stood up I noped out immediately. Totally motion sick.
I loved my trackir! I used it on my desk setups. As I packed the space for rigs. Looking to bring it back when I build my rig even tho I have a G9
the 1x at 3:50 is a good example of one of my biggest issues with the safety rating.
Go extreme for the sake of my issue, say you have to dodge a situation 17 times in the race, that's a drivethru for being a safe driver lol
I use a Tobii 5. No hat or stuff on your head. It has both head and eye tracking so you can glance towards your mirrors and not turn your head.
@@sirwinstonchurchill2052 It is very accurate and fully tuneable and yes you can pause it. It depends on the software you use to drive it in game. Put the view overlay on and you get a trace where your eyes are looking and you will see how accurate it is.
As a Head Tracking user I thoroughly enjoyed this!
"Please Sir I Want Some More" I wouldn't mind seeing you do this again at Summit Point where there are more tighter corners.
I found the FF1600 on the Nord was a mental car/track combo. Really enjoyable if you can keep it on the black stuff.
I have TrackIR. It was great for a 27” monitor. Now, on 34” ultrawide, and I’m more consistent on iRacing without it.
I can remember when you were learning Nordschleif, now it's like a morning commute for you 😂. Great driving, superb defense.
Bloody nice drivin Dave
another good way to set it up is with the head roll axis instead of looking to the sides, then when you into the corners it automatically looks into it.
i use the Delan Clip...bought to flight Copter in ARMA III but use it in IRacing too...i dont have the space or the GPU for a triple screen and that headtracking is quite good to look into an apex of a corner...without it even in training i loose lots of time because i dont hit the apex...but unlike Dave i use it only on horizontal axis...getting too wild if i use more than that
Fellow DelanClip user here too in iRacing 👋
It's all about the sense of depth, it's the same in VR but VR has double the effect because you have the depth of movement and the visual depth. But yea it's a game changer IMO 🙌
This is pretty cool. I'll have to give it a try. I think this would be sweet on a 32:9. I feel like I sometimes leave too much space when racing side by side with drivers on ovals and it hinders my corner exit speed and ability to side-draft.
I used trackir and it was nice but compared to a good performing VR there is no comparison.Although TrackIr is a little more friendly to use.
It's great that iracing does such a good job integrating them both into the sim so well.
I like the idea and I was looking at maybe getting the tobii eyetracker, but today the price on the pico 4 VR headset went down to €350 here in Norway so im going to try that out! On my way to pick it up now 🥳❤
Hey Dave would it be possible for you to show your configuration of TrackIR? Screenshots of the software would be ideal since people with both trackIR and opentrack would be able to use those!
I second that, it would be sweet to see the settings! Please show 'em, Dave!
This is amazing for content creation.
I have seen many racing videos on youtube and what almost every content creator forgets is that the final video has to look good for the people watching.
Everyone turns off the in game steering wheel, they use some really small FOV or they use VR which on video is always off from the center of the car and is motion sickness inducing. Even big creators make this mistake like Jardier.
I understand that people set their game and settings up in a way that is best for them but as a viewer I want to see what looks good for me. I would rather watch a less interesting video that looks good than some low FOV or VR mess.
This video is perfect. The FOV is perfect, seeing the ingame steering wheel is great, and the little bit headtracking just gives it that extra immersion. I honestly wish every content creator made their videos this way.
Thank you mate. Yes I agree, the end product HAS to be there for you guys 👍
Wow you are so quick with this little menace Dave! I was in your race here btw, #21 car, hello from there :D
Iam racing with trackir it is a lot more intuitive for me with one screen :) I use delan clip as track ir you need to set up curves carefully but yeah it works well :) looking into and out from corners is the best. Immersion is really great with head tracking :)
Love my trackir in ACC. Dont have or want triples and yeah its perfect for me
I cant race on a monitor anymore, triples might be okay, I haven't tried that. I use VR currently, its not so much the feeling of being in the car. It is the ability to use your head and be able to look through the turn so you can see the exit. For me that's the game changer.
I've got a 48" ultrawide and a measured 102 degree FOV for iRacing. This looks like it would be perfect as I do have to turn my head to look through turns.
If it works with ACC also, then I'm all in. I see you can clip it to your headset.
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Never tried trackIR but might try in some day, just went strait to VR but I preferer my triples over VR mainly because of heat in summer and I can just jump into my rig with no head gear. I also think it would mess with my visual reference of the car rotation, I like to look to apex without the car interior moving across the screen.
I drive only in ACC, but even there shared view with few others trying out TrackIR and giving up on it due impression that it's more annoying gimmick then useful tool, due too shaky/nervous experience with default configuration that moved/shook all around .. and felt probably .. like what watchers of streams of game played in VR feel.
I "fixed" it by customizing TR configuration for game
- removed all redundant axis, leaving just turning left/right, no leaning/lifting/swiveling;
- added some deadzone in mid to prevent any stuttering/vibration inevitable from head micromovements
- at very beginning of turning made it at very slow race, that gradually increases the more i turn head
- bound one of buttons on steering wheel to center view
With TR configured this way i still able to steady turn view to apexes, do quick glances to sides/back, but in "main head turning angle" movements are steady/non shaky "head turning" where/how needed with no parasitic/unwished movements. At this point i can tell that TR is more help then annoyance (unlike with default curves/all axis enabled).
Note: unfortunately if using TR in ACC, free views cameras not working anymore, i cannot detach camera from car anymore in replays or eg. when i work as team engineer looking after teammate. Heard that VR users have similar problem in ACC.
I'm 60 and I got 50 50 . LOL nice Race! Solid Dario!
I wish track IR was cheaper. It's so expensive for what it is. I used to use something called an EDTracker which was basically just an accelerometer in a box on top of your headset and cost £20. But it made playing Elite: Dangerous and some other sims SO fucking good. Only had yaw/pitch, so could look around but could not roll the head or move it for/aft/left/right.
Highly recommend Tobii Eye Tracker 5 over TrackIR. You can disable eye tracking if you don’t like it and use it as a head tracker only or vice versa and you don’t need dots on your head for any of it. If you really want immersion though VR is the only way to go
That still mount to the bottom instead of the top?
@@davecamyt My Tobii is mounted below and for Flight Simming. On iRacing it would definitely be interrupted by my wheel. However, I use the curved monitor mount on my single flat screen which could just as easily mount above in theory
I was in stitches with flying Phillip 😂 😂
Wow Dario was quick there Dave.
Good racing but that was a costly mistake that caused you to lose draft.
I know Abdul wanted to try Track IR but said his wheel blocked the sensor that goes on the screen at the bottom.
I would imagine that your screen must be a little higher than his,
Keep up the good work.👍
It sits on top. I think he probs meant the eye tracker 👍
I never really liked it back in the grand prix legends days, but now I use VR headset instead which is a night and day difference. Though I know many who loved trackir, so its a personal preference :)
It was great for simming back in the day, changed my flight sim experience no end. But like you I'm a VR user exclusively now 😊
Seems like a good replacement for vr on paper. Only way would be on tripple screens. It might help a little but your not going to be looking at your screen on a single idk i havent tested but I don’t imagine it would be worth it with a single screen
If you think head track IR is fast. Run VR for a week. I’ve tried triple, single and VR. I always come back to VR.
I have VR 👍
I thought you were doing tour de France the second lap on the dosinger.
I bought it once, used it for a few times mostly on ETS2 and sold it for the same price
Looks good, be interested of the final opinion versus triples, mind you I have triples now so ...
I use both together - triples plus opentrack plus cheapo webcam. Works beautifully and I think I have yaw locked to a max of 5 degrees. Something very, very small anyway.
What size is your single screen?
TrackIR definitely needs to be set up correctly with the software. Too many ppl just slap it on and complain that you need to turn your head too much to look around and look side-eyed. You can make it so you barely move your head to look side-to-side (couple inches at most), and a little more to look over your shoulder. It will seem too sensitive at first, but you will quickly get used to it. I've used it for 10 years and has kept me from spending money on every VR headset to come out. Will upgrade to VR eventually though.
One thing I miss from VR is moving my head to get a good view on my mirror lol. Would track IR be too much for tripples??
I'm going to test it, but it may be useful if you have a lower fov so when you look at the right screen it actually moves to the right window. I'll do some testing 👍
Great drive Dave
I have trackIR for my flight sims, I couldn’t stand it in iRacing during an actual race. I used it to set up preferred viewing angle and height in each car I drive, and then got rid of it
Looking forward to seeing your next video on TrackIR. I haven't heard of it before so I am definitely curious. VR on a Quest 2 was incredible in iracing but the graphics quality was terrible and I didn't like the FOV.
Great race mate, I died pretty badly there 😢
Man tech is so crazy these days. When I was a kid in 70's and 80's this was a silly dream kids had when playing video games. To have this AT HOME and not some arcade somewhere else is so damn cool.
Yep, same generation. It's crazy!
I don't know if it's really necessary if you have tripples since you can "track" the apex with your true head movements. I like very much TrackIR for flight simulators. I would suggest Tobee, which tracks your eyes movement, more convenient.
That mounts to the bottom of the monitor so the wheel blocks the signal
@@davecamyt You can mount above them, but with your triples I wouldn't bother with it. Good video as usual.
Is there a link for your Ringmeister setups?
I got one and tried it. Gave up with it. Sometimes it would just flip out and go all over the place. My OMP seat has white piping so that might have upset it.
When you look to see cars on the right do you have to keep your eyes on the center screen? I was watching another video and when the guy turned his head he said he had to keep his eyes centered on the screen. I'm hoping that when I turn my head and look to the right of the screen it just pans over. It would be weird to have turn my head and stare at the center of the screen. Hopefully my question makes sense.
I set it up so when I turned my head and looked at the outer edges of my centre screen it looked left and right. So my eyes stayed central 👍
I like the videos when you use this. I imagine it’s 4k instead of 2k resolution you are using? Looks better in any case. I’t every natural looking. I had a knock off head tracker and never really liked it because of the device on my head. Thanks to you I bought one of these. Love it for my rFactor 2 racing as it just looks and works great. Wish all your videos used this instead of triples as just looks great Dave.
No this was 2k 👍
Dave, would you mind sharing the trackir profile you used?
Yes of course. I'm still tinkering at the mo but will share it when done 👍
I tried it but couldn’t get used to it, I never got the right feeling for when the car was straightened out. Was far slower with it.
I know exactly what you mean. Until I toned it down I'd have to straighten my head before corner exit or I ran wide
just a noter video how u think about AEC ... the Fin thing (EAC = easy anti cheat, and lag by streaming in iracing ?
Cracking racing
Thanks Dave!
Just a thought.... wouldn't TrackIR be a lot better in regards to moving your head with the triple-TV setup on??? Idk if I'm missing anything.... Looks fantastic! Putting it in my back pocket for the future for sure!
I bought a TrackIR but can anyone point me to a guide on how to set this up and get it working with iRacing? I've tried looking and can't find any good guidance.
What headphones are you using?
Do you find them better than big overear head set?
Did you look up Dario ? Dario Frattini, has the rare achievement of having won an official race in every major road series in iRacing.
TiR still beats VR by miles for comfort and convenience, which is the main draw for me. So much easier to throw on a hat or pair of headphones and go than having to get a box on your head, get it calibrated, load up the software for it, then open the sim and blindly crawl through the menus without being able to see your mouse and keyboard. I hope one day VR is universally as easy as "pop it on and hit play"
Track IR is a cheaper alternative to buying triples?
I envy people that actually can use trackIR, I tried it once and realized it completely throws off my sense of direction, if I look one side I unconsciously start steering to the other. Ended up being useless to me
Same for me. I adjusted the rate and sensitivity, and it just didn’t work well for - although I may give it another try if the software has been updated in past 2 years.
BUT I’ld like see more vids with Dave and see if he really does like it after using it for several more races.
What do ya think, Dave? Have you been using these much since this video? The idea seems very interesting, and I would expect it may feel more natural than a fixed view on a single monitor setup.
Do you get tires flat spots feelings on steering on long lockups?
Top video Dave!
Any benefit to using this with triples? I love the glancing in VR but hate the quality, this could be best of both . Further, when turning your head you are looking away from the one screen, would be nice to stay 'in the race'🤔😉
U must have vr set up wrong bud because iracing in vr looks amazing when you set it correct
I think its the same thing less is more. I find it i have too much information coming from my Simucube 2 base im end up slower. I wonder if thianis the same less to pay attention too so you end up being smoother
That looks cool. Didn't know these existed. I want one now 😅😂
Hey @Dave Cam I was wondering why you have to run your AA graphics so low and your shadows on cars in the rear view. On 3080 9900k 32gb of ram I have FXAA on and run triple 1440p and this track at the start 20 cars I'm getting about 65 to 70fps but my image looks much crisper.
Not trying to that guy just thought it may be worth you looking into it and check your cpu and gpu usage with MSI afterburner because you've had similar issues in the past I've seen in other videos.
Something seems off.
Does this actually track accurately enough, with enough head movement that you don't have to adjust your eye positioning? For example in VR when I'm looking at the APEX, im actually looking at the APEX, head and eyes aligned. With this I'd imagine you have to move your head a bit further to adjust to the Apex but then bring your eyes back a bit more centered because you're probably rotating your head past your monitor edge, but of course then your eyes would be looking off the monitor as well.
If you try and move your head with trackir it feels off. If you drive normally it works pretty well. If that makes sense 🤣
I got a great ff race yesterday
I have this but felt drunk while using it, can you make a setup video?