GT7 & PSVR2
- Thread starter gtrotary
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- Houston, TX
- TheOneDonJuan
Alright I'm officially on board! Ordered today so who knows when I'll get it but can't wait. I play in my home theatre room so plan on using the surround sound with it. You can still hear the TV/receiver when the headset is on right?
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- Wales, UK
- Snake55wildcat
Yes you can! The earphones are optional but are good if you want to use them!
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- Germany
- GlamFM
- GlamFM
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- Iowa
- pfei
PS5 has three USB A ports and one USB C port.
EDIT: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/hardware/ps5-usb-ports-guide/
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- Fact Central Florida
- slthree
I'm glad you mentioned this because I'm a person who uses the bumper cam in most of my racing games.Very impressed with my brief time with psvr2 earlier before my body decided to give me another stroke induced hiatus!
First time I ever felt comfortable in cockpit view, I couldn't jive with it before now! Looking forward to try it some more once I recover!
Very rarely do I use a cockpit cam (PC2 and ACC). My opinion is at the cockpit cam in GT7 is terrible.
If anyone doesn't like the cockpit cam and is nervous about being forced to use it with VR, you do not have to give it a second thought.
It's a completely different camera and you will never want to go back. The visibility is fantastic
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- United Kingdom
- jonoholland29
- JonoH29
The thing that helped me too is making sure the headset is in the center of the dotted outline, might be worth checking that too. If it's off center might be blurry. I was confused why it was so blurry even tho my pupils were centered and the headset positioning was incorrect for me, be despite my eyes being set correctly.
- 32
- United States
Probably asked already but is there any way to turn on a virtual tach / speedometer in the floating UI? Cars with the hood view are pretty difficult to drive without that, and although less of a problem, the units conversation from kmh to mph is a bit confusing for me hitting my target deceleration speeds when entering fast turns. That one I can live with but having no information other than the gear you're currently in on the hood view makes it much more difficult to use those cars.
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- 407
- Switzerland
It looks like the kid’s version but still very cool!!
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- Canada
Just finished up another session. Thanks to the poster who mentioned that they found the best success with putting the band under the curve at the back of their head. I was definitely wearing it wrong yesterday, and found the picture much more clear today. I also had to tilt the headset or offset it slightly on my face to get my eyes perfectly aligned in the test scenario.
As well, I swapped from the default earbud tips to the larger size, which also made a massive difference for me. If anyone hasn't tested out the other sizes you might want to do so!
Finally, a question for the people who have been talking about incorrect scale. I did some tests with this, but I'm not sure I'm encountering the same issue. To me the scale seems roughly correct. I tried it out by finding a car I was somewhat familiar with in real life, the Toyota Tundra. I set my player height in the VR showroom until it was at eye level with the top of the car (my height in real life). The proportions of what I looked at seemed to be correct, including the staff and props in GT Auto. When hopping into the cockpit, the wheel size also looked correct to me. To me, the main issue seems to stem from that fact that all of the cars in the game have the seat position all the way forward, making you feel like you are right on top of the wheel. But this can be fixed in a race by doing the recenter trick and pressing the option button.
I also tested out the complaints about the hands being small. I did this by getting in a car, doing the recenter trick until I felt like the position was similar to how I'd drive a real car, and then holding my hand out to match the position of the virtual drivers hand. I then turned on the PSVR infrared camera to see my hand and compare the size to the virtual one. In this comparison both the hand and arm were very similar in size, and I do not have small hands.
Is there a specific vehicle that this is happening with? Or all of them?
As well, I swapped from the default earbud tips to the larger size, which also made a massive difference for me. If anyone hasn't tested out the other sizes you might want to do so!
Finally, a question for the people who have been talking about incorrect scale. I did some tests with this, but I'm not sure I'm encountering the same issue. To me the scale seems roughly correct. I tried it out by finding a car I was somewhat familiar with in real life, the Toyota Tundra. I set my player height in the VR showroom until it was at eye level with the top of the car (my height in real life). The proportions of what I looked at seemed to be correct, including the staff and props in GT Auto. When hopping into the cockpit, the wheel size also looked correct to me. To me, the main issue seems to stem from that fact that all of the cars in the game have the seat position all the way forward, making you feel like you are right on top of the wheel. But this can be fixed in a race by doing the recenter trick and pressing the option button.
I also tested out the complaints about the hands being small. I did this by getting in a car, doing the recenter trick until I felt like the position was similar to how I'd drive a real car, and then holding my hand out to match the position of the virtual drivers hand. I then turned on the PSVR infrared camera to see my hand and compare the size to the virtual one. In this comparison both the hand and arm were very similar in size, and I do not have small hands.
Is there a specific vehicle that this is happening with? Or all of them?
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- Upstate NY
- BWX232
I made a side-by-side comparison vid of PSVR2 vs regular cockpit view. This was first race with PSVR2 and my wheel. It's nutty! Check description for context.. Well i guess I could just post description here (below):
Context: Hard to compare while watching on a flat screen but you can see some differences in lighting/ sun glare on water (6:00 in vid- example look at sun glare on ocean) and shadows resolution. You can also see the more aggressive nature of wrestling a car around a track in VR compared to regular view. What you can't see is the depth of field, perspective, and situational awareness you see and feel in VR.
Don't pay too much attention to brightness and color for comparison, the video files that the PS5 outputs are different for VR and regular gameplay. Both are Webm files (both HDR AFAIK), the VR file is 1080p, regular view is 4k. Both had to be converted to non-HDR mp4 and I uses exact same levels and color profiles for each video. 1080p VR vid file is 1080p, regular is 4k vid file that I down-sampled to 1080p to fit in frame. In game they both have great HDR and vibrant colors with bright whites and deep blacks (depending on your TV/ Monitor). I have a TCL 55R635 QLED 4K HDR TV and the PSVR2 screens are just as good if not better when it comes to perceived black levels, brightness, and colors.
In GT7 with PSVR2, some of the most realistic scenes and most immersive things I've ever experience in any video game in my life look completely mundane when a recording is viewed on a flat screen, especially the close-up stuff like in GT7 VR Studio or just the interior of a car. In those instances I would say PSVR2 looks more like 8K and as crisp and clear and anything you've ever seen. But when you look at a car 300 yards in front of you down the road, it looks more clear on a flat 4k screen. Everyone will have a different experience though because our eyes, eye spacing, and the way we perceive things are different. I have some experience with Fat Shark RC FPV goggles so wearing goggles isn't new to me but 3D VR like this is.
- No driving aids, ABS, "Hard" ai. 720 degrees rotation on wheel.
Fanatec GT DD Pro 8nm / CSL Elite WRC Wheel / CSL Elite v2 Pedals /
"Sim-Seats" SR-X Racing Rig / PSVR2 /PS5
Context: Hard to compare while watching on a flat screen but you can see some differences in lighting/ sun glare on water (6:00 in vid- example look at sun glare on ocean) and shadows resolution. You can also see the more aggressive nature of wrestling a car around a track in VR compared to regular view. What you can't see is the depth of field, perspective, and situational awareness you see and feel in VR.
Don't pay too much attention to brightness and color for comparison, the video files that the PS5 outputs are different for VR and regular gameplay. Both are Webm files (both HDR AFAIK), the VR file is 1080p, regular view is 4k. Both had to be converted to non-HDR mp4 and I uses exact same levels and color profiles for each video. 1080p VR vid file is 1080p, regular is 4k vid file that I down-sampled to 1080p to fit in frame. In game they both have great HDR and vibrant colors with bright whites and deep blacks (depending on your TV/ Monitor). I have a TCL 55R635 QLED 4K HDR TV and the PSVR2 screens are just as good if not better when it comes to perceived black levels, brightness, and colors.
In GT7 with PSVR2, some of the most realistic scenes and most immersive things I've ever experience in any video game in my life look completely mundane when a recording is viewed on a flat screen, especially the close-up stuff like in GT7 VR Studio or just the interior of a car. In those instances I would say PSVR2 looks more like 8K and as crisp and clear and anything you've ever seen. But when you look at a car 300 yards in front of you down the road, it looks more clear on a flat 4k screen. Everyone will have a different experience though because our eyes, eye spacing, and the way we perceive things are different. I have some experience with Fat Shark RC FPV goggles so wearing goggles isn't new to me but 3D VR like this is.
- No driving aids, ABS, "Hard" ai. 720 degrees rotation on wheel.
Fanatec GT DD Pro 8nm / CSL Elite WRC Wheel / CSL Elite v2 Pedals /
"Sim-Seats" SR-X Racing Rig / PSVR2 /PS5
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- TheGaming_Galaxy
It seems I'm not the only person having issues with strong chromatic aberration. Also in general, I cannot read the text on the Grand Valley sign on the straight until I'm half a second away from passing under it. It's just too blurry.
I've done all the calibration, put on the headset properly and adjusted all positioning and dials, but even at its best it still looks insanely blurry. The image quality seems akin to ~600p.
I believe I have achieved the 'sweet spot', but it still looks far from unnoticeable. I'd probably say it looks about 40% as good as on a flat screen.
The chromatic aberration is especially noticeable when moving my eyes to the corner of the screen. I assumed this was just something to do with faulty eye tracking, since it looks much better when I look at it straight on after moving my head. But the tracking seems mostly fine in the calibration screen.
The experience is phenomenal though, and looking at the detail in interiors is fun*. But since it's so blurry, it kind of feels disappointing.
*Not to mention the sense of scale and immersion in the old VR showroom building from GT5, and the Arts & Science place.
The experience and immersion is wonderful. However, the image quality and blurriness just spoils it. I want to love it, but nothing seems to work to fix the visuals.
I've done all the calibration, put on the headset properly and adjusted all positioning and dials, but even at its best it still looks insanely blurry. The image quality seems akin to ~600p.
I believe I have achieved the 'sweet spot', but it still looks far from unnoticeable. I'd probably say it looks about 40% as good as on a flat screen.
The chromatic aberration is especially noticeable when moving my eyes to the corner of the screen. I assumed this was just something to do with faulty eye tracking, since it looks much better when I look at it straight on after moving my head. But the tracking seems mostly fine in the calibration screen.
The experience is phenomenal though, and looking at the detail in interiors is fun*. But since it's so blurry, it kind of feels disappointing.
*Not to mention the sense of scale and immersion in the old VR showroom building from GT5, and the Arts & Science place.
The experience and immersion is wonderful. However, the image quality and blurriness just spoils it. I want to love it, but nothing seems to work to fix the visuals.
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- Upstate NY
- BWX232
Yup! What totally blew my mind was the VR Studio! And some of the corners on Grand Valley that look totally normal and not special at all on a TV look so real it is spooky! You can really "look through the turns" like in a real car on a real road and you get so much more information from the depth perception. Chromatic aberrations, some blurriness at times, and relatively cumbersom head gear is all worth it to me. I knew about that stuff before though using FPV goggles. Even RC FPV doesn't compare because it's not in 3D (well I never set it up for 3D, even though it is possible).
Here's that PSVR2 vid full screen if anyone wants to check it out ✌
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- Netherlands
- Rivanov
Picked up the PSVR2 tonight. A member of a Dutch forum sold it to me. Up until tonight I was a VR virgin so I was very excited to play.
But I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or that my expectations weren’t correct. But I have a big “binoculars view” feeling. I have a lot of black around my peripheral vision. Maybe that’s normal in VR. But I’m curious if other newcomers in VR world are noticing the same.
But I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or that my expectations weren’t correct. But I have a big “binoculars view” feeling. I have a lot of black around my peripheral vision. Maybe that’s normal in VR. But I’m curious if other newcomers in VR world are noticing the same.
