Just tried AC in VR

Whats the preferred VR device for AC ?

 

Oculus is the only device that have native support in AC atm, it will change soon though and Vive will also be supported without 3rd party apps.

 

I'm off to the bank now to get money to buy myself a VR hat and new sim rig. Should be part of the VR club in 2 or 3 weeks. Haven't been able to play AC properly in months, can't wait to get a proper set up.

 

things will never be the same again.

 

Do report back, I want to hear about your experience.

 

I just jumped onboard the VR train last week. I tried to go back to a flat screen just to see the difference...flat screen is gone for good!. No way back after you've tried it. And if you have the Vive, you must play "Raw Data"!!! I can't believe the sensation you get while playing that game with room scaling; you are there and you are being attacked, it'll get the heart going for sure. I wish I had an idea of what the AC Devs have in store for VR.

 

Both vive & rift are good. If its just sims you want it for then the rift is cheaper as you can just buy the headset & one sensor. Resolution & sde is slightly better on rift. Fov & brightness slightly better on Vive. Rift is more comfortable.

 

It needs to be experienced to be believed, the hype is real, I'm another one who can't go back to flat triple screens

 

Its litteraly like sitting inside the car when you looking around. The view you see on youtube videos doesnt accurately reflect how it looks. It fools your brain so if you driving a car where you almost lay down, you get that feeling that you actually have that position in real life, at least for me, cant speak for anyone else. Its something you need to try to understand. I rather slice the bread myself than racing on a single monitor again

 

The experience when you crash a car hard the first time and your heart stops for a moment and you close you're eyes just before the crash cannot be described

I got used to it after a while (yeah I know, it's not a crashing simulator), but that first time I really thought I'm dead...

EDIT: BTW, I'm still slicing the bread myself, not sure if that results in a better VR experience

 

I know what u mean, i havent got used to it yet. Im not scared of spinning around but my brain always say no when going straight into a wall (nord tourist ending for example).

 

If you add a motion simulator to the Rift, then you're really scared to hit a wall.
There's no way back from the Rift (and from the motion simulator too...)

 

I was all set to replace my PS3 with a PS4 last year when Gran Turismo Sport was due to come out but then it got delayed. I stumbled across GamerMuscle's vids of AC in VR on YouTube and I just had to have it. I bought myself a PC and a Vive just to play AC in VR. After 5 months, it's still the only game I play and I still can't get enough of it! Looking forward to official Vive support.


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The resolution of the Vive and Rift are the same, are they not? 2160x1200.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/virtual-reality/oculus-rift-vs-htc-vive/


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Sorry its the slightly larger FOV that causes slightly worse sde in Vive, my mistake. Also worth noting that if you wear glasses Vive has a bit more room for them.

 

I bought the Rift because I couldn't afford the Vive right now, but I fully intend to get the Touch kit when I can.

Now that's an upgrade! I remember Gran Turismo. It's a gateway game. Do you use a wheel?

 

I wouldn't be in any rush, I've had touch since it was out & with 3 sensors there are issues still. A patch is on the way apparently. When it works its really good but not something i would spend huge amounts of time using.

 

Sure was. GT was my game and I've been an avid fan since the original, never really played much else, but the realism promised by AC was too much of a draw. My PS3 hasn't been turned on since the day I first fired up AC.

Sure do, bought myself a second hand G27 a couple of years back, though I'm itching to replace it with something a bit more special. I'm currently waiting to see what the elusive Logitech GT Sport wheel is going to be like, but that's a topic for another forum.

What I'd love to see for AC and VR is a performance boost through using Simultaneous Multi-Projection:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review/11

Does anyone know if the Kunos devs have made any comment about SMP?

 

I've used both, and although there are things that are handled better on the oculus the vive is simply a better experience.

It sits closer to your face so your field of view is better.

The area that is clean and in focus on the vive is simply larger and more useable. The glass is simply better.

The chromatic aberration on the oculus is terrible compared to the vive - this single thing was enough for me to stop testing oculus after two weeks. Everything off center on the oculus just isn't comparable to the vive.

The other issue (which is now less of an issue since you can buy another sensor on the oculus) is the vive out of the box allows you to get up or rotate your view more - important for sim racing is the quick glance over the shoulders to check your blind spot as you go to turn in . The oculus can't do this with one sensor and often resets your view slightly - which is terrible when you look forward again and your steering wheel has moved an inch or two..

Downside of vive is if the game is not openVR, you have to drop extra files into your game (assetto requires a two files you must over write - which honestly is a 10 second fix one time) - but not running naitive means you lose some performance. Assetto is the only sim now that I'm aware of that doesn't run vive naitive. Iracing for example requires nothing special nor does race room. The vive is heavier but stays put unlike the oculus. The oculus has better inter-ocular distance change compared to vive. The vive is superior if you want to run contacts over the glass from third parties. The oculus ones don't seat correctly nor stay put.

Nathan

 

You can turn round with one sensor no problem on the rift, it has sensors in the back.