Controller:TrackIR

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TrackIR 5

XInput support
Connection method
USB-A
Predecessor
TrackIR 4: PRO

Profile and movement scales settings

Camera filters and precision settings

Key points

Includes the camera, the base and the TrackClip.

A cap or a visor is recommended to attach the TrackClip.

Possible TrackClip mis-tracking by other light sources and reflective materials. (such like the lamps, eyeglasses, windows, TV monitors, ...)

The TrackClip PRO is sold in a separate bundle.

Numerous reports of broken TrackClip PRO and lack of durability.

TrackIR software may need to be launched as administrator for some games.

General information

Official TrackIR Website

Official list of compatible games

Official software download

TrackIR at Wikipedia

Features

Head Tracking

Six degrees of head movement (Pitch, Yaw, Roll, X, Y and Z) captured via reflective material (TrackClip) or infrared LEDs (TrackClip PRO).

Adjustable movement scale for all degrees.

Adjustable camera settings with light and brightness filtering.

Automatic profile switching by game detection.

Support in games

Games with TrackIR support

Total number of games:

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Game	Series	Developer	Publisher	First release	Available on
Everspace 2	Everspace	ROCKFISH Games		April 6, 2023
F1 22	Formula 1	Codemasters	Electronic Arts	July 1, 2022
Earth Analog		Funcraft Games		February 11, 2021
Project Wingman		Sector D2	Sector D2, Humble Games	December 1, 2020
Star Wars: Squadrons	Star Wars	Motive Studios	Electronic Arts	October 2, 2020
Train Sim World 2	Train Sim World	Dovetail Games		August 20, 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)	Microsoft Flight Simulator	Asobo Studio	Xbox Game Studios	August 18, 2020
F1 2020	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters	July 10, 2020
Automobilista 2	Automobilista	Reiza Studios		March 31, 2020
F1 2019	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters	June 28, 2019
DiRT Rally 2.0	Colin McRae Rally	Codemasters		February 26, 2019
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019		N3V Games		January 7, 2019
Miscreated		Entrada Interactive LLC		December 18, 2018
DayZ	DayZ	Bohemia Interactive		December 13, 2018
Tourist Bus Simulator		TML-Studios, PEDEPE	Aerosoft	December 6, 2018
Farming Simulator 19	Farming Simulator	GIANTS Software	Focus Home Interactive	November 20, 2018
Battle Of Britain		Cheezy Freak		September 25, 2018
F1 2018	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters	August 24, 2018
Bus Simulator 18	Bus Simulator	stillalive studios	astragon Entertainment	June 13, 2018
Overload		Revival Productions		May 31, 2018
Rust		Facepunch Studios		February 8, 2018
Project CARS 2	Project CARS	Slightly Mad Studios	Bandai Namco Entertainment	September 22, 2017
Everspace	Everspace	ROCKFISH Games		May 26, 2017
Starfighter Origins	Starfighter	Madaboutgames	MAG Studios	April 21, 2017
War Thunder		Gaijin Entertainment		December 21, 2016
House of the Dying Sun		Marauder Interactive		November 1, 2016
Farming Simulator 17	Farming Simulator	GIANTS Software	Focus Home Interactive	October 25, 2016
Starshatter: The Gathering Storm		Destroyer Studios	Matrix Games	October 18, 2016
The Solus Project		Grip Digital, Hourences, Teotl Studios	Teotl Studios	June 7, 2016
Automobilista	Automobilista	Reiza Studios		February 29, 2016
American Truck Simulator	Truck Simulator	SCS Software		February 2, 2016
Evochron Legacy	Evochron	StarWraith 3D Games		January 18, 2016
DiRT Rally	Colin McRae Rally	Codemasters	Codemasters, Feral Interactive	December 7, 2015
BOMB: Who let the dogfight?		La Moustache Studio		August 1, 2015
Project CARS	Project CARS	Slightly Mad Studios	Bandai Namco Entertainment	May 6, 2015
Kerbal Space Program	Kerbal Space Program	Squad	Private Division	April 27, 2015
Assetto Corsa	Assetto Corsa	Kunos Simulazioni		December 19, 2014
Elite Dangerous	Elite	Frontier Developments		December 16, 2014
The Crew	The Crew	Ivory Tower, Ubisoft Reflections	Ubisoft	December 2, 2014
X-Plane 10 Global	X-Plane	Laminar Research	Aerosoft	July 14, 2014
Sir, You Are Being Hunted		Big Robot		May 1, 2014
OMSI 2: The Bus Simulator	OMSI: The Bus Simulator	MR-Software	Aerosoft	December 11, 2013
MechWarrior Online	MechWarrior	Piranha Games	Infinite Game Publishing, Piranha Games	September 17, 2013
Arma 3	Arma	Bohemia Interactive	Bohemia Interactive	September 12, 2013
RFactor 2	RFactor	Image Space Incorporated, Studio 397		March 28, 2013
Miner Wars 2081	Miner Wars	Keen Software House		November 28, 2012
Euro Truck Simulator 2	Euro Truck Simulator	SCS Software	Excalibur Publishing, SCS Software	October 19, 2012
F1 2012	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters, Feral Interactive	September 18, 2012
DayZ (mod)	DayZ	Dean "Rocket" Hall		January 21, 2012
F1 2011	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters	September 20, 2011
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover	IL-2 Sturmovik	1C: Maddox Games	1C Company	July 19, 2011
DiRT 3	Colin McRae Rally	Codemasters	Codemasters, Feral Interactive	May 24, 2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River	Operation Flashpoint	Codemasters		April 21, 2011
DCS: A-10C Warthog	Digital Combat Simulator	Eagle Dynamics	The Fighter Collection	February 21, 2011
18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2	18 Wheels of Steel	SCS Software	ValuSoft, Retroism	January 6, 2011
F1 2010	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters	September 22, 2010
Trainz: Classic Cabon City	Trainz	N3V Games		September 1, 2010
City Car Driving	3D Instructor	Forward Development	Forward Global Group, Noviy Disk	February 25, 2010
Wings of Prey	IL-2 Sturmovik	Gaijin Entertainment		December 25, 2009
Colin McRae: DiRT 2	Colin McRae Rally	Codemasters	Codemasters, Feral Interactive	December 1, 2009
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising	Operation Flashpoint	Codemasters		October 6, 2009
18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker	18 Wheels of Steel	SCS Software	ValuSoft, Retroism	September 23, 2009
Train Simulator	Train Simulator	Dovetail Games		July 12, 2009
Arma 2	Arma	Bohemia Interactive	505 Games, Got Game Entertainment	June 17, 2009
Rise of Flight: The First Great Air War		Neoqb, 777 Studios	777 Studios, Aerosoft, ND Games	May 7, 2009
Vehicle Simulator		Quality Simulations		March 27, 2009
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X	Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X	Ubisoft Romania	Ubisoft	March 17, 2009
The Hunter	The Hunter	Expansive Worlds, Avalanche Studios	Expansive Worlds	March 1, 2009
X3: Terran Conflict	X	Egosoft	Deep Silver, Interactive Gaming Software, Virtual Programming	October 16, 2008
IRacing		iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations		August 26, 2008
Euro Truck Simulator	Euro Truck Simulator	SCS Software		August 6, 2008
Race Driver: Grid	TOCA	Codemasters	Codemasters, Noviy Disk, FX Interactive, Feral Interactive	May 30, 2008
18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul	18 Wheels of Steel	SCS Software	ValuSoft, Noviy Disk, Retroism	December 3, 2007
RACE 07 - Official WTCC Game	RACE	SimBin Studios, SimBin Studios		October 12, 2007
Rail Simulator	Train Simulator	Kuju Entertainment	Electronic Arts	October 12, 2007
X-Motor Racing		Exotypos	Lynce Digital Art	September 28, 2007
Nitro Stunt Racing		Game Seed	Game Seed, Game Factory Interactive, Russobit-M	June 29, 2007
Colin McRae: DiRT	Colin McRae Rally	Codemasters		June 15, 2007
Enemy Engaged 2	Enemy Engaged	Gameyus Interactive	G2 Games, Strategy First	May 25, 2007
Evochron Mercenary	Evochron	StarWraith 3D Games		May 12, 2007
Test Drive Unlimited	Test Drive Unlimited	Eden Games	Atari	March 16, 2007
18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin'	18 Wheels of Steel	SCS Software	ValuSoft, Retroism	December 8, 2006
RACE - The WTCC Game	RACE	SimBin Studios	SimBin Studios, Eidos Interactive	November 24, 2006
Arma: Armed Assault	Arma	Bohemia Interactive, Black Element Software	505 Games, Atari	November 10, 2006
Microsoft Flight Simulator X	Microsoft Flight Simulator	ACES Game Studio, Dovetail Games	Microsoft Game Studios	October 17, 2006
GTR 2 - FIA GT Racing Game	GTR - FIA GT Racing Game	Blimey! Games, SimBin Studios	10tacle Studios, Viva Media	September 29, 2006
Wings over Europe	Wings over...	Third Wire Productions	Strategy First	May 24, 2006
NetKar Pro		Kunos Simulazioni		April 10, 2006
Crashday	Crashday	Moonbyte Games, Replay Studios	Atari	February 23, 2006
GT Legends		SimBin Studios, Blimey! Games	10tacle Studios, Viva Media	October 15, 2005
RFactor	rFactor	Image Space Incorporated		August 31, 2005
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force	Falcon	MicroProse, Lead Pursuit	Graphsim Entertainment, Horizon Simulation, Noviy Disk, Atari	June 28, 2005
Cross Racing Championship 2005		Invictus Games	Project Three Interactive, Graphsim Entertainment, Invictus Games	June 3, 2005
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game	GTR - FIA GT Racing Game	SimBin Studios	10tacle Studios	March 11, 2005
NASCAR SimRacing	NASCAR	EA Tiburon	EA Sports	February 15, 2005
Wings over Vietnam	Wings over...	Third Wire Productions	Destineer	November 8, 2004
Wings of War		Silver Wish Games	Gathering of Developers	August 30, 2004
Richard Burns Rally		Warthog Games	SCi Games	July 9, 2004
TOCA Race Driver 2	TOCA	Codemasters	Codemasters, CD Projekt, FX Interactive	April 15, 2004
Colin McRae Rally 04	Colin McRae Rally	Codemasters	Codemasters, CD Projekt, FX Interactive, Sold Out Software	April 2, 2004

More...

Games modified to support TrackIR

Total number of games:

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Game	Series	Developer	Publisher	First release	Available on
Assetto Corsa Competizione	Assetto Corsa	Kunos Simulazioni, D3T	505 Games	May 29, 2019
Space Hulk: Deathwing	Space Hulk	Streum On Studio	Focus Home Interactive	December 14, 2016
F1 2016	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters, Feral Interactive	August 19, 2016
F1 2015	Formula 1	Codemasters Birmingham	Codemasters, Feral Interactive	July 10, 2015
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)	Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed	Criterion Games	Electronic Arts	October 30, 2012
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2	Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X	Ubisoft Romania	Ubisoft	November 12, 2010
FIFA 09	FIFA	HB Studios, EA Canada	EA Sports, Ak tronic Software & Services	October 2, 2008
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946	IL-2 Sturmovik	1C: Maddox Games	Ubisoft	December 15, 2006
Gothic 3	Gothic	Piranha Bytes	JoWood Productions, Nordic Games, THQ Nordic	October 13, 2006
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Grand Theft Auto	Rockstar North, War Drum Studios	Rockstar Games, Capcom, 1C-SoftClub	June 1, 2005
Garry's Mod		Facepunch Studios	Valve Corporation	December 24, 2004
Half-Life 2	Half-Life	Valve Corporation	Sierra Entertainment, Valve Corporation, 1C-SoftClub, Buka Entertainment	November 16, 2004
Halo: Combat Evolved	Halo	Bungie	Microsoft Game Studios, MacSoft	September 30, 2003
FreeSpace 2	FreeSpace	Volition	Interplay Entertainment	October 1, 1999
Infinity: Battlescape		I-Novae Studios

Featured alternatives

DelanClip

A cheaper and more durable alternative for the TrackClip PRO.

They also sell a PlayStation 3 Eye camera with the infrared filter removed that can be used with their own head tracking program.

Official DelanClip website

ED Tracker

A cheaper head tracking device that uses gyroscopic sensors instead of optical point tracking.

However it only tracks three degrees of head movement (Pitch, Yaw and Roll) and have occasional drifting and misalignment.

Official ED Tracker website

FaceTrackNoIR

A free face tracking software that only base on your webcam tracking your face.

Official FaceTrackNoIR website

FreeTrack

A free head tracking program that can use a webcam to track IR points.

The website also feature a documentation about how to make your homemade IR LEDs mount.

Official FreeTrack website

Official FreeTrack documentation

FreeTrack at Wikipedia

TrackHat

Another TrackClip PRO alternative that sells a cap with infrared LEDs directly mounted on it or the traditional TrackHat Clip mountable on your headset.

They also sell a PlayStation 3 Eye camera with the infrared filter removed that can be used with their own open source program.

Official TrackHat website