Yeah you need TIR. It's the best purchase you'll make for simming besides your HOTAS. You'll be kicking yourself why you didn't get it earlier.

In fact, I could probably live without my WH and fly with a MS Sidewinder or some other crappy joystick but I'd rather play a different genre of game altogether than fly without TIR.

PS: AAR is one of the aspects I do not like about BMS. There's a helper code that keeps you hooked up. It's unrealistic and plain annoying as it can screw up your approach speeds when you're used to doing it manually. Hope they get rid of it in the next patch.

Ok that's what I thought, just wasn't sure it was called that. Well I imagine you have tried it in BMS, its still there but has been reworked and that little rectangle showing where you are looking is not there anymore. Beyond that, I will also vouch for TIR being probably more important even than a HOTAS. Hope you get it soon, even if you don't go back to BMS, TIR is awesome. It is even awesome in ARMA and other games.