VR Discussions, Questions & Feedback

I have a RTX3060 notebook, 1080p.
How can I get a good balance of graphic and fps?

 

thank you it worked

 

I'm VR my trackside replay camera stays in just one place, does anyone know how to control it to change cameras like in 2d mode please?

 

You have to press the cycle track camera key manually in VR. As far as I know it’s been like this always.

On monitor it cycles automatically as the cars move round the track.

I would like to see the option of a fixed camera and cycling trackside camera as well.

 

Ah there is a key bind for this? I will take a look next time I play. I guess they thought auto-switching could be nausea inducing but yes it would be nice to have the option !

 

Yes, you can bind keys to previous and next replay camera.

 

I play with an Oculus Rift S. I also own Project Cars.

I noticed that Project Cars was just slightly clearer and smoother in VR than AMS2.

So I looked in the user folders for both games, and there were two files in there for each game with the same names.

I backed up the AMS2 DX11config and the Oculusconfig files for AMS2, then copied the ones from Project Cars into the folder, and then launched AMS2. It was now just as clear and smooth as Project Cars. Beautiful in VR.

I also use the Oculus Debug Tool in the Oculus software Support folder to turn off ASW, force mipmaps with a 0.4 bias, set pixel density to 2.0, and set curvature to High.

With all this, AMS2 is the smoothest, best looking VR experience that I have ever had. It makes racing or just turning meditative laps at my favorite tracks a real pleasure. You feel like you're really there, really driving.

 

I assume its the
<prop name="SharpeningStrength"
<prop name="SharpeningClamp"
<prop name="OffsetBias"
lines in graphicsconfigoculusdx11.xml
Its originally the same as in pCARS2 in default.
It was often discussed in pCARS2 forums and i think you have set this manually to other values long time ago.
And forgot about that fact

 

Actually, I only recently installed AMS2, and have never touched the files.

The files that I copied over were from PCars 1. I have no idea what the difference is, but it noticeably improved clarity and smoothness in VR with an Oculus Rift S.

 

Just an additional note, I installed PCars 2 yesterday, after my previous posts. Turned a few laps at Watkins Glen and Road America with Mark Donahue's '69 Z28. It was not terribly clear in VR, nor smooth.

So I did the same thing that I had done with AMS2, copied the PCars 1 OculusDX11 and OculusConfig files into the game's folder under My Documents. It had the same effect that it had on AMS2. It cleared up and smoothed out nicely.

Whatever is providing the clearer, smoother performance on Oculus Rift S with this trick, it's in those files from PCars 1. It helps both AMS2 and PCars 2.

 

you are a typical user, who just does something and is happy with the result. W/o wanting to know what it was. If there had just changed one entry, then your trail&error would have forced a crash.
Beleave me, its the sharpening and filter settings.
It was discussed here in in the pCARS forums. Long time ago.

 

Well, all I know is that whatever is in the PCars 1 config files, it makes the picture much clearer and much smoother. You referenced PCars 2 when discussing the sharpening and filter settings that were discussed long ago. But what I did FIXES PCars 2.

Perhaps I'm a bit of a pragmatist, but if it works, it works. I don't feel a need to sift through the files and find the specific entry responsible for the improvement. If you dig through the PCars 1 config files and compare the differences between those and the AMS2 and PCars 2 config files, maybe you can figure it out. I'd rather be doing other things. If my mentioning this helps anyone, great. But I don't feel compelled to make a career of figuring it out.

 

ive just changed from a GTX1080 to a RX 6900XT any good guides to get me going

edit = Quest 2

 

put all sliders to the right

 

Does anyone know if there has been any research done on what the different track quality and car quality and other options means in terms of visuals and vr performance impact?

 

I haven't seen any guides. Experimentation is probably the best way to dial it in on your machine.

I'd offer some advice, but I recently retired my 1080 machine and replaced it with a new NZXT monster. I have everything set to maximum, plus I force the highest quality possible with the Oculus Debug Tool. It still looks great and runs fast and smooth. The new PC seems to handle anything well.

Things like shadows, mirrors, and reflections usually have a heavy impact. Texture quality typically relates to how much video memory your graphics card has onboard. Heavy detailed grass is usually an FPS-killer as well.

Do some tinkering and experimentation and you'll soon figure out what your PC does and does not like. I may be wrong, but AMS2 doesn't seem too hard to run at very high settings. Good luck!

 

This is a little old, but should give you a good idea of the impact of the various settings:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AUTOMOBILI...performance_impact_of_graphics_and_visual_fx/

 

Can you upload the files?

 

This is the default pcars settings file. Compared with default AMS2 - most of the pcars defaults are lower which would account for improved perf. As for being 'clearer'; that can be pretty subjective.