VR Discussions, Questions & Feedback

Hello guys, love the new update and looks of it in VR, it's a big steps forward.

Nevertheless I noticed huge performance issues at night when racing with opponents. Specially when mid grid the impact is huge (40-50FPS). Starting last, with whole grid in front has no impact whatsoever but as soon as I gain some positions and there's traffic behind, the performance suffers badly.

As soon as the sun comes up and the lights goes out. The performance is great again.

System: 6900XT, 5800X, 32 GB

 

Unfortunately a known issue! This is probably not very high on the agenda of fixing. I don't play night races anymore because of this.

 

..this is a shame though.. Makes the whole idea of 24h races obsolete.. ☹️

 

Dynamic Lights need a lot of power, 20+ visible cars all with dynamic headlights is asking a lot plus then the trackside lights, extra shadows etc etc.

I've requested this before but a good way to help performance would be to Limit the number of Visible Cars, that way you'd be cutting out a lot of the dynamic headlights, you'd still get a performance hit but it'll be less than with all cars visible.

 

Although I get the best VR experience and performance in AMS2 compared to other sims there is still room for improvement.
I hope Reiza will optimize the game further, implement DLSS support and in my case (Pimax headset) will bring a patch to support canted displays without the need of parallel projection (is also an FPS killer)….

 

I noticed that too but wondering if it's linked to Track Detail in the settings? (if such an option exists, not at PC).

 

Yes true, unfortunately it's not possible to set the number of visible cars..

..strange thing is, performance is much worse when the lights are coming from behind.. With the grid in front the performance is still good

 

Hence it's a Wish to have that option.

The reason it's worse with cars behind is because the headlights are projecting into your cockpit, therefore more shadows and dynamic lights bouncing off more surfaces. When you're at the back you don't have that, so therefore better performance.

 

Every cloud, as they say...

 

It does make sense of course.. Thank you for the explanation. However would be nice to have an option to switch off this effects inside the cockpit entirely, since not even a high end grafic card can handle it in VR.

 

It may be a temporary issue related to optimization, or lack thereof.

 

Today I suddenly noticed many tracks have awful stuttering despite my GPU at 60% This is with motion smoothing enabled. Suddenly the FPS drops below 45 for some seconds. This is specifically for all Brazilian tracks. I think I'm done with the game for some time. VR just does not seem to work well for me and it is hugely frustrating.

For some reason the new tracks don't seem to have this, like spa and nurburgring, but Bathurst does have it.

 

Just to update on this in case anyone has the same issue - it’s sorted now. I seem to have accidentally adjusted the new field of view modifier option in steam vr, which AMS2 didn’t like at all. Reset all to defaults and problem solved.
Then spent a couple of hours tinkering with different settings with the Reverb G2 and ultimately landed on 60hz mode for AMS2 with basically everything on low. Just gives the best balance of clarity and performance for me. 60hz is a bit jarring in Steam VR/WMR portal etc, but honestly feel it’s fine when racing. No idea if it’s at all possible, but would be great if they could implement a middle option, say 75hz. Also got fingers crossed for DLSS to make an appearance. Reports from the No Man’s Sky implementation suggest about a 10% boost in VR frames, which isn’t mind-blowing but nothing to sniff at either.

 

I really hope so! After some testing today I experienced lots of performance issues (especially with new tracks), not only at night time.. As much as I like the new wether system, the performance impact is so huge, I can't enjoy the game at the moment..

 

The Steam FoV adjuster works fine with my Index. I was able to reduce FoV to 93% with no difference to what I actually see - free 7% performance increase. (Probably - haven't measured to confirm yet!)

 

Copied from fb Automobilista 2 - Reiza Studios
Graeme Forrester posted:
"Does anyone else have a problem with VR replays not working in track side mode? Mine sticks at the start position and won’t follow the cars. Not a problem when I play with my 49 inch ultra wide just in VR does this happen."

Can copy that, same 49" Samsung working trackside replays, with G2 Reverb VR not working, anyone ?

 

Yep - G2 Reverb and Trackside only shows the default view from above the pit lane.

 

I have a Reverb G2 and I'm struggling to get good performance (2080Ti). Especially the new Long Beach track the fences along the track shimmer and it's difficult to focus.

I'm tempted to set everything to the lowest quality and then gradually work my way up. Anyone have a G2 / 2080Ti setup?

 

There is just unavoidably quite a lot of shimmering in this game and PC2. You’ll never get rid of it, but I’ve found upping the super sampling is the most effective. So keep textures high and turn everything right down in game (honestly doesn’t make a huge difference to my eyes) and pump up the SS as much as you can. I run MSAA at medium as the bump up to high is too much of a hit for me.
I have a 3080 and 3600x, and run 60hz mode on the G2 with Steam VR super sampling at 80-85% and motion smoothing disabled. It’s not perfect - frame time is pretty high and there’s some noticeable texture pop-in - but seems the best balanced for me. You might also try the new Steam VR field of view modifier as Gagryn mentioned upthread. I had trouble with it but you might be all right, and get a decent boost in performance.
Here’s a chart I’ve found pretty handy.
https://forum.reizastudios.com/attachments/b972abe4-9cf3-4f6e-aac6-0f08664d6942-jpeg.12259/