Sim Racing, do you?

[gazzerr]

Practice, practice, practice is key. Trail braking, throttle control, car control, grip/weight transfer, tire management. And every car and track combo/conditions are different.

[kav]

Well I took your advice and went VR!! .

I didn't want to spend a bunch of money if VR is not for me so I searched Craigslist for a used VR headset. I really wanted a HP Reverb G2 but those are harder to find and still a little pricey (around $500 used). Also I wasn't sure my Nvidia 1660 super 6GB graphics card could handle the 2160 x 2160 resolution per eye of the Reverb.

I found a used Oculus Rift S that was going for $150. For that price it was worth the gamble. The Rift S has a single display with a resolution of 2560x1440 and a refresh rate of 80Hz. This means I would not get above 80fps in the headset which I was fine with (I run at 84fps at 4K on the monitor).

It certainly took me a while to get used to the VR but I find I'm a little quicker and safer due to the stereoscopic 3D nature. I can judge depth better and turn my head to look beside me and into a corner. The resolution fine but not great, distance is aliased and a little blurry. Also the integrated speakers in the headset are terrible! I will need to buy earbuds with microphone so I can hear people swearing at me and I can apologize back!

The new Oculus Quest 2 is another option with it's 1832 x 1920 per eye resolution and 90Hz refresh rate all for $300. The only thing I've found with Oculus is you can't display the overlays for standings, relative and track maps that I run on the monitor. I'm a little lost without them. Other VR headsets can display those so another nod for the HP Reverb G2 there. I think if you're serious about VR the HP Reverb G2 is the way to go if your graphics card can handle it.


I will continue to race in VR for now and see if I can't live without it in the future.

Cheers.

-Kav.