Trackir

While freelook is better than not being able to look around at all, I have to say that if they're gonna invest time in doing something about this, they should go for full TrackIR support.

I want my 6DOF, 'nuff said.

Moving my head like it's in a cage (freelook) feels crappy, versus 6DOF where I can lean in/out, tilt my head, move my head sideways/up/down, in addition to actually turning my head left/right/up/down. The difference is huge. Maybe not so much in a TIE (although I would enjoy it there as well), but for pretty much all other ships. If this ain't implemented, I'll basically be handicapped until some time mid next year. One thing is having to buy a VR set that gives decent resolution and quality, the other is having to upgrade my PC so it can drive that VR set in a decent way.

The simulation feel that has been mentioned from time to time, feels lacking and constrained with no TrackIR support. There are some that say TrackIR is a niche product, and that VR is the way ahead.
Well....I've been using TrackIR since the 2003, currently on my 3rd model with TrackIR5, and I've ALWAYS used it with any kind of simulations that I've had up through the years; Falcon BMS, DCS, FSX, P3D....hell, even Steel Beasts Pro PE has TrackIR support, and it's a tank-sim. A good deal of simmers out there have used TrackIR up through the years, and although some have gravitated towards VR, far from all have been happy with the VR capabilities at any given time, and have gone back to TrackIR.

The lack of TrackIR support for this game is simply disappointing. For a "space simulation" game (I know it's more of an arcade game than true simulator, but ya know what I mean), they really have dropped the ball, and I wonder which simulation groups/fan bases they've interacted with. ALL current simulators support TrackIR outta the box, or with VERY small amounts of manual setup.