MSFS | Epic VR Performance! Best VR Settings Guide Quest 2!

[@carlosceron5258]

Legend says he is still on final approach...

[@OffToggle]

loved the jumpscare at 6:10 there. scared me at 3 am

[@thecatholicracer]

okay it wasn't just my computer. Good!

[@PüffyPack]

What jumpscare?

[@BillieSkin]

Dropping in to say thank you for this video. MSFS blew my mind when i used VR, so much so that going back to "2d" was underwhelming. Even running a 5600x and 6800xt, your suggested settings have eliminated the vile stuttering and occasional flashing i was getting. Just enjoyed a lovely flight over NYC to test and I'm so pleased. Fly safe!

[@vrsimpilot]

So glad to hear it helped!!! 2D is impossible after you experience smooth VR!!

[@Vanpotheosis]

6:05 that scared the shit out of me

[@vrsimpilot]

🤣 wft that wasn't there before.... 🤔 I swear I watched this through to the end... It ain't the best produced video ever, but I wouldn't have left that in there.... Sorry about that!

[@pabloba2288]

Thank you for the video and suggestions! I’ve been figthing with Quest2 settings for 5 weeks. After following each step now gauges are incredibly crisp and VR runs as smooth as butter. Thank you thank you thank you

[@vrsimpilot]

I'm so so glad this helped get you up and running smooth in VR!!!! That's the point of the channel!!!! Hopefully I'll get to stream again soon... been a brutal couple of weeks of work and family stuff during the weekends... we'll get back to it soon!! But more importantly - glad things are working good for you now!!

[@Quocbaovoo]

How did you connect? Cable link or wireless?

[@vrsimpilot]

@@Quocbaovoo I use the link cable. Never tried the air link (wireless) option.

[@mikebergstresser2068]

Dude, this is amazing. I have a very similar setup to yours (i9 9900K, 32GB 3200Mhz Corsair Memory, Gigabyte 3090, Samsung 970 NVMe, and Quest2 over Link Cable) and have been struggling to find a good guide for Quest 2/OpenXR/MSFS2020. I followed your guide and now have the best performance I have seen yet on my rig in MSFS VR. Thanks for this. Now I have a baseline I can work of off. Just gained your self a happy fan/subscriber. Keep up the awesome work. Cheers!

[@vrsimpilot]

Awesome!! I am so happy you got your VR setup working well!!! The goal is to get as many people running well in VR... it is just too epic and everyone needs to experience it. Glad things are working so well for you now!! Cheers and hope to see you on a livestream.... they are a ton of fun.

[@vrsimpilot]

@SimiNT I'm not sure about that, to be honest. I haven't used rec room on the quest 2 with PCVR. I think I played around with it natively on the Quest when first got it. You should be able to use that without PCVR, to be honest.

[@crowina_nutshell]

probably but my 1050ti struggles even on the most basic of things and the connection issues (over cable and wireless) are nauseating so it's better to just do stand-alone vr for that@@SimiGameplay4

[@kingsolomon3175]

This helped me tremendously. I just couldn’t find settings that didn’t either mess up or leave too much to be desired. This was a really nice balance. The debugger settings for some reason didn’t play nice. I undid those. And I haven’t tried the open xr ones yet but just everything else was just what I needed to finally be able to play with satisfaction.

[@vrsimpilot]

I'm so glad this was helpful!!! Give the openXR Toolkit a try to squeeze as much performance out of your setup as possible. But I'm so glad you are up and running now in VR!!!!

[@thebootrex5609]

you are a lifesaver. thank you so much for this video

[@vrsimpilot]

My pleasure! I'm glad it helped!! :)

[@moosedawgatlantaproductions]

Great settings guide! I used these on my 4070 laptop and got an incredibly smooth experience.

[@vrsimpilot]

So glad to hear this helped!!!

[@WesterDrive]

I was about to return my Quest 2 because it felt like I was flying a 90s version of MSFS. Thanks for stopping me!

[@PüffyPack]

What kind of sick freak returns a quest 2 because it can’t run MSFS?

[@WesterDrive]

@@PüffyPack I bought it ONLY for MSFS.

[@vrsimpilot]

So glad you didn't return it!! VR is too epic in MSFS!!!

[@PüffyPack]

@@WesterDrive Oh, makes sense.

[@PüffyPack]

@@vrsimpilot Agreed!

[@michaelmcfadden4397]

VR is such hard work to make perform well without technical knowledge. I used my quest 2 occasionally for a couple of years because it was a bit boring as it is had a bunch of tech demos for games and so just recently I decided to hook up to my PC for the Steam content. It was like pulling teeth from my face to make it run moderately well with a more than capable PC. Why do i need to know what blah blah blah means to make it work well?? Appreciate the video but those VR companies need to get busy making it accessible because lets face it almost NO-ONE is using VR at this point. Software developers are clearly not having difficulties integrating the technology yet players are jumping through hoops to make it work.

[@vrsimpilot]

Completely agree with all this. It should just. work. Not force the user to download utilities, plugins, etc. then enchant ancient prayers to try to get it to work after tweaking settings and watching 100 youtube videos on how to do it. I completely agree. Hopefully VR will keep getting traction and developers will put more focus on it in the coming years.

[@johnf6545]

Been using your settings for a while and saw some newer settings on youtube thought I would give them a try. Came back to these, still the best, was getting blurring when moving my head with the other settings, some image qual was better but impossible to use with the blurring, cheers.

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks for letting me know!! Yeah, I haven't changed anything since making that video. Well - one thing - I have Turbo Mode turned on in OXR Toolkit. Which works great and is super stable with the latest OXR Toolkit release

[@johnf6545]

@@vrsimpilot Yeah I saw that, apparently it disables ASW, not sure what else it does, I wonder if there is still a requirement to set it to 45 no ASW in the oculus tray tool?

[@vrsimpilot]

@@johnf6545 I always set that... not sure if it is useful, but I sill do it 🤣

[@Zenovance]

Wow bro it's amazing new. This is fantastic and very helpful. Lot's of fun. Thanks dude

[@vrsimpilot]

Glad that this was helpful! My goal was to at least provide a starting point for people with similar setups to begin with VR. Thanks for checking it out and hope it helps!

[@soundboy605]

Wow thank you sooooo much I have never seen MSFS look soooo good on my rig I love it top man you are !

[@vrsimpilot]

I'm so glad to hear it! Happy that you are running good with VR in MSFS!! 😄

[@SimPilotMika]

This video saved my hobby!! I know you didn’t mention this because it was such a noob mistake. But when I watched this video I realised there were different groups of settings. And I was messing around with the flatscreen settings thinking they were universal. But I saw “VR” on the header. And I went onto my settings, and I found Anti-aliasing set to “off”! And I turned it on TAA, and it worked!!! I can fly again!

[@vrsimpilot]

Oh yes!! there are two groups of settings - one for VR and one for non-VR... I am SO glad you got it worked out!!

[@scheidtenatorgaming]

Have 4200 hours in the sim and 1 hout of VR. I made the exact same mistake as you. Lol.

[@dv6000islame]

Thank you for this! Wow. This has improved my visual quality a ton with only a minor drop in frame rate for me and only occasional tearing!

[@vrsimpilot]

Excellent!!! So glad this helped you get better visuals in VR!!

[@mikaiholder1113]

MSFS IS ON QUEST 2 I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ILL GET IT RIGHT AWAY

[@vrsimpilot]

@@mikaiholder1113 Well, it's not a native Q2 title... but it is amazing in VR using the Quest 2! Check out some of the livestreams we have done using the Q2 and MSFS... it is truly epic!

[@dv6000islame]

@@mikaiholder1113 Hope it works out for you! As vrsimpilot said, you have to run it on your PC then use your Quest Link to show your screen from your computer in your Quest 2 headset. But it still works remarkably well, IMO with a decent cable. I actually started out with xplane 11, then VR in xplane 11, then finally VR in msfs 2020. msfs must have some powerful optimizing going on under the hood because I get much better frame rates with msfs 2020 via my quest 2 than xplane 11 and I get all the beauty of the msfs's amazing scenery. Been flying in the Himalayas the last few days, and it's been a blast!

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

Thanks! Is there an updated version of these settings? OpenXR is no longer supported. Got a new setup for playing VR in MSFS 2024, so I'm looking into the best settings for it.

[@patriottexan]

Thanks from ATL. I will give these settings a shot soon!

[@vrsimpilot]

Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@fender130173]

Great Video! Very Helpful. I always had the VR set to 120hz and auto render, now I am getting no stutter and great graphics. Many Thanks

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks!! I'm so glad this helped fine-tune your settings!!! VR is truly amazing when it is working well!

[@davidhowell3587]

Really appreciate your contributions. I'm finding that I can adjust various setting with all the controlling apps -- OVRTookit, SideQuest, Oculus "stuff", etc. -- and I can get pretty good frame rates. However, what I can't get is clarity, especially for glass cockpits and their PFD, MFD and G1000/G3000. For instance that clarity in even the 208 Caravan EX us not conducive to flying. I literally have to bend so far over to get close enough to see what's in the PFD/MFD displays and the labels on the flight control panel (AP, HDG, etc.) are really blurry. One literally need to memorize by location with the buttons are for (a bit to much to ask for this senior simmer). And, taking off becomes difficult because I can't see clearly the speed tape. I wind up looking at the tape so long, or bending so close, that I actually get steered of of the runway. Do you have any comments about the clarity you get and how well you can "see" the necessary components in the cockpit? Thanks.

[@vrsimpilot]

For me, using TAA and the native resolution on the Quest gives me great clarity. I would make sure you are using TAA and not DLSS which can cause blurry displays.

[@LeonGingegaming]

thank you for pointing this out on your stream really helped me

[@vrsimpilot]

I'm so glad it helped you!!! I think that was you on the stream last night, too... if so - was great chatting with you until the CTD! Hope to see you again soon!

[@tomc1380]

Thanks very much for all this mate. I just reinstalled msfs yesterday after 9 months away from it. So now SU10 and Worlds 1-11. I mainly did this to get ready for next month's 40th aniv edition with heli's. All working great with my Q2/rtx3090 using most of your recommended settings. I'm using Air Link with 200mbps dynamic bitrate and this seems to be working well. I do have a Link cable so I may try that later, but after wireless it's hard to go back to wired, lol! Also using 90Hz with res slider 1.2x since this seems to work well with all my VR apps. I still use OTT mainly so I can set game profiles to control ASW for different apps (I generally just turn it off). This sim has certainly come a long way in the last 9 months! Thanks again mate and cheers.

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi and I am so glad this could help even if a little bit. It is sort of my way of paying things forward a bit. You probably don't know it, but you helped me configure XP11 for VR when I was trying to get my CV1 set up a long time ago (If I am getting the name correct, here 🤣).... point is... I am so happy that you are going to get back into MSFS as well as hopefully staying with XP12 and switching between the two sims. And yes, MSFS has come a long long way.... it is truly amazing in terms of the overall immersion in provides. And it is only getting better. Just like XP12 is getting better. I think we are seeing the convergence of the two sims, here. All-in-all a great time to be a VR flight simmer!! Thanks again!

[@tomc1380]

@@vrsimpilot After you sped me up a lot getting msfs up and running again with my Q2, I think we're even mate, lol! Cheers.

[@vrsimpilot]

@@tomc1380 Us VR folks always stick together 🤣Cheers!!

[@TheCemcakmaks]

Thank you very much for your lighting video and your effort. Can we do the same operations in Flight Simulator 2024 Have you tried it?

[@JugandoRD]

Nice tutorial!

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. More importantly, I hope it helps you and others get the same amazing performance out of their systems.

[@PüffyPack]

bro at 6:05 i started laughing my ass off 😭😭😭

[@cyclicalobsessive]

Thank you for this excellent starting point - wish I had started here to save a week of head banging, tweak, restart, tweak and reboots. I set up with the settings in the vid, with the following notes: - ODT Encode Resolution of 3664 of the video breaks my Quest 2 (Cable) Link, had to set it to 3690 - ODT Link Drop Frames: Disabled - ODT Local Dimming: Disabled - My MSFS VR GenOps adds “NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency” which I set to ON - OpenXR has additional setting: Cull Outer Mask (HAM), which I left OFF - OpenXR Shake Reduction appears to now be Over-Prediction Reduction. Adjusting it to -60% announces “Setting Breaks ASW” but since it is off, guessing no problem

[@vrsimpilot]

So glad this helped!! And yes, it's a good starting point - good to know you were able to use it and then tweak further to get settings that run well with your specific PC!

[@gsxr1000jt]

@Vr Sim Pilot do you have any new quest 2 graphics settings tips since this video posted? After all of msfs recent updates in the last 2 years I figured you would have newer tips. I've got the same GPU as you, but have I9 12900k and 64gb DDR4. Any new tips would be greatly appreciated as no matter what settings etc msgs doesn't look that good in VR at all. I'd be happy if msfs had the same visual/performance quality as DCS world.

[@heelandtoeknee]

Cant wait to watch this tutorial later today. I’ve currently set up my Q2 at 80hz for Sim Racing (max. Oculus app multiplier) and in MSFS it’s running at 40hz (asw i guess) with tearing image. It’s ok-ish but not fluid as I want it to be. Let’s see… edit: thing also is, I don’t want to change settings in oculus app every time I switch between racing and flying games. Edit: amazing, just last weekend I installed openXR MS tools and OpenComposite app. Let’s see…! 😊

[@vrsimpilot]

You should be ok at 80Hz, you will just need to shoot for 36fps in MSFS which would be half the refresh rate. So you may need to tweak settings a little more in MSFS and/or OpenXR Toolkit to achieve that. This way, you won't need to mess with your Oculus App settings every time you switch between applications. If you have any questions after watching my settings video, please do let me know!

[@banjovic]

6:07 scared the shht out of me lmao! Good settings tho

[@vrsimpilot]

Sorry man 🤣 I have no clue how that got in there, but I'm glad you like the settings....

[@jay6817]

So great, these settings. Worked for ages amazingly well, then for some reason, everything got changed again back to silly levels. So I just had to redo it all over again. Why does this happen I wonder? An update kicked it all back, maybe? Or from a CTD?

[@vrsimpilot]

Glad to hear the settings work well for you! I had MSFS do the settings reset thing to me once and I could never figure out why. I have a screenshot of every settings page just to make sure I can put it back in case they reset again randomly. It was really annoying....

[@KWpilot]

Hey I need your help I managed to connect my oculus quest 2 vr headset to my pc but it is so laggy and like 5 minutes behind

[@vrsimpilot]

Lots could be going on. First question is - did you follow the steps in this video? Settings for Oculus App, debug tool, OpenXR Toolkit and MSFS all look like the ones in the video? And - what is your hardware? That's going to play a big part here. If your rig is less powerful in terms of CPU/GPU than the one used to make this video, we'll need to tune these settings down for your setup.

[@KWpilot]

@@vrsimpilot I have got an rtx 3060 and i5

[@vrsimpilot]

@@KWpilot Ok, you are going to have to step down a bit from the MSFS settings... that card won't run at the same settings as in the video. Also try lowering the render res in the oculus app settings. You should be able to leave the oculus debut tool settings. Try leaving the OXR Toolkit settings the same as in the video. You may have issues with that hardware unless you lower your settings, to be honest.

[@KWpilot]

@@vrsimpilot ok well thanks for your help much appreciated

[@KWpilot]

Hi again watched the vids on your vr settings and mine is running amazing now and managed to connect my vr to my pc so keep up the amazing work

[@squeeby2]

Lol, WTF @ 6:02, I think you just entered the matrix!

[@vrsimpilot]

Ha yeah I'm not sure what happened there in the video. Wasn't like that when I uploaded it.... 🤣

[@davidgaston7334]

@@vrsimpilot by gawd I thought my GPU was frying or something lmao

[@R83TV]

I can't find that file you edited. UserCfg.... Not showing anywhere

[@NorthernFlyer1965]

Im really new to MSFS as well as VR. FInally got my Quest 2 working in VR. I am not techy and really struggle with this stuff. I found the settings page you show on here but... Anti alising for example is off and no matter what I do it wont let me change it to anything else. Several other settings are the same way. Im running RTX 4060, 32 GB ram, 2 TB harddrive on a desktop I bought just for MSFA 40th Premium ed. Im struggling on so many things !! Wish I had a techy friend.

[@jolakkai]

How do you connect the headset to your computer? And, once you clarify that, does that connection continue to charge the headset?

[@andre241811]

Good morning, I wanted to buy a 4060ti, but with this controversy that some people are complaining that it has some incompatibilities with the Quest2, I was apprehensive and unsure about which card to buy.

[@vrsimpilot]

I don't think the 4060ti will be incompatible with the Quest 2, but you are most likely going to have to lower settings. My opinion - buy the best GPU you can possibly afford. If you can get a 4090 - do it. I just put together a new build with a 4090 and I can say - it is incredible. Paired with a powerful CPU, it is amazing.

[@mattalford3932]

We have the same gpu but I'm running a 5900x. Just bought a quest 2 for this sim, and IL2.

[@vrsimpilot]

Epic!! You gonna love the Q2 in VR!!

[@rawfpv]

Wow ... great vid ... !!! Just installed a rtx 4070 ti in my rig used ur settings and I'm very pleased with my VR performance now ... only thing that holding me back is the i7-9700F CPU ... Hope to fly with you in the sim soon ... Thanks

[@vrsimpilot]

Awesome!!!! So glad you are getting good results after the settings!

[@cedrichamelin1213]

Hi, I have a similar system (32GB of DDR5 RAM, RTX 4070 and ryzen 7 7800X3D.) I should be getting pretty much the same results as you but, when I repeat every step, I get about 25-30 fps in the Fenix a320 and it’s not that smooth. Has anything changed or do you have any idea what is going on? Thanks!

[@vrsimpilot]

Sorry to hear you aren't getting smooth performance.... you should get a good VR experience with that system. Everything set like in the video with Oculus App, Oculus Debug Tool, MSFS settings? Are you using link cable or air link? If air link, that could be the issue - it just doesn't give the same performance. Try lowering MSFS settings a few ticks and see what happens... especially LOD.

[@juanwhick1691]

I can’t move my slider barely past the 1.0 spot. I have a 4070 ti super. If I do it stutters even at the vr dashboard so I gotta figure that out. I also disable ASW because I don’t like what it does to the screen when you are moving.

[@elviscortivo4249]

Thanks! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@vrsimpilot]

You are welcome!! Hope it helped!!

[@jjmcnicholas9762]

Thank you. I had a rtx3090 and it was great, I bought a rtx4090 and it was not as good as expected. I will copy your advise/settings and let you know how it goes.

[@vrsimpilot]

Oh yes, you should get a great VR experience out of that 4090! You can probably even go up in some of the MSFS settings where I have them set to high - you can try ultra!

[@wafdy11]

This has worked wonders for me today, so thanks for this guide really helpful, I’ve also put on the turbo mode in openXr (experimental setting) and this has made another huge difference in the fa18 flying low level FPS is amazing

[@vrsimpilot]

Sam, thanks!! I am so glad it helped!! And yes, Turbo Mode is very stable in the latest version of OpenXR Toolkit.... I am using it and it really does improve performance even more!

[@scolariIRE]

sometimes i struggle to read the text in the cockpit, can you read the FMC for example?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi Phil! Yes! In the 737 or A320, it's all readable. Sometimes I need to lean in just a bit to read a waypoint on the ND, but that feels very natural. Text on the FMC is legible, the PFD readouts are all good.... clarity is very good!

[@scolariIRE]

@@vrsimpilot ok cool. I just got the 3090ti to see what its like with the quest. Currently setting it up. Thanks for posting the vid

[@vrsimpilot]

@@scolariIRE Oh you will do well with that GPU! With all that RAM, you might try going to DX12 even. I can't use DX12 with the sim, the Quest and StreamLabs running.... my 12GB RAM gets filled and then swapped and the massive stutters occur. Your GPU has much more VRAM available so you may try DX 12. Good luck and let us know how it goes!!

[@scolariIRE]

@@vrsimpilot will try and let you know, cheers

[@scolariIRE]

do i need to install something to run dx12?

[@flyingpedal]

Thank you so much! Work very well with airliners now. I didnt see that you use Oculus Tray Tool. I use it to set Super Sampling. Its necessary ?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! Glad to hear this is working well for you! I don't use OTT at all, nor do I set supersampling. I use the Oculus Debug tool with settings shown in that video and that's it for Oculus tools....

[@Skyhook77]

awesome

[@khaledhaddad578]

i have a problem whenever i open open composite launcher it eeps on saying site cant be reached

[@matthewjackson5325]

its crazy how little the msfs community knows about these settings..goto a dcs vr video and its exact. msfs videos are all like i think this is a better, its better for me atleast, lol.

[@SimonSandquist88]

Do you think this setting work with a 3060 12gb and 16gb ram??

[@ashmanmedia]

the one question I still have is do you not use the Oculus Runtime in the oculus app? SteamVR runtime or how does OpenXR work with the default of oculus apps runtime used? TY

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! I am not using SteamVR at all - I am only using the Oculus App along with the Link Cable to drive the Quest 2.

[@meyeame8956]

Thanks! You may be able to nudge up some texture settings in my opinion. Also, I'm curious why you don't use DLSS

[@vrsimpilot]

Might be able to with the textures, but I'm happy with the way it looks now. DLSS is a no-go for me. Makes the instrumentation way too blurry. Unless they changed something in the implementation.

[@meyeame8956]

​@@vrsimpilot Thanks! appreciate the info, I will try the different anti-aliasing modes to compare.

[@Jesus-ps4db]

6:07 holy earrape!!! scared the shit out of me bro

[@viizorr]

6:07 gave me a heart attack😭

[@juanarguello7209]

Have you or anybody used the oculus on xbox for flying sim?

[@vrsimpilot]

I have not. I don't have an xbox - only PC. I'm not sure if it is possible.

[@1FASTM8]

Bro, I’m going crazy my quest two doesn’t let me to look out the window. I only get the front screen. How do I change this so I can get the full 360 in the headset with the quest to please let me know.

[@vrsimpilot]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean - does the view not change when you ctrl+tab into VR in MSFS and move your head around? How are you starting up your VR experience with MSFS? There is a specific procedure I use when going in to VR.... (this is copy/paste from a pinned message in our Discord): 1. PC is off. Quest is powered off. 2. Turn PC on. 3. Launch Oculus App. 4. Put on headset and power it on. Enable Oculus Link from the headset. 5. Take headset off. 6. Launch Oculus Debug Tool and make sure everything looks good (see the settings vid for proper settings or let me know and I'll post them here). 7. Fire up MSFS. Wait for everything to load until you are at the home screen in MSFS. Don't touch anything in MSFS. 8. Press CTRL+TAB to enter VR mode (you will get the double window in your monitor with the VR view). 9. Headset on. You should now be in MSFS VR mode. It will have that gray box asking you to press the key to center your view. I have buttons bound on my yoke and stick to do this. 10. Have fun in VR (pick your aircraft/livery, choose your start spot on the map)...

[@Panacius]

Can you describe also the gamepad references in comment ?

[@jacobderosa18]

when ever i change over prediction reduction it says "over prediction reduction breaks asw" what does this mean and how can i fix it?

[@vrsimpilot]

I'd check on their website/documentation to figure out exactly what it means, but I think it is what it says - if you use the prediction reduction to a certain extent, you can't use ASW. I don't use ASW anyway (I can't stand any kind of motion reprojection), so I have my reduction set to around 60 (or -60 can't remember)

[@jacobderosa18]

do you know how to turn off asw?@@vrsimpilot

[@bretthannah8442]

What do you use to enable right eye view for recording?

[@Brianthewookiee]

Howdy! I am running a 3080TI with i9-10k 3.7ghz! For whatever reason I am getting such a bad lag in the link home screen before going into msfs. But the lag continues in msfs as well. Is this a settings issue you think? Or an oculus issue. On the verge of getting a quest 3 now...

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! If you re using air link, try switching to link cable... Sounds like a problem even before MSFS is in the equation.

[@Brianthewookiee]

@@vrsimpilot Holy moly, What a day its been lol. Solution was adjusting my Virtual memory! It was at 4GB.. Now its at 40 lol. Thanks! Things are nice and smooth now and your settings stabilized my FPS! Almost bought a quest 3 today... lol Still might. Have you purchased one and is it that much better with msfs?

[@vrsimpilot]

@@Brianthewookiee so glad it’s running good!!!! Haven’t bought the q3 yet since I built this new pc and now I’m poor 😂😂. But as soon as I save some money I will get one.

[@Steamyy_]

6:06 I just got so scared for some reason 🤣🤣

[@calamityairlines9762]

Hey Man, Thanks for the video . I am having trouble locating the UserCfg file , I'm using steam MFSF2020

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! For the UserCfg file, try here: C:\Users\[yourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\UserCfg.opt That's where mine is installed.

[@calamityairlines9762]

@@vrsimpilot Thanks you for such a speedy reply . Happy Flying buddy

[@vrsimpilot]

@@calamityairlines9762 Any time! Hope it helped and hope you are getting amazing performance in VR!! Cheers!

[@jefmoesy]

Got the 3070ti but i think i need to buy 3080ti, would be nice to play this game in VR with playable fps:D

[@Yuraskaras]

Why don't I have an Oculus Debug Tool? Should I install? Or it should already be installed with Oculus SW? But I don't have the folder Oculus/support...

[@vrsimpilot]

The Oculus Debug Tool is installed when you install the Oculus App... if you have the Oculus App, then you will have the tool. Mine is installed here: "C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-diagnostics"

[@franshartman4378]

Please make a comparison video: Quest 2 vs Pico 4.

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks for the suggestion! I don't have the Pico 4, but it sounds like a very promising option for flight sim compared to the Quest and Reverb (and others)! If I can get my hands on one, I will certainly do this. Thanks!

[@Jaykav99]

@@vrsimpilot I dont think PICO 4 is even out yet. Is it?

[@vrsimpilot]

@@Jaykav99 No, I think it releases mid October. Good point!

[@jaxgator24]

Do I need to install virtual desktop as well?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! No, no need for virtual desktop. I don't use it.

[@ironmann16]

my PMDG 737-800 is always SO laggy with the quest 2, but most other aircraft are fine. It's upsetting, as the 737 is my aircraft of choice always.

[@vrsimpilot]

Yeah, I love that PMDG 737, too.... For me, it seems to be fairly performance-friendly... much better than the Fenix.

[@PascalQNH2992]

Where to find the UserCg.opt file?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! Check here: C:\Users\[your_user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator Hope this helps!

[@Vakiwey]

Mine is at C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_[number]\LocalCache

[@MrBoyleyuk]

Is your Quest 2 connected via cable or airlink?

[@vrsimpilot]

Mine is always connected with the link cable.

[@frankgrimes2679]

Do you undervolt your GPU? I have a 3080ti as well.

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! No, I don't have any changes to the GPU applied. I used to run a very mild overclock on my 1080 Ti, but with the 3080 Ti I haven't changed anything.

[@Lisa-kh6nh]

I'm having bad image when playing in my msfs2020

[@simu737ngargentina8]

Do you use dx11 or dx12 (it’s in MSFS pc graphics settings)

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! I use DX11 for MSFS. DX12 just overruns my VRAM. Which is a shame :(

[@SlawekM74]

I set everything as in the movie, the focus in the cockpit is ok, but when I move my head, artifacts blink What can I change? My computer: Ryzen 7 7800x3d RTX 4070 32 GB Ram Wireless connection between oculus and computer

[@mvw6933]

I have a 4080 i7 64gb pc, but when i use the tcaa setting in msfs the game is shaking and unplayable

[@vrsimpilot]

You tried the settings in this video to get a baseline? That PC should be powerful enough for VR... you might have to lower some of your settings, though.

[@happydappyman]

half the time I go to change any of the graphics settings in game, or if my msfs window looses focus for whatever reason and I have to click back into it, suddenly I'm getting literally 2 fps and I have to ctl alt delete out and force close msfs and restart my occulus software. Sometimes it just randomly starts doing that by itself half way through a flight. Have you encountered this?

[@vrsimpilot]

😥 No, I have never experienced this one, sorry.... That is very strange. Are you running more than one monitor? Try running MSFS in Windowed mode maybe? That's how I run it. Sorry I can't help more... maybe someone in the discord has seen this and can help?

[@happydappyman]

@@vrsimpilot windowed mode might help actually, I'll try that. I did experiment a little more and it also seems to work much more consistently if I use the oculus debug tool instead of the tray tool. Pretty flyable at this point! Thanks.

[@julianneale6128]

I've only j6st discovered your channel. Subscribed. My system is pretty close to yours, but I'm just getting a little confused with the latest updates from from both NVIDIA and MFS2020.

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi Julian! Thanks for the interest in the channel and, more importantly, in VR! Yes, there is a bit of confusion with all the updates coming out, so you aren't alone. The NVIDIA update allows some optimizations to be achieved using DX12 in MSFS (and some other things, as well). My recommendation - if you are now on SU10, get the latest game ready drivers from NVIDIA. You can experiment with DX12... you should, actually. But, if you have a 3080 Ti like I do, you may experience some VRAM overruns and get stutters as VRAM runs out. In this case, I recommend just going back to DX11 which runs fine. I'm not sure if Asobo is planning further optimizations to limit VRAM overruns on GPUs that don't have as much VRAM as a 3090 (or the upcoming 4000 series). Until then, if you have the latest NVIDIA drivers and get stuttering on DX12, just go back to DX11. If you can take the blurry texturing that DLSS gives, you can try that to increase frames. For me, that is a no-go. I am pretty happy running the 3080 Ti on TAA/DX11 with OpenXR toolkit. If you have a similar setup and want a baseline, check out the MSFS settings video I have up on the channel. It is what I am using to get really smooth performance out of my system using TAA and DX11. Thanks again for the interest in the channel! My goal is to get as many people as possible running smooth in VR with MSFS and/or XP12. VR is just to epic not to experience in flight sim!!

[@bradule1980]

Great vid bro. Im on QP with 13700k and 4080 and still struggling

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks! With that CPU/GPU combo you should be getting pretty good results in VR.... Hope the video helps a bit. If not, come over to our discord.... there are others with various gpu/cpu combos that can help out!

[@bradule1980]

@@vrsimpilot the main prob I get is that it drops from 60 something to 20 something when I pull hard on stick sideways... mostly in jets, its crazy no settings can remedy this (resolution, refresh rate, details textures etc.) also no gpu bottlenecks...

[@phillipbachus8043]

bug in audio at 6:09 mark

[@Flight123-p6y]

Search core I three work with a lot of storage in graphics

[@phillea708]

Please can you help, I gave a laptop asus with 3060, I set up for vr my laptop goes into vr mode to lenses but my quest 3 does not go into vr mode, can you advise

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! First thing I would try is getting everything set up using the settings video we have here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/apiYameddsiXhas Then I would tweak my settings down a bit since you are running a 3060.... not sure how VR is going to be for you using that GPU, but the settings should get you into VR at least.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Seems odd to me to force a lower link resolution than you are actually rendering.

[@HughReaves]

how do get to graphics preferences in oculus?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! It's in the Oculus App that runs on the desktop.

[@followthemoney6905]

hi there.. I have what I hope is a simple question, I am very non-tekky! I have an RTX4090 / i9 13900 system running Oculus 2 (72HZ, resolution 3616 x 1840) . Re graphics settings I am running the following settings: TAA, Render Scaling 100, reprojection off, world scale 100, Nvidia latency ON, Global Rendering Quality set to Ultra. When I put the MSFS developer FPS counter I am getting drops into the 30s/40s with a little stuttering ie not completely smooth but mostly around 60FPS. When it dips down, the top part of the counter goes red and says "limited by Thread" - what can I do? I havent touched any of the GEForce settings or Oculus debug stuff yet - this Flight Sim stuff is definitely a dark art!! Would love some assistance! thanks!

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! Welcome to the world of VR black magic. 🤣 Kidding (sort of). First off - I would try setting up your system like I have in the video. Your system is much more powerful than mine, so you should be getting even better performance than I do. But try using it as a baseline and then you can tweak up from there. Make sure you follow the settings for: Oculus App, MSFS, OpenXR Toolkit and the Oculus Debug Tool. I would set your Nvidia settings back to default for MSFS to start (I only have power management set to prefer max performance).

[@thestormchasingconcorde6184]

do you have any reccomendations for an rtx 3050 with an AMD ryzen 5 2600? i followed every setting you did in the video besides encode bitrate (i had it set to 315 on my last run), and for some reason the app isn't letting me set the asynchronous spacewarp i also don't have openxr

[@thestormchasingconcorde6184]

bit more context the plane i like to fly is the dc designs concorde i don't have any issues with FPS, but rather with distortion, when i look around the cockpit, the corners of my vision distort for a little bit then go back to normal, any way i can fix this?

[@-OEG]

Nice video. Qst, would a i9 10850k with a 3060TI and 32gb 3200mhz ram be enough for vr like yourse?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi and thanks! I think your GPU would require you to set your settings a bit lower as a baseline. But I think with the right Oculus App, OXR Toolkit and MSFS settings reduced, I think you could do it. you might also consider using DLSS even though the cockpit/flight deck textures would be a bit blurry... you would still be able to achieve smooth enough VR performance.Would require a lot of experimenting and tweaking, though.

[@zeeshanlokeman1678]

@VRSimPilot Hello i have heilos 16 laptop with i9 13th gen with nvidia rtx 4080 gpu. I.perfer doing sim in VR and i have an oculus quest 2 as well. I have followed your setting it does help me getting 30 fps in fenix a320 but when i am landing at an addon airport while approaching the fps drops to 2 or 1. And there is always even in 30fps the screen is shattering or is loading slow. Can you please help me out with this. It would be a great help from you thank you.

[@gxyxy1012]

i just got into vr recently. Should I still put antialiasing to TAA instead of nvidia dlss?

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! In the end, it is a personal choice based on your settings and tolerance for blurry interiors. But, for me, I stay with TAA because DLSS tends to make things very very hard to read in VR even at a high resolution.

[@NorwegianDrone]

is it possible to use the VR, you use, with the mouse and countrolls i have instead of the vr controlls?. i dont think i wil feel comfortable with that kind, since i have almost a cokpit in front of me. And its possible to keep cable on , so you dont need to worry abouth the batterys on longer flights? - im new to this and have no clue how this work, so try to see all i can, before i buy it in few weeks.

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi and thanks for the question! First, yes! You can absolutely use the mouse instead of the manipulator/VR controller to interact with the sim in VR. Many people do this, in fact. Second - another yes! You can leave the link cable attached so the battery doesn't drain as fast. This is exactly how I have it set up. I purchased a powered USB3 hub to plug the Quest Link cable into because my battery was draining a little too quickly on longer flights even though I had it plugged in to a USB3 slot on my motherboard. With the USB3 powered hub, I have never come close to running out of battery on the Q2 and I have done some long flights or multiple flights/streams probably totaling 6 hours or more.

[@NorwegianDrone]

@@vrsimpilot Thank you werry much for let me know, i wil, defently follow this advices.. Great Video btw.

[@vrsimpilot]

@@NorwegianDrone You are welcome! Hope it helps. And please let me know if you have questions.

[@NorwegianDrone]

@@vrsimpilot i wil not be at home before novembbber, but i look so forward for this exsperience, and im excited :) - thanx..

[@johnf6545]

This is epic, didn't know FS2020 could look so good, everything in 3d, felt like I was in the cockpit, all instruments clear, much easier to control the AC, this is the best way to learn to fly IMO other than being in the real thing which is my next step. I was able to bring the terrain LOD up to 400 but did notice a slight lag when turning y head to look out the window so settled on 200, still looks amazing. System 3080TI 5800X 32GB PC 3200

[@vrsimpilot]

So glad to hear you are getting such amazing results in VR!! 200 TLOD is still really good!! I think I have mine set to 100 and the sim still looks amazing in VR!!

[@johnf6545]

@@vrsimpilot Yeah it really feels better than in 2D and things look much more real. I have a 49" samsung monitor with head tracking and thought it was pretty good but the terrain look really unnatural and I had a hard time finding a good seating position and reading the instruments, this is miles better, thanks again for posting!

[@ronangsr]

excellent, the visuals in the cockpit are so much more sharp now v dlss, what settings are you running in nvidia control panel ?

[@vrsimpilot]

Glad things are running clear and sharp for you now!! Yes, DLSS makes things too blurry for me. The only thing I have set in NVCP is power set to prefer max performance. Nothing else changed there.

[@ronangsr]

@@vrsimpilot excellent, time to do some flying around Buffalo where the snow storm is hehe

[@vrsimpilot]

@@ronangsr Yes!!! I think some winter ops are definitely in order!!!

[@johanix-j]

are you using wireless or link cable? on wireless I get horrible screenlag with these settings

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! I am using the link cable plugged in to a powered USB3 port. Sorry you are getting lag! What are your system specs? Are you sure you have not set MSFS to use DX12? I was getting unusable lag and massive stutters when I tried DX12.

[@johanix-j]

@@vrsimpilot almost identical spec to yours, but a regular 3080. Not using dx12 since it has a memory leak currently. I tried with a regular usb c cable and it got a lot better, so a cable with higher transfer speed will probably solve the problem I’m having. I guess wireless is just too slow for these settings. It looked amazing though!

[@vrsimpilot]

@@johanix-j Honestly, I just went with the 'official' link cable. Was a bit expensive, but it works. The powered USB3 hub works well, too. Keeps the headset charged up.

[@danielgdlv]

Hello Vr Sim Pilot. great video. the comst comprehensive i have seen so far. i did exactly the settings you have. and my rwhould be capable of runing as smooth as yours. but for some reason :( i please ask you to help me if iot is possible. i have been trying to make this work for so long now...

[@vrsimpilot]

Glad you liked the video, but sorry to hear you are having issues still. Best bet is to head over to our discord... I and others can try to help you tune your settings.

[@ratrix8710]

Ahora toca con quest 3😊

[@PascalQNH2992]

Always wondering what means render resolution exactly...

[@orhantandogan1191]

How to open usercfg?

[@airbnbphotography]

the could not make it harder to navigate the Open XR Toolkit :( So I uninstall it it will reset all to default ?

[@vrsimpilot]

I think that should do it... reinstalling it, that is. Pretty easy to uninstall and re-install. Good call. And yeah, it's not the easiest to navigate, but it really does improve VR by offering so many ways to tune it for your system.

[@PascalQNH2992]

Still hasn't found the UserCfg.opt file...Is is really necessary to make changes there?...

[@vrsimpilot]

Not necessary, but if you want to change the sharpening and eye adaptation settings, you will need to edit this file. For a steam installation, you will find it here: C:\Users\[your_user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator

[@PascalQNH2992]

@@vrsimpilot thank you for the explanation. I don’t know why it’s not on this location on my PC.

[@vrsimpilot]

@@PascalQNH2992 Not sure why. Only other suggestions would be to try using Windows search to find the file. If that doesn't work, you may need to start googling to see if anyone else had issues locating this file.

[@PascalQNH2992]

@@vrsimpilot Yeah I am googling it ;) The search option is not giving the result

[@edwardelon4122]

Hi thank you for the great tutorial, just one more question: Do you recommend to play MSFS via cable link instead of VD ? ( my VD keeps disconnecting from Wi-Fi (5G), it’s weird and don’t know how to solve it, so I am considering to buy a cable …) Thanks again!

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! I use the Quest Link cable and I highly recommend it. I have it plugged in to a powered USB3 hub and it keeps the Q2 charged up for long periods of use, as well. It allows you to run the Quest 2 in PCVR mode which, in my opinion, provides the best performance. I run it using the Oculus App (not Steam VR or VD). Highly recommend this setup. Hope this helps!

[@Pict8kr17]

Any chance this works with Mac? Invested in the M1 Max for video editing, hate to buy a new system.

[@vrsimpilot]

Hi! MSFS isn't supported on Mac, but I suppose you could run Parallels to get it to at least install... Sorry I have no idea how VR would work with it, though :(

[@Pict8kr17]

@@vrsimpilot thanks for quick response. Maybe I’ll go with x-plane until I figure it out or rebuild an older PC I have.

[@vrsimpilot]

@@Pict8kr17 It might be a safer bet... since that is supported on Macs. I just don't know enough about how MSFS would run on Parallels (or Boot Camp?) to say it would be a good idea or not :( But at least there is a very nice alternative in XP12!

[@RobBob555]

A Mac ?? 🤣..garbage

[@KwispySpace]

Awesome video! Would you mind sharing your nvidia control panel setting? Thanks!

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it... hope it helped some at least. The only thing I changed in NVIDIA for MSFS is the power setting which I have set to prefer maximum performance. Everything else is default.

[@VNAV_PTH]

Nice tutorial. Is there anything in particular in those tools or settings that improves the clarity? I'm new to VR and I just run MSFS with the Oculus App and Airlink and I find the Quest 2 blurry. For instance, the PAPI lights on approach is super difficult to see. The performance is fine, no problems with that. 10900K and 3090.

[@vrsimpilot]

Thanks for watching! One thing to check is to make sure your quest resolution is cranked up to the max. Your system should be able to handle that fine with the settings i show in that video. That’s where I would start.

[@VNAV_PTH]

@@vrsimpilot Thanks man, I've set the refresh rate to 72 Hz and the resolution to max with the slider. Need to do some test flights to see if it makes a noticeable difference. Oh, and do you know if the link cable does anything to the clarity or if it is still the same as with airlink?

[@vrsimpilot]

@@VNAV_PTH I think the link cable (for me anyway) allows more throughput to the headset... So yes this could affect clarity.... in my opinion... plus it keeps the headset charged while you use it. I have mine plugged in to a powered USB3 hub and I never run out of power even during epic sim days 🤣

[@VNAV_PTH]

@@vrsimpilot i still suffer with clarity after maxing out the resolution. What I can say is that adjusting the time in the sim to a point where the runway lights turn on also makes the PAPI lights appear much brighter (or more visible) to the point they are actually helpful and visible.

[@vip3rnb762]

@@VNAV_PTH Did you ever fix this because I have the same problem?