JoystickGremlin VS HidVanguard

DCS Scratchpad, Open Kneeboard, Joystick Gremlin and HidHide, VoiceAttack, Tacview, and if I may self-promote for a moment, DCS AutoMate.

Easiest way to set it up quickly is to use this Tool to set up a base mappings file, from there you can edit it using this Guide. Joystick Gremlin is another great tool to get the most out of your hotas in any game. I find going hands-on-throttle-and-mouse a better approach for MW5 though, tracing lasers is a big part of using them and its hard to get that with a stick. as for VR as others have said VRWarrior to get started, along with Cockpit Glass, In the pit, and/or Immersive Cockpit will help with immersion, just be careful of mod conflicts.

Start at the Joystick Gremlin website and work on from there: https://whitemagic.github.io/JoystickGremlin/

Joystick Gremlin. Read how to set it all up along with Vjoy to make a Virtual Device. Once you set it up, everything should work normally.

I thought I'd found the key in this thread on the Github: https://github.com/WhiteMagic/JoystickGremlin/issues/76, but it doesn't seem to work (or I'm doing something wrong.)

Maybe software like Joystick Gremlin would do the trick.

Same here, it means I can switch between flying and racing by just selecting a different Joystick Gremlin profile. I use it to add a custom curve to the pedals (because the travel a little differently on mine) and to map them into a single new axis which I assign as rudder

HIDGuardian - by ViGEm - Adds a bunch of features to Windows core to make a list of input devices visible to a whitelist of processes or applications (here we need games). (Download here)

https://www.reddit.com/r/joinsquad/comments/ly6dkt/squad_v23_helicopter_hotas_trackir_o/ - mentions how to set up TrackIR, and also possible ways to get around multiple devices (https://github.com/dixonte/HidVanguard). I have not tried the latter, but I fly using an X-52 Pro and TrackIR.

Yep just found it! https://github.com/dixonte/HidVanguard this works wonders.