Is Mouse Accel actually good for shooters? 

- UPDATE: I've received reports of people who successfully used the mouse accel driver with Valorant. I should've tried it myself before putting out the video lol. Faceit still blocks it however, so keep that in mind. - *The Minecraft-style FPS is called Sector's Edge.* It's free to play on steam! Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/1024890/Sectors_Edge/ - There is a new kind of mouse accel available now called Raw Accel. It plays nice with anticheats and it's got a more intuitive UI: github.com/a1xd/rawaccel

I watched the video thinking it would be cool to try Mouse Accel and then I realised I had it on for all these years. Man... I feel like a colorblind person watching a video about colorblindness and wondering how it'd feel like being colorblind.

I learned how to play with Windows Mouse Acceleration, so imagine how powerful I'll be using a good accelerator

6:44 That sync, god damn

Watched this video a year ago, came back today after over a year of using mouse accel in FPS games such as Valorant, CSGO, Overwatch and Apex. I decided that after me using it I would give my thoughts on how it went and how I feel about the use of accel in competitive FPS games and why now I am deciding to stop using it. TLDR: PROS: -Good for arcade shooters with fast paced combat such as Apex and Overwatch -Very versatile for how you want to use it -Allows for more precise longer range movement and faster flicks if used correctly CONS: -You never get perfect consistency with it compared to static sens -It is harder to get perfect flicks in tense situations -A lot harder to be precise all of the time -Good luck getting it installed on LAN machines at a tournament -God help you if the game you are playing has inbuilt mouse accel already. Fucking NYOOOOM SPEEDS (Thanks Crossfire) For background on me. I have played FPS games at a decently high elo since I started playing CSGO back in 2013 so I have had a good place to showcase where I started with the whole ordeal. I had been GE in CS, GM in Overwatch, Diamond in Valorant and Diamond 2 in Apex. I decided to use mouse accel because Overwatch was becoming my main game very fast so I decided the idea of having a mouse accel with it would work very well since I always had issues with mouse mat space and played many different heroes which I had mixed sens with. I used to do aim training very often on AimLab and Kovaaks. This was imperative in me deciding on if the driver was worth it over a year later. I play with a high sens (ESENS = 5000~ in Overwatch) and always had trouble with longer range engagements since it would be hard to move my mouse just a tiny bit to keep hitting shots. My mid/close range was my speciality so I considered having my mouse accel graph focus on this with my normal mouse movements being 1.0 output to input, my slower movements being 0.7 and my fast flicks being capped at 1.3 in a linear graph. It wasn't such a difference to deeply impact my playstyle but enough so that I hoped it would make a difference. I started using the driver in June 2020 and began my grind to get used to this new mouse playstyle. It took a while, I had some of my deep muscle memory fighting me at times but because of how I made my graph a lot of the time the normal default shots would hit their mark. The issue at first began with flicking. When I would flick I would hard over flick since I wasn't used to the change in sens. And as a flick aimer, was an issue for a while. Valorant didn't allow me to play for a while and CS FaceIt also restricted the driver. So, I moved to Overwatch Overwatch was where the driver showed it's potential. I had up until early 2020 been a hard DPS main of McCree and Genji, but I had different sensitivities for both of them since Genji required faster flicks and McCree was more about accuracy. With the driver it meant that using the same sens as both McCree and Genji I could have more consistency since I would have my fast flicks matched to my Genji sens but then in neutral I would have my McCree sens allowing for more precision. This also meant that my flicks were getting more consistent on other characters since it matched to what I had been used to. Using the driver I began to climb, whether this was due to my understanding increasing with joining my University team or because the driver, I cannot say. However, I began to swear by the driver throughout all of 2020 and told several of my friends about it - they didn't get the driver though. The potential was there and I was showing results with the driver. By this stage Raw Accel came out and I was able to swap to other games again since it wasn't detected by Anti-Cheat software. I was, however, dedicated to Overwatch at this point and grinded it for another half a year. Entering 2021 I wanted to compare my aim to what it was now with how I left it before. So, I booted up the old AimLab just like I had over a year ago and did the aim training again. I know what you are saying - "But you hadn't been aim training for the year so your aim would have gotten worse". So, I did the aim Lab for a month, consistently. And the results shown a dramatic decrease in my overall aim. It was hard to pinpoint overall why my aim had gotten worse but I ultimately put it down to the fact that I could never get a perfect consistency with the mouse accel. Even if I moved the mouse in the exact same manner every single time there would be minute differences which would throw off my aim. The benefit of having flat sensitivity is that in panicky circumstances you flick your mouse and shoot, every single time it is the same distance, every single time it is the same. My flicks were not improved with the accel, the tracking had not improved with the accel and surprisingly enough, my long range also had not increased with the accel. This last point was the most shocking since it was one of the major reasons, I swapped to it. Ultimately, I decided myself that despite the benefits the mouse accel had shown and how much I enjoyed using it for the entire year. For me, it just didn't show good results. I don't speak for the entirety of the population. Some love and swear by mouse accel, but after a year of use, I do have great aim with it still. However, I feel that before I had it my aim was more consistent and realistically the accel was just substituting for me changing my sens on different characters but with different steps. So, from this week I have moved back to flat sens since I had quit Overwatch until it gets better again. Here's hoping I can get back to my prime like I was over a year ago. This was my rant on how I spent a year of my life trying out mouse accel and how I feel it realistically, didn't impact my aim for the better all that much. As the video said "You will only ever be as good as you actually are." And turns out, with aim accel. I am not good. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

2:57 ok.. wasnt expecting to see my 5 year old comment in this video. What a surprise lmao

why is this guys voice so calming like what, hes just so calm when he was explaining everything

There is a successor for povohat's mouse accel - rawaccel, it's working clearly on raw mouse movement so it has no problems with any anti cheats

If anybody is wondering: Sector's Edge is now free on Steam without needing to get any beta keys. They had officially released it to be open on Steam on Oct. 30

"You will only ever be as good as you actually are" Hacks: Hold my coffee.

*"You will only ever be as good as you actually are."* Damn that hits deep

4 days into raw accel and never turning back. your content is so well put together. keep up the great work!

I come back to this video every so often purely for nostalgic value at this point. I first watched this video right as it came out, and it was the first vid of Pinguefy that I've watched. Ever since then, I've used mouse accel, and that was almost 4 years ago. This video came out at the perfect time for me, specifically during that period I've really wanted both low and high sens at the same time, more so because I've played a couple totally fundamentally different games, each requiring different sens, but also just wanted the benefits of both. Lotta time passed, RawAccel came out, still using mouse accel. Thank you Pinguefy!

I don’t know why I watch these I play on a controller. You’re just really entertaining my guy

other people: yea this feels good fps players: OOOH YEAAAH DAT GRAPH

i've been following u for 3 months now and i'm so happy this video blew up. Keep it up man!!

I started using this and it changed my game 180 degrees. I finally feel as comfortable on mouse and keyboard as I did on a controller. PC gaming just wasn't fun for me until I started using this accel.

I saw pingify at the local Walmart once he kept trying to sneak out the door around the theft sensors with his cargo shorts pockets filled to the brim with snickers, but the guards kept stopping him. Eventually he said haha you got me guys but then he did what can only be described as a “sick juke”. He broke the security guards ankles, causing him to fall down, and threw a snickers bar (king size) up over the sensors and caught it on the other side at a dead sprint. I haven’t seen him again since, but I’d like to think he’s still running.

Video: Mouse acelleration sucks Me: wait, thats why im suck. My pc: mouse acelleration [off]

I've used it for a good few months now, and I won't go back. My sens was always either too fast for R6 or too slow for Apex, and InterAccel solved that problem. It didn't take any time at all to commit to memory, and it feels just as natural as no acceleration before.

This video was really interesting, I think that mouse accell has a similar stigma to motion aiming in games. It's been shunned due to bad examples but when implemented well and learned it can bring a real benefit. I would recommend watching Nerrel's "Motion Control and the Rejection of Progress", I found it really interesting. One point to be made for not using mouse accell is availability, if someone is using different machines then mouse accell might not always be available so the argument could be made it's better to learn without it so you aren't dependent on it. Although your video shows that aiming skill is fairly transferable between states so it shouldn't be a massive issue unless at tournament level. Thanks for the video.

if it's actually better with mouse accel it'll be the most unfunny joke in my entire life

I've played with windows acceleration for ever and never noticed.

I started using the mouse accel driver after watching your videos and I used to play with a high dpi for team fortress 2 but always struggled with tracking enemies or doing accurate flicks in other games like CS and Titanfall 2 with the R99 but it is like you said and now I got consistent tracking and kills with automatic guns. I’m glad I found your video and I’m surprised that I didn’t find out about this sooner

I feel like a just watched one of those rare and in-between very enjoyable documentaries

The amount of people realizing they had mouse accel on scares me lol

his personality is out of this world... his mindset is literally perfect

Bro u make such great video that I heard about your video on someone else's video in the comments someone suggested him your video.. thats great content. Keep it up.. old video but you kept it fresh with your comment..

Been creeping, you just got a subscription with your music choice 👌

Great to see the video released. Probably the best intro video to accel I've seen, I'm glad you had fun trying it out mate. :^)

I love this channel. He's a guy who always wants to learn new, wants to do more stuff and MASTERED it. If he wants to go for something, he does it. And he doesn't stop after just one day like me. What i wanna say this guy needs more subs and more views. Keep it up man!

Whoa man. I'm new to your channel but I'm so glad I found it! This video explains so much. Thanks!

I really liked the mini-fragmovie at 6:02 GG man, nice video.

Can we get an F in the chat for everyone who didn’t know they had mouse accel on until now

Yo this video was so influencial for me. I come back to it every so often because I love it so much haha

I've always played on PC with enhanced pointer precision on. For oldschool COD-style shooter it just works for me, because I've learned to flick to turn and then get the nice slow sensitivity for tracking targets.

It very interesting to see an in depth FPS aiming technique video with such calm atmosphere. Kinda reminding us that these games in the end should still be fun to play.

"So did it ruin my muscle memory" Ad: "Lets play raid shadow legends now."

Another great video mate! My hands are starting to maybe show early onset arthritis so I might be looking at acceleration going forward and this video helped dispel some of the worries I had making the change. Also, I wondered if you'll be streaming anytime in the future. I see that your twitch VODs are about two years old now :D

2 years since this video came out, damn This video made me realize how good mouse accel feels, i remember when i first tried it and it just felt natural only a couple of hours later, nowadays it isnt my default but i still use in some games where mouse accel really helps me (or atleast it feels like it) thanks for making this video, really showed this new world i had no idea about before

"wow i never noticed Linus had a monobrow" LOLOLOL

the quality of ur vids: 10/10 the quantity: 1/10 still worth it

I wouldn’t call it muscle memory for fps games. Very few people could look at a position, close their eyes and flick to that position. I would call it eye-hand coordination. Thats why you get used to a new sense very fast and why you managed to learn mouseacel in just 2 weeks

hey pinguefy, i just wanted to thank you for shedding some light on this topic. After seeing your video I realised that I have been playing with the windows mouse acceleration on for my whole life. I have installed Raw Accel and I feel confident in saying that it is no different from novohat's version (that I have also experimented with, but due to faceit blocking it i had to drop it)

Watches whole video with no intent to ever turn on mouse acceleration

I had been playing with mouse acceleration for almost my entire time using a computer, I didn't realize that mouse acceleration was labelled as "enhance pointer precision" so I thought it was always turned off. In games, I would always turn mouse accel off because I thought that's what I had been using. So, I was just constantly switching between mouse accel on and off when playing games to going to my desktop.

I'm playing Valorant (the mouse accel works here btw), and I had low sens, which was good for my aim at mid and long distances, but close range, moving around with agents like Raze (who can kinda fly by using her blast packs), or clearing angles was a nightmare. But now I've started using mouse accel, and it's just what I needed, so thanks for this video. It helped me a lot

I used mouse acceleration at first (unknowingly may i add) and it felt good to be able to add an extra variable to mouse movements. Because mouse acceleration makes sense sort of. When precision aiming you you move your mouse slower and when turning quickly you tend to turn as fast as possible without knocking over the g-fuel on your desk. The reason why i switched it off was because it feels more arcady when it is turned off and i liked it that way.

I used to use mouse acceleration when I was playing CS 1.6 and Source way back when. And it was better than with it off. The reason? I was using a *trackpad.*

i've been using window's accelerator for maybe 15 years? i don't have much desk space and much room to get a big desk for huge mousepads. but now that i know there's other accelerators that are made for better customization i'm gonna have to try it out! great vid btw

I’m so happy I found this video, I used to play tf2 sniper with accel on and would destory people, after hearing it was bad I had turned it off and for years never reached that level of long distance flicking control and Precision again. The ability to get people in your peripheral with shots is amazing without the need for a high mouse sense.

hearing u say 'stupid low sensitivity' & showing the literal exact sens i used (1.6 @ 300dpi) brought back memories of returning 2 fps games after a few yrs of inactivity & developing actual tendonitis in my shoulder after 4 straight hours of playing i never knew it was actually that hard, i couldnt raise my arm 4 a full day, i always thought my friends were joking when they said it was like throwing a punch every time u flicked

It pisses me off how good you are. Like Its gonna take me years to get there. But that's the name of it. No one starts off amazing. I can bet it's taken you years to get there. In that case I'm not mad. I'm just gonna get back to practicing!

honestly this guy could chat about water and it would be zen af lmao

It IS awesome, if you like the idea, you can be just as consistent with it as with using no accel. If you have parameters for it. And yes, Quake Live's implementation is indeed robust, it would be so nice if every game had an implementation like that. : ( Btw I like how you spew cold facts with no bs; you just earned a new sub, bro. Cheers,

I love this already, I've only been using it for 3 hours, tho I've just come from ps to pc so I'm not quite used to keyboard and mouse, so probably the best time to start using mouse accel

When you've had your friends tell you mouse acceleration sucks for like 2 years and you finally just figured out why you suck at aiming

In the end humans are highly adaptive, I consider every method still a method, it's not always the best being the best for one individual. And if it isn't: it can be one day.

After watching this video i realized I had windows mouse accel on.. I've never gamed without it I dont think. Turning it off made my inputs feel so much more intuitive. I'm now setting up a raw accel profile to see if i like linear more. TY!

I've been using mouse accel for about a year now and I love it, I've yet to find my curve so yes I do change the values a lot but I really like the feeling of it and maybe ill stop changing them and actually use one curve for a longer amount of time. Thank you for making me relies that I cant just change the curve all the time. Btw I use a more main stream mouse accel software called custom curve.

You’re very close to 100k can’t wait for you to hit it

I feel my knowledge of things I don't really need just grows with each passing video. You Sir, are a blessing!

I've ben using mouse accel for a while now, and i just cant go back. it's just like he said, your tracking and general aim doesnt feel different, but for fast movements like flicking or for mobility it feels amazing

amazing video, really deep and informative. research level. thanks.

Got dammit Piguefy, making me question everything I’ve ever held as gospel when it comes to shooters. I’m never going to try accel personally, as I use a relatively high sensivity where a wrist flick will give me a nice 180 turn, but now you’ve put me at a permanent state of unease. As soon as you said that you would keep using it, I already knew you mindfriggled me for the next 6 months. However, this is totally offset by the fact that this video is a masterpiece just like you and your whole channel. Stay awesome

Really good video, most people who I talk to about mouse acceleration tend to be heavily biased towards having it turned off. The fact that you decided to try using mouse acceleration for 2 months after playing without it is insane, so you have my respect in that regard. You also raise a lot of good points, but in regards to the windows mouse acceleration I felt like I could share my experience with it, since I definitely didn't find it terrible, but it had it's shortcomings for sure. I used to play with windows mouse acceleration since I was 10. I'm 22 now and turned it off a couple of years ago (playing without any kind of mouse accel). Since then, I've found that making large changes in aim with my mouse (flicking to the edge of the screen for example) is not really any harder or easier, and still comes down to muscle memory in the end. However it is definitely more exhausting to do repeatedly without any kind of mouse acceleration. The biggest difference I found was in making small pixel precise movements (for example, hitting a very small target at long range when you are already aiming in that general direction). With windows mouse acceleration turned on, it is difficult to make these small adjustments in aim quickly, since the difference between aiming too much and too little is extremely small, making it difficult to just react and hit the shot (though not impossible). Without any kind of acceleration, I've found this kind of movement to be a lot more consistent (though still hard). Additionally, making a smooth consistent movement with your mouse is extremely hard to do with windows mouse acceleration enabled, as you need to maintain the acceleration that you initially start with in order to keep it smooth. For FPS this generally applies to tracking your target, but can be offset by changes in movement and distance. As such, I found that this primarily applied to playing OSU! where specific beatmaps require this kind of movement. Overall, I don't think it matters too much if you have windows mouse acceleration enabled or disabled, as it comes down to some form of muscle memory in the end.

My whole life i played with that "enhance pointer precision" thing on, and i never knew it was mouse acceleration.... m y g o d

I’ve been using accel since my start of pc games. I’ve always thought it was better? Being able to flick with only a short distance needed was always good for me

love how your channel cover about FPS but with new, fresh contents ,some questions we never asked but curious about tks

Dude, your choice of music is impeccable ! Gamers always put garbage music like pop remix's and stuff, but this is great

I used to play on the old PC of my mother, And I used windows mouse acceleration for about two years and I got very good with it. Back then, I never thought about aiming and different kinds of aim styles and what so ever. I then watched some overwatch aim tutorial and saw that acceleration thing and turned it off. It felt so weird. But I learned something off my "mistakes" and so I'm able to get along new sensitivitys and game feelings fairly fast

I downloaded similar software after my skill had recently hit a wall with a mac, my mouse accel was stuck on and using this allowed me to roll in skywars as i could combine both large flicks to turnn around to run/pearl but also needs the precision in fights.

I came to see what mouse accel does, stay for the soothing voice

I just found out that my entire life i've been using mouse accel by accident. I thank you.

I've been saying this for years and trying to get people to try Povohats driver with no luck. I am a pretty low sense player and always have been really good at aiming with low sense but when becoming interested in TF2 I noticed that it was almost impossible for me to properly rocket jump cause I just couldn't swing my mouse that far of a distance that quick. I started using Povohats driver because of that and it just completely blew me away with how much it improved my aim overall not just helping with rocket jumping. It's really funny seeing your settings screenshot and how it's so similar to mine it's just a few decimals different.

I use Raw Accel on linear acceleration, mostly because I enjoy whenever I move my mouse slow, the acceleration doesn't jump so I don't skip pixels because of having high sens/dpi, and being able to quickly flick at will, there's also the rotation offset option and angle snapping feature in Raw Accel I rely on to get near perfect lines so I can have quick cross-hair placement

Gotta love that likes to dislike ratio! That's when you know you've got a high-quality content creator! Looking forward to seeing everything you do!

That's actually really interesting because I never really found something I'm entirely comfortable with. I either have to sacrifice precision for speed or the other way around. I'm definitely gonna try this out and see if I like it or not. Thanks for bringing this up and opening discussion about such a generally disliked thing!

I realized that I was using mouse acceleration for a long time, and had gotten really used to it. I tried turning it off, but my mouse movements felt like they were too fast. I play at 400 dpi. I forced myself to get used to no enhanced pointer precision, and my first shot accuracy is actually much better. I'm able to 1-tap more consistently in valorant, but in Windows, I still have to get used to my pointer movement being faster. So I may continue without mouse acceleration and try turning down in game sense and see if my performance as a whole increases or decreases.

I'm loving the background music HAHA!

After this video, I checked my windows mouse settings and realized that I have been using mouse acceleration for all my life and never knew it :D

I'm using mouse accel because i don't want a really often change my sens, and i love low sense + high sens in the same time that's it

4:57 “linear curve” lol

Dude you are so inspiring it’s amazing

Me out here without knowing that Enhance Precision was on for 2 years.

6:44 *I'm about to end this whole mans career.* And that beat drop on the headshot 😳😳

I stumbled upon a tiktok about this topic last night and I had to check. Mouse accel was on for me and I had been chaning sens for Siege, Valorant and CS for too many times before. Now, my inputs feels consistent which I hadn't had before.

Very good informational video, Thanks for the info. :D

I've had my mouse accel on for my whole life and didn't even knew this option exist.... wtf my life is a lie.

6:45 I almost shit myself at how crazy this 360 wall run was.

“You will only be as good as you actually are” such a good quote

well, i think i've been convinced that i should get this mouse acceleration because i have a limited space to use my mouse and have been struggling with the low sensitivity setting i try to force on every shooter game not working for non-shooters and screwing up my aim, due to having different settings functioning for different games, thank you

5:25 irl dodge

This video actually convinced me to give this mouse accel driver a try. I usually have my DPI very high, but sometimes I feel a bit too restricted when it comes to making slower, precise movements. However, I don't want to sacrifice quicker mouse movements in CQC.

This video helped me realise I had Windows' Mouse Acceleration enabled this entire time. Thank you.

After getting your choice of graph, how do you personally go about selecting the in game sensitivity? Converting each game's sens to 1 in quake and just adjusting the graph has been my go to for the past few months because of this.

Those insane quick flicks is enough to convince me to try mouse accel lol

For the adjusting to the new style. Me and my friend decided to switch to inverted mouse just for jokes (moving the mouse up makes you look down). It was really strange to begin with but after a month it became pretty much normal. After a couple of months I was back to the same skill level as I was before

Bruh i had the default windows mouse accel on from the begging and now I can't play anything without it. That is the power of getting used to something.

7:12 pathfinder starts getting fried. Pinguefy: cut the cameras