GT7 & PSVR2

[Hurball]

My 2 cents on this - if GT7 didn’t have VR I wouldn’t have bought a PS5 and GT7

To me VR is game changing. I don’t know if it’s faster than triple monitors but I don’t care - it’s more fun and it’s the first gaming experience I’ve had for years that has blown me away

If Sony moves away from VR and future GT titles no longer support it (which I doubt) I won’t buy those GT’s - basically I won’t go back to flat screen racing games

 

[CTznOfTime]

I started playing GT on controllers, because that's how I was playing car games since forever...

When I got my first steering wheel, I didn't see the need to continue playing with the controller, unless I had no other options .... Or if I play Mario Kart....

Been enjoying GT on a screen since forever, and upgrading to a few over the years, cathode, LCD, 1080p, plasma, 4K, 75inch, LED, OLED next ?

But a total game changer is VR...

I can always go back playing on a screen, but now that I have PSVR2, I really don't see the need to go back to 2D flat no matter how smart the screen is....

Video Game racing is meant to be with VR and a rig....

It may sound elitist, but there is just no going back...
Once you have tried it, it would be hard to go back...

The immersion will get you..

 

[newmedia_dev]

I can always go back playing on a screen, but now that I have PSVR2, I really don't see the need to go back to 2D flat no matter how smart the screen is....

Video Game racing is meant to be with VR and a rig....

It may sound elitist, but there is just no going back...
Once you have tried it, it would be hard to go back..

I'm the same every game since I was about 9/10 was controller only and we are talking NES era

When I got more in to racing skip a decade or two

(I'd been using a wheel on a PC earlier than this by about 10 years, GTR2) but once you are playing a driving game with a wheel it's game changing.

Roll on a little more

But that isn't enough once the bug bites, you're invested at this point!

The G25, G27, G29 and the TGT2 have new homes hopefully enjoying them as much as I did.

And now VR, I regret so badly not getting it sooner and I mean that with a very heavy heart, but it's mixed I got fast (well faster on flat) but VR has really brought both my skills on but also my awe. The game was definitely designed to play this way. The cars handle better, throttle/breaking better and that might be a mind trick or genuinely how it feels.

If I was desperate the DD would go on the ironing board again, but I have done 3 laps in flat in nearly 2 months because I just can't drive a virtual car like that anymore.

It's not eliteism it's more about what makes the most sense for the game. Is it cost prohibitive, yes and for most people I can understand that I feel it to, but as my only hobby is racing and this is cheaper/safer I could save/justify the investment.

I am an addict and my name is Glen....racing is VR is all I can do!

 

[Revengel]

Are any of you able to use the PSVR2 without a connected tvscreen/monitor yet.
I always imagined a compact setup without a screen. It's still needed tot connect somekind of screen to make the PSVR2 work right?

Gonna try booting it up without a screen attached. Normally it gave me the connect a screen prompt.

This is me. I play GT7 in the basement (make all the jokes) without a TV or Monitor attached to the PS5. The room is lit (again, jokes I'm sure) to full brightness.

I have absolutely zero issues.

I moved my PS5 from the living room upstairs where it was initially attached to a large TV. I was pretty much plug-n-play as I recall.

1) Boot up the PS5.
2) Boot up my PS Elite headset.
3) Grab a stick of gum #ThankYouGTPlanet!
4) Turn on the PSVR2.

The delay does help. After I boot up the headset I get the normal "make sure you have your controller" and off I go.

Hope this helps.

 

[GT7VR]

I'm the same every game since I was about 9/10 was controller only and we are talking NES era

When I got more in to racing skip a decade or two

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(I'd been using a wheel on a PC earlier than this by about 10 years, GTR2) but once you are playing a driving game with a wheel it's game changing.

Roll on a little more

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But that isn't enough once the bug bites, you're invested at this point!

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The G25, G27, G29 and the TGT2 have new homes hopefully enjoying them as much as I did.

And now VR, I regret so badly not getting it sooner and I mean that with a very heavy heart, but it's mixed I got fast (well faster on flat) but VR has really brought both my skills on but also my awe. The game was definitely designed to play this way. The cars handle better, throttle/breaking better and that might be a mind trick or genuinely how it feels.

If I was desperate the DD would go on the ironing board again, but I have done 3 laps in flat in nearly 2 months because I just can't drive a virtual car like that anymore.

It's not eliteism it's more about what makes the most sense for the game. Is it cost prohibitive, yes and for most people I can understand that I feel it to, but as my only hobby is racing and this is cheaper/safer I could save/justify the investment.

I am an addict and my name is Glen....racing is VR is all I can do!

Well Glen, I hate to break it to you but once you go Pro you really know.
It's already a different VR game as is but with further optimizations, ohw yeah...
Let's see what this weeks update brings in terms of VR.

 

[Lomic]

Let's see what this weeks update brings in terms of VR.

I would not advice having any hope on the matter.

 

[VR-SORN]

New physics didnt stop the shaking/vibrating cars in VR, still cant drive my MX5 without it making me feel strange. Would love to know why its some cars and not others.

 

[TheNormsk]

I just tried the cart to see what the head up display was like after the 1.55 update. Disappointingly there’s been no fix for the double imaging when the head up display/time is on for certain cars.

I’m using these settings.

 

[Nebuc72]

I find it interesting how 'ride or die' people find VR. I've been VR simracing since about 2017 (early adopter of the Rift) and even though I've moved up a few headsets over time I still just feel it as a "this is fun!" gimmick rather than something I can't play without.

And with PSVR2 - it is fun! I use it for the weeklies because it makes them a bit more interesting to do vs. bashing out the same races against the same AI, but I don't really use it anywhere else.
I'd say about 90% of my laps are still on flat? And it's not because of nausea etc. or anything like that, I just prefer flat to VR - my brain is no more fooled into thinking I am actually in that car in VR than when I am looking at a monitor.

Bit irrelevant as a whole but it's just something I find interesting because I've never felt that 'oh my god I can't go back' people talk about.

 

[TheNormsk]

I find it interesting how 'ride or die' people find VR. I've been VR simracing since about 2017 (early adopter of the Rift) and even though I've moved up a few headsets over time I still just feel it as a "this is fun!" gimmick rather than something I can't play without.

And with PSVR2 - it is fun! I use it for the weeklies because it makes them a bit more interesting to do vs. bashing out the same races against the same AI, but I don't really use it anywhere else.
I'd say about 90% of my laps are still on flat? And it's not because of nausea etc. or anything like that, I just prefer flat to VR - my brain is no more fooled into thinking I am actually in that car in VR than when I am looking at a monitor.

Bit irrelevant as a whole but it's just something I find interesting because I've never felt that 'oh my god I can't go back' people talk about.

Blasphemy! You’re banned from this thread. 😁

 

[Dragonwhisky]

I find it interesting how 'ride or die' people find VR. I've been VR simracing since about 2017 (early adopter of the Rift) and even though I've moved up a few headsets over time I still just feel it as a "this is fun!" gimmick rather than something I can't play without.

And with PSVR2 - it is fun! I use it for the weeklies because it makes them a bit more interesting to do vs. bashing out the same races against the same AI, but I don't really use it anywhere else.
I'd say about 90% of my laps are still on flat? And it's not because of nausea etc. or anything like that, I just prefer flat to VR - my brain is no more fooled into thinking I am actually in that car in VR than when I am looking at a monitor.

Bit irrelevant as a whole but it's just something I find interesting because I've never felt that 'oh my god I can't go back' people talk about.

Have you been partying with the flat earth corps or something?

Or, the exception that proves the general rule?

 

[GlamFM]

I find it interesting how 'ride or die' people find VR. I've been VR simracing since about 2017 (early adopter of the Rift) and even though I've moved up a few headsets over time I still just feel it as a "this is fun!" gimmick rather than something I can't play without.

And with PSVR2 - it is fun! I use it for the weeklies because it makes them a bit more interesting to do vs. bashing out the same races against the same AI, but I don't really use it anywhere else.
I'd say about 90% of my laps are still on flat? And it's not because of nausea etc. or anything like that, I just prefer flat to VR - my brain is no more fooled into thinking I am actually in that car in VR than when I am looking at a monitor.

Bit irrelevant as a whole but it's just something I find interesting because I've never felt that 'oh my god I can't go back' people talk about.

To each their own I guess.
For me it’s a bigger step than controller to wheel even.
When I’m on the flat screen I’m playing as an avatar in a video game. When I’m in VR I’m driving a car, I’m actually racing.

 

[newmedia_dev]

Bit irrelevant as a whole but it's just something I find interesting because I've never felt that 'oh my god I can't go back' people talk about.

It's a fair post and horses for courses, each to their own.

I'm the polar opposite in some repsect in so much now that I can visualise the proportions of the car much more so positioning and lines feel more natural, my inputs are smoother and it rationalises some of the wheel feedback more for me.

Am I an evangelist absolutely. For immersion you can't beat it vs the other camera views. It's not without drawbacks though and it isn't the defining factor in being fast with the game just for some people offers both a real and metaphorical sense of depth to game that flat just can't match.