VR in DCS is AMAZING (my mind is blown away)

[The Gryphon]

On 8/22/2025 at 1:24 AM, diveplane said:

am thinking about doing it is the $300 dollar head set any good though for dcs?

rtx3090 here with 128GB ram...systems not to shabby 

are they equipped with sounds as well no?

Yes buddy the Quest 3S is equipped with sound, and I must say it is sounds good. You should absolutely give it a try! We only live once, what do we have to loose? 

But please do buy Virtual Desktop Streamer aswell (25 dollars) it is a huge performence boost and make multiplayer run as good as in singleplayer,

Here is my post I made today about my VR settings and the performence I got:

 

Edited Sunday at 11:01 PM by The Gryphon

[PLUTON]

Hello, what should I choose between the Quest 3 128 GB or the Quest 3 512 GB?
And what is the difference, please?

[OmasRachE]

Hello Pluton,

the difference is more internal memory of the headset. Long story short you can go for the 128 GB headset, because you cannot install DCS on the headset itself. You have to use it with a link cable or via wlan link.

The question is, if you want to use your vr headset with other applications. Some VR games can be installed on the headset and you can use it without a PC. But only for DCS you would have no effect of more memory.

Edited 21 hours ago by OmasRachE

[schurem]

I feel you bro.

Back before corona, a buddy of mine got a dev beta version of the oculus rift. He loaned it to me, and I tried DCS with it. It was amazing. I was sold right away.

That's a long time ago. I'm now on my fourth headset since then (a pimax crystal light) and went all out on building a stupidly powerful PC to power it.

Yes VR is very much PC gaming, in that it takes a *lot* of tweaking to get right, and your hardware is never powerful enough.

Ever since I first experienced a takeoff in VR, and broke through an overcast cloud layer, I have been so happy with VR and DCS. It's been a dream I had since I was eight. 

[Recluse]

46 minutes ago, PLUTON said:

Hello, what should I choose between the Quest 3 128 GB or the Quest 3 512 GB?
And what is the difference, please?

Yup as @OmasRachE said,  META has a huge store of "Standalone" Quest games that are stored on and run FROM the headset. You can also store 3D movies on your QUEST to play with any number of 3D Movie Apps.  All require internal storage.  For PCVR like DCS, it is irrelevant, mostly.  I got my QUEST 2 with 128 (vs 64 GB) and even though I have found quite a few "Standalone" games that I enjoy, I still have plenty of space. I imagine moving large 3D movies in would eat up a lot of space.

Edited 21 hours ago by Recluse

[PLUTON]

Thanks for your replies, guys. That's convenient because
the 128 GB costs significantly less than the 512 GB.
Okay, I'll get the 128 GB, which will soon replace my HP G2.
Thanks again.
Have a good flight, everyone.

[diveplane]

image very good ingame read dials etc displays?

[The Gryphon]

13 hours ago, PLUTON said:

Thanks for your replies, guys. That's convenient because
the 128 GB costs significantly less than the 512 GB.
Okay, I'll get the 128 GB, which will soon replace my HP G2.
Thanks again.
Have a good flight, everyone.

Good luck buddy with your purchase! Let me know how it went  

Edited 7 hours ago by The Gryphon

[The Gryphon]

1 hour ago, diveplane said:

image very good ingame read dials etc displays?

Anti-aliasing in DCS graphics-meny seem to have an impact. DLAA gives the best image both close up and at distance (for me).  Pixel-densnity and Texture Resolution in the DCS graphics meny also seems to have a large impact aswell. In my Hornet flying VR I can see the HUD very good, but I have to lean forward a little bit to read text on dials (but actually in real life I have to do that aswell to be honest :)) 

Here is my thread about my current settings, performence results and things I discovered up to now:

 

 

[Qcumber]

1 hour ago, The Gryphon said:

In my Hornet flying VR I can see the HUD very good, but I have to lean forward a little bit to read text on dials

What resolution are you using?

[The Gryphon]

15 minutes ago, Qcumber said:

What resolution are you using?

Hey QCumber I am using 1920x1080 in the DCS meny system page, is that reolution you were thinking of? Is there a better option?

 

 

[draconus]

On 8/22/2025 at 1:24 AM, diveplane said:

am thinking about doing it is the $300 dollar head set any good though for dcs?

rtx3090 here with 128GB ram...systems not to shabby 

are they equipped with sounds as well no?

I started with Rift S (a second hand one, bought for $300) 4 years ago running on 10100F/16GB/GTX970 - still great experience, even with crappy res and low fps but not all would handle that I'm sure. With your rig I'd go for Quest 3 or even something better.

Sound is there from the straps over the ears and it may be ok for casual gaming but we're talking DCS here - full simulation, immersion, right? You definitely want quality sound from the good headphones - just be careful as not all of them can fit around the straps.

On 8/20/2025 at 10:19 PM, The Gryphon said:

I am NEVER going to play DCS without a VR-headset again

Me too, buddy, but some actually do come back to monitors for different reasons: VR nausea, monitor resolution and clarity, eyes and head comfort, full use of your custom cockpit equipment, watching at desk docs, using paper and pen...

[OmasRachE]

vor 24 Minuten schrieb draconus:

Me too, buddy, but some actually do come back to monitors for different reasons: VR nausea, monitor resolution and clarity, eyes and head comfort, full use of your custom cockpit equipment, watching at desk docs, using paper and pen...

And heat! When temperatures reach up to 35°C or above outside my sim room heats up to 50°C and I am just sweating under that VR headset. I even tried opentrack for hot summer days, but at the end I prefer melting down instead of 2D flying without any immersion at all. But some of my squadron members have a backup headtracking for such cases.

[Qcumber]

4 hours ago, The Gryphon said:

Hey QCumber I am using 1920x1080 in the DCS meny system page, is that reolution you were thinking of? Is there a better option?

 

 

Sorry. I meant your headset. I see that you are using VD and have PD at 1.1 in DCS. What setting do you have in VD? Godlike?