Rfactor2 The VR thread -settings & tips

[marvelharvey]

I forgot to ask, what do you have set in the NVidia Control Panel, if anything?

I don't think I have anything set there. Perhaps 'Maximum Performance' or something. Sorry, I'm away from my computer today and cannot check.

 

[elbo]

https://uploadvr.com/openvr-for-oculus-vr-lets-you-play-steamvr-games-through-oculus-runtime/

Would this work for us oculus folks on RF2 to avoid having steamVR run?

 

[Narrowbackwing]

https://uploadvr.com/openvr-for-oculus-vr-lets-you-play-steamvr-games-through-oculus-runtime/

Would this work for us oculus folks on RF2 to avoid having steamVR run?

Interesting read .
I really do believe oculus made a big mistake , there platform should have being open Vr , not the crap they have now , the future for oculus I believe is going to be limited , and better Vr headsets / software for open Vr will be more assessable for the average joe .
IMO

 

[Hazi]

I tried it and got an error - as stated in the readme: it works in few games only. But maybe with further developement it will work.

 

[elbo]

Thanks for the update Hazi...i guess we are stuck running 2 interfaces for RF2...

 

[MarcG]

Thanks for the update Hazi...i guess we are stuck running 2 interfaces for RF2...

Two?

 

[elbo]

well, sort of…oculus and steam VR both running in background when playing RF2

 

[MarcG]

well, sort of…oculus and steam VR both running in background when playing RF2

Do the Run As Admin trick to stop Oculus Home running and hogging resources! works a treat

https://forums.oculusvr.com/communi...d-to-stop-oculus-home-running-now-not-working

 

[elbo]

thanks Marc,
I can't get that to work for some reason so I am using oculus homeless to at least not load up oculus home everytime.

 

[MarcG]

Did you restart your PC? Think I fell victim to that then it worked ok.

 

[Narrowbackwing]

https://uploadvr.com/openvr-for-oculus-vr-lets-you-play-steamvr-games-through-oculus-runtime/

Would this work for us oculus folks on RF2 to avoid having steamVR run?

After trying this last few nights it’s WONDERFUL , really appreciate you posting it and MarcG following up on it .

= no stuttering no lag solid fps bigger grids , awesome.
Regards
Joe

 

[Adrianstealth]

be great if somehow devs could integrate this for oculus & no steamVR

 

[Narrowbackwing]

It would but you don’t get Virtual sound on each side oh headset ( positional audio ) it don’t bother me but until that is fixed I don’t think devs will implement it , and I’m sure it will need to be tested over time , anyway its only a dll file to replace.
https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR/blob/master/README.md

I just replace your 64-bit openvr_api.DLL with new download api.DiLL

 

[Seven Smiles]

I tried it briefly and it mostly works for me but
* the view freezes before the loading screen and only comes back when the track is loaded
* I get occasional flashes of different views (too fast say views of what) when driving. It seems to be related to moving my head so I suspect it may be glitches in the head tracking
* I think frame rates are improved
I need to switch back to Steam VR to check my findings.

 

[Narrowbackwing]

Yes view freezes when loading because it needs steam Vr , something I don’t mind , I may be lucky but rF2 looks and runs better than before.

 

[EricW]

Nice tip, thanks
don't forget to create a opencomposite.ini file in the same directory as the openVR_api.dll,
you can set the pixel density to your liking and some other stuff, like disabling the rifts headphones.

enableAudio=off
supersampleRatio=1.4

 

[Carlos Sancho]

I have replaced the openvr_api.dll on rfactor 2 directory, but steamVR still starts, any help on this please??

 

[TheMattyOnline]

I have replaced the openvr_api.dll on rfactor 2 directory, but steamVR still starts, any help on this please??

I think you also need to replace the same file in the bin64 folder (or bin32 if you are using the 32 bit version)

 

[EricW]

Did not test this, but i start it up from Sim commander 4, that points to the startup exe of RF2 in it's install Dir.
so try to start it up from the desktop or install DIR, instead of using the steam client.

For me it's a serious boost in performance Btw!!

 

[Carlos Sancho]

I think you also need to replace the same file in the bin64 folder (or bin32 if you are using the 32 bit version)

That's it!! Thank you!!