I finally got round to trying out DCVR last night (just on controller, not my wheel), and was very impressed. I knew about the downgrade necessary to ensure stable game play, so there was no surprises in this area.
One thing that has impressed me since trying the PSVR, is the responsiveness (in all games) of replicating movement from headset to screen image. its not absolute 100%, but it very VERY close (in my opinion, lets just say 99.5%), and for me this pays off in DC.
If anyone else is like me, I've always tried to use the look left/right in racing games and not just relied on assuming there is a car/object there. But the problem I always get is, I end up going off line or missing breaking points etc. However I found that using the VR, it became instantly natural with looking into apex's or checking proximity of other vehicles, without compromising my driving, so yes i'm very pleased with this kind of immersion, and feel its worth the trade off to have.
Having read several times that the pro offers a slight improvement in graphical quality, this is even more of a must to obtain.
A question or two to those who have played a lot in VR. Have you experienced many feelings of disorientation?
I don't suffer from motion sickness (in real world car, plane, train or boat journeys), so I was confident i would not be affected as much as others have. however last night once i finished running some laps, i started to look around the car more and generally messing around. This got me into doing doughnuts....
I could see that there was some tyre smoke etc. coming from the rear tyres and thought it would be interesting to have a look back there.... and just to be clear, all was fine up until this point.
Oh dear
... within an instant, i felt like someone had just opened up a hole, and i'd falling into complete emptiness. It wasn't a nauseous feeling, but one of utter disorientation and dizziness, actually it was very much like falling in a dream!
if you have experienced such disorientation, has it lessened the more you have used it, have you been able to adapt?
As I see it, we need to train our brains to disconnect from the "expected inner ear movement", if at all possible... or as in my lesson above, don't be so stupid 🤬 Muppet!
Now a more technical question on setup, for wheel users.
How, where do you set up the camera, or rather have you found an optimum distance & height to position it?
I was thinking of adding a mounting point, almost like a selfie stick, to put the camera in what I would think is the best position. I did something similar back for GT5 for eye/head tracking movement. For me, below the TV is too low, and on top seems a step angle.
Cheers
