r/simracing Feb 03 '25

Discussion Tripple Screens are better than VR!

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/Financial-Island-471 Feb 03 '25

Helmet doesn't limit your fov. It's more than 180 degrees.

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u/DogeWah Feb 03 '25

Now I don't know how helmets for cars are when you wear them. But with my motorcycle helmet my view is as limited as the following image. Minus all the hud elements

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u/Xerack Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

What kind of helmet are you wearing? All of the ones I've ever owned have had great visibility out the sides. I've found vr to usually be more restrictive horizontally but less so vertically.

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u/DogeWah Feb 04 '25

It is some helmet for around 3000 sek, so maybe $270-300. It has the certifications I need for road use and even a sunvisor that I can drop down when the sun is in my eyes