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I haven't properly played any games for years but since getting Oculus Rift DK2 I am loving the occasional hour or 2 when I can. VR is real next gen gaming
What are your favourite games that run great without judder or tearing?

Mine are;

Lava Inc - A rollercoaster sim you control just with moving your head forward and backwards to speed up and slow down and looking around

Cyberspace - VR Pirate ship that goes over the top. I didn't think my stomach would end up in my mouth just from using a VR headset. It did

HellWaltzer - VR waltzer, similar to above but go around in circles. I stuck my housemate on it when he was hungover and he had to run to the bathroom. haha

Quake (QuakeSpasm-Rift-v1.91) - Fluid VR inside possibly my favourite game of all time. Many different VR options including head aiming. Whats not to like

The Mental Torment Episode One - This is the most creepy thing I have played on rift so far

Live for speed (LFS) - Great driving sim, actually the only driving sim. F1 needed. Fun to stick your head out the window!

Half life 2 - The first time I looked down the gun and closed one eye, I thought, Wow. As I did when a barrel exploded and wood came flying in my face

Alien Isolation - Requires a pretty beefy PC (~150 fps@1080) to play but damn it is a fantastic VR experience. Good look with CV1 as you will need to sustain ~600fps @ 1080p to play it! (4k & 120hz so going on 4 x 1080)
 
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Serious thread resurrection! Guess it is Easter, rise from the grave like Jesus!

I don't think I asked why VR gaming has not taken off, did I?

Dirt Rally was the only game that was properly playable really but I sold my CV1 long ago. That said, I miss Dirt Rally. VR made the cornering so much easier as VR added sort of depth perception or feel of the corners that a flat monitor did not provide
 
You will need an 'Oculus rift cv1' or 'HCT Vive'

Your system is fine for playing most VR games, you may just need to drop some settings in sim games. Dirt Rally will play fine with some setting dropped a bit - It's the best game IMO and well optimised.

Also good fun - Windlands, WEARVR-ultimate-booster, Affected v1.62. There was a game where you started chained up and had to get get free by using a man to undo the chains. I can't remember the name but that was great fun and really showed what could be achieved with VR
 
PiKe said:
Most people are priced out of VR on the PC, that's why everyone should appreciate how hard Sony is pushing PSVR as it can only have a positive effect on the entire platform.
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Arcade VR is what consoles are good at - Games such as Dirt Rally which are still fun and easy in VR and provide a good, quick VR fix

PC however is where the area really opens up as you get tech demos, full on Simulation games (thinking DCS world) VorpX drivers and hours of messing around trying to get none VR games to work, even if only slightly in VR :D
 
Devrij said:
If you haven't tried VR before, I'd just suggest you avoid driving games until you have your VR legs. Motion sickness can be really off putting, so stick to games with teleport sion locomotion until you feel comfortable pushing the boundaries a bit. I can play driving sim fine now, but I used to go proper green after a minute or so at first.
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I would ignore this advice personally. Avoid anything where your body is moving in game but it's not in real world - FPS is terrible in my opinion. Rollercoasters are also a no go (but fun none the less)

Driving games work really well because you are seated as you would be in real life and can stick your head out the window if you like (very fun) I found a game called 'LASERFACE'to be great fun and no motion sickness at all

 
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