Project cars won't load on Oculus Rift from steam

So i go to launch pcars from steam while using the rift. I launch it from the play button and select "launch - oculus rift in other vr mode". I don't use steam VR. The game will load fine in the window mode. I make sure it is the active window. When i put on the rift all i get is a loading screen, then a error saying "Pcar64.exe is taking a while to load check app on monitor". The game will run fine on the monitor and will even be doing head tracking. It just won't load on the rift. I went into documents and deleted the .xml files but that didn't help. Not sure what to do.

So it worked OK before today? It seems that something changed in the Oculus VR start-up option, I'll inquire with the devs.

Would be nice though to hear from other Oculus users whether it's still working or not.

Also, please check whether you're not on the beta client by accident.

Works fine here.
Mine is on the new Oculus 1.4 too

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Originally Posted by Remco Van Dijk

So it worked OK before today? It seems that something changed in the Oculus VR start-up option, I'll inquire with the devs.

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It was my first time running it on the rift. And sorry I was asleep, since i'm on PST. i Think i might be in beta, Lower left says beta on the rift. It's running 1.4.0.224375. And in steam i have opted out of the beta.

It's a no-go for me. I just tried Pcars and Phoenix and neither run (both are Steam). I had no issues last week. I can provide whatever details needed.

Running OH 1.4.0.224375 (1.4.0.224.996) with DK2. No issues for any other VR title.

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I just got my Rift setup last night, this was my first "stop". Seems not the only one with issues :(

Any progress/information/help to be had?

Any updates on this? I am having the exact same issue:(

I'm also on 1.4 and everything working perfectly, even better in bad weather than 1.3

Mine does say beta on the Oculus app by the way, if that is relevant.

I'm having the same exact problem on my Vive. I click Play > Play on HTC Vive, then it launches on my monitor and nothing in the headset. I tried uninstalling and re-installing to no avail.

I don't know if this will help anyone else, but for me the problem seems to be fixed when I restart the computer with headset on. Maybe some driver that doesn't load in Windows when headset is off, I don't know. :confused:

My DK2 is defaulted to on upon PC startup. I just checked again and still nogo. All of my other Oculus programs run without trouble :/

I tried again and still nothing. Seven days with this and it has become frustrating.

For those having issues. Can you verify that the PCars folder in "Documents" contains the Oculus related *.ini files shown in this screen grab?

http://prntscr.com/b94vsa

I have XML files and my Documents folder has the file in question, dates 4/12 :/ :(

Still no traction. Sadly disappointed :(

You seem to be one of the very few affected by this. There's nothing for the devs to go on to reproduce the issue as it's all working fine for them, so nothing much they can do either. Must be something in your driver or settings configuration IMO, but I'm no expert at how VR works.

Derek, I don't see in your signature if you are on Win 10 or not. One thing I've learned though is that coming from Win 7 and letting it upgrade to Win 10 automatically was not a good idea. I had all sorts of problems on my Win 10 installation before I did a clean installation. I know you are a well experienced user (reading your comments i DCS forum with great interest for example) and probably already have thought of it, but anyway. Just a thought. :p

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You seem to be one of the very few affected by this. There's nothing for the devs to go on to reproduce the issue as it's all working fine for them, so nothing much they can do either. Must be something in your driver or settings configuration IMO, but I'm no expert at how VR works.

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Thank you, ctd - I have windows 7 and won't go to 10 until I have no choice. Both Pcars and Pcars2 have the same issue. From where I sit, every other VR application runs that has Oculus v1.3+ runtime support. The only two that have it and won't run are these. I can't justify a full on syswipe to get two titles to run when all of the other VR applications run without issue.

@RVD - it's really impossible to look at the situation and not look here for solutions. Nothing has changed on my system with the exception of the OH program autoupdating to the versions referenced previously.

As of today, the VR titles running on my system with the latest OH runtimes are:

• Elite Dangerous Horizons
• Assetto Corsa
• FlyInside for FSX and P3d v's 2.5 and 3.2
• War Thunder
• DCS v1.5 and 2.0
• Life for Speed
• Oculus Dream Deck
• Lucky's Tale
• Photo 360

As stated, Pcars1/2 are the odd ones out. While I appreciate that the argument of user-side issues to be in the realm, it's hard to buttress it against the fact that the only two VR titles that should run but don't are these. Unfortunately, I guess it's the way it goes :(

I cannot get Pcars to run on my CV-1 rift. I even did a clean install of windows and have the latest versions of windows 10 64-bit, Steam, Pcars (not beta), Oculus and Nvidia 368.22.

I'm sad by how this is turning out, as I bought my Rift for Pcars alone, and held off on triple monitors. I'm considering returning my Rift if I cant play PCARs!

My hardware is:
Z68 Intel Chipset
I7-2600K OC to 4.0Ghz
16GB of 1866
MSI 980 Gaming
Samsung 500 EVO SSD
Clean install of Windows 10 64-bit.

:(

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Thank you, ctd - I have windows 7 and won't go to 10 until I have no choice. Both Pcars and Pcars2 have the same issue. From where I sit, every other VR application runs that has Oculus v1.3+ runtime support. The only two that have it and won't run are these. I can't justify a full on syswipe to get two titles to run when all of the other VR applications run without issue.

@RVD - it's really impossible to look at the situation and not look here for solutions. Nothing has changed on my system with the exception of the OH program autoupdating to the versions referenced previously.

As of today, the VR titles running on my system with the latest OH runtimes are:

• Elite Dangerous Horizons
• Assetto Corsa
• FlyInside for FSX and P3d v's 2.5 and 3.2
• War Thunder
• DCS v1.5 and 2.0
• Life for Speed
• Oculus Dream Deck
• Lucky's Tale
• Photo 360

As stated, Pcars1/2 are the odd ones out. While I appreciate that the argument of user-side issues to be in the realm, it's hard to buttress it against the fact that the only two VR titles that should run but don't are these. Unfortunately, I guess it's the way it goes :(

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Sorry for not reading through the previous postings, but have you already tried renaming all graphics- and VR-related .xml files in My Documents/Project CARS and also your profile (defaul.sav), to try and see if there's something in those files hindering pCARS from starting in VR mode?

Thank you for the reply. I was not aware that renaming the files was necessary, nor do I know what to rename them. I'm also not aware of what could be in those files that stop PCars from running. All I know at this point is that they both were running and now they don't, seemingly connected to the OH updates, but I am not sure. I am running the Steam installation of both Pcars and Pcars2.

If I rename these files, will new ones be automatically created on the next installation instance?

I got it to work based on this thread. http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/sho...culus-Rift-CV1

Basically, I was running my monitor off my Intel chipset and the Rift of my MSI 980's HDMI and that was issue. I needed to run my monitor off the 980 and not use the Intel GPU at all.

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Thank you for the reply. I was not aware that renaming the files was necessary, nor do I know what to rename them. I'm also not aware of what could be in those files that stop PCars from running. All I know at this point is that they both were running and now they don't, seemingly connected to the OH updates, but I am not sure. I am running the Steam installation of both Pcars and Pcars2.

If I rename these files, will new ones be automatically created on the next installation instance?

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It shouldn't be necessary, but if there is something in the settings that causes your problems, you can check that with renaming them. Just add a _ after the name or something (graphicsconfigdx11.xml_), just so that it's different from the real one. The game will make new ones with default settings when you next start it. Start with just the .xml files and if that doesnt work, try the default.sav (it has all other settings and gamesaves apart from the graphics). Default.sav is in \Steam\userdata\[userid]\234630\local\project cars\profiles\default.sav.

Renamed them. It created a new version of graphicsconfigdx11 but did not for oculussettings or graphicsconfigoculusdx11. The last date the graphicsconfigoculusdx11 was used/written was May 6th. Thank you :)

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Renamed them. It created a new version of graphicsconfigdx11 but did not for oculussettings or graphicsconfigoculusdx11. The last date the graphicsconfigoculusdx11 was used/written was May 6th. Thank you :)

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So did this fix the problem?

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So did this fix the problem?

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Thank you, no - it didn't create the other two files with "oculus" in the filenames. Heretofore Pcars automatically started in VR when the Oculus was connected and on. I have specifically started OH first and verified proper function on the HMD and then run Pcars. Also, the opening sequences would be displayed on the HMD. Unless something has been changed to where only the driving now is on the HMD, then there's no VR. If only the driving is on the HMD since May 6th then I apologize as I have only stopped at the initial interface screen.

Mine doesn't work as well, but mine show other problem.

The game will load but the HUD is clipped. It's like the screen on each eyes didn't correctly overlap. And when i start the actual gameplay, there's nothing shows up on the Rift. Just blank grey screen on the Rift.
I tried to verify the game integrity and also delete all the XML files in documents.

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Originally Posted by Derek Speare

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Thank you, ctd - I have windows 7 and won't go to 10 until I have no choice. Both Pcars and Pcars2 have the same issue. From where I sit, every other VR application runs that has Oculus v1.3+ runtime support. The only two that have it and won't run are these. I can't justify a full on syswipe to get two titles to run when all of the other VR applications run without issue.

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Ha, ha. Yeah I totally understand you don't want that trouble before it's the only remedy. But I have to tell you, there are many reports on this forum that Win 10 offered a significant smother experience in VR with PCars in comparsion to Win 7. :)

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Ha, ha. Yeah I totally understand you don't want that trouble before it's the only remedy. But I have to tell you, there are many reports on this forum that Win 10 offered a significant smother experience in VR with PCars in comparsion to Win 7. :)

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It was running perfectly not more than three weeks ago. Nothing other than the OH updates have changed on my end. I've had zero issues with Win7.

Um, what's "OH"? What version of that are you running now?

I'm afraid I cannot help much in this, but with the above information I'll inquire with the devs again.

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Originally Posted by Remco Van Dijk

Um, what's "OH"?

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Oculus Home

We are looking into it BTW. But one thing to point out is, pCARS 2 doesn't have the oculus runtime in it at all, so this certainly won't run in VR.

Are you choosing to run the game in SteamVR mode? Its working just fine here on the DK2 on the released Steam build.

Just a reminder that as per my original post over here:

"A final note - our focus has been on providing a polished end-user experience when using the final Oculus Rift 'CV1' HMD. Although the 'DK2' HMD should still work, The hardware has significantly improved. We therefor cannot guarantee the same quality of experience when using the 'DK2' unit, as some of these features may not work as well as they do on the 'CV1'."


So as much as we would like to continue to keep the DK2 support working, we cannot officially support it beyond what we are already doing for CV1.

Thank you, Gentlemen.

I recognize that the DK2 is "unsupported". The quandary is that it was working flawlessly not more than three weeks ago, and now it's a no-go. I have never run SteamVR to get Pcars to run in VR, and that was with the Oculus Home ("OH") software installed (v1.3 and higher runtimes). Steam VR has never been installed on this PC, and from what I know is not necessary since the Oculus Home program controls VR rendering. I posted previously to this thread a screenshot from the OH settings indicating the v1.4 version.

I brought up Pcars2 since VR did work in it some time ago...and it was a blast, BTW! The autocross/road rally was a hoot!

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Originally Posted by Derek Speare

Thank you, Gentlemen.

I recognize that the DK2 is "unsupported". The quandary is that it was working flawlessly not more than three weeks ago, and now it's a no-go. I have never run SteamVR to get Pcars to run in VR, and that was with the Oculus Home ("OH") software installed (v1.3 and higher runtimes). Steam VR has never been installed on this PC, and from what I know is not necessary since the Oculus Home program controls VR rendering. I posted previously to this thread a screenshot from the OH settings indicating the v1.4 version.

I brought up Pcars2 since VR did work in it some time ago...and it was a blast, BTW! The autocross/road rally was a hoot!

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Its scheduled in pretty soon to get it all up and working, so shouldn't be too long ;)

When you launch it in Steam do you get the options to launch 3 ways?