News Assetto Corsa official Oculus support confirmed

Assetto Corsa has given Oculus support the formal green light.

The real buzz is speculation that it may be released with this Fridays patch...one can only hope! At least DK2 support is on the way and I can't wait. AC is at the top of my racing sim list: http://simulatortrends.com/assetto-...-but-speculation-continues-over-release-date/

Lunar Flight is very cool and one of the better first gen DK1 experiences. If I recall it was one of the first to seriously implement in game HUD info linked up to when you looked at a particular instrument panel.

The AC developers only got their DK2 on the 3rd September, way after many consumers, so I am guessing it is going to take some time, contrary to the current speculation.

Distance rendering will remain an issue until Oculus screens improve, along with the graphic development pipeline. That said quality is also a factor of sharpness, not just resolution. I am currently playing with sweetfx and other tweaks to ensure the best refinement possible I can squeeze with the current rift hardware.

Yes @scalhoun, I used Tridef a lot with the DK1 and will likely do so with VorpX on the DK2. The main reason for Tridef was the amount of control it gave over the VR rendering, which was much needed as official first gen VR implementations were often pretty poor.

To give you an idea of why and what can be achieved take War Thunder as an example. War Thunder has historically had good native head tracking, though recently released positional tracking still needs work. But from the onset WT has had problems with scale and genuine 3D rendering. My DK1 Tridef setup for War thunder is nearly as good as the standard DK2 DCS implementation in terms of tracking, scale and resolution (it is better resolution than current WT DK2 implementation), other than a slight amount of 'fish eye' distortion and lack of positional tracking. I could have had the latter but was not interested in lashing out for the first gen Hydra Razor.

At the moment though I am working on graphic refinements with titles that already have good VR implementation, such as DCS and Prepar3d. I will do the same when the Assetto Corsa DK2 support is released, as it is my favorite race title.

I spend huge amounts of time exploring the boundaries of what can be achieved with the Rift. However, unless you are really into that sort of stuff I would advise you not to bother with 3rd party VR setups to get games running. Quality VR implementations are now emerging and I would advise sticking with and enjoying those for the time being, perhaps with some additional graphics tweaks like I am playing with. For most people it is better to spend your time playing a quality VR experience than trying to create one.

I have mentioned before that flight VR is the better experience at the moment as mid range resolution really needs to improve for racing VR. That is because so many things are moving relative to each other in mid range for a racing sim, the car, other cars, signs, trees, grandstands, crowds and the like. To keep a line you need good mid range resolution that transitions to good short resolution at the apex. Flight sims don't have that problem, short range is the cockpit and guns distance and longer range is mainly sky and landscape with perhaps a moving dot of another aircraft.

Looks like the Assetto Corsa Release Candidate will be available in the next few days, including DK2 support and a bunch of other really cool sound and damage additions: http://www.assettocorsa.net/assetto-corsa-release-candidate-news/

What a let down @SilentChill...mine is still updating on my snail like connection