Gran Turismo 7 is a solid racing game made better in VR.
It's is one of the most potent racing sims ever to grace VR and Polyphony Digital’s passion for motorsport is in every moment. GT7 is a love letter that celebrates cars old and new, offering a significant range of playable vehicles and racing tracks that take full advantage of the new hardware.
Gran Turismo 7 with PSVR 2 is a must for racing fans.
Playstation Blog writes: "Players will have access to buy and play Steam’s expansive library of thousands of VR games, including fan favorites like Half-Life: Alyx, Fallout 4 VR, and War Thunder."
Yeah, with none of the headset's standout features. No HDR, no eye tracking, no headset feedback, no adaptive triggers, and no haptics. Don't get me wrong, it's still a quality headset with good lenses and screens, but without those features it is not a no-brainer for PCVR, it falls more into the "it's fine" category and you get better value elsewhere with the PICO 4 and Quest 3.
Still, if you already have a PSVR2 and a gaming PC, this is a huge extra value for not that much extra money. And if you have a PS5 and a PC, this might be worth it for you as well. And hopefully someone can mod the extra features to it in the future, then it will be back at the no-brainer category for PCVR.
Perhaps the Sony PCVR releases will have those features? I mean not every PCVR game has them because the other headsets dont support them. We can assume them making the headset work on PC will also bring along some of their VR titles that will include the things you mentioned.
Their statement doesn't leave room for them supporting those features in the future.
"PS VR2 was designed from the ground up specifically for PS5 – so you’ll notice that some key features, like HDR, headset feedback, eye tracking, adaptive triggers, and haptic feedback (other than rumble), are not available when playing on PC."
I think one of the Vive headsets supports eye tracking so I'd think SteamVR has an API for that at least. Hopefully they'll add in support for the other stuff over time
Which they should develop as part of fully supporting the platform. Or, at the very least, work with the currently available OpenXR extensions to fill the gap.
"if you already have a PSVR2 and a gaming PC, this is a huge extra value for not that much extra money." this is my situation, and I think it's great. Even if I won't get all the headset's features for the PC VR games, I'll now have access to 2 of the 3 main VR platforms for just the cost of the adapter.
This is sad to here. One step forward and 2 steps back. If PSVR isn't doing well on playstation, why do they believe they will find more success on the PC with even more competition over there after crippling the headset.
You bring up valid points although I think it's likely PSVR2 would surpass Quest 3 eventually. Some of these features (like haptics and HDR) could be patched in by modders.
I'd get this for my Mac if the emulation scene supports it well enough.
Why would the PSVR2 surpass the Quest3, even if all features were available? The Quest 3 is standalone and can play PC VR, whereas the PSVR2 headset requires a PS5 (or now a PC) to function. The Quest 3 operates wirelessly, while the PSVR2 appears to need multiple ports on the back of the PC. The Quest 3 requires minimal calibration and settings to operate, whereas the PSVR2 likely needs calibration on a PC or just for the controller to be recognized. Most importantly, Quest 3 controllers are available for purchase.
@Pete
I'm comparing only as a device to get PCVR content here. As such the PSVR2 has HDR, headset rumble, wider FOV, better haptics and resistive triggers, much darker blacks. Quest 3 has wireless (with a significant reduction in quality) and sharper image quality at the peripheral edges of the display.
For immersive gaming PSVR2 is much better. As for eye tracking it might never be a factor for PCVR but if it was the quality of visuals would boost a lot more yet. IMO the PSVR2 is a better way to play VR games even with a few of these advantages. If they are alll available it's no contest.
To be fair the lenses are often criticised, Fresnel is no longer consider a viable lens option. If I had a gaming PC and was into VR I wouldn't buy a semi proprietary headset that has mostly been designed or the PS5.
lol the nest of wires adapter is back with loads of missing features, The headset is already DOA for PC.
It's disappointing to anticipate PCVR integration with PSVR2, only to realize it's a tough situation for those who don't own the device.
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The PlayStation VR 2 deal is one of many great PlayStation discounts available until June 12. That said, if you're interested in PSVR 2 but still need to upgrade your console, the are also deals on the PS5 Slim and PS5 Slim digital edition during the PlayStation Days of Play sale.
Sorry but PSVR2 is dead and double dead at any sale price. It was dead before it launched as the "premium" VR scene lost all the AAA developers and now it is all indie mobile phone crap quality software.
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What a step forward. Remember back when the PSVR1 came out, and it included a fair volume of demos out of the box. One was Drive Club VR and it was a nausea inducing machine. Now we have a day one racing experience again with the PSVR2, and it's felt it defines what it means to have a VR racing game. So much learning has clearly happened.
I'm glad GT7 is getting good things said about it and it kind of sounds like PD have shaken off the bad press GT7 got. Not a massive vr fan myself but I do think racing games are the stand put games on them and sounds like gt7 will be for psvr
I am not a sim racing fan but when GT7 VR was announced I bought it in the January sale.
Driving a convertible, on Tokyo Expressway with rain on is just amazing. Now I'm grinding to get golds in everything I can and unlock as many cars and tracks to gawk over as possible.