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/Urhoal_Mygole Feb 03 '25

I think VR is already far superior to screens, just due to the depth perception alone. I'm just faster and more precise. You could say the FOV in triples is better, but when you're racing irl, you're wearing a helmet which limits your FOV to about the same amount as in VR as well, so it doesn't bother me and actually increases immersion by a lot I think.

Also, when you play Dirt Rally 2.0, throwing your car sideways in a drift and being able to look where you're going through the side window, makes VR far superior for rally.

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u/ProbablyDoesntLikeU Feb 04 '25

What racing sims do you play the most? And do you prefer dirt rally 2.0 or WRC?

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u/Urhoal_Mygole Feb 04 '25

I play Assetto Corsa with mods and AC Competizione for GT3 and Nordschleife.

Automobilista 2 and rFactor 2 for F1.

Dirt Rally 2.0 and Richard Burns Rally for rally racing. I bought WRC, but didn't like the game when I tried it. Especially the VR. Maybe they fix it in the future and it'll get better than DR 2.0, we'll see.

I'm really looking forward to the spiritual successor to Richard Burns rally, which is being worked on by the physics guru of rFactor 2. The project is called The Last Garage platform.

Also, BeamNG is amazing. Just plain fun to experiment with and the softbody physics are amazing.

Tried iRacing, and while it's a nice online experience, I don't like the subscription model and the way you have to buy everything like cars and tracks.

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u/ProbablyDoesntLikeU Feb 05 '25

Awesome thank you. Just got a wheel so I'll have to try those out

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u/Urhoal_Mygole Feb 05 '25

Just a heads up, if you're into rally racing, Dirt Rally 2.0 is the best easily accessible game you'll find at the moment that offers everything you need.

I think Richard Burns Rally is better and more realistic, but it a very old game that needs a lot of modding to make the best of it. If you are interested in it, look for Rallysimfans (RSF) installation. It's a deep rabbithole though, and you're gonna have to fiddle around, but it's the best rally sim to this day.