MSFS | QUEST 2 | VR SETTINGS TUTORIAL | BEST GRAPHICS GUIDE

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Here's my latest and most in-depth Quest 2 VR settings guide!
Join me as I take a deep dive through my pc, graphics and sim settings as well as discussing a few other ways of improving performance using the Quest 2, including increasing virtual memory and VR settings. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
I hope this video helps you dial in your own system, and see you in the sky soon!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - PC settings
1:35 - Oculus settings
3:25 - Increase virtual memory
4:31 - Sim VR settings
7:09 - Demo flight
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Logitech MK220 Wireless combo
Razer Nari Essential Wireless Gaming Headset
HP Reverb G2
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[@FsdocVR]

Your personal preferences are spot on as always. Cant thank you enough!

[@BillieSkin]

Late to the party but this guide has made such a huge difference, thank you so much. It looks and plays so much better now! x

[@sevensixty760]

Wow, I have tried so many different settings but these are amazing. It's like a different game. I don't know how you did it and I have no idea why, but they really do work. Thank you bro 👊

[@clintonsimms6090]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS bro I’m at Dairy Queen can’t wait to get home and do this god DAMN

[@Doulos.Romans8.34]

Thanks so much! I was trying it yesterday before these changes and it made me nauseous and looked terrible so I really appreciate it

[@caiazzo123]

Wow Chris thanks a lot in advance. As I have said I am getting a little bit of stuttering but I’m sure if I go through my settings again along with yours it will give me a good Base to move forward. I have been fiddling and do lose myself a little bit sometimes. This is very refreshing. You have a wealth of knowledge and thank you graciously for sharing it with us. And on a personal note you have been fantastic answering any questions thanks a lot MARTIN. AKE, Maverick 😉👍🏻

[@captainmegaxenon2042]

Thanks a lot sir! Been trying a lot of settings myself. Have the same specs as you, so look forward to try this tonight 👍👍👍👍

[@strommarn]

These settings worked very good for me with one adjustment; refresh rate and render resolution in the Oculus software. I now run 72Hz at 1.5 render resolution. This gives me a smooth and clear image. No stutter. My specs are: CPU: AMD 5800X GPU: Gigabyte Aorus RTX 3080 Master RAM: 32 Gb, CL14 / 3600Mhz Disk: M.2 Samsung 980

[@craignt57]

Thanks for all of your great suggestions and hints. Is there a specific setting that will affect the cockpit instrument panel? I have great graphics for the scenery with smooth panning and no tears or artifacts on the exterior views (except that aircraft with fixed landing gear have ghost images around the tires during panning). But for the cockpit, the gauges are clear and crisp but when I look around the interior there are a lot of stutters and hiccups. Thanks again for the great info. Cheers!

[@strommarn]

Thank you so much! I will try this tomorrow or on friday and let you know my results :) With brand new hardware I might add :-D

[@GamerDadGB]

Tried these settings on RTX3050 16GB RAM PC and its defo improved my graphics on occulus. Not quite as smooth and sleek as your machine is capable of but with a couple of tweaks might be able to get more out of it. Thanks for the guide

[@dadsarmy1702]

Definitely giving this a try thanks.. also Pink band goes for me if I one press side button on the headset then press again to turn on :)

[@javierlinares1968]

Thank you again for sharing your settings, I´m already tried those published on earlier video but even it seems to be more smoothness the clarity was not the same with OTT with 1.3 SS. Regarding these settings I will try again but I have one doubt, you said that Game Mode have to set in OFF, HAGS in OFF, but Graphics Performance Preference have some recomendation?, I had selected Flight Simulator App with with High Performace on my RTX3070. Should I chose this option?

[@esec01]

Hi there! Thanks a lot for your great videos about performance optimization! Really helped me out to get the best expirience in VR. I‘m using the Reverb G2 headset on my PC but I also have the Quest 2 headset but never tried MSFS on the PC, in fact I don’t even have the Cabel to try. Is it worth or even better with the Qest 2? Which one do you prefer?

[@liazkam]

Great video, as always. How did you capture the video of the demo flight? Is this directly from the Ocolus view or a mirror of the video?

[@gastonice5203]

Hello! im looking to buy a vr set, as i can see in your video with the quest 2 can barely read the letters and numbers in the dasboard ? is that right?

[@punkish7]

I now have a Quest 2, with an I-7 12700K along with a 3080ti. Copied your settings, other than not displaying as many ground objects (cars, aircraft, ground crew). I am getting a solid 34-36 fps, but screen door effect is very bad (as it was with the G2). Anything in the distance is a screen door blur (SDE is very apparent when racing in AC also! Getting 75-80 fps). I also get some stutter when flying low and looking straight down at the ground. In your demo flights I do not see that kind of screen door effect, or blurring. Is it there, but doesn't show up in the video capture in the demo? If your display is as clear as it appears in the demo, what settings would you suggest I look to change first to minimize the SDE I am getting? Thank you!

[@robertgoldberg8550]

I need some suggestions: for whatever reason I have not been presented yet with the 120hz feature by Oculus. I have tried every trick suggested in the forums and everything Oculus suggested. So..... I am limited to 90hz. I am wondering what Oculus and sim settings you would change if you were running at 90hz instead of 120hz. I have a beefy machine: Intel i9-10900, ASUS 3090 overclocked, 32GB of 3600hz memory, 2 m.2 SSD's, and 4 other SATA SSD's. When I try to use your settings the cockpit looks pretty decent but the ground is jittery. I feel like my machine should produce some pretty awesome results and I used your settings except for the 120hz, but I don't really like the result. I don't want shakey ground. Can you make any suggestions to point me in the right direction for improvements?

[@Aj-vg7fp]

If you think the quest 2 does a bad job i can return it and get the HP one or what ever you recommend

[@mstar1978]

Thanks a lot for this, very useful! Since you’re only using the oculus debug tool now to disable ASW, it may be worth mentioning that the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-keypad1 achieves the same thing. Then you don’t need ODT at all anymore. And you can just disable ASW while in the sim with a flight started.

[@CharlieAlphaLimaa]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Where are you finding this aws setting in the sim ?

[@CharlieAlphaLimaa]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thankyou!

[@maik849]

Hi, i have the GTX 2080 Ti with 5800X an fast 32 Gb. Do,u think, that i can use 120 hz with 1.5?

[@tbcq]

do you have any of these settings for the 2070 super

[@Aj-vg7fp]

Honestly Bro i dont know what else to do, i followed your steps, there was 1 or 2 settings missing, but other than that it was a copy paste, do you think it might be the link cable or maybe the sidequest as i couldnt connect to it?! On my TV it looks great with the VR on. Let me know

[@pareshrr]

Thank you for sharing this video but even with these settings, the visual rendering is horrible on my quest 2. It's crystal clear on the HP reverb g2. I using a Ryzen 5950x 64GB ram with RTX 3090 and a custom water-cooled PC build. Could you please help me figure out why the Quest 2 is having bad quality? I have tried 2 Quest 2 devices but all 4 have the same issue.

[@Rd-qn9du]

where can i get the oculus debug tool?

[@johnkeegan6646]

I have been suffering from MFS kicking me out of the game back to desktop while flying in VR. It has happened several times at about the one hour mark. I don’t think it is temp induced. I certainly hope this issue is addressed in the Update 6 in September. Very irritating!

[@VoicelessScream]

Good video, thanks. Running on a 3080ti and was rather surprised to see I could bump pretty everything to max and the game remained 'mostly' playable. I'm using VD with a dedicated router and found VD to generally work better for me than (air)Link. Quite an improvement vs the early days. I do wonder which setting should be sacrificed first ie, less visual impact vs performance hit. Any thoughts on that ?

[@VoicelessScream]

@Christopher Smith Nah I giggled when I wrote it :P

[@Djdeshmusiq]

Question can you just upload the game to the head set Im a little confused

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

Hi I’ve got the sim running smoothly in vr on my quest 2 but am getting a lot of tree shimmering and lack of colors at long distances, is there something I can do about it?

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS thanks. Your videos have been a great help.

[@punkish7]

I don't have a headset yet, but have an opportunity to pick up a used Quest 2. I keep reading that there are more than one way to open MSFS in VR - steamVR, openXR, or OculusVR. Do these settings work regardless of which way I open MSFS? The settings like those at 4:50 are MSFS game settings? Sorry, the more I research the more confused I get, I have looked at several forum posts, and it is still unclear to me. Thanks for any advice!

[@punkish7]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS I've heard great things about the G2, and if it went on sale I would definitely consider it. One thing that seems to be a consistent comment about the G2 is that it is more difficult to get set up, that the software needed is not nearly as user friendly compared to Oculus. I will be using VR mostly for flight and racing sims, so controller performance is not an issue for me.

[@nousername9115]

Perhaps I missed it, but which version of FS 2020 are you running? Xbox game store or Steam? Or does it matter?

[@nousername9115]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS is there quest 2 support for the PC games store version?

[@ryanking4942]

Have you tried using OpenXR with these settings?

[@dragogaming7031]

What are you using to record the sim as a single eye view instead of double?

[@dragogaming7031]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thank you for the quick response!! I will give those a look

[@happytodd]

Nice view, I tried your settings but unfortunately it didn't seem to help much. I get a stutter every 5 seconds and when I move my head I get a black frame that appears which is surprising considering I have a 3080 rtx and 32gb of RAM. Not sure what to do now to try and improve it.

[@happytodd]

Edit: I just wanted to say I opened the debug tool and changed "Use FOV Stencil" to "Off" and now it runs much better. Thanks so much! :)

[@daywalker5458]

Very Nice!!! If your video is within VR, how did you manage to record a single eyepiece excellent quality version rather than a dual binocular-like VR view?

[@daywalker5458]

Oh never mind sir, I came across your VR recording tutorial. I would have never thought of doing it as you did....

[@daywalker5458]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Oh, it was quite easy --- things worked just fine. I saw another video that explained all the NVidia Experience settings to do what you outlined and I have Adobe Premiere CS6 and I did two VR recordings that came out okay. I just need to refine the audio process as it appears I had two audio tracks with one delayed but otherwise the view portion was perfect.

[@osmarirvincabantug6726]

question please if my MSFS is in D: should I increase the virtual memory in my D:?

[@osmarirvincabantug6726]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thank you! I just followed these and suddenly its now stuck on "Checking Updates". :(

[@TheJazzstratus]

Where are you getting to the Oculus Graphics Preferences? I have gone through both the PC app and phone app and have gone through every menu looking for this and still can't find it

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

I’m the same. The quest is on & plugged in but no joy. 🤔

[@stephenmckinnell7791]

I found it. It’s under Devices, Click Quest 2 and Touch, then scroll down.

[@JasonHeidecker]

I tried these settings with i9-10850K, RTX 3080 Ti, and 32 GB RAM... It's dropping thousands of frames within a couple minutes... The Oculus debug tool shows 45 FPS with about -60-80% headroom.

[@wobblyrampack9655]

Greta video, thank you. Really helpful! Wondering, is there a way with settings to get the airspeed etc. readable in the G1000 using the Quest 2? I have to lean in to read it which is a pain! Thank you.

[@wobblyrampack9655]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thank you! That will be really good! :)

[@madsib5187]

I agree, the gauges are very unclear for me as well and my eyes hurt from forcing them to focus. Leaning forward helps but this is annoying too if you do it all the time.

[@wobblyrampack9655]

@@madsib5187 Glad it isn't just me. You are so right - it makes your eyes hurt to focus on the gauges. I'm playing more at the moment with TrackIR than Quest 2 because of this.

[@madsib5187]

@@wobblyrampack9655 yeah, and I just fly for some VR sightseeing but nothing serious anymore due to that :( When I need to read documents I do it in 2D

[@Fullhouse0056y6]

Please need help!!! I use FS2020 in VR: HP Reverb G2. I had EVGA RTX 3080 TI 12GB video card, figured out my FS2020 settings the way i like, also using OpenXR. All the way i like. and in not busy airport i could get up to 40FPS, in busy up to 30. I just replaced video card with PNY RTX 4070 TI Super Verto Overclocked triple fan 16GB. I kept all settings the same and made sure they are the same. With new card i get exactly SAME FPS!!! Not even 1 more FPS - just same FPS!!! :( Why? I do not want to lower my setting to get more FPS because i can do same thing with my old EVGA RTX 3080 TI card and just return RTX 4070 TI Super. Seem like RTX 4070 TI Super is Garbage. My CPU is i5-13600kf, RAM DDR5 32GB, SSD drive, Windows 10. All drivers are up to date. If i can't get better FPS with RTX 4070 TI Super using same simple settings then what is the purpose in new card. I do not want to see if i get better FPS in standard 2D SF2020 mode because i believe will probably. I used 3D mark to test old card and then new card and i got more FPS with new card - but that was all 2D not VR. Thoughts?

[@yurademchenko9924]

Hello Like and subscription. Thank you for your videos regarding oculus quest 2 and MSFS I found a lot of useful information for myself But I still have a blurry image in the game. hard to see dashboard are. it seems I have poor eyesight. In other games, everything seems to be ok. Perhaps due to the fact that there is no 120Hz? Now I have firmware version 33 and there is no way to switch to a higher frequency. But on monitor everything looks perfect for strangers)) Sorry for my grammar mistakes, English isn't my native language My card RTX3060ti 4 gb. I thought it should be enough for MSFS and oculus quest 2

[@yurademchenko9924]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thanks for answering to me Looks like I'm struggling with my 33 version on reddit: " I'm now on V29 as well with no 120 hz. I guess it will just show up when it is ready. I'm in US and geography has nothing to do with it."

[@ldvdrlag]

Hi, I've been watching your channel for a long time and everything related to Microsoft Flight Simulator VR .I don't know why I haven't seen any movie on any channel about the most important thing which is the !!scale of the world!!. is not the same as render scaling!.if you download Steam VR beta in the settings there is a world scale slider end if you set it to 300% or more it really looks great, it has no effect on performance .In my opinion everyone should know about it!!!!!maybe you can do some work.😄

[@ldvdrlag]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS it's really cool because you don't change the quality of the graphics, you only enlarge the cockpit and it finally looks realistic😄

[@highaltitude787]

In my G2, I’ve increased render scale to 100 in game along with the app. Looks better with minimal performance loss. Still though it’s not the sharpness we’re longing for

[@highaltitude787]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS thanks bud. Yea I can even keep clouds at ultra and mix other settings between high and ultra and still fly well in an airliner over LA. Don’t get me wrong there definitely is micro stutters but nothing too crazy especially with better graphics. I know it would be very smooth with a general aircraft over less dense area

[@highaltitude787]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS and I’m assuming you filmed it, you had to. In my case when I was approaching LAX the terrain in front of me were completely washed but then it cleared up and the buildings, etc popped up

[@highaltitude787]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS nice please do! Not sure since I have 1000 Fiber optic internet although WiFi I should buy a long cord to attach it to my modem and see if that makes a difference

[@highaltitude787]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS will do. Will have to purchase the CAT6 or 7 Ethernet cable first

[@cave0770]

I hope this works on quest one, I am dying to see clear graphics, the instruments in the A320 is so hard to read, and every five seconds the screen just jitters

[@Selgerforbundet]

One thing I also forgot to comment. ASW some people have recommended on KZbin. . I absolutely recomendt it to OFF. In OTT or Ocolus Debug tool which i prefer.

[@madsib5187]

Agree, ASW gives me terrible artifacts

[@ArnoldAaron]

I've just made a quick video showing the most amazing settings I use for the most spectacular frame rates and smoothness in VR - WITH NO STUTTERS! Check it out.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZbKp2CLhraYo5Y

[@frankalexandre]

This settings looks great but be aware the VGA will run at 95/99%. I dont thnk this is good for the vga lifetime.

[@madsib5187]

What do you mean, can you explain please?