PC VR Update

[Kirigaya Kazuto]

First I want to start with the fact that the idea of this game has been a dream come true for me, visit planets and all that but performance is a big issue only with this game so far. Game runs smooth on highest graphic settings in PC mode but once I start game in VR even with lowest graphic settings it is clunky,laggy and sometimes unplayable. I have decent gaming laptop and Quest 2 which I use to play this game. My PC specs are Ryzen 7 6000series + RTX 3060(laptop version obviously 6GB) + 1TB SSD +Wifi 6E. Every single games runs without issue on highest graphic settings but not this one. In PC mode NMS as I mentioned is buttery smooth even on the highest possible graphic settings so this leaves me to assume that game is poorly optimized for VR users. So I have 2 questions : Will we ever get an update for better performance? and the another question is is my gaming laptop not good enough for this? Cause I'm getting the feeling that even if I hypothetically had Ryzen 9 + RTX 4090 I would still be facing same issues. Thank you in advance.

[Sir Cat the Puke]

Hi mate! I have same issue. Problem in game itself! I have Pico 4, 5800X3D, 4090, 32gb fast RAM and fast SSD. And have same problem like your. I was try change ingame setting from lower to ultra and no have diffirent for VR. Wait for patch... i hope.

[MarStrMind]

Pico 4, RTX 2060 6GB, Steam render resolution at 85% (about 2300x2300 per eye), some settings tuned down in NMS, and FSR 2.0 set to Balanced. i7-8700 6-core (12 core) CPU, 16 GB RAM, Windows 10. Virtual Desktop set to 100 MBit. Picture clear as day. Amazing performance and quality. Constant 50-60 FPS, no matter where I go.

You absolutely need to fine-tune the settings in NMS to achieve a enjoyable performance. Do not use DLSS, it will smear badly in the headset.

[vasilion]

Pico4 - Ryzen 7 5800X - rtx3070 - 48gb RAM, streaming with Virtual Desktop and router wifi6, all grafics in HIGH (no ULTRA), DLSS, 2544X2544: 50 fps average, all fluid.

[Stager]

Same experience, I'm on a Ryzen9 5900 & RTX3080. In flatscreen the game looks and runs great, but in VR even on lower settings it runs quite badly

[Kirigaya Kazuto]

This is just unbelievable, We just got Fractal update and I hoped it would fix VR related problems but nothing, I am not 100% sure but it might be even worse than before

[MarStrMind]

Not for me. Many improvements in performance were made.

[StrangeBoxTales]

with
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57-52LE Ordinateur Portable Gaming 15,6'' FHD IPS 144 Hz, PC Portable Gamer (Intel Core i5-11400H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti, RAM 16 Go, 512 Go SSD, Windows 11)

its unplayable!.. I just change my pc and the old one was worst but the game runs.. whats happen?..

[Pixel]

5800x3d with a 4090 and I absolutely can not run with ultra planet quality because the CPU utilization in this game is borked. frametime skyrockets to 25 ms on CPU (while sitting at %30 utilization?) looking at certain directions on a planet while my GPU is chillin' at 8 ms. Doesnt matter my resolution, AA method, or anything else at all. I just want 80 hz refresh.

[Kirigaya Kazuto]

For me only thing that works is lowering Steam screen rendering From 150% to 70-80%, and lowering every single graphic setting to lowest settings in game, also lowering everything for performance in GeForce experience(for Nvidia users), only thing that kinda makes this a bit better is turning on DLSS on Quality and still after all of this best FPS that I get is average around 40-45.

[RiChuF]

aww poor nvidia nerds
works great on my amd gpu
(joke btw before anyone gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

[MarStrMind]

Originally posted by RiChuF:

aww poor nvidia nerds
works great on my amd gpu
(joke btw before anyone gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

I do not have issues with my RTX2060. In the meantime I found a config that's really crystal clear and does not use DLSS.

[Kirigaya Kazuto]

Originally posted by MarcusInVR:

Originally posted by RiChuF:

aww poor nvidia nerds
works great on my amd gpu
(joke btw before anyone gets ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

I do not have issues with my RTX2060. In the meantime I found a config that's really crystal clear and does not use DLSS.

Do you mean you just found some kind of sweet spot for your PC? (Maybe this is an issue for me cause Laptop is still far away from PC power even though on paper I have superior Specs)

[Kirigaya Kazuto]

BTW I emailed Hello Games about this issue couple weeks ago. Still no reply from them

[0rga]

Just think about the fact that this Fractal update was aimed to boost popularity into VR.
Results? Worse than ever, some VR feature have been removed or probably are missing due of some unresolved bugs, performances have greatly decreased. At the moment the VR side of this game is in a pre alpha status barely playable.
Do not expect any kind of short term improvements, we waited for a VR upgrade since the VR was released back in the days and look at the results.

[MarStrMind]

Originally posted by kriwagio:

Originally posted by MarcusInVR:

I do not have issues with my RTX2060. In the meantime I found a config that's really crystal clear and does not use DLSS.

Do you mean you just found some kind of sweet spot for your PC? (Maybe this is an issue for me cause Laptop is still far away from PC power even though on paper I have superior Specs)

VR is always subject to the sweet spot of your machine. There is no universal config or a one-size-fits-all config for everyone, as rigs are different for person to person.

As I said - you need to fiddle with the settings - in-game and SteamVR as well as your drivers possibly and in some cases Windows tuning is also needed. I can't speak what that is gonna be for you, but VR is always much more demanding than flatscreen gaming - so adjustments, and compromises need to be made.

You either sacrifice fidelity for performance, or the other way around. For most I guess it will be the former - and that is where you have to find the sweet spot so that you still have some fidelity, and performance that's good enough for you.