Struggling with Tracking? Improve Your Horizontal Smoothness!

Have you ever felt like your aim is shaky when you’re trying to track targets horizontally or just trying to clear angles in a tactical shooter? Let’s dive into why that happens and what you can do to improve in those situations. Horizontal smoothness falls under the general aiming subset of “smoothness,” an essential component of mouse control.

Think of mouse control as your overarching ability to control your mouse comfortably across mechanical subsets. Smoothness training is structured around the ability to move your mouse in fluid motions without any unwarranted jitter. Most of you will notice when moving your mouse across a set distance, you cannot maintain a fixed speed, and your aim skips across the screen incrementally, instead of being one fluid motion.

While smoothness is most important in tracking-heavy games like Apex Legends and Overwatch, or titles with generally higher TTK, it significantly optimizes your angle clearing for tactical shooters. The inability to make smooth movements can result in your crosshair skipping over a target while clearing, necessitating additional adjustments to hit the target.

In the “tracking heavy” high TTK games, your ability to smoothly track targets will play an even greater role in combat scenarios for a very simple reason. The higher the TTK in a game, the longer you need to maintain your crosshair fixed on a moving target to eliminate it, making any shakiness result in missing out on important sustained DPS (damage per second).

Today’s featured task will test your ability to track a target moving at a fixed speed smoothly across a strictly horizontal axis. Your ability to move your crosshair fluidly on a horizontal basis will play a large role in both tracking dynamic targets and clearing angles in tactical shooters. Lift your mouse as little as possible, and stay ready for directional changes, reacting to the target’s movements. This task will help you develop your smoothness, as well as your tracking reactivity.

Play Horizontal Smoothness Easy

Looking to take your smoothness a step further? Play the original Horizontal Smoothness, which features a thinner target, making it a much more challenging task.