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Finding Your Perfect Sensitivity
The 180-Degree Mousepad Calibration Test!
Constantly changing your sensitivity destroys your brain spatial motor memory. Let us calibrate your natural sweet spot using a structured mousepad test!
Step by Step Sensitivity Calibration Method:
- The 180-Degree Distance Test:
- Place your mouse on the far left edge of your mousepad.
- Glide your mouse in a smooth line to the far right edge of your mousepad.
- Your character on screen should execute a full 180-degree turn to look directly behind you (or 270 degrees in tracking shooters).
- Adjust your in-game sensitivity until your full mousepad sweep matches this distance.
- The Strafe Tracking Smoothness Test:
- Go into a practice range and aim at a stationary target bot head.
- Walk continuously left and right while trying to keep your crosshair locked on the bot head.
- If your crosshair lags behind the head: Your sensitivity is slightly too low. Increase by 5 percent.
- If your crosshair overshoots past the head: Your sensitivity is slightly too high. Decrease by 5 percent.
- Locking In Your Setting:
- Once calibrated, do NOT change your sensitivity for at least 30 days. Sticking to one setting builds deep neurological muscle memory.