TRACKMAN GOLF SIMULATORS AND LAUNCH MONITORS

Pick the Trackman 4 if you want one device for sim/home use and out at the range, and don’t mind a floor unit. Go with the Trackman iO if you’re building a clean, ceiling-mounted indoor bay with no hardware on the floor. You get essentially the same tour-grade accuracy, just two different form factors.

Same hardware, different usage rights. Indoor is priced for permanent simulators, Indoor/Outdoor lets you take TM4 to the range. You can always upgrade later from Indoor to Indoor/Outdoor.

All three use the same iO hardware. Home focuses on ball data and home play, while Home Complete unlocks more club-delivery metrics (delivered via extra on-screen data tiles) and fuller content. Commercial adds commercial usage rights and access to business tools for venues.

No. Both Trackman 4 and iO use optical + radar capture (OERT) to measure strike location, spin and spin axis without markers. iO has embedded IR lighting for indoor capture; TM4 uses your room’s lighting. With a Trackman 4, metallic dots can make spin capture more robust in very short indoor ball flights or less-than-ideal lighting, reducing the odds of an unlikely misread.

Yes, both Trackman units work great with a net. TM4 performs best indoors when you give the radar a bit of ball flight and keep lighting even. The iO is optimised for indoor nets/sims with its ceiling mount and built-in IR.

Yes, Virtual Golf includes a large, growing course library plus practice games (including kid-friendly modes), and putting is supported. Exact course count and features depend on the licence/package you choose.

Every shot is auto-recorded with synced data tiles in TPS, so you can see the swing and the numbers together. Shot Optimizer shows the ideal launch/spin window for each club, Combine benchmarks your skills over time, Normalization lets you compare shots in standard conditions, and Tracy (Trackman’s built-in AI) turns data into simple, on-the-spot cues. In practice, it’s a tight loop: Record > Review > Adjust > Repeat - which is exactly how you get better.

The Trackman iO has embedded IR lighting, so you don’t need lamp rigs. Trackman 4 uses your room lighting. Keep it even and non-glare over the strike zone for sharper reads. Add the Golfbays Golf Simulator Light to get the best possible results.

Use a Windows 11 (64-bit) desktop with 32 GB RAM, a current Intel i7 / Core Ultra 7–class CPU, a fast 1 TB SSD, and an NVIDIA RTX graphics card. For 1080p (HD), aim for RTX 4070 Ti / 4070 Ti Super (or newer). For 4K, step up to RTX 4080 / 4080 Super / 4090 (or newer). You'll need Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi. For the iO / iO Duo, plan on two Gigabit Ethernet ports (one per overhead sensor), while TM4 can run with one. Integrated graphics (e.g., Iris Xe) and non-NVIDIA GPUs aren’t suitable for TPS/Virtual Golf.

Ceiling height: Aim for 3.0–3.3 m. The minimum workable is about 2.75 m if your driver clears comfortably. Do the quick check: stand on your mat, take the driver to the top, and make sure there’s a hand-span (20–30 cm) of air above the club.

Trackman 4 (indoors): Give the radar some ball flight. Plan ball-to-screen ~3.0–3.65 m, ball-to-TM4 ~1.8–2.9 m (the sweet spot is ~2.1 m). 

Trackman iO (overhead): Mount at ~2.85–3.2 m, with the sensor ~1.0 m in front of the tee. Keep tee-to-screen ≥ ~2.5 m (around 3.0 m feels natural). For a comfortable, future-proof bay, a room around ~4.6 m (W) × 3.1 m (H) × 5.5 m (D) works brilliantly.