TRIPLE SCREENS VS. VR - Which is Faster For Sim Racing?

Today we're tackling one of the most commonly asked questions in Sim Racing. The result wasn't at all what I was expecting, so let's dive in and try and make sense of it all.

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#simracing #vr #triples

[joewerts]

I will never go back to racing on screen after drving with VR for about a year. So much more immersive.

[Tacoplane]

I will say that vr helped much with my irl karting, it improved my race craft and awareness so much

[pemirkovich]

The biggest advantage VR gives you is the depth perception.

[bobbyQQ]

VR all the way. I have triples as well but once I got a VR set, the triples just collect dust. Best way I describe it is with triples you are looking AT the game and with VR you are IN the game. And that difference, is HUGE

[RADERFPV]

I tried VR for the first time yesterday. Quest 3 paired with iRacing. My mind is completely blown, such an amazing experience.

[thrawnjan]

one thing that wasn't mentioned but I feel is an important advantage pro VR: elevation changes are much more noticeable, which allows you to adjust the brake and throttle input to stay on the limit of the tires while going over crests / into compressions.

[EarthIsFlat]

I'm not a competitive player so for me immersion is more important than pace and VR is simply the most immersive way to play.

[fsprimo]

I'm an airline pilot and use flight simulator in VR during my training, made my life a lot easier, especially in how to judge the flare near the ground during landings due to 3D aspect that you don't have using monitors. 3 years now in VR and I really never land an aircraft in my sim using monitors anymore.

[denesk]

VR really shines when it comes to racing other people/cars. Looking around freely (in a way that it changes your mirror reflection) helps a lot, but when it comes to judging distance to other cars, or judging what they are doing (e.g. braking/accelerating) is a completely different level of awareness.
Every time I try to play now on triples I just end up rear-ending cars. I am at a point where I am going to dismantle the triple setup completely.
I became those no VR no buy people.

ps: I had horrible motion sickness and haven't played for years. About 6 months ago I put on the VR headset to see how many minutes before I puke on myself, and spent 4 hours in VR and zero motion sickness. :O VTOL VR still manages to make me want to fall off the chair when that helicopter starts spinning :O

[noiamhippyman]

I used to be only VR every time. But after I setup a single large TV super close and used a FOV calculator to get the correct FOV, I've enjoyed being able to just turn my stuff on and go.

VR wins when it comes to immersion.
Screens win when it comes to convenience.

[Robertdast]

Vr helps so much with rally because you need to know exactly where you are at all times.

[EFUwazurike]

Been a sim racer most of my life and a VR racer since Project Cars 1. And that first VR experience changed everything for me. I’ve never tested whether or not I’m faster, but it was the first time sim racing clicked for me. Turning off the hud and just being a man in a car. Hopefully sim developers can see the turn of the tide, cause for a lot of us, it’s No VR No Buy.

[RobFisherUK]

Motion sickness: I trained myself out of it. I thought I could never race in VR until I read some article about curing the sickness. Drive slowly around an oval in a closed cockpit car. As soon as you feel even slightly weird, stop. Try again the next day. Repeat. Gradually you can last longer and drive faster and eventually move on to more twisty and undulating circuits. Took me two weeks to cure it.

[tslater]

VR racing is the most immersive gaming experience one can get🎉

[FuZZbaLLbee]

On racing games I never used the inside car camera. In VR looking around in the interior of the different cars is one of the best things

[zoeyharshman]

I pretty much only use vr. At this point, I only have a single cheapy monitor on my rig that I only use for navigating menus when i had proper monitors setup I could be just as fast but my consistency in VR was so much better and one thing that he didn't really seem to touch on is that in actual races with other drivers on the track my awareness of the other cars around me in vr is so much higher and I was much more able to safely make moves on drivers ahead of me and also was better at defending from drivers behind me and this is on a quest 2 with a 3070 that has some less than ideal frame drops in vr but still allowed me to preform so much more consistently and feel 10x more confident in the car and in myself. Obviously this won't be everyone's experience but it was mine.

[chuanjenchang]

I do VR only to see how Halo looks in real life, and after seeing the difference, I'm not going back to the flat screen

[isocuda]

My favorite thing about VR is when the field scatters at the green flag and threading the needle like a psychopath 😂

[Flufficatfish]

Sick video Will! When I started getting into Sim Racing, i had the same question (as most people do). One big thing I love about the triple screen set up is that I can see and interact with any extra peripherals like button boxes. I like that I can customize my cockpit as my own and see it with my own eyes. I never could get that with Vr. Also my eye fatigue and the weight on my head from VR really limits me. I can go for hours on my triples with some blue light glasses. Thanks for the great content!

[agsxdsm]

With a good wind simulator, VR will have you thinking you're actually there. Cheers Will!