I had to share this because no one else in my life will listen.

If you play racing games in first person, you’ll know that you have a head-on view of what’s directly in front of you. Maybe you can look left and right outside your windows with the right thumbstick. Maybe not.

This works and is how almost everyone plays racing games. If you swerve around a corner and your car is sideways, it’s hard to know if you’re making that corner or if you’re about to spin out and crash into a wall.

In comes VR. You’re directly inside the car. When you lean forward, you actually lean forward. You can glance up to check your mirrors, and most importantly - you can turn your head to look out the left and right window!!!

All of a sudden my drifts through tight corners are perfectly in control. I look out the right window as I swerve sideways through a left turn to see if my car is still driving in the middle of the road.

I went from 4-5 crashes on my rally course to 1 just by using vr. The stereoscopic 3D of a lens per eye lets me judge speed better. Looking out of the windows ensures I don’t crash.

New life has been breathed into my racing setup. I play with an Xbox one controller and it’s still great.

If you’ve got a vr headset or can find a used one for cheap and can plug it into your computer, it’s a must. I can’t race in 2D anymore. I highly recommend.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caOP
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Very hyped for the steam frame but not optimistic with the ram prices and subsequent shortage of every other pc part due to AI.

    I wonder how powerful the Steam Frame will be. I’ve got a steam deck and I understand it will probably be similar in power. Wonder how it will handle pc racing games.

    • priapus@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      The Steam Frame is mainly aimed at displaying games running on your PC, it’s specs won’t be as good as the Steam Deck.

      • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caOP
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Ya I can’t imagine an ARM processors going to push that much power. I’m surprised with the meta quest 3s though. That’s what I’m currently using

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      I’ve got a steam deck and I understand it will probably be similar in power

      Not even close. Steam Frame has basically a phone processor in it. It’s a “streaming-first” device.