HTC Vive Discussion

[cluck]

You now have a dedicated thread to discuss the HTC Vive, which received official support in Project CARS with Patch 11 - Link to patch 11 notes

Who's got one? Who's tried the patch? How is it working for you? Any tips, tricks you have to share, share them here

Bealdor edit:

Due to the extent of the Virtual Reality updates, we strongly recommend that you delete the configuration files that store the various settings. These are found in "\Users\<username>\Documents\Project CARS" and are the files with XML extension.

[Schadows]

Ok that's it, I'm leaving work early today ! Gotta try this baby asap ^^

[JAMF]

Thank you for adding Vive support.

Sadly, now pCARS starts windowed and it can't be made to run full screen in native 5760x1080? A screenshot of the menu screen is 2160x1200, so it appears to be locked to the Vive's combined resolution?

I noticed the reflection in the LCD display (BMW Z4 GT3) showed some white/red, which I think were barriers or curbstones? (Donnington GP, standing still before last turn)

[Bealdor]

Did you delete your config files as suggested in the patch notes thread?

[JAMF]

Did you delete your config files as suggested in the patch notes thread?

I did delete the first two, but not the Oculus and OpenVR ones. The "graphicsconfigopenvrdx11" returned, but the other one, of which I forgot the name) is MIA?


[EDIT] Found it in the recycle bin, called "graphicsconfigdx11".

[EDIT 2] After deleting all the XML files, then starting pCARS from Steam library and selecting the first option (non-VR), the game starts full screen again.
The graphicsconfigdx11.xml has reappeared.

After activating VR and starting pCARS in VR mode, both the openVR settings reappeared too. All is well!

[surtic86]

Thanks for the HTC VIVE Support!

Short test and it works...

But what Resolution do you use for Window Mode? I don't get a nice Setup for this without distorcer.

[MarshallMcBride]

Just tried a nice race with the HTC Vive. I'm really impressed how much more fun it is to race in VR (even though the resolution isn't that high in the first VR generation).
I like the way the user interface is integrated in the 3d world. Not annoying but locatable if you need it.

The one thing that impressed me most is that I seem to drive significantly better with VR. Being able to incline my head in the direction of the curves and the better sense of speed you get seem to improve my driving results.

One thing I noticed is that the sun is really bright when driving at sunset, is there an option to dimm the sun light in that situation without reducing overall brightness?. Shielding the eyes with my hands didn't work and I wasn't able to open the sun visor :-)

[Bealdor]

You could try to turn off some of the visual FX like lens flare, sun flare, bloom or prepuscular rays. I'm not sure which exact one will help you but I'm sure one if them does.

[museumsteve]

What resolution should we be using?

[JAMF]

If you launch for the Vive, it's automatic (or should be).

If for the desktop, it appears there is a bug, stretching a 2160x1200 windowed view to the width of your selected resolution.