I respectfully disagree with you. TrackIR is the best investment you could make in my opinion. if I had a choice between buying the 272 or TrackIR the TrackIR would win every time. It works on the defualt planes as well. The level of realism it delivers is amazing.

If you want better planes than what Flight Sim has to offer then your going to have to pay for it. Generally you get what you pay for.