Last few noob VR/DCS questions

[Allentc2]

So the rig is up and running. Finished downloading the stable (2.5.6?) version of DCS and all my modules last night. Regrettably, I have to attend a school for a month starting mid-May, so until that's finished, all the pieces I've gathered won't become a whole until mid-June.

 

So the computer.....

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Midnight Black!! OOOOooooo....scary!! LOL)
128GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3200MHZ PC4-25600 CL16 (I know, overkill....I shoulda asked before I bought)
Combined total of 4TB memory

The "cockpit" is a Playseat Air Force chair with a Thrustmaster Warthog throttle (soon to have the Delta Sim slew upgrade), and VKB rudder pedals and Gunfighter stick. No VR headset yet.

One thing I learned from building this thing is I SUCK at the technical jargon. I had to flash my BIOS and didn't know the difference between exFAT and FAT32. LOL Please dumb down your responses.

Question 1)

All of my DCS stuff is "Steam incompatible" by choice. I play Arma3 on Steam and while I love the game, Steam is aggravating. So I see a lot of references to SteamVR (and other stuff that has to be run while running DCS). Is this only needed if you're playing Steam-related titles or does it depend on which VR headset you use?

Question 2)

 

I had my sights set on the HP Reverb G2, but had the Oculus Rift S (I think?) in mind in case sticker shock got to me. I read in another thread (that was also pretty technical for me LOL) that DCS works well with Oculus? I've also heard that Oculus is good for VR-noobs, that it's pretty easy to get up and running and it's performance isn't bad. Truth or marketing hype?

Question 3)

I don't know what I don't know. What am I not asking that I need to ask?

[Svsmokey]

1 : Steam VR (and WMR for Steam VR) is required for all WMR headsets , including the Reverb .

2: Yes , the Oculus software is much easier to set up , uses less resources , and requires less tweaking .

3: Which headset is better ? Be thorough researching the two (and possibly the Quest 2) . 

Edited April 19, 2021 by Svsmokey

[dburne]

I would add if you go with Oculus it is now Facebook account required.

Rift S is now discontinued - Quest 2 is getting some good remarks using Link cable to PC.