War Thunder ~AND~ DCS Both Support DK2

[ThreeEyes]

Flight sim fans rejoice! 😄

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2014/06/22/e3-2014-war-thunder-oculus-rifts-new-best-friend/90599/

At that point, I was already well versed with the Oculus Rift, though not quite sold on the experience it offered. War Thunder changed everything, however. From a first-person view, I slowly made my way into the open skies as the lightly cologned man instructed me on all the different triggers. Once I gained enough air, he told me to spin which, sequentially, had my world turn as if I were in fact soaring through the sky. My surroundings, the beautiful vistas, forests and rivers below, swum around me as I rotated my head in awe. Finally, the Rift has a game worth bragging about.

The article itself does not say DK1 or DK2, but in the comments, one user asks if it was DK1 or 2 and the author replies it was DK2: (He also thinks a DK3 is VERY likely... Make of that what you will...)

DK2, which made the experience the great one it was.

But wait... There's more!

It’s hard to explain the overwhelming emotions felt during my session in the sky, even as flames arose from my engine. It’s the most convincing unreality I’ve ever been in. Confusing, I know. War Thunder, an already immensely enjoyable game, and most certainly one I’ll be hopping into again, is also the first title to sell me on the Oculus Rift.

[Christiaan]

In the comments, the author also speculates on the release of a "DK3" based upon chatter he's heard from insiders....interesting.

[PlanetTimmy]

I've been very impressed by both War Thunder and DCS, and I'm sure with positional tracking the sense of presence will be amazing with the DK2. They're some of the first games I'm going to try out when my DK2 arrives <crossfingers>next week</crossfingers>.

I'm interested to see if leaning forward to peer at the controls with the DK2 in DCS will compensate for not being able to zoom in to read them when playing the Oculus version.

[BAngel]

"PlanetTimmy" wrote:

I'm interested to see if leaning forward to peer at the controls with the DK2 in DCS will compensate for not being able to zoom in to read them when playing the Oculus version.

I hope so! It was a pain being unable to check my IAS or altitude, especially the latter. Even if I could see where the needle was, half of it was obstructed by the throttle in the P-51 heh. Looking around my throttle will help greatly.

War Thunder would benefit greatly as well. It may finally be playable in the rift in multiplayer heh.

[jtelfer]

After so many years of flight sims languishing as a niche hobby I'm really looking forward to the Rift injecting some much needed life into what is an amazing genre.

The day I get to sit in the cockpit of a C172 RGII, Twotter or Drifter on the runway at KORS and have it feel (somewhat) real will be a great one indeed. If I turn down the graphics enough to get good fps :lol:

Microsoft's decision to have a bit of a fire sale on FSX to LM and co might start to look like a bad idea over the next couple of years.

[ThreeEyes]

There may be a re-invigoration of Microsoft flight sims soon. Or they are just cashing in some more. Apparently they are working with Dovetail (makers of Train Simulator) to offer the line on Steam.

On the other hand, if you are familiar with Train Simulator and check the reviews on Steam, they sell the simulator with hardly anything and then charge out the wazoo for DLC you need to do anything fun with it.

If they do the same with Microsoft Flight Simulator you may get the powered ultralight and then have to buy each C-172 variant separately. :evil:

Kevin Perry, an executive producer at Microsoft, called Dovetail Games the “obvious choice for us to work with.”

Indeed.

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/microsoft-iconic-flight-simulator-revived-thanks-dovetail-games/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460690,00.asp

On the other hand, X-Plane 10 is coming to Steam as well and they recently reported they have Rift support working but not yet releasing it since there is no CV yet. Maybe they will change their minds with DK2 hitting.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/09/microsoft-flight-simulator-x-and-x-plane-10-are-winging-their-way-...

http://developer.x-plane.com/2014/05/the-what-and-when-of-x-plane-10-30/

[Superdeluxo]

This is good, although I don't like War Thunder, I love DCS but with an AMD card I currently can't run it in rift mode. Hopefully this will be fixed soon, I gotta say though, the best flying experience I've had in the rift, and one that I think will be hard to beat is Outerra Anteworld, the sense of presence and immersion is incredible.

[jtelfer]

"ThreeEyes" wrote:
...they sell the simulator with hardly anything and then charge out the wazoo for DLC you need to do anything fun with it.

If they do the same with Microsoft Flight Simulator you may get the powered ultralight and then have to buy each C-172 variant separately. :evil:

That's how FSX is now. The base simulation isn't somewhere you'd want to spend any time and once you get into Orbx terrain add ons, aircraft, weather injection apps and lord knows what else it can certainly add up.

Prepar3D is now better value out of the gate as they've got some good planes in the hangar and the performance and looks are really improving over FSX. I don't see the Train Sim guys catching it up any time soon.

[cleverusername]

"jtelfer" wrote:

"ThreeEyes" wrote:
...they sell the simulator with hardly anything and then charge out the wazoo for DLC you need to do anything fun with it.

If they do the same with Microsoft Flight Simulator you may get the powered ultralight and then have to buy each C-172 variant separately. :evil:

That's how FSX is now. The base simulation isn't somewhere you'd want to spend any time and once you get into Orbx terrain add ons, aircraft, weather injection apps and lord knows what else it can certainly add up.

Prepar3D is now better value out of the gate as they've got some good planes in the hangar and the performance and looks are really improving over FSX. I don't see the Train Sim guys catching it up any time soon.

David smith over at Lockheed has an office right next to those prepar3d guys in florida. He has a 150 and 180 fov device. He has padawan Palmers professor bolas. U think him and the prepar3d Boyz about to bring us all magic integrating all this Lockheed tech together? I can't wait to use prepar3d in 150 fov.

[ThreeEyes]

I had never heard of Prepar3d before but the demo videos of 2.2 are really nice looking. $199 but they don't really say what that gets you just from looking casually. Maybe there is a spec sheet somewhere. But I think it would be gorgeous in a good HMD for sure!