Hi everyone, I see black friday sales with the PSVR 2. I just wanted to know if there is a consensus on the question "Are we faster or slower when playing the psvr2 ? or it just doesn't matter ? ".
I'll add my 2 cents here as well though I think the consensus is universal. You'll be slower at first but then get faster. Will you be faster than your current 2D experience? Hard to say. After 6 months I am definitely faster than 2D which feels so wrong to me now, but if I had never experienced VR, I would probably be just as fast in 2D as that is what I would be used to.
But speed is not the question here. Speed comes with comfort and experience. I will say that the VR experience is unlike any other. You can't gauge it from YT videos. You have to be IN it to feel it. Driving will just feel more natural. Braking points will come from intuition and sense of speed/distance perception rather than markers, turn in will be more natural and so the driving will feel more normal.
I just did the X2019 at Nürbergring in the new special in both 2D and VR. In 2D it feels frenetic and slightly out of control - A wild ride. In VR, you feel as if you are driving slower and more in control. The track undulations and curves are more natural and less intimidating. I totally crushed my time in VR over the 2D drive.
There will be downsides. You do not get splits in VR in Sport. I think they do that deliberately as honestly, I think VR would give too much of an advantage otherwise. While at times it can be frustrating to not have split in races and TTs, I've actually come to embrace it and worry less and just drive instead.
Time improvement will come later..
Immersion is the name of the VR2 game, and on that regard, there is simply no equal.
This.
There's people like @djolliea who routinely rank in the top 50, sometimes top 10 worldwide while exclusively going in VR. I do the same (the VR thing, not the top 10 thing ...
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Yes, VR will not overcome lack of talent, of which I have a lot! Lack of, that is, not talent.
But at least you will enjoy looking around at the interior details of the car while being slow!
EDIT:
I would add that if you try to transition straight from a successful 2D account to VR you will probably be frustrated. What I found worked for me was that I set up a brand new VR account and started the game all over again. This way you actually get to enjoy exploring the game anew as your confidence and experience grows without worrying about tanking a A or A+ account. Also, you may find it is really fun driving slow, boring cars again as you can drive around tracks while checking out all the interior details.
After six months my Normsk_VR account is closing in on my Normsk account. I got to DR A a lot faster on Normsk_VR than Normsk (experience helps) but single player is still a bit behind though I am actively working that.
The TLDR. If you are questioning your commitment to GT7 and it is feeling stale, PSVR2 will transform it for you and make the game new all over.
