Grindathotte

I see the same thing with a Quest 3 on a 4090. If I fly a helicopter low over a forest, the frame rate drops. This is perhaps not surprising, but it does not recover when I move on. Hitting the escape key twice (out of, then back into VR) restores it quickly. Actually, you are still in VR, but in 2D mode.

I quite agree. The Pimax Crystal Super ultrawide is supposedly capable of 140 degrees. I tried one, but sent it back as it did not suit my face shape, and I could not get near that figure. I'll stick with the Quest 3 for now. There have been a few prototypes with 180 degrees, but I am not sure we will ever see them in production.

For me, visuals on the Quest 3 have gotten better and better. Using a 4090, I set the resolution to 5000 horizontal with OpenXRToolkit and set Foveated Rendering to 35%. With such a high horizontal resolution, it is not too blurred outside the central region. With that setting, I can use TAA. I use SSW and a 72 Hz refresh rate. It seems so clear now that the urge to upgrade my headset is diminishing.

I use reprojection in Virtual Desktop. I think this has been optimized to make use of the headset GPU, rather than draining anything more from the PC GPU. I think the smoothness it brings is worth the odd artefact and it's much better now than in the early days.

Foveated rendering at 30% resolution and 50% coverage takes the Super down to around 32 million pixels. Of course, there will be overheads for quad views, and the wider FOV means more triangles and more textures have to be processed. There's also DLSS, sharpening, and dropping the refresh rate to 72 Hz. Plus, there have been software optimisations that have delivered significant FPS gains compared with the early days, when people said the Super was fantastic with a 5090. It also depends on what you like to fly and where you want to fly. I look forward to somebody with a 4090 (or less) and Crystal Super putting it to the test; maybe I will have to be the first.

I have a 4090 and was considering a Crystal Super. I fly helicopters, generally way from cities. I currently have a Quest 3 rendering at about 4K X 4K with DLSS (helps overcome video encoding artefacts). I can go higher if I use fixed foveated rendering. In theory, I should be able to run the Crystal Super; am I missing something?

I have the non-Steam version. I have occasionally had this problem, but flipping to flat mode and back restores it for me. I guess this doesn't work for you.

Actually, 16:00 post meridiem on the 19th would literally be 4:00 ante meridiem on the 20th.

They could have used a fixed local time so that the global release would be staggered. But then the VPNs would meltdown.

I wonder how many people will be off sick on the 19th?

The standard edition has the Bell 407. That's all I need.

A fundamental problem with current VR headsets is the mismatch between convergence and accommodation. This is a natural reflex; when you look at things up close, your eyes converge and there is an expected change in focus that does not happen in VR. This causes problems for some people. There have been some experimental headsets that tackle this with variable focus lenses and eye-tracking, but nothing on the market. I am quite happy with the way things are because in real life, when things get close, I have to put reading glasses on. In VR I can read things in front of my eyeballs. I agree with the above though, that bags under the eyes are probably more to do with padding and pressure.

I think this figure is nonsense. Download rate may spike occasionally up to this level, but it is not sustained. The average download rate is a tiny fraction of this. For those with lower-speed connections, the spikes may last a bit longer. If it is downloading data ahead of its visible use, you may not even see a stutter. I am quite surprised at Tom's Hardware coming up with such an absurd figure. Maybe check out this video:

I was thinking of getting another 32 GB DDR5, then read about potential issues with 4 sticks. I have just seen the developer stream where Sebastian Wloch said that more than 32 GB was only necessary if you are running other apps simultaneously, like recording. I'll probably just hang on now and see how much it actually uses.

I fly with a joystick and map the instrument view to the main trigger. In VR this rapidly moves your head closer to the instrument in the centre of your vision; there is no change in scale. I use a Quest 3 with a 4090 and I am very impressed with the clarity.

The PSVR 2 will be PC compatible soon; it might be worth hanging on to see what the reviewers say. It could be an option.

With the Quest 3, you can put any pair of over-ear headphones over the top and get a boost in sound quality, volume and bass. No need to connect the headphones, you just use them as passive sound boxes. You need to be able to cover the sound outlet slots with them, so it might not work with some addon straps.

I have a Quest 3 and with a 4090 you get a decent image, but it does take more than its fair share of GPU power to overcome the compression losses. I tried a full-fat Crystal a while back but my eyes are too far back to get a decent FOV. I'd love to know if the light version is any better in this respect, i.e., you can get your eyes closer to the lenses.

It's a dangerous thing, using the price of a pint for comparison. Pretty soon that will make everything look cheap.

It seems rather ironic that so many simmers have been complaining that FS2024 is going all "gamey" because it gives pilots things to do (like real pilots), and then there's this rather refreshing thread here where people are crying out for just that.

If you don't do so already, try flying helicopters. Just the difficulty makes it more interesting, then there's a whole world of nooks and crannies to explore. Another thing that keeps it interesting is to always fly with live weather; here in the UK that's different every day.

I am sure the Asobo team could find some lovely quotes here to promote MSFS 2024.

I remember in the development update video from Expo, when they talked about the Optica, one of the team said that it was great in VR. This at least confirms that they are still working in VR.

MRTV just posted a video revisiting the PSVR2 in anticipation of the forthcoming PC compatibility. This might be a viable G2 replacement.