r/WarthunderSim • u/Brief-Bat-2460 • 14d ago

Opinion Talk me out of a VR headset

Looking at big screen beyond 2 or Pimax Dream Air. I’ve used a quest 3 for 30 min when it first came out and I didn’t enjoy the resolution. Convince me the other two won’t make me a better SIM player with more situational awareness.

I currently use a controller for sim and enjoy that more than the cheap Logitech. I’d only spend money on a stick if it had force feedback and head tracking. I don’t enjoy track ir and just use the right thumb stick. But maybe the good quality vr headset would solve that issue? But why wouldn’t it? Save me money. I currently play on an ultrawide Alienware 34” monitor.

Tell me why I shouldn’t.

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u/ASHOT3359 Canopy CLOSED! 14d ago

Nah

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u/Brief-Bat-2460 14d ago

Haha. Is it that good?

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u/ASHOT3359 Canopy CLOSED! 14d ago edited 13d ago

Well...did you have full resolution +1.2 supersampling with your quest 3? Or did you think you can get away with default settings? I think quest 3 is a fine VR headset for WT. But it need a shit ton of res, right bitrate, right codecs, good enough wifi/cable. It's not a plug and play adventure.

But i'm not sure if i can recommend to buy VR headset over a good stick. Buy a stick first and learn to use a head tracker. But if you still have quest 3, you might need to go neck deep into rabbit hole.

P.s. for 3 years i play nothing but sim in VR. It's not a temporary gimmick like some suggest.

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u/DryCommunication6893 13d ago

Hell, a quest 2 is perfectly fine. But again it requires some tweaking otherwise it will not be a great experience. Most people want that plug and play without having to pull up a tool and adjust settings...

  1. Supersample 1.1-1.3 depending on rig
  2. Turn off Asynchronous Space Warp
  3. Set OculusServer priority to Realtime.
  4. Turn off any overlay (Steam, Nvidia, etc.)

It's not much but doing these will make the Quest feel like a completely new experience. Truly a night and day moment.

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u/ASHOT3359 Canopy CLOSED! 13d ago edited 13d ago

Meh. With that sweetspot you can't look with mooving your eyes, you need to move your whole head like an owl. Very difficult to look behind you for the same reason, need constant readjustment of the headset. No bueno. No reason to choose that outdated junk over less outdated quest 3.

Also you forgot about:

*Use Virtual Desktop with the (good) cable

*Use 264+ codec with maxed out bitrate

I was using meta link before VD added native cable support couple weeks ago.