Pico 4 out soon?

lokiss · 5 Jan 2023 at 17:56

TheOracle said:
Automobilista 2 is just fantastic in VR, especially using the Pico 4

I turned a few laps around the Nordschleife in the Nissan GT1 the other night, just phenomenal. I spends my days turning laps in ACC for my sins. When you drop back to look at AMS 2, it instantly blows you away.

19.00 autumnal September evening around nords, graphically to die for.

glenimp617 · 5 Jan 2023 at 18:06

lokiss said:
I turned a few laps around the Nordschleife in the Nissan GT1 the other night, just phenomenal. I spends my days turning laps in ACC for my sins. When you drop back to look at AMS 2, it instantly blows you away.

19.00 autumnal September evening around nords, graphically to die for.

Yeah I can't believe how good it is. Like a prat, I bought it yonks ago then went and spent all my time on iRacing. iRacing is good, but the graphics are a bit iffy and it takes about 2 weeks to load up a track....not to mention how expensive it is £15 for a car or a track. Gulp.

The recent steam sale is what did it. Picked up the premium pack and USA packs for peanuts and they are bloody good! I think it's the best sim racing game in VR.

glenimp617 · 7 Jan 2023 at 18:32

Well this thing really is a beast

Pico 4 - (3120*3120)*2 = 19.46m pixels
That's two and a half 4K monitors

Automobilista 2

3080Ti

Track - Silverstone 13:00 August Clear Sky
Cars - 6
Graphics - High
Reflections - Low
Shadows - Off
High Mirrors - Off
Extra Eye Candy (Bloom, Haze, Sun flares) - Off

72fps @ 85%-95% Load

4090

Track - Silverstone 07:00 November Cloudy (sun coming up, car headlights on, misty on track)
Cars - 31 (Max)
Graphics - Ultra
Reflections - Ultra
Shadows - Ultra
High Mirrors - On
Extra Eye Candy (Bloom, Haze, Sun flares) - On

90fps @ 75%-85% Load (95% on occasion when in the middle of the pack early in the race with lots of cars bunched together)

I would assume that using the above example, and having the rain lashing down would probably tip the 4090 over the edge, but what you gonna do, settle
for high not ultra lol Damn, this thing really is a beast.

glenimp617 · 7 Jan 2023 at 20:37

@tyke_

It's not often you get real wow moments these days. I've had one tonight.

Maxed out settings in a thunderstorm. Not sure how it's doing it, but never dropped from 90fps. It was sat at 95% load pretty much the entire time, but what an experience!

Tykey · 8 Jan 2023 at 07:15

TheOracle said:
@tyke_

It's not often you get real wow moments these days. I've had one tonight.

Maxed out settings in a thunderstorm. Not sure how it's doing it, but never dropped from 90fps. It was sat at 95% load pretty much the entire time, but what an experience!

Good to hear!

glenimp617 · 8 Jan 2023 at 15:03

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ShiWarrior · 8 Jan 2023 at 17:07

oooo nice

see , i really love my F1 and BTCC, i really want a sim rig, but i have no *** room

really want a wheel !!!!
when i move into my own place, "hopefully" ill get one

ShiWarrior · 8 Jan 2023 at 17:08

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i like how its raining a lot, but no wipers on

glenimp617 · 8 Jan 2023 at 17:13

ShiWarrior said:
i like how its raining a lot, but no wipers on

Not in the replays unfortunately....and did you notice nobody in the crowd had an umbrella :cry:

I've just installed a new plugin for OBS, so will try and get a decent quality headset capture.

glenimp617 · 8 Jan 2023 at 19:10

@ShiWarrior

Just for you mate (couldn't see a damn thing)

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ShiWarrior · 8 Jan 2023 at 19:20

thought it would be harder to see tbh, at least you could make out the cars! :cry:

olliej82 · 10 Jan 2023 at 21:30

TheOracle said:
Well this thing really is a beast

Pico 4 - (3120*3120)*2 = 19.46m pixels
That's two and a half 4K monitors

Automobilista 2

3080Ti

Track - Silverstone 13:00 August Clear Sky
Cars - 6
Graphics - High
Reflections - Low
Shadows - Off
High Mirrors - Off
Extra Eye Candy (Bloom, Haze, Sun flares) - Off

72fps @ 85%-95% Load

4090

Track - Silverstone 07:00 November Cloudy (sun coming up, car headlights on, misty on track)
Cars - 31 (Max)
Graphics - Ultra
Reflections - Ultra
Shadows - Ultra
High Mirrors - On
Extra Eye Candy (Bloom, Haze, Sun flares) - On

90fps @ 75%-85% Load (95% on occasion when in the middle of the pack early in the race with lots of cars bunched together)

I would assume that using the above example, and having the rain lashing down would probably tip the 4090 over the edge, but what you gonna do, settle
for high not ultra lol Damn, this thing really is a beast.

Was this with any supersampling? How does the Pico 4 compare to the quest 2 for pcvr? I have a 4090 and a quest 2 and I’m wondering if it’s worth getting the Pico. Thanks

ShiWarrior · 10 Jan 2023 at 21:33

olliej82 said:
Was this with any supersampling? How does the Pico 4 compare to the quest 2 for pcvr? I have a 4090 and a quest 2 and I’m wondering if it’s worth getting the Pico. Thanks

i went from a Q2 to Pico, yes its better visuals , but i only changed because i wanted more comfort as i find the Q2 didn't fit me at all well
id wait for the Quest 3

djxput · 11 Jan 2023 at 12:35

oh I played a game called ancient dungeon - while a cool game - sort of like minecraft dungeons in vr but I felt quite nauseous afterward - I havnt even hardly used my unit since purchasing it. But after playing that it put me off a bit. My son has been having fun with it thou; Im glad we got access to those free games - thats cool of pico to do that.

ShiWarrior · 11 Jan 2023 at 12:49

there's also a car racing game thats free on the pico, and a game like duck hunt which aren't too bad

Ravenger · 11 Jan 2023 at 14:46

Ancient Dungeon is great, but it's not for VR newbies as it's quite intense.

djxput · 12 Jan 2023 at 10:29

ShiWarrior said:
there's also a car racing game thats free on the pico, and a game like duck hunt which aren't too bad

My fav game I always want to play when I do use my unit is blade and sorcery - just fun to hack/stab peeps in the face with my sword and block with a shield.

ossie · 12 Jan 2023 at 13:06

Has anyone gone from a Rift S to a Pico 4 . I'm mainly into flight sims (msfs 2020 / IL2) in VR. I'm on a 6900xt with an i5 9600k. My first thought was G2 but prices in the UK are daft whereas the Pico 4 is doable if I can get a decent upgrade in image quality. That said I'm reading stuff that for msfs you need a monster GPU to get the best out of the Pico. Any thoughts ?

ShiWarrior · 12 Jan 2023 at 15:53

NEW on #PICOStore: Cave Digger 2: Dig Harder - action-adventure game where you explore old mines, nautical caves and ruins of ancient civilizations. Or revisit 1976 back to midway: back in time to 1943 and relive the excitement of classic arcade dogfights in VR.

ooo 1943 was brilliant game on the old amiga etc

ShiWarrior · 12 Jan 2023 at 16:01