ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Description of the issue:
the default position of Cockpit VR views for default aircraft seems really off. i am hoping that this could be addressed in the upcoming updates.
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
always when entering VR Mode
REPRODUCTION STEPS
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
1.Enter VR Mode
2.Cockpit view in VR is in off position
YOUR SETTINGS
If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.
What peripherals are currently plugged in, as well as your VR headset? Please name all of them as there could be a potential conflict.
[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?
No
[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x3d
RAM:32gb 3200mhz cl16
As a long-time VR simmer, I’m extremely disappointed to see that, in MSFS 2024, the issue of incorrect and inconsistent VR pilot positioning still hasn’t been addressed — not even for core aircraft.
I can’t understand how this slipped through the cracks, given how minor a detail it is compared to the complexity of building an aircraft for Flight Simulator — how is it possible that a single coordinate isn’t correctly defined or part of Asobo’s quality process?
The core problems:
- Default VR pilot position is completely wrong in key aircraft
- In the Boeing 747-8, the VR pilot is spawned 30 feet above the aircraft, outside the cockpit entirely. It’s not a small offset — it’s a completely unusable position.
- In the DA40 NG, the pilot is placed behind the rear passenger seats, and can only move slightly forward — not even close to the correct seating position.
- Several other aircraft have varying degrees of this issue, but these two stand out as particularly broken.
- There is no way to save a corrected VR pilot position per aircraft
- There is no in-game interface to tweak and save your VR position, despite this being an essential part of immersion in flight simulation.
- No access to fix camera configuration
- For default and Premium aircraft like the 747-8 and DA40, the camera configuration files (
Cameras.cfg) are encrypted. Users cannot correct the problem themselves.
- We’re completely dependent on Asobo to fix the positions — but years later, the problem still persists.
Requests:
- Please fix the default VR pilot position in every aircraft.
- Provide a simple in-game tool to adjust and save the VR pilot position per aircraft.
- Consider exposing camera settings to users, even for default aircraft, so the community can fix and share better configurations if necessary.
Why this matters:
VR is all about immersion. Sitting 30 feet above the 747, or stuck behind the seats of a DA40, destroys the experience entirely. It’s absurd that in 2024, a flight simulator this advanced still does not allow VR users to simply sit in the right place — and to save that position for the next flight.
External tools like OpenXR Toolkit help, but the fact that the default simulator still does not let a VR user simply sit properly in a cockpit and save that position is a serious oversight — especially now that OpenXR Toolkit is no longer actively maintained and could disappear at any time.
Please prioritize this.
Agree, you would think it would be a very simple fix