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It is currently available as Open Beta. If you are on Steam, you go to one of the tabs under properties. If you are on standalone, it is a separate install folder. If you already are on standalone Open Beta, you go to the games directory "bin" folder and use the EXE for the updater.

Is this in menus or in a specific vehicle(s)? Some players noted that the Huey instrument panel has simulated shaking that is uncomfortable for them to view in VR (can be tuned in a vehicle file, IIRC).

The added resolution is likely worth it. I started with G1, but others I play with upgraded from Rift and others to G2 and they were blown away with the improved resolution.

While I cannot be certain of your issue, my G1 had a similar "screen off, head tracking and audio working". One of the steps I did to fix it was delete my display settings in the Windows registry. It seemed Windows was getting confused about which displays were active and it created a new registry entry for all resolutions, refresh rates, and display combinations; my suspicion is that the display is incorrectly flagged as asleep and there is no way to kick it awake otherwise. Delete and reboot items in here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\Configuration HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\Connectivity HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\ScaleFactors One other possibility: Restart the Spectrum service in Task Manager ("Spectrum - Windows Perception Service").