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I've had a couple of TrackIR's over the years but always sold them on after a while. During lockdown i've been playing DCS more and purchased a Warthog HOTAS which I thought would be complemented by head tracking.
I do have a Rift S which is superb in DCS but I find it tiring after a couple of hours so decided to check out TrackIR again... Well it's certainty gone up in price ( last one cost me £120 ) and at the moment cant be had anywhere so I've decided to go with a DELANCLiP Gamer which will set me back about £70 compared to around £175 for TrackIR.
https://delanengineering.com/products/head-trackin...
I'll post a review when it arrives !
I do have a Rift S which is superb in DCS but I find it tiring after a couple of hours so decided to check out TrackIR again... Well it's certainty gone up in price ( last one cost me £120 ) and at the moment cant be had anywhere so I've decided to go with a DELANCLiP Gamer which will set me back about £70 compared to around £175 for TrackIR.
https://delanengineering.com/products/head-trackin...
I'll post a review when it arrives !
SuffolkDefender said:
nothing beats VR for DCS in my opinion, complete lack of immersion if you're using anything else. I know the resolution isn't as good but I just don't think it can be beat. I just upgraded from a Rift S to a Reverb G2 and it's made a huge difference in clarity and colour/washout.
I agree but I don't have £500 + spare for a G2 :-) I'm happy with a 70 quid head tracking solution when i've had enough time on the Rift.
I had the Delanclip and fairly recently bought a Reverb G2. I'd echo that the full VR system is "better" but not without a couple of caveats. For a start, you can use the zoom function with the Delanclip (or other TrackIR type system) but not wth VR. Second, in VR the head tracking is always 1:1 - turn left 30 degrees, that's where you look. with the TrackIR/Delanclip etc. systems you have motion "curves". This takes some tuning to feel "natural" but the net result is that it's easier to be able to see behind the aircraft or directly above you.
I am really impressed with the G2 but I find the field of view a bit limited and even within that, the image is blurry at the edges so I really have to move my whole head rather than glance down at displays etc. VR systems are still some way off "perfect" and they are still expensive, if I'd been able to try a G2 before purchasing I might have stuck with my Delanclip a bit longer.
I am really impressed with the G2 but I find the field of view a bit limited and even within that, the image is blurry at the edges so I really have to move my whole head rather than glance down at displays etc. VR systems are still some way off "perfect" and they are still expensive, if I'd been able to try a G2 before purchasing I might have stuck with my Delanclip a bit longer.
8bit said:
I had the Delanclip and fairly recently bought a Reverb G2. I'd echo that the full VR system is "better" but not without a couple of caveats. For a start, you can use the zoom function with the Delanclip (or other TrackIR type system) but not wth VR. Second, in VR the head tracking is always 1:1 - turn left 30 degrees, that's where you look. with the TrackIR/Delanclip etc. systems you have motion "curves". This takes some tuning to feel "natural" but the net result is that it's easier to be able to see behind the aircraft or directly above you.
I am really impressed with the G2 but I find the field of view a bit limited and even within that, the image is blurry at the edges so I really have to move my whole head rather than glance down at displays etc. VR systems are still some way off "perfect" and they are still expensive, if I'd been able to try a G2 before purchasing I might have stuck with my Delanclip a bit longer.
Yeah as I said in my OP I have a Rift S and it's great but sometimes I just don't fancy playing in VR. Was the Delanclip OK I have had a couple of TrackIR 5's in the past. Did you sell your Delan when you purchased the VR headset ?I am really impressed with the G2 but I find the field of view a bit limited and even within that, the image is blurry at the edges so I really have to move my whole head rather than glance down at displays etc. VR systems are still some way off "perfect" and they are still expensive, if I'd been able to try a G2 before purchasing I might have stuck with my Delanclip a bit longer.
Narcisus said:
Yeah as I said in my OP I have a Rift S and it's great but sometimes I just don't fancy playing in VR. Was the Delanclip OK I have had a couple of TrackIR 5's in the past. Did you sell your Delan when you purchased the VR headset ?
Somehow I missed that you have a Rift S, that'll teach me to read posts properly 
I still have the Delanclip, I had a couple of issues with the HP headset so was waiting until I was sure I wasn't going to return it before getting rid of the old system. I'm also keen to get back into Falcon BMS and I gather that doesn't yet support VR so it'll be Delanclip or nothing for now.
As for how well it works, been so long since I used TrackIR (version 2 I think, before 6DoF support) but I found it OK. I got the cabled hardware, the cable was a little bit of a pain but no worse than the VR headset cable. The recommended software (I forget the name, has a pink octopus icon
) is OK but takes a bit of fiddling with the curves to feel right. I found I'd have to press the recenter button a few times over a couple of hours' session in DCS but that's no hardship really. You can obviously see the keyboard which is helpful if, like me, you can't bind everything you need to your HOTAS in DCS.Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff