I attended the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - World Preview Event! - GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE!

[@theVRpilot]

What Question Did I not answer? Comment below and I will reply!!!

[@stuplays6632]

Thank-you for asking them to implement single view monitor view while headset is running!! that has always bothered me... doing crazy ass flips in UH1 or the mini 500 looks pretty crap in a double view on the screen when friends or family pop in to chat and you're in VR lol ... its not the same as a pretty single view ... good man!

[@frankzappa2274]

VR !! Plastered bright red but you were so vague with any details regarding performance and it was hidden right at the end. Kind of frustrating to watch lol. You sound like a great guy and Sorry To be so blunt but this Vr performance does not sound that promising the way you scurt around it lol. Yes beta I know

[@theVRpilot]

@@frankzappa2274 No need to apologize Frank! I appreciate the feedback and honesty. I hope you understand a few limiting factors - I was using their system to capture my experience, which was cool, but I have no clue what it was. Pimax was installed and I do not OWN a Crystal Light so I did not tweak anything. It was good performance. Above OK, but not perfect. That is what I told another person who asked. At one point I said I would not say FPS, i meant to say, because I did not have it displayed and did not know how. Recording VR is terrible difficult and the replay looks worst than what my experience was. With that being said, I didn't mean to click bait or anything but the video was over 30 minutes and I had to cut it down a bit lol. I probably you a coffee or beer for watching the whole thing. I will be uploading that whole flight in 4k with some audio commentary over it addressing some comments and concerns mentioned here like yours. Finally, you know i know this is beta or alpha or whatever and I did not tweak anything. THE SIM took 13 seconds to load BACK into a location I was previously at! We should be getting an improved experience for VR but we have to wait and see and play Microsoft Settings Simulator 2024 before we find out, haha. Thanks again for the feedback!

[@elijahmaiden5637]

The way you called yourself a nerd this hilarious but do you think that this is going to be something that the competitors are going to have a hard time to reaching

[@frankzappa2274]

@@theVRpilot Thank you very much my friend. This is the kind of clarity I needed as there's so little information on performance right now. I completely understand what you're saying. Sincerely appreciate your feedback. And I hope to see more from you!!

[@VRFlightSimGuy]

Absolutely nailed it buddy! Thankyou for asking all the right questions ❤

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you Steve! I wanted to ask so many more. So little time lol.

[@billbaggins1688]

So glad someone was flying the VR flag at this event. My Crystal Light should be with me for the MSFS 2024 launch! I am super excited.

[@theVRpilot]

Yesssir! Me too!!

[@lurchilurch5507]

Amazing that you pushed them on VR, thank you!!

[@theVRpilot]

Yes! What headset do you fly with?!

[@lurchilurch5507]

@@theVRpilot Currrently Q3 because my Aero broke =( G2 before that. Waiting on the Somnium 😬

[@georgefaulk2528]

What'? It's in his name, better push it for F sake.

[@theVRpilot]

I tried the Somnium and interviewed the CEO. That headset is the best one I have ever tried!

[@theVRpilot]

Lol right

[@117johnpar]

I love the fact a "game" gets flack for implementing more gamelike structures and modes to give you things to achieve within it. People are so up their own a** about simulators when they're on par with Barnie and Friends color matching adventure.

[@AustrianA340]

People still think "missions" and realistically operating an aircraft (with all it's systems) is mutually exclusive. I have no idea how that thinking arose, it's ridiculous (I mean it never happened before so there isn't even history). Furthermore why having a "career mode" with special tasks would negate the use of a "free mode" like we were used to. This is just pure baseless cynicism. How many real world airline pilots are flying what would be the equivalent of "free flight". If one really wants to simulate things realistically there is no other way to fly an airliner other than the "career mode" way. In all those new missions/activities you still need to handle aircraft realistically and exactly the same way you would in "free mode". A Fenix still flies like a Fenix no matter if it's free mode or within the career mode. Or did GTA planes handle differently in free mode vs missions? In the past we used to be excited for these kind of new additions coming to the simulator. Nowadays it's just pure cynicism and that weird thinking of "well no simulator has done it before and these things are generally in games like GTA" that they'd equate the gameplay as such. I don't know what happened.

[@pedroarraztoa2789]

I do not understand why shared cockpit is not implemented from the start. This would make this sim revolutionary, to have real training form pilots around the world, to have flights with your friends. I do not understand.... this was the money pot!!!

[@vangoghoff5521]

I really wanted this, I did not realise that so many did as well.

[@Eskoxo]

It's a tech problem same reason most driving games don't have it either and VR complicates it even further everything has to be synced up in real time from inside cockpit view.

[@theVRpilot]

So true! Shared cockpit would allow for pilots to help each other and help encourage teaching/learning. I did not think to ask! Sorry!

[@pedroarraztoa2789]

@@Eskoxo It would it be much easier if this was built in from the ground up, like DCS. Now that they want it to be implemented later it will be much harder, so hard actually that we may not even see it.

[@TBMPilot736]

Absolutely!! All the extras and career modes are unnecessary!

[@g-locmedia]

Thanks for sharing mate. Was a great watch. I'm excited!!

[@theVRpilot]

Thanks for the support bro!!! NLR SIM PIT video is NEXT!

[@Caroline9411]

Awesome! I really enjoy when I wear the Pimax headset in MSFS and fly the plane over the city at sunset in the evening, I really enjoy the very real light, so you can forget about everything around you, it's great. And they recently made a major update to their client, which is a big step toward plug-and-play, so it's really worth checking out!

[@Nancy-bp6nj]

Thanks for sharing! Good to hear they have their software updated.

[@xbonzai1770]

Fun fact: The animals used in the upcoming MSFS2024 were made by the creators of Planet Zoo (and Planet Coaster). They took each of the animals and put them in their respective environments.

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you! I almost said they came from The Sims lol, or Animal Crossing. I couldn't remember what Jorg said during the presentation. It was a jaw dropping and awesome (no sarcasm) 400 slide presentation. I loved it lol.

[@BuntyDave]

​@@theVRpilotFrontier made them. Same lot that made Elite Dangerous ❤

[@imageriegs]

Very good news about VR! Amazing, can't wait!

[@theVRpilot]

Yesssir! What do you normally fly?

[@imageriegs]

@@theVRpilot I have a Quest3

[@TheVRRacer]

Thanks for pressing them on the VR front on behalf of us all. Excellent review! Got into the details without getting bogged down in them. I must say Im pretty excited now for MSFS2024 after seeing this video.

[@theVRpilot]

IT was a lot to cover! I have more videos in the works too. Editing one focused on VR now!

[@jameshall5835]

Outstanding video ! Looking forward to the big download ! Yes, I would like single view observation while in VR instead of binocular view. Wife and kids would love it !

[@theVRpilot]

Yes, that's my point. It is less weird when family and or friends see our flight and we can share our experiences a bit better and record better quality videos!

[@DistractedTrader]

Absolute awesome opportunity. Congrats to you and your work for getting yourself there. Thanks also for spending time on VR!

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you!

[@cypher50]

As a 4070 Super, I'm so glad to see the fidelity and performance on the Pimax. Along with the CPU update, December can't come quick enough.

[@theVRpilot]

November 19th! ;)

[@dtrjones]

I was just thinking this. As I have a Quest 3 and RTX 4090, then I should get even better performance! Happy Days!

[@HomesickforAlaska]

Glad they got it setup for you, but................. ridiculous that they didn't have at least 1 VR system pre-setup for an event like that. Really should have had a minimum of 2 with different headsets.

[@theVRpilot]

They did! It was a helicopter setup though. They had extra headsets to go around the room.

[@HlspwnsWorld]

Thank you so much for asking for a single 4K VR mirror. I’ve wanted to do more VR content with MSFS, but having to zoom in on one of the screens is a downgrade to how we should be showing MSFS in all its glory.

[@theVRpilot]

It is for content creators like yourself that I asked! I will do my best to follow up with them and gently remind them.

[@HlspwnsWorld]

@@theVRpilot In the grand scheme of things I understand VR is still a niche, and development wise there are more important issues. But as they are implementing VR again this is the perfect opportunity to build this functionality from the ground up. With the HP Reverb G2 coming EOL, there are other headsets that have native mirrors, and also steam. As a lot have mentioned, it’s almost expected on the proprietary platform. Once again thank you 🙏🏻 for raising this 😎

[@joey-kwok]

Thank you for doing this for us VR players to feel less forgotten

[@Blkity77]

Proud to see how far you’ve come man! I still remember talking to you at MIA as a Chasqui. Many cheers brother!

[@theVRpilot]

Hermano! Thank you! Much love bro

[@ShotInTheDark]

Brilliant video, thanks for keeping the VR guys covered, I cant believe there aren't more VR simmers TBH. I can't wait to get it downloaded.

[@slantzero]

Base jumping in a wingsuit……..YES!

[@theVRpilot]

YESS, or imagining a group of fellow simmers up to altitude to for them to parachute or base jump off a cliff!

[@SimHangerFS]

Awesome summary, best out there…looking forward to more content. 😊 More on VR

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you Mark! More coming ASAP!

[@ZockerBudeVR]

Great Video!! How was the VR Performance so far in your experience? A huge difference between 2020 & 2024?

[@theVRpilot]

@zockerBudeVR - VR Performance was GOOD, above OK, but not PERFECT. They hustled to install the Pimax software and get me setup so I spent 0 time tweaking it. I suspect, with a few hours lol, I could fine tune it but it was a great experience with great clarity and stunning scenery and minor stutters. With that being said you see and feel the different in the load time, it's honestly wild! I will have videos showing COLD boot and load in from the menu to the locations real time showing how quick it is. Finallllllllly lol. In summary, I suspect the potential to have an amazing experience with tweaking is there!

[@gsxr1000jt]

​@@theVRpilotIs the VR more clear? 2020 looked pixelated. I'd be satisfied if msfs 2020 & msfs 2024 had the same VR quality as DCS. How would you compare DCS vr to msfs 2024?

[@Redtail_Pilot]

@@gsxr1000jt My thoughts exactly! In fact, those are the only two things I use my VR for...DCS and MSFS.

[@theVRpilot]

I will be answering this in my next video! Should be out sat or sunday, hopefully tomorrow...

[@jerryrivera4298]

I JUST discovered your channel through this video. Loved your video and how you explained everything so pristinely. So looking forward to exploring more of your content!

[@theVRpilot]

Jerry, I appreciate the feedback! I tried to smash it all into one video and still didn't cover everything lol.

[@XP72official]

Great production man 😊

[@theVRpilot]

XP, thank you my brother. Took some time, but worth it! lol

[@OzzySafa]

Thanks for that request to get a single eye image on the screen in VR! Been wanting this for ages lets hope they work on it

[@theVRpilot]

Me too Ozzy! I will be pushing the issue as much as I can lol.

[@thehighwayman78]

Thanx! I wish they would use microsoft copilot as an actual AI copilot. I was flying with chatgpt in voice mode on my phone the other day, telling it to be a 737 first officer. It was able to help me with checklists and information about the airports and general help flying, but since it didnt have any info from the sim i had to keep telling it what was going on. Imagine if there could be an AI copilot you could talk to that would be connected to the sim and know what is going on. That would be awesome. I think we will have that in a few years at max. I cannot see why not

[@theVRpilot]

So Smart! Do you have the paid version? I do, I built myself an assistant. You could preload certain text and PDF documents and build your own AI copilot to have a better idea what its job is! But yes, I agree, I think we will have awesome AI copilot and ATC in the future. I need to be careful for my job haha.

[@HomesickforAlaska]

Sayintentions is close to that now. They use Chatgpt for ATC and your copilot. The AI copilot will handle the radios, file plan, get clearances, etc. Not sure about checklists, but I think it will do most everything except take the controls. I primarily only use the ATC and tour guides, but it is an absolutely game changing addon.

[@marklangley7135]

I built an ai agent first officer and captain now I just watch Netflix whilst they play

[@user-eq9rw7zi6i]

Funny you should say that, the other day I got ChatGPT to be my wife and I gave it a fat lip.

[@VNAV_PTH]

​@@marklangley7135 😅 Keep up the good work!

[@harpoon_bakery162]

Wow, grand canyon !!! Holy Cow!!! That IT dude that helped you get your VR setup, he rocked it !! 1/2 hour is amazing.

[@theVRpilot]

Khoi was low key a rock star man! When I stepped out for some interviews and came back, he had set it up for me so it was ready to go! And yes, Grand Canyon real life and sim comparison was amazing. I did not think to try walking around in VR outside of the aircraft as I only flew in the Hornet in VR.

[@sergiocivetta2630]

Excellent video, Jose! Really looking forward to this

[@BluGames]

great job on the video man! i can see u put alot of work into this

[@theVRpilot]

Much Love brother! Thank you!

[@get_outdoors]

So hyped, but how was the VR performance?

[@theVRpilot]

Going to share my response from above.... VR Performance was GOOD, above OK, but not PERFECT. They hustled to install the Pimax software and get me setup so I spent 0 time tweaking it. I suspect, with a few hours lol, I could fine tune it but it was a great experience with great clarity and stunning scenery and minor stutters. With that being said you see and feel the different in the load time, it's honestly wild! I will have videos showing COLD boot and load in from the menu to the locations real time showing how quick it is. Finallllllllly lol. In summary, I suspect the potential to have an amazing experience with tweaking is there!

[@Redtail_Pilot]

@@theVRpilot Glad I saw this comment, because as a VR only, real world private pilot, this is basically the only thing that I care about when it comes to MSFS 24 as a possible replacement for 2020. I only use my PC and VR setup for two things, DCS for fun and MSFS 2020 for practice and fun. All of the cool planes, animals, etc are fluff for me personally. I only fly 3rd party stuff as it is.....FSW 414 and Lear 35A primarily 🙂

[@theVRpilot]

I am working on a VR specific video NOW. stay tuned.

[@austinsorah610]

Your positivity excites me. I get so frustrated hearing people complaining about the gamification.... when it's basically the best version of onair or neofly we could ever ask for!!!!!!!!

[@theVRpilot]

Right?! lol thanks Austin!

[@RogueAI]

I never thought a flight simulator would have such realistic animals!🤯

[@theVRpilot]

Microsoft Flight Farming Tycoon Simulator lol

[@j.patricklindor6828]

A fellow ATC and sim nerd!! What's up bro! Nice coverage video! I can't wait to play this and hopefully by that time Pimax Crystal Super will be available!

[@theVRpilot]

Heecks yea! Thanks man! New video on VR coming out tomorrow.

[@unotoli]

Excellent preview, so much useful info (because of so much useful questions and analytics) Thank you so much

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you for the kind words. I will have more content showing of 4k gameplay with commentary and some really cool images from 2024!

[@LucaStabielGeaft]

Amazing video dude! Love the story about the taxi driver!

[@theVRpilot]

Luca! Yes! I’m going to text him this video so he can watch it lol

[@ShakeyVaccy]

Great stuff, looks amazing and I can't wait to play. With regards to the WMR being discontinued, HP say it will be from Nov 2026 on their website. Which is hopefully true as I only recently got a G2 (admitadly at a bargain price when everyone was dumping them immediately after the announced discontinuation) and if I can get a couple of years out of it I should be in a position to buy one of the ever more expensive PCVR headsets :)

[@theVRpilot]

Hey! Thanks for the feedback. A few things to note - HP website says Nov 2026 for WMR but when I pushed them they said ask MS. Now, I hope things have changed and that is true. But last official word I saw from a few months ago from a MS employee, was that on build 24H2, WMR would be removed from the MS store. So, you could not update lol, and or stay on windows 10! lol Again, just be careful and try to do some research see if anything has changed to be safe. Thanks for watching!!

[@DinoBroers]

Awesome! Thx for your work! Well done!

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you for watchin Dino! I appreciate the feedback. More content to come soon!

[@harpoon_bakery162]

And thanks for all of your hard work, can wait to rock my HP G2 this coming November when this sucker is released!!!

[@theVRpilot]

My Pleasure, thanks for watching. Just remember stay on Windows 10 or away from Windows 11 24h2 Update! lol

[@SparkySven]

Thank for the in depth VR content about our upcoming new Sim. Eject now would be great when my copilot can't take my Sparky moves and me when I really go way out the limit haha. Looking good. Pimax Crystal beta software has OPENXR built in so no problem there when Windows 11 version 24H2 comes out. I hope it keeps it with upgrade for my G2 or I'll have to reverse back to Windows 11 23H2...turn and burn my friend. Can't wait to get Aviator version of MSFS2024

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you Sven! Come to the darkside? lol

[@MrAnthonyfrench]

"Sparky Moves" lol. You're being modest ! you're flying must have improved in the last 4 years ?? shame about the landings though lol

[@dtrjones]

I can't believe you missed the first trailer? That clearly demonstrated skydiving activities. As a side note, we also know that FlightFX are implementing a working CAPS system in the Vision Jet.

[@theVRpilot]

lol..... I guess I did? haha.

[@dancingwilderness]

Maritime patrols and SAR flights would be great careers!

[@theVRpilot]

They said the SDK will include all the tools and features for the community to be able to make missions. And there are currently I think 2 million missions for the whole world! I assume there a level of procedural generation there but even then! Imagine! The community will go nuts with creating custom events / mission!

[@PLACEonPLATE]

Great video! Were you able to do the new Walk Around in VR? The current exterior views are wonky with VR and everything has to be done with the drone camera.

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you for the feedback! Unfortunately 1. I did not think of that. 2. The ejection handle on the F-18 doesn't work lol. I didn't think of trying the helicopter and walking around. That would have been fun!

[@FlightSims-v4p]

I play both DCS and MSFS and one of the issues I have with MSFS is the texture when playing from the cockpit. DCS is light years ahead. Sometimes in MSFS the mouse does not move over the cockpit evenly. I guess the way its drawn. DSC feels more real and less "cartoon like" because of this. I hope this is improved.

[@theVRpilot]

Hmm, I think the art style is quite realistic but you aren't alone. I have heard this mentioned before. RTX will be included now and some of the pictures look almost realistic. I'll have that video up in the next few days!

[@CCitis]

Wow, how many of us Reverb G2 people are just going to suddenly lose our option to use our headsets? I had no idea... I am sure many have no idea. I knew WMR was not being updated, but we are going to lose all functionality? That sucks.

[@theVRpilot]

So, yes, unfortunately the way it stands is that WMR software will be removed from the Microsoft Store, rendering our headless useless. Again, possible but unlikely the community is able to create a work around from the initial comments I saw a few months back. The good news is a headset like the Quest 3 provides a significant visual clarity for a decent cost especially if you find one used. Again, VR tech is evolving very fast! I’m waiting for VR contacts lol

[@CCitis]

@@theVRpilot good to know. Is the quest 3 comparable to the g2? I will have to do some research. Not ready to jump On the pimax band wagon yet

[@td325ic]

Microsoft isn't going to suddenly brick our Reverb G2's or other WMR headsets. With dropping WMR support means if we want to use our Reverb G2 we'll need to stay on Windows 10 or older version of Windows 11 that supports WMR. Personally I recommend dual booting, with one install of Windows kept clean strictly for gaming, and the other install of Windows for daily use/internet/productivity/etc. You can switch between at bootup

[@NorbertLing]

GREAT video !!! Thanks a lot !!! Great canyon is amazing, seems other parts of the world with vertical cliff are also that good ?

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you Norbert for the feedback! I think that will specifically depend on the available terrain data, LIDAR data if any, and satellite imagery. They did say they purchased all new data for... the whole world? Or the US.... I will try and verify see if any of my fellow peers who attended remember. Cheers!

[@NorbertLing]

@@theVRpilot Thanks ! Can't wait to see the great canyon in the Crystal !

[@JustinOhio]

T1's are slow by today's standards bud. :) My first time here and I have to say that this is some great content! I appreciate your attention to detail and professionalism. You treat your channel like you already have a million subs and it shows. I bet that's also why they invited you over some other bigger channels. I really appreciate what you have going on, liked, subbed, and cheers!

[@theVRpilot]

T1 is slow haha. Thanks for the kind words and feedback! More coming asap!

[@KhanShafkat]

It's phenomenal❤

[@theVRpilot]

I agree!

[@ZixPlays]

Multi threading doesn't just mean faster loading time. We want to use more cores to gain better performance.

[@theVRpilot]

Very true!

[@ben433]

Did they say something about quad views? That would be outstanding!

[@dtrjones]

Yeah I think it was mentioned FFR would be built in on release with DFR / Quad views coming later.

[@Schwing27]

You were about to talk about the frame rates in VR when you got distracted by the roads near the end of the video. Can you share what kind of frame rates you were getting?

[@Krasniye]

New to the channel with all the fs24 content! I too am an irl atc, flight sim nerd, and vr enthusiast cheers!

[@theVRpilot]

Cheers fellow ATC! Welcome!

[@Krasniye]

@@theVRpilot cheers from ZME!

[@austinsorah610]

Heli Simmer sent me here and I'm glad he did!

[@theVRpilot]

Ah, I love Sergio. His work on helisimmer.com is invaluable to the community!

[@knivesout33]

The skydive idea is quite excellent!

[@robertguntert7219]

THX for asking the split screen VR mirror. This is so annoying. Because i play with my girlfriend "COOP" - She watches the landscape while i setup autopilot and do the landing/takeoff. Greetings!

[@theVRpilot]

That's so cool! Absolutely, no one likes watching a split screen. This isn't a Nintendo 64 lol!

[@David-xk4xx]

Really impressive and informative video. Thanks for this. I'm soo looking forward to MSFS2024

[@theVRpilot]

Thanks David! What are you looking forward to the most?

[@sasquatch8923]

You can never make everyone happy. People say 2020 was boring with nothing to do, then they add activities and people bitch. Lol. I think it's great!!

[@theVRpilot]

So true!!! I think there is so much to be grateful for!

[@AdamsSIMporium]

Any chance they have added emergency vehicle lights driving around at night? Always looked amazing in Xplane.

[@theVRpilot]

There was a mod that did this, they were more like stationary police lights and it was neat. But I agree, XP implementation of it was great. The road traffic was still wonky and going opposite direction.

[@rebel985]

Thanks Jose. Is there any mention of an economy?

[@theVRpilot]

In terms of a Multiplayer Economy no, but there will be an economy in the sense of you can start your career at just about any airport you want. You get your first certification. You then start making money to buy other certifications (which you get tested on) and then you pay and past test and you can buy / sell aircraft. So we have that which is so cool. While I do not need a reason to fly, this to me is absolutely a great way to stretch my legs and do things I typically wouldn't do.

[@EncounterTC]

Thanks for your honest review so far and also dispelling a lot of idiotic statements from people talking about the gamefication of the sim. Looking forward to it and also more of your videos. :-)

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you! Yes, I am really bummed when some of these veteran pilots get all tied up over this. Do they remember the kid inside them too wants to enjoy, have fun, while the adult can also run a full flight plan, procedure and approach? lol. This seems like a win win win overall!

[@LEmir_de_Passy]

Thanks for the video.any mention of quad view foveated rendering?

[@theVRpilot]

Yes, I believe this is planned and in the works.

[@LEmir_de_Passy]

@@theVRpilot this is so big if it's true. thanks for the update. What center do you work from? I work for a US airline. Based in ATL ;)

[@JDVVV378]

I have been in the canyon in 2008 also with a helicopter 🚁 next is to the bottom of the canyon and Colorado river sometime.

[@theVRpilot]

I wonder if we can see each other exit the helos if we land next to each other... I must inquire lol.

[@charleschilders2041]

Nice video but get a wind guard for the mic. There was too much popping from the air while you are speaking.

[@theVRpilot]

Thanks for the feedback!!!

[@Devil-mn3dc]

There was skydiving in the trailer. Anyway you can find out if we will be able to do that with our avatars? Buy or outfit skydiving gear? I am dying to do a jump in VR

[@theVRpilot]

I saw that after too haha. I’ll add it to my list of questions! That would Be great. Imagine dropping friends and having them skydive in VR lol

[@williamtuttle296]

Did the Microsoft team mention anything about multiview multicamera support for home cockpit builders

[@turbohenk702]

QUAD VIEWS eye tracked. Did I hear that right ?! "suspected" is that confirmed or not? I'm a sim racer but that will make me buy MSFS 2024 too.

[@theVRpilot]

I believe we will have it yes, I am working to get clarification on this.

[@Raceeverything]

That will be great if we get Vr single screen on the monitor 👌

[@theVRpilot]

I think so too! Do you also race planes???

[@bigbangerz5856]

“Suspect we will get quad views support” Can you expand on that please?

[@depapier]

Oof that vr footage looked rough. I was hoping for improved performance and the possibility of 90hz native without reprojection but I guess that's not going to happen.

[@theVRpilot]

As your resident VR expert lol, I have to say yes it wasn't great, but also it is insanely difficult to record VR without the proper setup. I do not own a Pimax Crystal Light, I do not know how to tweak it to optimize it and while I could have tried that, I simple didn't have any time. SO out of the box, performance was not terrible. What you see was recorded by an External Atmos system directly to an SSD. I had zero control of the software and or hardware as well as any and all settings. In short, do not let this be a definitive guide that VR is bad. It was a good experience with room for improvement! I do not know about 90hz without Reprojection. Maybe eventually, but maybe not on day 1.

[@PaulMenden5659]

Do they now include vr controller tracking so you can actually reach out and interact with knobs and switches in the Cockpit? Possibly even hand tracking if you use the knuckle controllers or hand tracking on the quest?

[@theVRpilot]

VR Controllers currently work in MSFS2020, but they are so much better in XP12! They have improved a bit, but holding, twisting and flipping knobs and switches isnt accurate and I often do the opposite of what I mean to do. I did NOT get to try them and didn't think of asking, sorry lol.

[@StealthFlightFPV]

Interested to see if my current rig will be able to run 2024 in VR. 10700K 3080ti 32gb ram. Quest 3

[@theVRpilot]

I hands down think 100% yes. the system requirements have NOT changed. You will get better performance from your current setup! I suggest do a clean install and don't be so quick to add your entire community folder into the new one.

[@bigarmydave]

They were using 14900k/4080 Super/64gb ram.

[@theVRpilot]

Source?? lol Sounds About right, but I thought it was i9 13000 series. But if you know for a fact, then awesome! I was wondering how much ram those PCs had.

[@payt01]

Awesome stuff1 I hope they find a way to still keep the HP G2 working, as that is my VR headset as well!

[@theVRpilot]

I hope the community will do it, its a great headset, with (relatively) decent visuals, audio and mic!!!!

[@FAA-DPE]

Loving my Pimax Crystal Light.Although it hurts the bridge of my nose, a little. And it needs to come with a thicker interface pad already in the box. Otherwise, your eyeballs, are rubbing on the displays. Really.... Also I was an early release volunteer for the microsoft upgrade about two months ago and my Reverb G2 is officially a brick ever since.

[@BuntyDave]

Great vid as usual. Look forward to the others. I wonder if we'll get the aviator version in the UK. Rumour has it US only.

[@plamen-vt]

19:46 The animals are taken from "Planet Zoo" developed by Frontier.

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you! LOL! I was about to same it was from the Sims or something lol. This was mentioned during the presentation and I couldn’t remember.

[@keyser1975]

Excellent content

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you for the kind words. What are you looking forward to the most?

[@keyser1975]

@@theVRpilot I’m looking forward to the career mode

[@ThomasGrillo]

Thanks for the look at FS2024. Do you know if the ATC engine will work like Beyond ATC, or Say Intentions? Or will we still need 3rd party ATC addons?

[@theVRpilot]

ATC will be improved yes, and they will have a better understanding of flight plans. AI Traffic has been super modeled! they said we have 90% of all major aircraft flying and 25% of worldwide airlines. I image this is likely going to cover a LARGE majority of what most users see and I suspect they will likely continue working on that. Jorg told me that while we don't have AI ATC integrated yet, they weren't exactly against it as some companies like Say Intentions and Beyond ATC are crushing it, but those systems are roughly at 85% completion. He stressed that importing a product that isn't quite finished doesn't make sense. Overall they are aware and are looking to keep improving it and seeing what is available.

[@ThomasGrillo]

Cool. Thanks for that info. :)

[@iconcity]

wow! love it

[@theVRpilot]

ME too! What are you most excited for?

[@KnightNotHorse]

This was great, thank you! My question (if you were able to see the following): do any of the buildings look melted? And, do the bridges look intact/not attached to the water?

[@theVRpilot]

Hey Knight! I did see most buildings did look great, a few trees and shrub areas were melted and some bridges weren't processed correctly. With that being said it is key to know the what the limits of the Photogrammetry, LIDAR data, and Azure AI are capable of... So while some areas end up being pristine and crisp, some fall a bit short. They did purchase new imagery and terrain maps i believe for either the US, and most of the world has been updated too. I think we will see improvements but at the same time, really due to how this works, I think we will have some funky areas. Some folks are really bothered by this, but the problem is this is not a random procedurally generated world with set buildings, trees and assets. It is done with AI Lidar data, photogrammetry data and satellite imagery. This simply can not be a world that looks like GTA 5, or COD, or Star Citizen. The worlds we walk around will have flaws and issues but they worked extremely hard to really improve the world as we will now be able to walk around in first person. Again, while there are flaws, overall massive improvements have been made but I suspect we might see some areas that aren't perfect as mentioned above. Hope that helps!

[@KnightNotHorse]

@@theVRpilot much appreciate the response, thanks!

[@Jolsn]

Why do the cows in Flight Simulator look better than the cows in Farming Simulator

[@alandonn8031]

Very useful - how can I reach out to Seb to say we really need the VR Single Display - I would love for folks looking over my shoulder while I have my HP Reverb 2 on so they could see what I see - just on a single display screen - not the stupid dual eye thing. Fingers crossed on someone finding a solution to the Mixed Reality going away issue! Thanks. Al in Tampa, FL

[@DJKav]

Are there any decent force feed back joysticks or HOTAS? I miss the old MS sidewinder. I have an R9 5900x, RTX4080 Super with 4TB pcie drives and 64gb RAM and a 1gbit connection.

[@theVRpilot]

@@DJKav yes! I have the MOza AB9 and Flitesim.com has yokes and Virpil has yokes too! Winwing is also entering the game with FFB. I’ll have my review for the FFB joystick base soon.

[@Ludiks]

Quad view for it with the Crystal? omg yes ! Hopefully !

[@theVRpilot]

Right?! I hope!

[@markm75]

Did they indicate this was coming?

[@foxtrotalphaaviation]

Thanks very much for the cool video. I very much like VR like yourself. What system specs do you think would be the best to run this simulation with VR. Do you need to drop the big bucks on an RTX 4090?

[@theVRpilot]

Thanks for the feedback! The better the hardware the better the VR performance. I’ll be going over this soon. What’s your current setup?

[@theVRpilot]

And in short NO you don’t need a 4090. The computers ran 13700k and 4080 supers

[@foxtrotalphaaviation]

Running an older i9 9900K (8-Core, 16MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.7GHz, 32GB Dual Channel HyperX(FM) FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC with 11GB GDDR6, 850 Watt Pwr. Running a Reverb G2

[@scottmcdonaldAAL211]

If you could possibly speak at a slower rate it would be a huge improvement

[@theVRpilot]

@@scottmcdonaldAAL211 Hey Scott! Great advice. I had too much coffee. Does slowing down the video help or sound really bad? lol

[@MrStrosty]

The good news is we are getting fixed foveated rendering? Please tell me you meant dynamic.

[@theVRpilot]

I think we will have both. I am trying to get clarification on this.

[@iamdjc8792]

Let’s make VR great

[@theVRpilot]

Again! 😂😂 lol ❤❤

[@iamdjc8792]

@@theVRpilot I agree lol 😂 i

[@bombaso5539]

@@iamdjc8792 @theVRpilot**** Merica!****

[@boysen01]

great report - thanks. What controls could you recommend for just some barebones GA, for instance, what did they have you use at the demo ? I am looking into GA and have a stick and throttle for fighter jets. But I assume you need something else for, say, a Cessna ?

[@ryanarthur8359]

Will get this video viewed in its entirety later when I have time, but whats the word on manipulators in VR? I've written off FS2020 due to there being almost no aircraft with usable yokes and full panels etc. Dying to get into it, but without VR yokes etc it's just not for me. I don't like using joysticks and other hardware that I cant see :(

[@theVRpilot]

No word. I suspect it will work but I did not inquire. I will ask and see what response I get.

[@DS-ze7yc]

Skydiving yes Zorg! Takes pictures while you to to (go pro style)

[@FinalLightNL]

Are all these videos captured in HDR hence it making clouds overexposed in the SDR content we watch? or was it really like this when you played it?

[@theVRpilot]

Great question. I did not capture MOST of the footage you saw. It was provided by MS in Pro Res, resolution, high quality 4k files. So maybe? I will try to rewatch my videos, ( I will be posting them with commentary starting tomorrow) and see how the exposure and clouds look. Overall, I remember thinking it looked good! Is there a time stamp you might specifically be asking about?

[@FinalLightNL]

@@theVRpilotlike in 11:08 etc it’s just pure white without any detail in major cloud areas.

[@GaryX1001]

I am still happy with my reverb g2, gen1... 🙄

[@theVRpilot]

I remember the night I got that headset. It basically help restart my VR flight sim journey!

[@throttlehappy105]

I was already gutted my Reverb doesn’t work with EA WRC and now this😢 Question is Pimax crystal light or Bigscreen?

[@theVRpilot]

Dang, great question. Maybe ask @vrfltsimguy see at he thinks. Just depends how much you value the small compact comfortable setup

[@CmdrX3]

Personally I've never seen the point of walkaround checks in FS. It's not like you're going to ever find a problem unless they are programmed in.

[@WoWSondo]

Why I got 2020, Coop cockpits. It never happen, and last I know it was push to the back for 2024... I want to fly with my bud in the same aircraft that we can both use the aircraft in its full.

[@theVRpilot]

There are some aftermarket solutions but yes , this needs to be native! I have had friends teach me how to fly through Discord Screen share lol. We need to be in the same cockpit! lol

[@danmoretti8898]

Hey I think I might have missed it - how does the walkaround mode work in VR? Did you have a chance to try anything like that?

[@theVRpilot]

I totally failed to try that in VR. I tried VR in the F-18, and I tried walk around in 2D. I was so excited, I did not think of trying. I will ask around see if anyone did try it.

[@danmoretti8898]

@@theVRpilot all good!! I appreciate your content here! Great to see some content focused on VR!!

[@elmaxlife]

@@theVRpilot Was there an option to sprint? Did you hear footsteps? Weird question I know xD Dope video

[@georgefaulk2528]

What did you play this on, Xbox or PC? What was your graphic settings, low, mid, high or ultra? Looks very low to me to keep the stutter down.

[@theVRpilot]

Pc, and not sure! I agree Some areas look better than others.

[@jaymac7203]

I'm amazed you don't have more subscribers to be honest 🤔

[@MonsterDHFOX]

Hey, my biggest thing I’m wondering is how deep the G1000 goes, I’m on my instrument rating and I have to check gps status and pull up IFR charts up there with the Piper Archer I fly has. Also what are the failure modes? That’s a big one, I fly in the sims at school then all of a sudden my AHRS is failed then I still have to fly and land the plane safely. Thank you for showing this. I’m going with the top notch one with the Cirrus SR22 since I fly with my friend in his.

[@theVRpilot]

Great Question - They seem to have a good bit of depth but truly how much. I love the fact that you can fly here and get your feet wet to fly in real life! Do you have a G1000 panel or use the sim?

[@MonsterDHFOX]

@@theVRpilot I have the G1000 from flight sim builder. It’s amazing! And in VR I can memorize where all the switches are and use it without seeing it

[@MonsterDHFOX]

@@theVRpilot flying on the sim and Vatsim has paid for itself already with the money it has saved me

[@pt4822]

This is the second review I saw on FS2024. Sold!

[@theVRpilot]

Nice! Which was the first?!

[@pt4822]

@@theVRpilot @squirrel's review. I think you guys were in the same tour.