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[DerKlausi]

I was looking forward to applying this mod, too, but did not find time yet. Would you give us a link where the manual modding is explained?

[DerKlausi]

@Mobias7

I don’t get how some people are claiming to run the sim in VR with the G2 with sittings on high and ultra and are claiming to get around 40FPS with a 3080. I understand how 3090 owners can scape a few more FPS together with their GPU. All that extra VRAM helps. There’s so many wildly different experiences with VR.

@BufordTX

2. Kill the cliffhouse

The MS cliffhouse program takes RAM, VRAM, and other resources. It also does that silly cutscene where the globe dissolves into triangles every time you switch on VR in the game. It can be disabled.

Does this win back a few more FPS then? The Quest 2 has similar thing which you can disable and it means loading into VR was a bit faster and easier ( I always found it a messy business with the Quest which is one of the reasons I got rid of it) but I don’t think it actually improved performance once you were in the cockpit.

I did not see any improvements from killing cliffhouse (RTX3090).

As for your astonishment about others reaching 40+ FPS like I do: I’m running OXR=200% and in-game 50%. This actually gave me +5…10 FPS compared to running 100/100.

[Mobias7]

@DerKlausi

As for your astonishment about others reaching 40+ FPS like I do: I’m running OXR=200% and in-game 50%. This actually gave me +5…10 FPS compared to running 100/100.

Thanks, I’ll give it a go but you’ve got a 3090 which probably makes all the difference.

[DerKlausi]

The 3080 should get you in the same ballpark, the 3090’s advantage is small because GPU performance is similar to the 3080 and VRAM is hardly being used by MSFS anyway When I switched from an O/C 3080 to my O/C 3090, I did not see more than 5 FPS improvement. I gained more with the 200%/50% setting.

[stekusteku]

OVR is great, but works only with Steam VR, so not the best choice for Reverb G2, which works better with WMR implementation of OXR than Steam’s OXR.

[DerKlausi]

@Mobias7

Thanks, I’ll give it a go but you’ve got a 3090 which probably makes all the difference.

What’s more - I’ve posted this in a separate thread: if you feel inclined and confident in O/Cing your 3080, some FPS may be gained. O/Cing my already factory O/Cd 3090 by +50MHz GPU and 500MHz VRAM is giving me something like 2 FPS on top. With MSFS in my experience GPU O/C is more beneficial than VRAM O/C. Most cards should do at least +50…100MHz on the GPU if not already clocked to the max. Any little helps, but thou shalt not fear the energy bill…and your PSU and cooling solution should be up to the task…

[Mobias7]

@DerKlausi

The 3080 should get you in the same ballpark, the 3090’s advantage is small because GPU performance is similar to the 3080 and VRAM is hardly being used by MSFS anyway When I switched from an O/C 3080 to my O/C 3090, I did not see more than 5 FPS improvement. I gained more with the 200%/50% setting.

I just tried the 200%/50% setting and it didn’t work for me. Even the menu screen was a slide show. Marginally better at 150%/50% and ok at 100%/50%. 100%75% seems to be the sweet spot for me of clarity versus performance.

I’ve got a 5600X CPU which I have a hunch struggles a bit with VR. Its the only thing I can think of anyway.

@DerKlausi

if you feel inclined and confident in O/Cing your 3080, some FPS may be gained.

I’ve got a Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 3080 which is the big factory OC’d model from Gigabyte. I could probably OC my 5600X a bit and I’ve thought about doing that but I would probably need better cooling on it.

Just to add I have MR set to automatic. I do get the occasional artefacts with it but I find its generally smoother than having it off.

[DrPredrag]

Wow. Rift S FOV is small even at 100/100 lol. I tried 90/90 and black bars all around were really distracting. 72/72 probably looks like looking through a toilet roll lol.
But again, that is how it looks like with Rift S. Not sure how is it with Q2.

[DerKlausi]

Wow, that is weird, the 200/50 solution appears to be working for for several people. You did 200% OXR and 50% in-game, not vice-versa? But on the other hand, well, the 5600X is not that strong.

My 3090 is exactly that - an Aorus Xtreme and I can still push it by another 50/500 as written above. If you give it a try, use latest RivaTuner, set the voltage percentage and fan slider to the max and then try to increase GPU clock in small increments (10…20MHz) and test for stability, for example using FurMark. If you’ve figured a stable GPU O/C, do the same procedure with VRAM. The GPU cooling should be sufficient and the card will throttle to prevent damage, but still it’s at your own risk.
Regarding CPU O/C this might give you a little advantage, but the 5600X clocks quite low and has only 6 cores, so I suspect success will be limited. Anyway - good luck!

[Mobias7]

@DerKlausi

Wow, that is weird, the 200/50 solution appears to be working for for several people. You did 200% OXR and 50% in-game, not vice-versa?

Yeah I did it 200% OXR. Totally crashes the sim almost in VR. Total slide show.

@DerKlausi

the 5600X is not that strong.

Like I said I’m quite tempted to think the same, certainly as far as VR is concerned anyway. However RomanDesign is getting exact same performance as me with exact same settings and he’s got the much beefier 5900X.

I’m keen to see if we get any performance improvements with next weeks sim update. Which by the looks of things does have some VR tweaks. Fingers crossed.

[RCFlyer51]

I actually deleted OpenXR Developer tool app from my system.

[Jonny5Alive6618]

@RomanDesign I’m also skeptical of this. I have a 3080 and G2 and use 100OXR - 70TAA MR On. LOD’s 100 - Cap frames to 30. Our results seem to be inline.

@WobbliestAce53

Myself, I have the OpenXR custom render scale set to 150, VR render scale in game at 100, no “recent runtime” and MR disabled in OpenXR. This combination works best for me (so far) with an RTX 3070, i7-10700 and 32 gb of ram at 3600.

[DerKlausi]

Sorry but I’m not sure which of my posts you are referring to, and with whose results yours are in line?

[Jonny5Alive6618]

@RomanDesign

@WobbliestAce53

OpenXR custom render scale set to 150, VR render scale in game at 100

On 3070 and G2? OXR 150/TAA100? How is that possible? Most I can do on 3080 is 80/100 (MR) and folks on 3090 are struggling with 100/100. 150/100 seems impossible… If you are getting 150/100 you know something we all don’t, so please share your settings and tweaks

@WobbliestAce53

I also can’t love with the distortion in the prop circle caused by MR. So the only setting I use in OpenXR is the custom rendering scale of 150.

Ah, that calls for a TIP OF THE DAY:
use prop mods from flightstim.to, or better yet, make your own texture replacement for your favored planes. I actually created a texture for PA28 with solid and almost transparent disk. You can’t see the prop in real life anyway in flight, visible prop blades are only there on videos, but IRL there’s just a vague suggestion of a disk. And with that mode there is absolutely no motion artifacts on the prop. Looks realistic too. Artifacts can still happen on wing edges etc. but those are are not as annoying and frequent as the default props, which are horrible. But the solid prop texture solves it perfectly. The texture usually has some “fast” and “back” or “b” in the filename, and it only affects a prop at full speed, so startup, static prop and slowly spinning prop is not affected and still looks the same.

This one from three hours ago. No worries. I just didnt want to miss out on his replies.

[DerKlausi]

@Jonny5Alive6618

@DerKlausi I’m also skeptical of this. I have a 3080 and G2 and use 100OXR - 70TAA MR On. LOD’s 100 - Cap frames to 30. Our results seem to be inline.

Sorry but I’m not sure which of my posts you are referring to, and with whose results yours are in line?

[DerKlausi]

Um…but that was a post by @RomanDesign quoting @WobbliestAce53 if I’m not mistaken?

[Jonny5Alive6618]

My mistake! I read through the posts too quickly. I meant to tag @RomanDesign not you.

So sorry for the confusion.

[WobbliestAce53]

When I get a free minute, I’ll send settings, specs, etc. please note that I have only the Custom render scale in OpenXR at 150; MR is disabled and the runtime option is unchecked. Other settings to follow…

[KevyKevTPA]

@BufordTX

Enable Resizable BAR

This will only help if you have a 30-series GPU… Unfortunately for me!

[WobbliestAce53]

Also, cockpit movement/scanning is very smooth, like TrackIR, except for some movement/ head trembling associated with Windows 11 currently.