Fool me, this is real good shit ! [the VR thread]

[Misfit]

Ah, I was talking rubbish on £200 for a 1080 Ti. It came up in the Amazon shopping options, but it was a 'for parts' one on eBay!

[p-saurus]

My 980ti does a pretty adequate job, although there are some occasional stutters and it sounds like it's preparing for liftoff when I take my headphones off.

[MattyP]

Well managed to get Polybius working at full tilt with my Oculus Rift S and controls are now working... seems I just needed to download the "beta" version from the properties tab for the game!

(the one that is listed "beta - VIVE/WMR").

Steam will download this and all will be good!

It was as if the gates were not working previously...man this thing is fast...

[MattyP]

Ah, I was talking rubbish on £200 for a 1080 Ti. It came up in the Amazon shopping options, but it was a 'for parts' one on eBay!

Yeah they aren't that cheap.

Looking around. Happy at the moment that my setup runs Project Cars and Assetto Corsa well enough. Oh and of course Polybius runs lovely now... so all good for the timebeing!

Will look to upgrade my card when the new consoles show up. Apparently Alyx will work OK-ish on a 970 from what I've read but may as well wait a bit until its in the sale.... never did finish Half Life 2 so although love the tech I expect for £47 it might be wasted on me at the moment anyway Its not as if I don't have enough to play.... although do have the time at the moment....

[MattyP]

For those with GTX 970s seems Half Life Alyx will run fine on low detail settings!

https://www.game-debate.com/news/28587/ ... benchmarks

Good average FPS.... Will give this a go at some point - I'll wait for the first sale as I don't have the funds to splash out on this at the moment...

[MattyP]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3969 ... at_Racing/

Grip VR is currently in a Steam sale for £7.50. MegaRace as the original vision intended? Who knows... looks like fun anyway....

Thought it would worth a punt... shooter and arcade racer boxes ticked.... May as well stay in the virtual world a bit as the real world sucks a bit a the moment. Had fun flying around in Google Maps the other day....

[Jamesac]

Grip VR is an April Fool's day joke. I mean sure, it's a real feature in the game, but don't do it. The game is in no way optimized for VR. I lasted 2 seconds, literally two, in a race before taking of the headset. It's not that it wrecked me that quickly so much as I knew exactly where it was going to end up. Even the menu system feels wrong, with the view doing fast pans from one menu to the next.

[MattyP]

Grip VR is an April Fool's day joke. I mean sure, it's a real feature in the game, but don't do it. The game is in no way optimized for VR. I lasted 2 seconds, literally two, in a race before taking of the headset. It's not that it wrecked me that quickly so much as I knew exactly where it was going to end up. Even the menu system feels wrong, with the view doing fast pans from one menu to the next.

Well did 13 minutes and then requested a refund in Steam. Only game in VR so far that has made me feel so nauseous so quickly. Even without the headset on the game gave me motion sickness!!!! Never had this so far in my game playing history...

Oh well worth a try.... some games seem like they are a good idea in VR but guessing they have to be carefully tuned. Never had any issues with WipeOut on the PSVR....

[Cloudane]

MegaRace as the original vision intended?

One of my favourites as a youngun that. Interest very much piqued... brandishes wallet

Grip VR is an April Fool's day joke. I mean sure, it's a real feature in the game, but don't do it.

Well did 13 minutes and then requested a refund in Steam.

... oh. puts wallet away

[Jamesac]

Grip may not be worth playing in VR but it's a lot of fun flat-screen. For sale price of $9 US I'd say go for it, just leave the headset alone.

[MattyP]

Rez Infinite currently on sale for £9.99 on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/636450/Rez_Infinite/

Didn't even know a PC version existed... Should keep me busy... I expect this will be the definitive version as Rez was probably envisioned all those years ago!  

Turn on. Tune In. Drop out. Looking forward to escaping for a bit... Now forget all this Panzer Dragoon remastered nonsense on the Switch it would be a nice game in VR too.... 

Hopefully this won't be another I need to get a refund on....

[WiteWulf]

You won't be disappointed with Rez Infinite, it's bloody lovely on PSVR.

[MattyP]

Rez is amazing in VR.... Think this and Polybius are my favourite things in VR so far.... Oh and the racers are amazing too.... Project CARS is great in VR.

[Misfit]

Grip VR is an April Fool's day joke. I mean sure, it's a real feature in the game, but don't do it. The game is in no way optimized for VR. I lasted 2 seconds, literally two, in a race before taking of the headset. It's not that it wrecked me that quickly so much as I knew exactly where it was going to end up. Even the menu system feels wrong, with the view doing fast pans from one menu to the next.

Well did 13 minutes and then requested a refund in Steam. Only game in VR so far that has made me feel so nauseous so quickly. Even without the headset on the game gave me motion sickness!!!! Never had this so far in my game playing history...

Oh well worth a try.... some games seem like they are a good idea in VR but guessing they have to be carefully tuned. Never had any issues with WipeOut on the PSVR....

As Jamesac said, it's still quite a good game, so you might want to consider a Steam key for it for £1.76?

https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/2761- ... at-racing/

Who knows, they may improve VR at some point too...

[ElfQrin]

So, bottom line, what's the best VR visor and control devices to buy in 2020. And what are some killer apps for it on Windows 10?