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How to Look Left and Right in Iracing

Learn how to look left and right in iRacing and fix common view problems fast. Step-by-step bindings, TrackIR tips, and quick troubleshooting for iRacing drivers.

If you need to know how to look left and right in iRacing, the short answer is: bind the view/look commands or enable head-tracking and calibrate it. You’re in the right place — below is a direct fix you can do inside the sim in a few minutes.

Quick Answer — how to look left and right in iracing

Open iRacing Options → Controls, find the view/look commands (snap and continuous), and assign keys or an axis. If you use TrackIR or another head tracker, enable it in iRacing and calibrate. That gives you left/right glance functionality immediately.

What’s really going on

iRacing separates camera control into “snap” (instant preset views) and “continuous/head” (smooth pan or head-tracking). If you can’t look left/right, you either don’t have keys/axes bound, your head-tracker isn’t enabled or calibrated, or another device is taking input. Fixing this is about assigning the right commands or fixing the tracker input.

Step-by-step fix

Open iRacing and go to Options → Controls.
In the control list, choose the “View” or “Camera/View” category (look for entries with “Look”, “Snap”, or “Head”).
Bind Snap Look Left and Snap Look Right to keys or buttons for quick glances (e.g., wheel buttons, keyboard keys). Press the control field and press the key/button to assign.
Bind Continuous Look/Head Move Left and Right to an axis (joystick or wheel’s hat/axis) if you want smooth panning. Assign and test the axis movement.
If you use TrackIR or similar: open the head-tracker app, enable TrackIR in iRacing (Options → Controls or Graphics area), then calibrate by following the tracker’s setup steps. Make sure the tracker shows “active” in iRacing.
Test in a practice session. If views don’t respond, go back and reassign bindings or change the axis deadzone/sensitivity until movement feels natural.

Extra tips / checklist

Use “snap” for quick mirror checks and “continuous” or TrackIR for natural head movement.
Bind mirror glance and look-left/right to different buttons so you can check mirrors and apexes independently.
If an axis won’t bind, unplug other controllers (gamepad) — they can capture input.
Adjust axis deadzone and sensitivity if left/right movement is too fast or drifty.
Update TrackIR or controller drivers and restart iRacing after changes.

FAQs

Q: What keys are look left/right by default in iRacing?
A: iRacing may not have universal defaults for every install. Always check Options → Controls and bind the functions you want.

Q: Can I use my wheel buttons to look left and right?
A: Yes. Bind Snap Look Left/Right or assign a button as a modifier + button for other views.

Q: Why does my head tracker move the view but not left/right?
A: Likely a calibration or profile issue in the tracker app. Recalibrate, enable the device in iRacing, and check axis assignments for conflicts.

Q: How do I restore view defaults if I made a mess?
A: In Controls, there’s usually a “Restore Defaults” or “Reset” option per device. Use that and reassign just the look keys you prefer.

Short wrap-up

Bind the snap and continuous look commands or enable and calibrate head-tracking. Test in practice, tweak deadzones/sensitivity, and you’ll be glancing left and right cleanly in minutes. Next session: practice quick snaps for mirrors and continuous/head for natural situational awareness.