Presently using a Reverb G2 without problems. I even have a brand new unopened spare cable. I am on windows 10 and have no intention of crossing over to win 11 in the near future.
I have enough cash in my PC spending money pot to buy a Crystal light right now, but am resisting because of the present state of the sim and the sometimes slightly crosseyed, blurry ground textures.
Anyone made the change in FS2024 from reverb G2 to Crystal? If so, was there any really noticeable difference in the sharpness of the textures?
Is it a good buy now, or better to stay with my Reverb? Of which I have no beef whatsoever, it works flawlessly. I am just looking for sharper ground images.
Competing for cash with the pimax is the urge to update my PC which was built in late 2019 and had its mid life upgrade in early 2023.
Change or stay put for the moment?
PC. ( looking to rebuild in the next 12 months maybe, probably Ryzen 7 7800 based)
I9 9900K watercooled.
64GB DDR4 RAM.
MSI Geforce Ultra RTX4080.
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra mainboard.
I had a g2 a couple of years back and a quest pro was a massive improvement so I’m pretty sure a crystal light would be.
Personally I would get a quest 3, very good for the money.
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I will not be getting a quest because of a certain person. I cancelled my oculus account when our scaly friend made it mandatory to open a faartbook account.
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I did but sent it back after a few weeks. I could not stand geometry distortion. Some people claim they don’t see it, or my lenses were of poor quality. Pimax sent me a new set of lenses and they were exactly the same. Try it yourself if you can because reading reviews is not very helpful.
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Thanks for the answer. One of the things I am concerned about is the very poor quality control at Pimax that I read about. Seems to be a bit of a lottery…
I ordered a PCL a few weeks ago because they had a $80 discount for Reverb owners. I’m testing it now together with a Quest 3 and still not sure which one to return.
To me the biggest advantage of both is the bigger FOV, when I put the Reverb on now I feel like looking through a binocular. May not be important for others, I mostly fly helicopters and there bigger FOV is more important for me than clearer picture.
The biggest disadvantage of the PCL is its weight. Compared to the Reverb, it is really heavy, less comfortable, especially the much bigger momentum when turning my head quickly. This is the main reason I was underwhelmed and decided to try to Quest 3 as well.
I have to run it in the medium resolution (0.7 downscale I believe) with my 4070 Ti Super to get the same FPS as the Reverb (at the same FS settings).
Did not notice any geometry distortion, some chromatic aberration near the edges but still much better, clearer and bigger sweet spot than the Reverb.
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Thank you. I know the biggest change is away from fresnel lenses to flat. But I never had an issue with fresnel lenses or indeed FPS. I never ever felt pukey in VR.
I was on the fence with upgrading my Reverb G2 to PCL for about 4 months. My biggest worry was Pixmax’s poor quality control. I finally decided to pull the trigger 3 weeks ago.
Fortunately, I received a good unit. And for me is a significant upgrade from the G2, which I used for about 4 years now. I have a RTX3080TI and I get decent performance with DLSS auto with better clarity and a significantly larger sweet spot.
The downgrade for me is the comfort and the sound. Not bothering me enough to be tempted by the DMAs speakers. I may get the StudioForm face pad at some point though.
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