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ezen

Live in SE Michigan and Want to Try Driving Games?

I demo'd the Rift at the Ann Arbor VR Hack-a-thon. Despite those kids (they were young devs) only having 48 hours to develop a proof of concept, the experiences were awesome.

I'm a sim racer primarily and I have a home built PVC rig with racing seat, modded G27 wheel, pedals and shifter. I own most racing sims including Assetto Corsa which is easily the best sim that supports the Oculus Rift.

If you have a Rift but not a rig and want to see how immersive it can be, feel free to hit me up.

NOTE: I unfortunately do not have a DirectX 10.1+ graphics card (GTS 250 is 10.0) so Assetto Corsa doesn't render things like grass or trees well for me. The driving itself is still excellent.

Posted Dec 9, 2013, 2:11 PM UTC

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iFap4DaytonaCoupes•

You should try iRacing as well - Assetto Corsa has a lot to go before they get to the level that iRacing has achieved with Rift Support IMO.

I've given a few demos of iRacing and people loved it. just becareful - people tend to get VR sick pretty quickly on twisty tracks or tracks with slow corners (the effect of stopping/slowing the car quickly really puts a spin on your bearings)

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ezenOP•

If I had an active subscription I would. I've given iRacing two solid, several month long tries and I really don't like much about it other than solid netcode.

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iFap4DaytonaCoupes•

Did you get past a Rookie License? Guarantee you once you start racing Skippies, you'll be hooked. Racing the miata cup no matter how "good" people say it is, REALLY SUCKS BALLS. It took me 6 months to get out of it (guaranteed it won't take you that long if you are more patient a driver than i was). The key is to start from the pits, and then just do the best you can. Once you get to Skippy's and beyond, you will realize the value of the game. There's some incredible competitive and fun racing to be had.

I'm honestly not trying to plug it - it's just that I bailed myself after a few weeks - gave it another go after seeing a "iRacing HELP! video" and now I still love AC and Richard Burns Rally, etc. etc. but I now always go back to iRacing. The New Tire model (v5) has also now been added to the mazda and some of the lower class cars - so they also feel much more "alive".

Give it another shot!

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unsilentwill•

I'd have to drive for a few hours to simulate driving for a few hours, then drive home. I have some concerns about how tempting this is.

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ezenOP•

Ha! Yeah, I guess it's a bit weird when you think of it like that. Of course, the argument comes up in sim racing forums all the time. "Why buy a $1000 rig when I can buy a Mazda MX-5 and race for real?"

Of course, the answer is that $1000 won't buy you an MX-5. $2000 will buy you a crappy MX-5 and another $2000 will buy you all the stuff you need to make it race worthy. Another $1000 a year will get you entrance fees, repair parts and tires (MAYBE) assuming you don't crash or break something more expensive to repair.

I'm big on racing in the big series like Le Mans and F1. Actually feeling like you're sitting in that cockpit fighting against the greats is what I'm ultimately after and I think the Oculus Rift will be the biggest step in that direction.

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Oracle_of_Knowledge•

It sounds like you don't have a Rift yourself? If that's the case, and you are interested, I could let you borrow mine for a while. I don't really mess with it anymore and just bought mine because I wanted it. I am not a dev. Let me know.

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ezenOP•

Correct, I have the racing games and the hardware to play them properly but not a Rift. If you live in the SE Michigan area hit me up with a PM and we'll figure something out.

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