Spent over one hour just reading at the comments from yesterday, and when I finally reached the last page there was another one popping in xD
Played the game from 11AM to 9PM yesterday with a few breaks, then I tried a few other games and finally had some dizziness in RE8, as I expected since it was already the case on RE7. Played the tutorial and introduction scene and called it a day. I'm pumped up to go back to GT7, since there are so many cars and tracks I want to try, at different times of the day and weather, etc...
Thanks all for the cars recommendations, especially with the Sambabus which will be one of the first things I'll try today
The 1:1 scale will make it way different that on flat screen for sure!
As a long time GT sport VR user I have some recommandations as well:
・ Driving a Racing Kart! Just pick up one of your favorite track (Tsukuba or Autopolis are perfectly adapted but any other track except for those like Le Mans will do the job) and start an arcade race for some great sensations, especially if you have a sequential shifter!
・Playing the World GT Series championship, 5 great races with many weather and day time variations! The World Touring Car 700 championship is really nice too!
・ Driving the F150 Raptor. I tried it on a Grand Valley 600PP race to be able to have a better look over the bridge. It's quite fast and smooth to drive, and the other cars feel REALLY small in comparison! Cockpit is really cool as well.
・ Driving the MP4/4. Tried it on a custom race at Willow Spring with other 80's classic cars and day/night cycle. A real treat!
・ Doing the Gr.1 race at Road Atlanta or Grand Valley. The floor lamps turning on at Atlanta and the sun going down behing the sea at Grand Valley give some incredible sceneries. Use the Redbull for an Easy win 👍
Tokyo Expressway is also very impressive at night, the South Clockwise layout is my favorite, but East Clockwise is really cool too with the monorail passing over the track!
・ Taking the stock F50 (you can use intermediate tires) to the European Clubman Cup 600 at Nordschleife. The payout is a joke, but the race in itself is a lot of fun and the F50 drives like heaven, especially with clutch/shifter.
・ Trying the 1h Spa race with any of the old Group C cars.
The 962C, 787B, R92CP, XJR-9 or C9. Make an intermediate tires build for each of them, so that you make the whole race in intermediate with better horsepower than what you would have if you start with RH then switch to inter.
Since you will most likely use intermediates for the biggest part of the race it's a good compromise, and doing so you won't have to care about weather so you can totally turn OFF the HUD for an even better immersion.
You just have to make one pit stop at dawn or when your Low Fuel indicator light up, to refuel and get a new set of intermediate tires (you get all the relevant informations while pitting even with HUD turned OFF).
You can also turn OFF all assists including ABS if you feel confident, and using a shifter and clutch is a blast too, and the most realistic way to drive those cars.
It requires some good VR legs to make it in one shot, but driving at night on this mythic track is a unique feeling and you can still take some breaks if it becomes overwhelming.
VR also makes it easier to appreciate some corners of this track with bad visibility (works with many other tracks too), and overtaking between Eau Rouge and Raidillon is easier than ever.
Definitively a good race to improve your VR driving skills and getting faster than on flat screen. VR also makes it easier for me to drive under the rain and avoid aquaplaning.
Not sure about the other Group C cars, the 962C and C9 don't have it, but the 787B indicates your last lap time on the dashboard, which is a really cool feature for those who like to drive without HUD.
・ Driving all of the legend cars you can afford, most of them are really unique cars and take their full dimension in VR. And same goes with most road and race cars from before 2000's.
All those Porsche race cars, Ferrari's, Jaguar's, Aston's and old muscle cars are a real treat in VR!
・ Driving the 288 GTO at Spa or any other track. It's not an easy one to handle, but it's a pure monster which can go at over 300km/h in stock version if I remember well, and the engine sound is sick! Cockpit is a blast too, like with most Ferrari's.
・ Trying dirt tracks! VR makes countersteering way easier since you can turn your head, and you can notice every single bumps and anticipate easier too (just release throttle or brake a little before the biggest bumps).
If you have the Escudo with a handbrake and sequential shifter, you'll have some great times and you'll fully measure the power of this monster!
・ Try to make some custom races with custom weather and many variations, set the variable time speed rate to 30x and use your garage cars with your favorite liveries as opponents, it will make those races way more fun. You can save the settings so that you can do the race whenever you want and save many different weather or settings variations!
For people having problems with tracking, try to reset the seating position in the PSVR2 menu every once in a while.
Having a lighting not too strong nor too weak is important too, but if you still have issues then turn ON the Tracking Support under settings>accessories>Playstation VR2 menu.
It adds a frame to your TV which your headset will use as an anchor point. It requires you to play in front of the TV but it will most likely resolve any issues you can experience with tracking.
Also, for those struggling with motion sickness, Jordan made a really good video about it and I'd just add that setting stronger FFB really helps preventing it in my experience!
Anyway, try as many cars as you can on various tracks, using dynamic weather and/or day/night cycle whenever possible! You'll have many wow moments to come, even if you're already used to VR!
After being a little disappointed with ghosting and a few other issues, I'm so happy just being able to finally play this amazing game in VR and not having to plug my old PSVR1 fot this half baked GT sport VR experience anymore!
I still have so many cars and tracks to try out, and I can't wait to try VR online lobbies with some of you! (my online ID is papiculo_64 if you want to add me to your friendlist)
I know that there's no way you can replicate the ghosting, but is it that severe? Are you certain that it's a performance limitation? - could it be a fix that could come later? Have you tried any other games where this is also visible?
Also, in the videos that start spreading on youtube, I see some visible stuttering at points - is this reflected in the actual VR gameplay headset or is it just a limitation of the HDMI replication?
No, it's not that severe and not even an issue when you're actually driving and looking in front of you, it just makes some things blurry when you look on your side at high speed. I think that it could be improved through updates thought I have no idea if they actually can do it. Maybe that a 90fps reprojection instead of 120fps would make it less noticeable?
Do you still have access to the "wobble" parameter in VR ? (hoping that it could act as a lock to the car view...)
This part is really concerning
, and unfortunately there is no way to record it to really see how it looks. In GTSport VR on PS4 I don't remember having this problem ?!
No you don't have the wobble parameter in VR, but I never had any issue with the camera, neither with having the focal "locked" on horizon. It's really natural and realistic if you avoid making some backflips with you car xD
And I never noticed ghosting on GT sport neither, at least on PS5 where I spent the most time playing it.
Nobody still answered or knows the final question:
PSVR2 GT7 is just an impressive gadget or actually can be the future of the way in which we play this game?
Maybe that many competitive players will prefer to stay on flat screen because it's more comfortable for long sessions or because they experience motion sickness or other reasons, but as for me, there's no way I go back to flat screen ever again!
I'm still waiting for my headset to arrive but regarding the ghosting effect, David Heaney from Upload VR (their podcast is the most jaded ever) said that only the games reprojected at 120hz from 60fps have this issue. Horizon suffers from the same ghosting effect but all the native 90/120fps games are flawless.
Yes, I didn't notice it in other games so far (didn't try Horizon), and even with more paced games reprojected from 60 to 120fps I don't think that it will be a big deal.
After some suggestions right here from you guys I did a second stint. I tinkered with some settings and I moved the headset a little bit down on my face and I got better resolution. it's still way worse than playing on the TV but it just doesn't matter...
I can't imagine anyone, and I mean ANYONE who tries this and doesn't say "I'm going to race this way the rest of my life".
I am not someone who leans toward hyperbole. I am a realist. I was very skeptical of YouTubers who said it's such a different experience and made all these wild claims about realism.
Well, I'm not a YouTuber and Sony doesn't pay me for my opinion but I can tell you that I can't imagine a better experience outside of going to the track and racing a real car.
I'm an average racer who used to have some problems with early braking because it was difficult for me to get my braking points down. I found myself braking a little bit early and then having to give it a little extra gas and then finally making the turn. I'm not sure if I'm explaining that properly but I would do that a few times per race.
My other weakness was that I never seem to be able to use the entire track. You know how all the content creators say you have to use the whole track and you would watch their videos and they really would use the whole track getting the most out of it?
Well, despite the resolution that wasn't so great, using the VR I was able to do that and I was shocked and I was also able to brake late, not too late but appropriately late, and not have to worry that I broke too early.
It's hard to explain but this is really a sublime experience.
I'm sure many of you have already tried Bathurst. If not, treat yourself!
You know that long straight at Trial Mountain that takes you through all the trees and then you have to really gear down and make that left hander? There's a monstrous oak tree on the right after you make that left hander that I have never noticed.
Go make that turn and look to the right and see how awesome it is!
Now I just have to tinker a little more with the visual fidelity.
Side note to any of you who, like me, have motion sickness problems: it's not bad at all and coming from a guy who gets motion sickness easily, I feel comfortable assuring you if you keep your sessions short and have a nice cool room, stay focused, you'll be surprised how pleasant it is.
My first session was probably 12 to 15 minutes. The session I just did was probably a half hour.
It's a breath of fresh air to have so many people give nice tips because I was thinking about returning this headset before you helped me make some adjustments.
Thank you
Thanks for those really nice second impressions!
Ok this thing is nuts . There are instances where you genuinely feel like you've left your physical body. Seriously, Tokyo at night with heavy rain....the whole thing is surreal. Amazing!
Has anyone here used a shifter in VR yet? I'm finding driving shifter cars kinda jarring what with the hand moving down to the stick. Already debating whether to buy a Fanatec shifter.
Of course, the other issue is that you'd have to move it depending on whether the car was RHD or LHD.... Though I'd mostly be using Japanese cars I reckon.
I almost only drive cars having a clutch, and the Fanatec shifter is a blast! You can shift from H-pattern to sequential with a single slider button which is really cool, it has 7 gears + Rear, and the feel and finition is great, way better than the TH8A.
And even the scapes photos appear to have some depth to them.
