Quite true, mate. I am at 1080p and the 3600+5700xt just chews through the frame rate at max(excluding MSAA, SSAA, ray tracing) settings.
However, in VR, the only playable(non-nauseating) setting was with the default 'VR' settings, 1.0 PD, 150% super sampling in steam VR(looks like my old EGA monitor from the 90s).
My reference line for 'playable' is looking sideways at low altitudes and no tree ghosting. It kinda has to be super smooth. I was getting this smoothness with the shader mod, but no joy since the latest update.
So, I was wondering if I should get a TrackIR, or upgrade to a 2080S:D