I use apple music. Ps5 has spotify as well if you have an acct. In game stuff gets old pretty quickly. Setting a station to a song you like to drive too is better. Part of me thinks the familiarity helped.
I tried for about ten minutes last night before my head and stomach caved in but I was able to nearly catch my time in the TT at Goodwood, so that seems very promising once I can acclimatize. Lots to read in here.
If anyone has any quick tips and pointers I'm all ears!
Welcome fellow Excavator, may the aw46 flow through your veins and the hardox save your shoes! Lol
I have pretty much same experience as everyone here, do everything they have advised. World of difference.
For me at least, in the beginning I found not wearing headphones seemed to help if I was feeling sick. I actually don’t even use game sound and just play Sirius, or old YouTube tapes of Eric. I get plenty of engine sound/db’s out in the field(site) all day.
Def Use a fan even if you’re already cold. I use a pedestal that oscillates in 4 directions, and I pretty much blast it.
Globular cluster right away. I put 2 strips of gaffers tape on the forehead mount, the outside wing sections of the mount did not want to stay hooked in the headset. Buy this product right away, get overnight shipping if it’s offered.
I put these mini tarpaulin tent clips on the headband slider. This made a huge difference. They prevent the headrest from squeezing your head. Sometimes you get a headache from the headband tension. With the clips in place you can stretch the band open to put on your head, and when you let go it only squeezes as far as you want. Same fitment every time without pressure. Once you have the GC and clips adjusted, you can put your headset on and off and it’s centered and basically hovering on your head the moment it goes on. Minimal eye adjusting. Don’t pinch the wires on the inside of the band.
Always have drink ready. I only use the headset on the actual track. Use the options button to center yourself where you want in the car. Every car is different. The RSR the steering wheel is all up in your face. The shift lights are like in my nose. I reset every time I drive that car. So when I’m resetting I lean forward and down just a bit.
Sport mode I don’t put the headset on until youre at the track and cars start moving. You have plenty of time to put the headset on and check eyes during the short formation lap. Wait until after the matchmaking. Any short break helps until you get used to it. Once your headset is on race starts, I wait until the 3 appears then hunch a little as it counts down then I’m where I want to be without options button to center. Nice thing is you can pause in sport mode then reset your center without incident. I use pause/autodrive all the time lol Major shout out to autodrive!
Then it’s just seat time, have fun! The first time you go into a series of corners battling 2-3 cars wide, and you can look all around you will be hooked.
Expanding on what EricTheActor said about centering:
If you hit the lower right button on goggles and pause the game, you can lean forward or back a little while paused, then stay in that position while you hit button again to go back into game. You can use regular pause buttons too.. I just always use that button on the goggles.
If you are leaning forward while going back into game, your seat position will be farther back.
If you lean back while going back into game, your seat position will be farther forward.
Same with up or down position. That's a little "hack" to adjust your in-game seating position or point of view.
It won't stick between session or after you pause again.
Usually I want to be a little farther back and lower than standard position so in that case I pause, lean forward and crane neck up a little bit, hit that button again while still in that position, and then as soon as you start driving, sit back to natural position. This lets you see more of cockpit and wheel while driving.
Thats a good hack idea, to try and move your head placement to the right a little to give more room on the left before the dredded black cage appears. I finally re-golded the S-1 Lambo @ HSR yesterday. Fighting that flickering on those cambered turns is.....annoying to say the least, made it 10x harder than it needed to be. Moving onto re-gold the masters now with the new physics.
Thats a good hack idea, to try and move your head placement to the right a little to give more room on the left before the dredded black cage appears. I finally re-golded the S-1 Lambo @ HSR yesterday. Fighting that flickering on those cambered turns is.....annoying to say the least, made it 10x harder than it needed to be. Moving onto re-gold the masters now with the new physics.
I usually try to get me view more towards the center of the car if I'm in a right-hand-drive car since I'm so used to driving a left-hand-drive car IRL.
It helps me with knowing where the corners of the cars are in VR. Not a problem on flat screen bumper view for example.
I've already ordered the globular cluster and the USB extension as in my short session last evening both of those things came to mind as places I need to fix. I've got a weird bone growth on my forehead that any headwear I put on will aggravate after a period of time. The GC looks just like a hard hat band I prefer for work so that's an easy spend.
I'm about to jump in for session 2. Going to try an actual race instead of just a few TT laps.
I very very much appreciate you all with your insight. This is going to be a bit of a learning curve but I'm excited to find the gold at the end of the rainbow.
I've already ordered the globular cluster and the USB extension as in my short session last evening both of those things came to mind as places I need to fix. I've got a weird bone growth on my forehead that any headwear I put on will aggravate after a period of time. The GC looks just like a hard hat band I prefer for work so that's an easy spend.
I'm about to jump in for session 2. Going to try an actual race instead of just a few TT laps.
I very very much appreciate you all with your insight. This is going to be a bit of a learning curve but I'm excited to find the gold at the end of the rainbow.
It's a completely different game in VR, it's like you're actually IN the game.
It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't tried VR. I'm one of those weirdos who still plays on flat screen with a controller for fun, and even for time trials just for an initial run and to check them out.
But I'm almost always faster in VR. I bet you'll end up being consistently faster once you get used to VR.
It's a completely different game in VR, it's like you're actually IN the game.
It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't tried VR. I'm one of those weirdos who still plays on flat screen with a controller for fun, and even for time trials just for an initial run and to check them out.
But I'm almost always faster in VR. I bet you'll end up being consistently faster once you get used to VR.
In some cases I'm pretty darn quick already so I really hope this is true. I actually had the sensation that I was in a motion rig last night. My wife was laughing listening to me play because I couldn't stop saying wow. It was pretty funny. I've read some people can't get close to their times at first but literally first lap I tried I was well into gold at the Goodwood trial with the Megane and within my ten minute session I found a .25.3xx which is nearly top 500.
Being faster was not why I wanted this thing, but if it's a side product, I'm going to be very happy!!!
In some cases I'm pretty darn quick already so I really hope this is true. I actually had the sensation that I was in a motion rig last night. My wife was laughing listening to me play because I couldn't stop saying wow. It was pretty funny. I've read some people can't get close to their times at first but literally first lap I tried I was well into gold at the Goodwood trial with the Megane and within my ten minute session I found a .25.3xx which is nearly top 500.
Being faster was not why I wanted this thing, but if it's a side product, I'm going to be very happy!!!
Yes, keeping the face and head oil and sweat to minimum is definitely helpful. Along those same lines, I always use a skull cap/helmet sock. I got a couple packs of 6 of them from Amazon so family and friends can try it out without any of us feeling gross about it. You can get a 6 pack for 10 bucks or less.
Yes, keeping the face and head oil and sweat to minimum is definitely helpful. Along those same lines, I always use a skull cap/helmet sock. I got a couple packs of 6 of them from Amazon so family and friends can try it out without any of us feeling gross about it. You can get a 6 pack for 10 bucks or less.
I've thought about getting one of those thin scull caps but always forget to buy one. I'd like to try one and see what it's like. I wonder if the Globular Cluster mod would slide around on it or not.
I've thought about getting one of those thin scull caps but always forget to buy one. I'd like to try one and see what it's like. I wonder if the Globular Cluster mod would slide around on it or not.
No. I've used the scull caps from the beginning because I figured hours and hours of use would accumulate body oils on the plastic padding and hasten their wear. Just got the Globular Cluster a couple months ago, works fine with the scull caps. Obviously, it can be warmer, but as others have said, I have a fan set up in front of my rig, so not really an issue. Give 'em a try. Don't need to be expensive. Get a bunch of cheap ones and others can use them, plus they're so cheap, they can almost be disposable.
Sorry but this is bad advice (the first bit). Never clean your ears with q-tips as it pushes ear wax into the ear canal and impacts it around the ear drum. Ear wax exists to protect your ears from debris and infection - leave It alone and let it do its job.
Sorry but this is bad advice (the first bit). Never clean your ears with q-tips as it pushes ear wax into the ear canal and impacts it around the ear drum. Ear wax exists to protect your ears from debris and infection - leave It alone and let it do its job.
Not the way I do it, I've developed a technique! 😁👂
I need to write a book on this subject (not a serious one), not as an expert but as an observer of experts over time.
It would get divisive real quick though, and definitely beyond the scope of this thread to share my views to any great extent.
But I'll just say this. 😬 Patients with ear infections are good for doctor's bank accounts. Sick people are good for a doctor's business. Doctors used to advertise for the "safer" cigarettes. Have you ever looked at the 1980's USA "food pyramid"? OMG how many people became obese and had heart attacks following that monstrosity? About that time is when I first remember hearing doctors tell you to leave heavy wax build up in your ears (until it got infected and needed medical treatment by those same doctors). Not to mention more recent and gigantic Earth shaking "medical controversies". 💀 I'm not touching that either! 😵
I would say people should be trained/ shown how to clean out their ears safely, not be told never to do it. Anecdotally, I've never had an ear infection or any problems with my ears in my life, ever. I use q-tips every day/ every other day. I've seen tons of people in my life go through all kinds of problems with their ears, even losing their hearing, and they all either believe the docs that tell them not to clean their ears, or just don't do it out of laziness.. especially kids. But I'll digress! 🤐
But yeah that's why I'd never advise anyone on anything medical, especially on the internet, because I'm not a doctor. I would just explain what I do, but not tell people what they should do. I'm very careful about things like that in general. Gotta re-read my post carefully. 😉
But I do have views on this ear cleaning subject! LOL I have for decades. It's comical to me, and not that serious. I'm trying to get my point across without being argumentative. I definitely don't want to derail this great thread. ✌
And I agree, you're absolutely right, people who aren't medically trained doctors shouldn't give out medical advice, and that's why I didn't and never would especially in this litigious world we live in at the moment.. ✌ Good hygiene is very important though. I like you guys too much to want to start needless arguments with you. I hope I didn't rile anyone up!
And I agree, you're absolutely right, people who aren't medically trained doctors shouldn't give out medical advice, and that's why I didn't and never would especially in this litigious world we live in at the moment.. ✌ Good hygiene is very important though. I like you guys too much to want to start needless arguments with you. I hope I didn't rile anyone up!
I’m not trying to rile anyone either, but the timing of your comment was ironic because I spent an hour on Christmas Day getting my ears looked at in an urgent treatment centre, and then I’ve just had to have an audiologist come out on a holiday day (he has literally just left 5 mins ago) to micro-vacuum my ears, all because of excessive ear wax that was pushing into my ear drum …very painful. At every stage, all the clinicians asked if I use q-tips (I don’t), saying not to. And then right in the middle of all this pain and fuss, I saw your post saying to use q-tips! I wasn’t trying to be clever or to annoy you, only to try and save others going through what I’ve just been through as it damn well hurts!
I spent an hour on Christmas Day getting my ears looked at in an urgent treatment centre, and then I’ve just had to have an audiologist come out on a holiday day to micro-vacuum my ears, all because of excessive ear wax that was pushing into my ear drum …very painful...asked if I use q-tips (I don’t)
I’m not trying to rile anyone either, but the timing of your comment was ironic because I spent an hour on Christmas Day getting my ears looked at in an urgent treatment centre, and then I’ve just had to have an audiologist come out on a holiday day (he has literally just left 5 mins ago) to micro-vacuum my ears, all because of excessive ear wax that was pushing into my ear drum …very painful. At every stage, all the clinicians asked if I use q-tips (I don’t), saying not to. And then right in the middle of all this pain and fuss, I saw your post saying to use q-tips! I wasn’t trying to be clever or to annoy you, only to try and save others going through what I’ve just been through as it damn well hurts!
I hope you get well soon! Yeah my comments were totally light-hearted and half joking. It's hard to convey "tone" sometimes..
My elderly step father goes through this same thing and can barely hear anymore even with hearing aids. Same exact issues actually. He never cleans his ears out, he's terrified of q-tips. But he does have very shaky hands, so he probably should be! It can be dangerous, for sure.
