I've looked at other settings videos and never have they bothered to say WHY the value was chosen. I appreciate so much your explanations-detailed yet succinct. THANKS!!
I appreciate this! Most guides just tell you their settings with no explanation... and it's apparent that some of them really don't know what the settings actually do.
Great video which for the first time explains what the settings affect, which makes it much easier to identify the changes and determine the settings that suits your personal preference. When you have some ‘spare’ time 😀 a similar explanatory video for the Nvidia and OpenXR settings would be great 😊
Great video, I appreciate your constant updates on graphical settings. It helps to sooth the headaches caused by constantly tinkering with settings like a lot of us tend to do. I can’t stress enough how imperative it is to edit the usercfg file, setting the sharpening value to 0 is such a great way to get rid of that annoying shimmer. I actually have my trees set to high since I do a lot of low flying and trees stand out the most to me. Other than that, my settings are identical to yours and the performance is excellent, using an RTX 3080, R9 5900x and the G2. I bounce around between using motion reprojection, it’s nice to have sometimes but I agree that the artifacts it creates can be quite distracting. Also, fixed foveated rendering in the openxr toolkit is a must, I was able to eliminate all stutter by adjusting this to my liking. Anyways, thanks again and I’m looking forward to more content from you in the future!
Cheers for this Chris. Not sure if you saw last week's Q&A with the team but Sebastian explained how the tree setting works in conjunction with the terrain LOD to determine the tree horizon limit. Pushing to high and ultra will push the trees our further and further so I'd recommend at least high if you can run it to stop the green, barren hill look in the distance. He didn't say whether or not this works the same with buildings and bushes, but common sense would assume that it does, and if you have a higher setting then buildings and bushes will show further. He showed a pretty good video demonstrating it, and in the next sim update we will be able to get trees to display in pink so that we can compare the differences playing around in the settings.
I also understood that the trees and buildings settings not only regulate the details of them but also the distance in which they are drawn. My tests today also shows that. Lod set to 160. With buildings set to medium flying low, you mostly see buildings as boxes and their windows and fronts appear very late. With them set to high all is very fine and no building with missing windows are seen. Understood that asobo associates the long awaited draw distance slider now with the tree-settings (so they don't need to add an additional slider item). The tree setting "... medium, high, ..." not only regulate the detail of trees but also the draw distance. That's different in comparison to pre SU8, right?
@@stephansiebertz1870 That's interesting, I'm too lazy to actually spend time testing settings myself but I've always assumed that lowering settings lowers the LOD thresholds rather than overall details, buildings seem to look the same on medium/high/ultra once your next to them, its when your 2000 feet up and a few thousand feet away the difference in details really shows.
This is great. I've been wanting to make a video like this for quite awhile for my new VR MSFS channel "The Virtual World", but I haven't found the time to do it justice. But I know a lot of people have been asking for something like this, so good on you for doing it. Save me a lot of work!! Phew. LOL
Hey buddy, thanks so much for the video. I went ahead and reset my settings and only set important things to me at ultra or high and keeping render at 100. It made a huge difference with my 3080ti especially with the AI realtraffic, 787 mod at KLAX with heavy rain, very low visibility which is what it’s currently here in Southern California. Those low thin clouds always hit performance so it’s currently a bit stuttery but it’ll always be until Asobo takes care of it. But on the way to KLAX it was much very smooth over dense areas and overcast clouds. Oh and it looks really good sharp and clear!
Thanks very much for once again staying on top of evolving VR updates as well as doing the drudgery of comparison testing and optimization for us - much appreciated! Your setup is so close to mine (except that I have an i9-9900K to go with my Reverb G2 and 3080) that I can just duplicate and enter your settings, making it even easier. The aircraft you chose to feature is very intriguing, not least because flying with dogs would be just that much closer to heaven, no matter the actual MSL altitude.
Thanks Chris. I appreciate the time you invest in helping out the community. This is a very good informative video indeed. The why and what are so important to understand when you are running into trouble with the resources of your system. Great job my friend :)
Nice touch for Taylor ❤️ always wondered what the settings actually meant as all I’ve ever done is copy your settings am a lot wiser for this honest 🤥 cheers ✌️❤️☮️
Thank you with all my heart. it was very useful. I always watch your videos because with a calm voice you can explain very well. Do you still have stuttering while looking out the window at buildings or trees? Thanks :)
Hey super info! Since my specs are close to yours, this works great. Only dif is I have an i7 8700k doing 4.8. Question: did you mention in one of your vids that you use SteamDeck? I’m thinking about getting the 15 button one. Might be useful in vr, especially when the yaw2 arrives. Creator is finally ready to ship. You really need to get a 3DOF. I had a different make for six months and the immersion is upped tenfold. If you’re in an open cockpit, using a fan blowing at ya practically blows ya away 😆 Cheers M8!
Thanks for this video. Yours have always been my go to guide for getting the best visual in VR. You mentioned near the beginning of your video that "for a more detailed video of my complete settings, you can watch the video linked above." In video links haven't worked for me for ages, and only sometimes to do the video links at the end work. Can you provide a link for your best settings with the G2, OpenXR, WMR and the OpenXR toolkit please?
Hello, Excellent video which has helped me a lot! Thank you very much! Just a question: what is the difference between the render resolution in the sim settings and the render resolution in openXR toolkit? I currently have 70 in sim and 100 in OpenXR toolkit. Is this good for performance or would it be better 100 in sim and 70 in open XR toolkit? Thank you very much for your help and for your great videos! Best regards from Spain!
Great vids! I have a 3060ti with Quest 2 and can get about 35 fps on the ground and I jump to mid 40s in the air. I noticed that off in the distance is grainy or hazy screen doorish. Do you feel the Reverb is a lot better over the Quest 2. Does the internet connection play a huge part in clarity? Thanks for any insight you might have.
Thanks so much for your videos. I really appreciate the details you give not only one WHAT you set but also WHY. One question: I notice that many of your videos are made using the G2 rather than the Aero. Is that because a) The G2 is more common, so more people benefit from the video, b) The G2's mirror is better for recording, c) You get better performance in the G2, or d) You prefer the G2 for your own use (and, if so, why?), so you use it for your videos. I had started with a Rift S, have since upgraded to a G2, and am currently sitting on an order for the Aero. I'm always curious to hear more opinions from those who have both the G2 and the Aero (or are waiting for the next great thing, whatever that might be).
I don’t understand, with such a graphic card as yours, what is the point to research “optimal settings”, it would roll smooth with anything. I have a much cheaper gtx and can get vr running smooth on low resolution, like really smooth. With intel 7 and 32 gb ram. But you are right about the hierarchy oh how these listed parameters affect the frame rates! Cheers
Greeting and thx for the video! I'm using the OpenXR Toolkit as well, but for some reason I keep getting a "CPU Bound" message under the FPS even though I have a Ryzen 7 5800X. My GPU is an RTX 2070 Super. Any ideas why I would be CPU bound and what might help alleviate that? Thx!
Hello my friend I love the dog in the flight lol I was wanting to know my system is close to yours only thing difference is I have 32 GB of RAM and you have 64 my question is is it worth getting 32 more gigs added to my 32 to make it 64 or just keep the 32 gb will I notice a difference if I went with the total of 64 GB. Can you send me the link to your an nvidia control panel settings
Openxrtoolkit won't start. It won't even show MSFS or any other Openxr game on my PC. It also doesn't show the log. The companion says that it is installed correctly... Any help would be appreciated. I am using Quest 2.
Also... another question... When I am running VR on my Rift S The TV output is showing the true VR double screen image, how do I get my TV to display a full single screen view? Thankyou in advance to anyone that answers that one ! Lol
Hi, i have problem that if i move head everything in blured. I found that it should be problem with Motion blur enabled in VR mode but that option is missing there. If i disable it in cfg file UserCfg.opt in VR part it get every time enabled again. Does anybody have same problem? When not moving head just plane even quickly, everything is sharp, so it must be problem with this settings. I need to find way ho to disable it as it is quite ruining experience. Thank you
Ughh, today my Flight Sim stopped detecting my VR headset. OQ2. I finally got it to detect the headset through steam since BOTH virtual desktop and oculus app stopped detecting my headset. Now steam crashes everytime I load flight Sim in VR, but it detects... I don't know what to do anymore. Asus TUF 3080 Ryzen 7 5800x 32gb ram. Also no matter what I do. WMR will not detect my headset not matter what.
@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS thanks for the reply. My headset detects now that I changed the openxr runtime BUT when I load into a runway and switch to VR my game instantly starts lagging and becomes unplayable. I try virtual desktop, same thing it launches steam everything's working, I ctrl+tab over to vr and I get the default Steamvr background with a box that says "FlightSim2020" with the word "waiting" underneath. This box keeps flashing on and on indefinitely. When I take my headset off to check my monitor, flight Sim is frozen. I've even had to reboot the pc a few times. Asus TUF 3080 Asus TUF X570 Gaming Plus Ryzen 7 5800x 1000 watt corsair PSU 32 GB Corsair Ram Corsair 240mm AIO Oculus Quest 2 Been trouble shooting for 4 days. It was working fine. Then out of nowheres two days ago, nothing.
Hi there, much appreciate all your efforts. However, my understanding is that are so many parameters which you can change both in game and in the VR headset I am on a hiding to nothing. I have spent dozens of hours watching all of your latest videos again and again and adjusting my settings trying to achieve a good VR experience. Sometimes things are improved, but other times my performance and stutter is a lot worse. Would it be possible for you to produce a definitive list of settings for each of the more popular hardware configurations? Also, a prioritised list of all of the parameters would be useful. I am so frustrated that I would be happy to pay say £50 for someone to help me remotely set up my oculus quest 2 and my GeForce RTX 2060 on PC with 32gb memory and full fibre 300mb+ internet. Other option would be to buy identical hardware to you so I hopefully could save a lot of time just copying your set up in your videos.
Are you using the link cable, virtual desktop or airlink? The cable will give you better performance but more compression, while the other two can produce a better image while introducing performance issues if your internet bandwidth is being disrupted. I used to use the Quest 2, but ended up getting the Reverb G2 since it has far less compression when linked to the PC (wireless doesn’t matter much in a sit-down sim anyway). I also upgraded to a 3080 since my former 2070 just wasn’t up to task. This may be the same for you unfortunately. Also, adjusting the fixed foveated rendering in the openxr toolkit can be a game changer depending on your setup. I have mine set to 85% outer, and 70% inner. You may want to experiment with that if you haven’t already.
Your settings are almost like mine. The secret for me with 49-inch OLED, Titanrtx, and 10900 at 5ghz is...457.30 driver. Default settings in Nvidia, no profile for Fsimulator in Nvidia, global performance max and filtering performance, I get around 50 fps in Manhattan in 2d and ultrasmooth VR with your settings. Check my channel where I stream it. Thanks!
I've looked at other settings videos and never have they bothered to say WHY the value was chosen. I appreciate so much your explanations-detailed yet succinct. THANKS!!
It worked! I was disappointed until I followed this video! Not the best graphics, but for my GTX1650TI, it runs fluently! Thanks a lot!
I appreciate this! Most guides just tell you their settings with no explanation... and it's apparent that some of them really don't know what the settings actually do.
@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS have a very similar build as you. Input the settings… and it runs beautifully. Thanks again!!
Great video which for the first time explains what the settings affect, which makes it much easier to identify the changes and determine the settings that suits your personal preference.
When you have some ‘spare’ time 😀 a similar explanatory video for the Nvidia and OpenXR settings would be great 😊
Great video, I appreciate your constant updates on graphical settings. It helps to sooth the headaches caused by constantly tinkering with settings like a lot of us tend to do. I can’t stress enough how imperative it is to edit the usercfg file, setting the sharpening value to 0 is such a great way to get rid of that annoying shimmer. I actually have my trees set to high since I do a lot of low flying and trees stand out the most to me. Other than that, my settings are identical to yours and the performance is excellent, using an RTX 3080, R9 5900x and the G2. I bounce around between using motion reprojection, it’s nice to have sometimes but I agree that the artifacts it creates can be quite distracting. Also, fixed foveated rendering in the openxr toolkit is a must, I was able to eliminate all stutter by adjusting this to my liking. Anyways, thanks again and I’m looking forward to more content from you in the future!
where can i find the usercfg file? Thanks in advance :)
Cheers for this Chris. Not sure if you saw last week's Q&A with the team but Sebastian explained how the tree setting works in conjunction with the terrain LOD to determine the tree horizon limit. Pushing to high and ultra will push the trees our further and further so I'd recommend at least high if you can run it to stop the green, barren hill look in the distance. He didn't say whether or not this works the same with buildings and bushes, but common sense would assume that it does, and if you have a higher setting then buildings and bushes will show further.
He showed a pretty good video demonstrating it, and in the next sim update we will be able to get trees to display in pink so that we can compare the differences playing around in the settings.
I also understood that the trees and buildings settings not only regulate the details of them but also the distance in which they are drawn. My tests today also shows that.
Lod set to 160. With buildings set to medium flying low, you mostly see buildings as boxes and their windows and fronts appear very late. With them set to high all is very fine and no building with missing windows are seen.
Understood that asobo associates the long awaited draw distance slider now with the tree-settings (so they don't need to add an additional slider item).
The tree setting "... medium, high, ..." not only regulate the detail of trees but also the draw distance. That's different in comparison to pre SU8, right?
@@stephansiebertz1870 That's interesting, I'm too lazy to actually spend time testing settings myself but I've always assumed that lowering settings lowers the LOD thresholds rather than overall details, buildings seem to look the same on medium/high/ultra once your next to them, its when your 2000 feet up and a few thousand feet away the difference in details really shows.
This is great. I've been wanting to make a video like this for quite awhile for my new VR MSFS channel "The Virtual World", but I haven't found the time to do it justice. But I know a lot of people have been asking for something like this, so good on you for doing it. Save me a lot of work!! Phew. LOL
@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS this is my channel
Thanks for the shoutout mate! Great channel and the best source for VR, period.Cheers!
One of the best VR videos I have seen.
Hey buddy, thanks so much for the video. I went ahead and reset my settings and only set important things to me at ultra or high and keeping render at 100. It made a huge difference with my 3080ti especially with the AI realtraffic, 787 mod at KLAX with heavy rain, very low visibility which is what it’s currently here in Southern California. Those low thin clouds always hit performance so it’s currently a bit stuttery but it’ll always be until Asobo takes care of it. But on the way to KLAX it was much very smooth over dense areas and overcast clouds. Oh and it looks really good sharp and clear!
@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS no problem man. It’s a pleasure to help although you did all the hard work. We appreciate you!
Thanks a lot. Less time to find the right settings but more time to enjoy flying . Same configuration as you, but only 32 ram. Great results .👍👍👏👏
Thanks very much for once again staying on top of evolving VR updates as well as doing the drudgery of comparison testing and optimization for us - much appreciated! Your setup is so close to mine (except that I have an i9-9900K to go with my Reverb G2 and 3080) that I can just duplicate and enter your settings, making it even easier. The aircraft you chose to feature is very intriguing, not least because flying with dogs would be just that much closer to heaven, no matter the actual MSL altitude.
It's amazing how close both our settings are. Good info as always, keep up the good work and information.
Wow! Thank you! Beautiful graphics with 3080 Quest 2 and 45 FPS steady.
Thanks Chris. I appreciate the time you invest in helping out the community. This is a very good informative video indeed. The why and what are so important to understand when you are running into trouble with the resources of your system. Great job my friend :)
Nice touch for Taylor ❤️ always wondered what the settings actually meant as all I’ve ever done is copy your settings am a lot wiser for this honest 🤥 cheers ✌️❤️☮️
Great Breakdown. Thank you
lol that dog is awesome! :P.
Thanks for the vid.
Great video ! I’m struggling with dialing in my VR setting . How did you get the dogs ?
Good video for newbies. That answers the usual questions 👍
Take care buddy
Great video, will take note of those setting for my VR experience. How about a similar video for Non-VR settings ?
Finally something w similar pc specs
Thank you with all my heart. it was very useful. I always watch your videos because with a calm voice you can explain very well. Do you still have stuttering while looking out the window at buildings or trees? Thanks :)
Hey super info! Since my specs are close to yours, this works great. Only dif is I have an i7 8700k doing 4.8.
Question: did you mention in one of your vids that you use SteamDeck? I’m thinking about getting the 15 button one. Might be useful in vr, especially when the yaw2 arrives. Creator is finally ready to ship. You really need to get a 3DOF. I had a different make for six months and the immersion is upped tenfold. If you’re in an open cockpit, using a fan blowing at ya practically blows ya away 😆 Cheers M8!
Thanks for this video. Yours have always been my go to guide for getting the best visual in VR. You mentioned near the beginning of your video that "for a more detailed video of my complete settings, you can watch the video linked above." In video links haven't worked for me for ages, and only sometimes to do the video links at the end work. Can you provide a link for your best settings with the G2, OpenXR, WMR and the OpenXR toolkit please?
I was wondering what settings you use in PC mode while using VR? Should they match? Should I use full screen or windoed while using VR.
Hello,
Excellent video which has helped me a lot! Thank you very much!
Just a question: what is the difference between the render resolution in the sim settings and the render resolution in openXR toolkit?
I currently have 70 in sim and 100 in OpenXR toolkit. Is this good for performance or would it be better 100 in sim and 70 in open XR toolkit?
Thank you very much for your help and for your great videos!
Best regards from Spain!
how do u get the cat and dog as a co pilot been seeing it just dont know where to go to get it
thanks for the help
Great vids! I have a 3060ti with Quest 2 and can get about 35 fps on the ground and I jump to mid 40s in the air. I noticed that off in the distance is grainy or hazy screen doorish. Do you feel the Reverb is a lot better over the Quest 2. Does the internet connection play a huge part in clarity? Thanks for any insight you might have.
I got Reverb G2 and lemme tell you sometimes idk if it's a SIM or it's reality!!! especially above the clouds MY GOD!!!!
Thanks so much for your videos. I really appreciate the details you give not only one WHAT you set but also WHY. One question: I notice that many of your videos are made using the G2 rather than the Aero. Is that because a) The G2 is more common, so more people benefit from the video, b) The G2's mirror is better for recording, c) You get better performance in the G2, or d) You prefer the G2 for your own use (and, if so, why?), so you use it for your videos. I had started with a Rift S, have since upgraded to a G2, and am currently sitting on an order for the Aero. I'm always curious to hear more opinions from those who have both the G2 and the Aero (or are waiting for the next great thing, whatever that might be).
what are your thoughts on texture filtering quality to performance instead of high performance on nvidia control panel?
Question for motion reprojection......I tried it and got nauseous pretty quick.
I don’t understand, with such a graphic card as yours, what is the point to research “optimal settings”, it would roll smooth with anything. I have a much cheaper gtx and can get vr running smooth on low resolution, like really smooth. With intel 7 and 32 gb ram. But you are right about the hierarchy oh how these listed parameters affect the frame rates! Cheers
If you use your mouse while in VR with your Reverb G2 do you get a double image of the cursor?
Greeting and thx for the video! I'm using the OpenXR Toolkit as well, but for some reason I keep getting a "CPU Bound" message under the FPS even though I have a Ryzen 7 5800X. My GPU is an RTX 2070 Super. Any ideas why I would be CPU bound and what might help alleviate that? Thx!
Cool VR video.....how do I get the dog and the cat...
How do I adjust my seat in VR Im so low im on a level with the instruments and pedals..its like my head is seated.
Hello my friend I love the dog in the flight lol I was wanting to know my system is close to yours only thing difference is I have 32 GB of RAM and you have 64 my question is is it worth getting 32 more gigs added to my 32 to make it 64 or just keep the 32 gb will I notice a difference if I went with the total of 64 GB. Can you send me the link to your an nvidia control panel settings
Openxrtoolkit won't start. It won't even show MSFS or any other Openxr game on my PC. It also doesn't show the log. The companion says that it is installed correctly... Any help would be appreciated. I am using Quest 2.
Also... another question...
When I am running VR on my Rift S
The TV output is showing the true VR double screen image, how do I get my TV to display a full single screen view?
Thankyou in advance to anyone that answers that one ! Lol
Hi, i have problem that if i move head everything in blured. I found that it should be problem with Motion blur enabled in VR mode but that option is missing there. If i disable it in cfg file UserCfg.opt in VR part it get every time enabled again. Does anybody have same problem? When not moving head just plane even quickly, everything is sharp, so it must be problem with this settings. I need to find way ho to disable it as it is quite ruining experience. Thank you
I have a RTX3070 , you have a 3080 but do not use DLSS?? TAA... why??
Ughh, today my Flight Sim stopped detecting my VR headset. OQ2. I finally got it to detect the headset through steam since BOTH virtual desktop and oculus app stopped detecting my headset. Now steam crashes everytime I load flight Sim in VR, but it detects... I don't know what to do anymore.
Asus TUF 3080
Ryzen 7 5800x
32gb ram.
Also no matter what I do. WMR will not detect my headset not matter what.
@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS thanks for the reply. My headset detects now that I changed the openxr runtime BUT when I load into a runway and switch to VR my game instantly starts lagging and becomes unplayable.
I try virtual desktop, same thing it launches steam everything's working, I ctrl+tab over to vr and I get the default Steamvr background with a box that says "FlightSim2020" with the word "waiting" underneath. This box keeps flashing on and on indefinitely. When I take my headset off to check my monitor, flight Sim is frozen. I've even had to reboot the pc a few times.
Asus TUF 3080
Asus TUF X570 Gaming Plus
Ryzen 7 5800x
1000 watt corsair PSU
32 GB Corsair Ram
Corsair 240mm AIO
Oculus Quest 2
Been trouble shooting for 4 days. It was working fine. Then out of nowheres two days ago, nothing.
Does this visual quality actually look like this when your headset is on?
@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS mine is very washed out and grainy. Any ideas?
DLSS gave me a HUGE boost in performance in VR, have you tried it?
Hi there, much appreciate all your efforts. However, my understanding is that are so many parameters which you can change both in game and in the VR headset I am on a hiding to nothing. I have spent dozens of hours watching all of your latest videos again and again and adjusting my settings trying to achieve a good VR experience. Sometimes things are improved, but other times my performance and stutter is a lot worse. Would it be possible for you to produce a definitive list of settings for each of the more popular hardware configurations? Also, a prioritised list of all of the parameters would be useful. I am so frustrated that I would be happy to pay say £50 for someone to help me remotely set up my oculus quest 2 and my GeForce RTX 2060 on PC with 32gb memory and full fibre 300mb+ internet. Other option would be to buy identical hardware to you so I hopefully could save a lot of time just copying your set up in your videos.
Are you using the link cable, virtual desktop or airlink? The cable will give you better performance but more compression, while the other two can produce a better image while introducing performance issues if your internet bandwidth is being disrupted. I used to use the Quest 2, but ended up getting the Reverb G2 since it has far less compression when linked to the PC (wireless doesn’t matter much in a sit-down sim anyway). I also upgraded to a 3080 since my former 2070 just wasn’t up to task. This may be the same for you unfortunately. Also, adjusting the fixed foveated rendering in the openxr toolkit can be a game changer depending on your setup. I have mine set to 85% outer, and 70% inner. You may want to experiment with that if you haven’t already.
You on windows 10 or 11?
ah damn the new 3080 cpu was waiting for that one ;)
No GPU/CPU Telemetry???
All righty then
Your settings are almost like mine. The secret for me with 49-inch OLED, Titanrtx, and 10900 at 5ghz is...457.30 driver. Default settings in Nvidia, no profile for Fsimulator in Nvidia, global performance max and filtering performance, I get around 50 fps in Manhattan in 2d and ultrasmooth VR with your settings. Check my channel where I stream it. Thanks!