Two days in and I’m now quicker in VR than I was in pancake mode. Heres some of my thoughts and other ramblings since the introduction of VR.
I really struggled at Laguna Seca circuit experience. I’ve managed to gold each sector but a gold lap still eludes me. However I’m now just a couple of tenths off so I reckon it’s just a matter of time 🤨
Before my headset came I tried for hours but I just couldn’t get close to gold. In fact I was only achieving bronze! A huge 4 seconds away from gold. That was on Tuesday of this week.
I watched my replays back and found that I was missing the apex of most corners every single lap. It’s not like I don’t know the track. I’ve driven thousands of laps here over the years. GT, iRacing etc. but for whatever reason putting a lap together eluded me. Until yesterday..
Yesterday I tried again in VR and it’s a huge difference. I was hitting every apex from the get go. Completely consistent every lap often lapping very close to my best each time. I got Silver after a couple of attempts and gold is now in my grasp, just a couple of tenths off. Just taking a break.. but yeah I’m now much faster at this track in VR.
A couple of other things I want to mention.
VR replay is great albeit a little quirky. I highly recommend watching a replay back after you’ve raced in something fast. I did a GT3 race at Bathurst as part of one of the Championships and it’s awesome down Conrod Straight and through the Chase. And the sky at night was pretty spectacular too.
It’s a mode that needs tweaking but if you set the music to off in the options it’s pretty damn spectacular with the sound cranked up so your teeth rattle.
There’s some ghosting and some lod pop in and some of the camera placement needs tweaking but I don’t still love this feature and I’m glad they added it. Just remember to look behind!
Also, to repeat what’s already been posted. Try putting the rear band of the VR headset low down on the back of your head. The front should be higher on your forehead with the front of the unit towards the front of your nose. Get what looks to be the sweet spot and then do the eye tracking. If you’re still struggling then it may actually be your eyes. One guy on Reddit said he was thinking of going for a refund before he put on his reading glasses and now it’s clear for him.
Oh and one final thought, a mention for the exhaust flames 🔥 seriously good when you’re in a race.
And that’s given me another final thought 🙄 if you’ve got the time to put it together, do yourself a favour and race tune all your cars from the later 60’s to the mid 70’s and put them together in a custom race with boost on weak. (Boost off is broken)
Why? Well you’ve got Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, BMW, De Tomaso, Chevrolet, Dodge, Nissan (there’s some awesome Datsun liveries) etc etc. there’s some simply awesome cars from the period in game. Some from Legends dealership but most can be picked up from the used car dealership.
Give them wide bodies and custom bodywork and then aim for something around either 550-600pp all with custom liveries from the period. (Tip search lemans or a specific year such as 1973 etc) after a race or two you get the idea which cars need a boost or which needs to be nerfed a bit. You can then play with ballast and power to create your own bop.
If you’ve not got a full collection or the funds to give them all upgrades you can grow the grid as they become available and save your custom race settings.
These cars a a blast to race on comfort mediums or softs. It’s a welcome change if you only often race gr3 gr4 or gr1 cars.
There’s something special about racing from that period. To me anyway.
TLDR: VR is great 😀
