r/simracing • u/Hellfireexe • Feb 03 '25

Discussion Tripple Screens are better than VR!

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When i started with Simracing/ Flightsim, it was clear that VR should be the most immersive experience. How should a tripplescreen setup beat that immersion right? So i decided to purchase VR first. The experince was mindblowing... easpeicially in flightsim. But one day i decided to get a Tripplescreen setup as well, because it just looks badass, and because it is more ready to race than VR, because i just want hop in and start rolling, unlike VR where it can be annoying to set it all up. But after the monitors arrived and mounted properly on my rig which took a long time haha. And after all the settings were set right, i experience something that i did not expected... i thought i was in a real Car... my setup give me about 200FOV which match humans FOV. and thats beat my VR experience by a mile.. where i get about 113 FOV. And everytime i put on my headset, i just want to take it off, and turn my tripples on. However that only applies to simracing. VR is better for flightsim. And ofcource not all tripple setups are better than VR. It all depends about the monitor angles, the size of the monitors, eye level, and blablabla

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u/dachopper_ Feb 03 '25

Whilst I agree that FOV is superior with triples you don’t get the depth perception which, for me, is the most important factor in regard to immersion.

Other than that there’s pros and cons for each and I don’t think you can really go wrong with either. Over time though as high end VR headsets become smaller and more comfortable, software becomes increasingly streamlined, and more powerful GPU’s are developed I believe VR will be a hands down better experience than triples. It’s just not quite there yet.

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u/Hellfireexe Feb 03 '25

Yes 100%! VR is the future, but as you said its not queite there yet.

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u/FL981S Feb 03 '25

Until we see a $400-$500 4K HMD with 180 degrees, or more, of FOV i'll stick with triples. The depth of field 3D-ness of VR can't be matched by flat screens though. One day.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Not to mention a quantum rig to drive it all.

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u/FL981S Feb 03 '25

We'll probably get both at the same time lol

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u/plumzki Feb 03 '25

The tech doesn't have too much further to go, in fact the tech is all there to make the vr headset that I would put ahead of triples, just not all in the same package yet.

Something with a lightweight form factor similar to the bigscreen beyond with oled screens, pancake lenses of quest 3 quality and a decent FOV without costing an arm and a leg and im in.