Rfactor2 The VR thread -settings & tips

Manfredk2 said:
no it isn´t. Issue is definitively not fixed by Nvidia. Do you use FPSVR? Are there purple spikes in gpu frametime?
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Yes I started using fpsvr to see what was going on but not all the time & the GPU frame time spikes purple.

I do have MSI afterburner too to control fan and GPU OC.

I did come across that article when researching the issue but thought it had been resolved so it is still definitely a thing?
 
MSI afterburner could be a trigger for the issue. Maybe try without running it.

Nvidia released a driver fix some time ago. This helped a bit but didnt resolve the issue completly. The promised final fix is still not in sight...

Befored the fix i had a lot of purple spikes when running for example S397 GT3 at Spa. After the fix the spikes were gone at Spa. But the spikes are still present at other tracks although my frametimes are as low as yours. For example: i have rocksolid 90 fps at Watkins Glen at start (10 visible GT3 AIs, starting from last place. After two or threee laps single spikes are coming. Then often 10 or more purple spikes are coming within a few seconds, causing a massive stuttering, although there is only one visible car before me. Its not replicable why this happens...
 
Thanks for this @Manfredk2 I have spent so much of my time off work trying to resolve this issue as it was one of my To-Do things during my time off from work for Easter. Since Tuesday I have ploughed hours into trying to find the variable(s) effecting the frame time spikes & in all honesty I read through that post and saw with the edits the problem had been resolved but did not go through the comments to see that it was still an issue for many. WOW, what a waste of my time!

Glad I came onto here before re-installing W10 or then purchasing new hardware.

I guess I will be playing AMS2 over the Easter as unfortunately just switching MSI off didn't work either. Did you uninstall MSI AB?
 
I red some time ago a comment from one guy claiming it was the monitoring software, that create the issue. He wrote after he turned off all monitoring software the issue resolved. By monitoring software he meant any FPS counters, CPU/GPU usage/temperature monitors etc.
I don't face this issue, so can't confirm if it works.
 
I ran one race with MSI off (not uninstalled), I had the GPU frametime spikes. 2nd race I ran with both MSI off and Core Temp off, no spikes and had a great race till spinning out in the 6th lap.

I will test again with both software off as I have realised the consistency of the spikes aren't always clear cut.

I really hope that is the fix as even though I can race in other games, rF2 brings me the most pleasure to race. As critical as I am of the game, its feel & FFB is second to none, so fingers crossed.
 
@Manfredk2 just to say I isolated my VR issue with rF2 to the W10 October update. Since uninstalling that update the game no longer frequently stutters/drops frames. Thanks for the assistance.
 
Will try this too. But i wonder that Nvidia does not suggest this solution, if it works. There are so many unsatisfied VR-users waiting for a solution...

Just to be sure: you deinstalled the H2 update and have now Win 10 2004 running?
 
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ok, went back to 2004.

In Dirt Rally 2.0 i thought the issue is gone. Had only a few purple spikes at the end of a stage. In RF2 at Watkins Glen i had still some spikes but lesser than before. But then i noticed that my headset was only 3dof tracking. Back to 6dof tracking the spikes were more than with 3dof. Overall i would say the issue is with Win 10 2004 still there but much better.
 
EmperorOfFinland said:
I remember having performance problems ie not running more than 45fps with FX 8350 in many VR games including Rfactor 2, so i upgraded to Ryzen 7 3800x but i could only run 5-10 cars at 90fps, now with Ryzen 9 5950x i can run 20-35 cars without any problems with the same RTX 2070 Super at 90fps.

But since i dont own any intel CPU's i have no idea about the performance on them (due them being too expensive to be bought and tested)
But atleast it seems the performance seems to improve between all thease 3 cpus quite drastically.
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I test now more my Grafik setting cause I use a HP Reverb G2 with my 2070 Super OC Card and the Intel I7-9700k
My CPU has max usage of 50 % in fpsVR. Some tracks with sunny afternoon lower my fps, I will check later.
I play with 90 Hz and so I need 90 fps. I try one time 60 Hz but I notice a big diff to 90 Hz and switch back to 90 Hz.
If I run a singelplayer Race with 10 or 20 cars, no problem / difference with the cpu here. cpu load is quit sleep at 36 - 60%
I think the VGA card is here more important with the G2 resolution.
I share my settings later from rFactor, Steam VR SS.
 
I'm having a lot of texture flickering/shimmering on fences and guardrails in VR, tried messing around with more FXAA and raising texture quality ingame but can't see to get rid of it. Need some AA badly! Anyone can help me out or has some tips for me please?
 
Magus said:
I have 14 visible. I can also confirm it is occurring on the old UI.
@Manfredk2
I tried various drivers but I believe the issue has now been resolved by Nvidia.
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On my PC too, this suxx from nvidia :-/
I installed the Nvidia Hotfix 461.33 driver and the purple peaks are a gone mostly. Better now but not the final I think.
I had much probs with rFactor 2 and my HP G2, with different PC'S and vga cards from Nvidia. Its a nvidia driver (VR) problem here :-(
 
I use this driver now. Repacked with NVSlimmer_v0.11
456.71-desktop-notebook-win10-64bit-international.hf.exe
Changing to NO XMP profile on Overclock, so a little lower speed, nothing noticeable.
prerenderd frames in Nvidia control panel - off now
Max Screenfrequ. set to 91
No oc the cpu or gpu
in Steam VR smoothing and SS to 85 (for me)
I notice sometime a peakes while loading the track, on the racetrack most time no problem
Its nice and good playable since 5 days now in full detail settings, 4 x AA (but on a RTX 3090) smooth and look awsome.
 
rfactor 2 benefits from overclocking the gpu, most of all the games i have ever played. has been same with all my nvidia cards and it 's so with the 6800xt too. I definately recommend overclocking the gpu with this game, especially with nvidia cards.
Only game(s) that came close, how much oc has had effect on performance with my nvidia cards, was the battlefield franchise. but even that was not on par on oc benefits with this game.

I make a guide to oc your gpus for this game.
i link the thread here when it's done.

https://forum.studio-397.com/index.php?threads/overclocking-your-gpu-for-rfactor-2.69689/

Done.
 
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Clemenca said:
We use this parameters:
supersampleRatio=1.6
enableLayers=false
threePartSubmit=true
useViewportStencil=true
dx10Mode=false

For me and 2 Teammembers this parameters works fine. We will try an report here
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Hi Clemenca. Any solution about that? In my team we have the same problem.
 
I'm re-trying Oculus Rift VR for the first time since last year when we moved to the UI, and need help on how to see the mouse pointer.

Last year under the old UI I had no issues using the mouse to navigate and use the menu screens, however with this new UI, I can't see my mouse in VR.

I can see my mouse pointer on the mirrored screen view on my monitor, albeit it does not select any of the menu options except the News; which is the only thing that does respond to mouse clicks.

However when viewing within the VR Headset, I cannot see the mouse pointer in VR at all.

VR is working fine for other games. Would anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
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What kind of resolution are you using for the mirror? As far as i remember, there have been some issues taking other aspect ratios than 16:9. Maybe just try going for 1920x1080 and see if that fixes it.

What HMD are you using? Rift S here and no problems with rF2 luckily.
 
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