Is it just smoother? Require less re centering? What made the big difference for you?
I never had anything else then TrackIR, but I guess the difference is in native support or bind an axis to it. Don't be mistaken, when flying, I constantly recenter the view, also with the helmet bug I hold my head back, recenter and continue so my head will be in front of my helmet during fligh. I don't know if this is possible with the cheaper option.
I'm not sure I know what you mean by native support. I mean, I know what that means, but don't all the alternatives work the same way with *every* game that TrackIR does?
nope, in 2.5 when TrackIR wasn't supported, you needed a 3rd ;party software to convert TrackIR to an axis which could be bound to a movement/view in SC, the same 3rd party software as which Trackhat and PS3eye use. In 2.6 TrackIR is supported again so you don't need any 3rd party software and binding. It just works out of the box.
Its a keybind, default F12, since TrackIR runs as admin, you don't need to ALT-TAB, although F12 also is in-game chat. Thats why I bind it to F10.
Is it safe to assume that this can be binded to a joystick button?
I never tried to bind it to a joystick button, I can try that when I'm back from vacation, 12 days to go.
