I see. Since I don’t have Assetto Corsa, I guess I’m out of luck for an easy way to test.
No, everything I’ve read indicates a FB account is required and must be active with Rift S. Owners that had Oculus before the changeover were grandfathered in but new users have to have an account. I would be happy to learn otherwise, but I’ve not seen it.
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See this has never bothered me and would never do either. But since I’ve had Oculus since their very first Dk1, I personally have never had to link my FB account. Just always used my original oculus and email I first ever signed up to them with years ago.
Only thing that worries me is some sort of update in future that changes barrel distortion or the way the image is rendered to the lenses or whatever and makes this blur better and I’ve returned the G2, because in that case the G2 would be the choice. But as it stands I cannot Fly Sim or Race Sim with this as is. I envy those of you that can, I really do as the G2 is a great headset in every other manner.
I started my MSFS VR experience with the Quest 2 since I had used that one with X-Plane previously. I was a kind of a pain to set up and at first I was very disappointed in the graphics quality and in the frame rates I was getting. Better than in X-Plane, though.
Then the G2 finally arrived and I had two weeks of agony trying to get it to work. My first experience in that headset was even worse than the Quest. I scoured the forums and the internet for some help and I finally got it all configured, and once I did I found it to be a much better experience than I remember the Quest being. Better visuals, much better sound, and much more comfortable. Since then it has only gotten better. I would like to try the Quest 2 with MSFS once again just to make sure I’m getting the best experience, but again, I don’t want to go through all the hassle yet again. If there’s no easy way to switch between the two I’d just as soon leave well enough alone now that I am very happy with my Reverb G2 VR experience in MSFS.
Did you turn up the resolution in the Oculus app, I have mine maxxed out, with about 80-90taa in msfs itself, and provides a very clear and nice experience. The G2 is sharper, but again this is only the very centre within the yellow circle, given the “overall” clarity of the Quest 2, I am so much more immersed in the Quest 2, as my eyes can relax and enjoy the flight, instead of having to fight to get everything in the centre of my view alll the time. Being able to just glance at alt hold, or any other button to my right is so much more relaxed than having to place the button/area within the centre of my view just so I can read the text, then have to press it, then move all the way back again, so my original view goes back to clear. So unessacary and tiring when trying to enjoy a visual flight.
Also a couple of the recent oculus updates have not been playing well with MSFS like flashing which has happened recently, you may have tried just at the time of a bad oculus update.
I guess it doesn’t really bother me. I guess at first I noticed the “sweet spot” but I have not noticed it for months. If something is difficult to read clearly I just look straight at it, or lean in closer like I had to do with the Quest 2, anyway.
If you have to lean in, then your clarity is pretty low, at which point the sweet spot will of course be less pronounced anyway. I don’t have to lean in with either headset on the G1000 (as long as it’s centre view on the g2 of course)
I’d say at this point if your happy as is, stay like that, don’t change anything, you don’t wanna end up in the same mindset as me, it’s hell.
You don’t have to lean in to read the MFD readings in the TBM? I have to do that even inside the G2 sweet spot. Then again your system is more powerful than mine.
No I don’t, in the centre it’s deadly pin sharp, the screens get crazy clear really quickly as you turn up the TAA level, I mean even the difference from 70 to 90 is massive in how sharp the words are on the screens and buttons.
I was going to buy a Q2 but there’s some legal ramifications involving the compulsory FB account that means it is unavailable in Germany. So unless I take a risk and buy a Q2 outside of Germany and hope they never lock it for German registered FB accounts my only real option is the G2.
After reading all the reviews and clips on YT from people like vrsimguy I thought the G2 was by far the better option anyway and despite the x2 price difference it was the best choice for msfs but reading this forum has cast doubt into my mind.
I’ve searched the Web for more info but found it a little inconclusive. I think my best bet is buy one, test it and send it back if necessary. I’ll let you know how I get on, first I need my newly ordered pc to arrive.
I did find this advice but I’m sure those having problems have tried it or something similar.
https://reverb.danol.cz/achieving-edge-to-edge-clarity/
Honestly I would take this thread with a grain of salt. First of all it’s very subjective. I have both headsets and for me the Q2 sweetspot is significantly smaller than the one on the G2. Perhaps one is wider and the other one is higher but certainly not what OP describes.
The Q2 has overall lower res which means that the sweetspot doesn’t make as much of a difference overall as the drop isn’t as high. The G2 has amazing clarity but you have to really tune the settings for it. If you turn down settings WMR actually starts decreasing rendered pixels outside the sweetspot before pixelating your sweetspot - maybe this was what the OP was refering to.
I have seen so much false information regarding Q2 vs G2 that I actually gave up chiming in when MSFS got out of beta.
Maybe he has a faulty device but the 10% sweetspot in Asetto example is completely contradicting my experience but again I’m not here to argue. Just don’t base your decision on one frustrated thread. Check out actual reviews/numbers instead of subjective rants…
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Unfortunately these were the kind of posts that made me justify buying one, even after reading all the countless threads about the blur and/or sweetspot, someone coming along going it’s not so bad, then I would purposely take this 1 post over the ever so many and put more weight to it to justify buying it, and so I did, and here we are. Lo and behold all the “other” posts were true.
I wish I had just listened instead of trying to put weight on the few posts of people claiming “ah it’s not so bad” as I wouldn’t be in the position i’m in now.
I most certainly would’ve wished this thread existed before I purchased it.
A simple google search of G2 Blur and/or G2 Sweetspot will bring back countless results of posts of people complaining about it, it’s no coincidence, It’s real, and it really is that small as much as people want to say it isn’t. I’ve got way too much experience with VR, and now spent countless hours for 3 weeks now with them side by side for hours and hours every single night to not now be able to make an informed decision.
I’m really not kidding either, it’s so bad there are numerous people online who have gone as far to think it’s faulty or faulty lenses it’s so small, only to receive a replacement and realise, nope that’s just how it is.
All these threads I read, countless amounts of them, then someone like Betze7210 would come in and say it’s not so bad, and I would purposely search for posts like his to make me buy it no matter how many posts like this there are.
Funny yousay that.
Remember the countless posts on Q2 sweetspot on the subreddit?? Thousands of people were complaining and comparing lense numbers to figure out why the sweetspot is so bad on so many devices. They crowdsourced images of text samples to figure out discrepancies between different batches.
Again I don’t want to start a discussion over this as this is subjective but please don’t act like youre experience is absolute and everyone who had different experiences is false. Yours was bad - mine was good. Yes there are people who have trouble with the sweetspot others don’t. Many people just enjoy their time and don’t start a thread: “I am satisfied with the G2 sweetspot”. It’s always biased to be negative experience.
Like I said few times now, it’s MY opinion, and you may end up accepting the blur and enjoy the headset, if you read the whole thread I say this.
But like I said, i’ve gone way too far in depth now with both units not to display my results from the countless hours i’ve spent now for the past 3 weeks both comparing and trying to make the G2 more acceptable.
Like I said I used to search out posts like yours to make me psycologically feel it’s ok and I will like it, I really did, I’d scroll down through all the negatives trying to find your kind of “it’s ok” posts as I was so desperate to buy it even though I had my doubts through all the negative threads and posts. My fault in a way I admit as I should’ve just not bought it, it’s not like the few like the q2, where it is just noobs to VR who think it’s bad, it really is a countless amount.
Again I stress for another time, this is my opinion and I personally cannot use this to sim race because and again I stress for me “personally” it’s unacceptable especially in a racing scenario.
Your mileage may vary, for whoevers reading.
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Did you actually just show google results to prove a point? If you google “Quest 2 blurry” and you will find over 1.2 million entries. What does that say? The issue is over 500 times worse on the Quest 2? This is such a useless point to make.
There is a return policy for cases like this. You order - try out the device and return if you are not happy with it. I would strongly advice anyone to just return it if you are not happy. Obviously strapping displays on your head will result in varying experiences and you may be disappointed. To me the G2 really elevated the MSFS experience to the next level over the Quest 2 but I completely accept that this is just for me. Try it and see if it works that’s what I would recommend (not saying the Q2 is worse/G2 is better)…
I think your missing my whole point here.
The countless threads from google of the Quest 2 is mostly user error or faulty unit. either way the end result of a Q2 should be an overall uniform image albeit lower resolution of a G2
The countless threads from google I mentioned of the G2 is simply how it is, it;s not user error, the end result is just that, the purpose of their original posting.
Which is why I’ve purposely went around searching out people like yourselves trying to defend it.
Ok so your point is all the entries by dissatisfied Quest 2 customers are wrong while dissatisfied G2 customers are right.
I love the fact that you are trying to make “people like me” responsible for your purchase decision. Again I would recommend you read up on so-called return policy. Do you think I am an undercover HP sales rep jumping into threads trying to lure people like you into making a regrettable purchase decision?
I’m starting to feel very bad for you as you seem to be extremely frustrated.
I would also go as far and say that dissatisfied Q2 are as entitled to their opinion as dissatisfied G2 owners but I can see that we disagree here 
Have a great day regardless. I hope you will recover from your diasspointment eventually and enjoy simming on whatever hardware.
I’m not going to continue batting forwards and backwards with you as it’s getting us nowhere, when I literally have both headsets next to me right now.
It’s like you think I’m trying to Justify the Q2 as the best EVER, hell no, I hate the idea of standalone headsets, I’m a pc gamer through and through, and Oculus going wireless only and discontinuing wired is not good for me, so no the Q2 is certainly not the ideal unit, and it’s far from perfect, but right now these are the 2 units I hvae to choose from for the forseeable future of my VR gaming.
My last post on this as I said I’m too tired now from all this testing for hours on end to continue backwards and forwards with you and get nowhere, my opinions, and yours are here for anyone to see if they are thinking about a purchase and that’s that.
Either way, I envy you and those who accept the G2, as it’s a good headset, decent speakers, comfortable etc, I really want to like it, but can’t get past the terrible blur from anything but the dead centre. So i’m pleased you enjoy it, and hope many do as it only helps the VR world as a whole becoming more mainstream
Last post on this matter, hope you have a great day.
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I sold the G2 to buy the Q2 and in the end I returned to the G2.
I bought Q2 because people are raving about it and I was disappointed. The difference in resolution and colors is very noticeable.
The image quality of the G2 is spectacular, the colors and the sharpness … I could not go back.
The sweet spot may be smaller, but for me it is not annoying at all. And it’s not as bad as people describe it. For me it is worth the change to G2.
I’m from Canada and bought my G2 last week from grand and toy , shipped in 24 hours. I think they still have it in stock and I also received a notification from HP canada that they have it in stock now. So you can order one 