VR vs. Ultrawide

Tberg · Dec 18, 2019

Hi guys,

So, any of you have gone from VR back to single monitor, maybe UW?

I've been blissfully driving AC1 in VR for 3 years, and obviously ACC is a little tough on an older system like my 1080ti/4690K.
Very much enjoying new life in AC with Sol and recent updates, mods etc, while also there's always a race to find, SRS still running strong, RD racing is fun and so on.
But, I had to try ACC with 1.2, and I really want to drive it, but regardless of settings, it's just not there in VR @45fps. And that's just hotlapping.
I've watched a few YT videos on people who prefer monitor over VR, but I haven't found any specific on VR-simmers converting back to singlemonitor. Obviously, these days the ultrawide is the new black, and it's tempting to get the ACC experience in full.

Anybody made the switch back? Thoughts?

Cheers

Robes · Dec 18, 2019

I have an ultra wide. I still find I can only really enjoy VR.

Have you tried the latest update yet? Hopefully it makes VR playable.

Tberg · Dec 18, 2019

Robes said:
I have an ultra wide. I still find I can only really enjoy VR.

Have you tried the latest update yet? Hopefully it makes VR playable.

Yeah, I just tried 1.2 last night, but maybe need to tinker more with it. It doesn't seem as ASW for Rift is working proberly, even though fps is @45 automatically.

Turk · Dec 18, 2019

I just couldn't face the possibility of going back to single screen. Loosing depth perception would be a big red flag for me. Not being able to look around would also ruin the immersion for me. But most of all VR is a neater setup for me. I can't leave my rig set up, I need to be able to break it down and store it. VR requires a very minimal rig because I'm not trying to mount a monitor.

So I bought a 2070 super, hoping that gives significantly more performance, I don't think I'm as picky about graphics and frame rates as others.

Deleted member 197115 · Dec 18, 2019

Reason ACC collecting dust, I just can't make it run half decent in VR.
Screen, even big one, I have 42" 4K, just doesn't cut it.

Damn you, VR.

Jonathan Young · Dec 18, 2019

I have both ultrawide and a VR headset, albeit a low end Lenovo Explorer. I never really got on with VR, at least not so far. It makes me feel a bit nauseous and I don't like the messing about to get the thing working. I just want to hop in and go. So I went for a 49" super ultrawide. With that I get great immersion and I can be up and running instantly (particularly given how quickly ACC starts up). So personally I prefer it. I haven't yet ruled out VR, and when I upgrade my PC in a couple of years time, I might look at it again, but right now I'm very happy with my massive monitor.

VFX Pro · Dec 24, 2019

Jonathan Young said:
I have both ultrawide and a VR headset, albeit a low end Lenovo Explorer. I never really got on with VR, at least not so far. It makes me feel a bit nauseous

If you don't lower your graphics settings to ensure a constant 90 fps, you dramatically increase the chance to get nauseous. Do not use that fake 45fps interpolated.

Mogster · Dec 24, 2019

I tried to get on with VR for a while, in the end the discomfort, nausea and lack of resolution made me return to my monitor. My eyesight is also quite poor, I’m very shortsighted, current VR wasn‘t really ideal.

If things improve significantly I’d give VR another go, as things stand I’m looking to buy a larger monitor, I have a 27 atm.

Cote Dazur · Dec 25, 2019

Tberg said:
Hi guys,

So, any of you have gone from VR back to single monitor, maybe UW?

I've been blissfully driving AC1 in VR for 3 years, and obviously ACC is a little tough on an older system like my 1080ti/4690K.
Very much enjoying new life in AC with Sol and recent updates, mods etc, while also there's always a race to find, SRS still running strong, RD racing is fun and so on.
But, I had to try ACC with 1.2, and I really want to drive it, but regardless of settings, it's just not there in VR @45fps. And that's just hotlapping.
I've watched a few YT videos on people who prefer monitor over VR, but I haven't found any specific on VR-simmers converting back to singlemonitor. Obviously, these days the ultrawide is the new black, and it's tempting to get the ACC experience in full.

Anybody made the switch back? Thoughts?

Cheers

Oculus latest update kills VR in ACC, you need to apply a work around to reverse the oculus update. I also have a 1080ti and I love my VR experience in ACC.

Solution: https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/...ware-update-read-inside-for-workaround.61524/

Bonehead · Dec 25, 2019

I raced with VR, however I found it too blurry for me as I am a stickler on high graphic quality. I went from a 32" Ultra wide monitor to a 50" television with the 'Gaming Mode' three feet in front of my face. Love it, no lag, great clarity, and I just map 'Look Left/ Right' to my wheel. Maybe down the road again in the future for VR, however totally satisfied with my 4K television.

Artur Czarnecki · Dec 30, 2019

I changed VR to 32:9. I absoultly love the immersion of VR, but two things made me change it: 1. is the picture quality..... it is just making me tired after longer races. 2. Still unknow territory when it comes to our eyes health. I decided to wait few years.
After half a year of changing to 32:9 I am very satisfied. It lack the immersion, but it aint that bad. Now I see whats far away from me. And the perfromance of the game rised.

Deleted member 197115 · Dec 31, 2019

@Tberg , you may find this discussion somewhat relevant to your question

Triple Screenn vs Curved Monitor

Hallo, ich habe mir bei meinem 40" Triple Screen leider einen Monitor zerstört. Jetzt habe ich durch eine positive Meinung für einen 49" Curved Gamer Monitor entschieden. Ich habe nur Angst das mir der Monitor zu klein ist, weil ich ja schon ein paar Jahre mit den 3 40" unterwegs bin. Wie war...

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jayk · Dec 31, 2019

Would ACC and VR work on an i5-6600K 4.2ghz, 16gb ddr4 2400, gtx1080 hybrid?

Jorge Villar · Dec 31, 2019

jayk said:
Would ACC and VR work on an i5-6600K 4.2ghz, 16gb ddr4 2400, gtx1080 hybrid?

Your bottleneck would be the CPU I'm afraid. I got a nice increase in smoothness when I activated Hyperthreading on my 6700K, so ACC certainly benefits from having more processing cores available.

jayk · Dec 31, 2019

Ah Damn, I can give it ago I guess but if it's no good then ACC can wait some more I guess. I have no desire to use a screen again.

bondyboy · Dec 31, 2019

after picking up a Predetor 35 inch superwide cheap from a mate I now mainly use the screen for ACC, still go back to AC for my VR fix but can't be doing with 45fps in ACC with things turned right down

dud · Jan 1, 2020

I went back to 4k @ 60 Hz.

Good enough for me. I couldn't live with the bluriness from the Rift and I don't drive competitively, 60 Hz and 60 fps works for me. And the picture is gorgeous in 4k with options turned up.

Andy_J · Jan 1, 2020

A 49" ultrawide monitor and Track IR5 is all you need .

jayk · Jan 5, 2020

So I tried ACC in Practice mode, with these settings:

It's ok in Practice, add cars (10) quick race and it just gets blurry enough to be annoying.

As mentioned I'm i5-6600K, 8GB DDR4, 1080 Hybrid.

Any things I can do with Oculus, PC software or the game to make it better or is it only PC hardware upgrades that will improve the performance? If so what do you guys recommend?

Thanks.

bondyboy · Jan 5, 2020

jayk said:
So I tried ACC in Practice mode, with these settings:

It's ok in Practice, add cars (10) quick race and it just gets blurry enough to be annoying.

As mentioned I'm i5-6600K, 8GB DDR4, 1080 Hybrid.

Any things I can do with Oculus, PC software or the game to make it better or is it only PC hardware upgrades that will improve the performance? If so what do you guys recommend?

Thanks.