DCS: Quick test of Kola map performance in VR
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2024
- Video appears naturally smoother than 40fps because of VR reprojection which generates the missing frames in between so that the HMD displays 80fps. Also some small stutters which were apparent at Rovaniemi airport and Sodankylä road base are not that visible because video is 60fps and they are lost in that conversion from 80fps.
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0:16 Rovaniemi airport and city
2:26 Sodankylä road base
4:12 Lakselv airport
6:19 Bodø airport and city - Ігри
That first frame answered my question. I can’t get steady FPS on Marianas or South Atlantic so Kola is probably not for me yet. You just saved me from pre ordering a map that won’t run well, thank you!
Np.
My eyes says, wait till these map was complete
As a Finn I was naturally interested in this map and will be flying it with reduced settings until it's (hopefully) fixed. But I wanted to do this test for others who are interested in how it performs in VR.
I find on the SA map over the south Chile area & and going low even with trees to 0 it's still jumpy in vr. i9 13900kf, rtx 4090
It's a huge map and I haven't of course flown at all parts of it. So I guess there are worse parts too. The performance was significantly improved after the update on 22nd of February. That made a huge difference in SA + Marianas on my system.
I don't understand why they chose to do this map. Buying one section of the world $60 at a time is not the answer. Thank you for sharing the video though!
Yeah, the map prices are pretty steep. But apart from that I think this is very interesting area. At least it's not sand... But I'm of course biased as I live in Finland 🙂
Quad views on eye tracking VR headsets save the day for fps. I have the QP and the gains are incredible.. what is that performance layer you use to benchmark it?
OpenXR toolkit. I also use the toolkit for supersampling. Much better performance in my tests.
Performances are not good for me in VR (3080TI 5800x3D 64GB)
I've seen a Reddit post where someone is suggesting to reduce the grass, forest and LOD with good results in VR.
I haven't tried yet.
Don't forget to clear the FXO and metashaders folders
Yeah, probably can reach same fps than on other maps by lowering settings. But I made this comparison on same settings to see how Kola performs vs. other maps.
which country is it supposed to be? im guessing norway
The 4 different clips are from: Finland, Finland, Norway, Norway.
To be honest, it's the deciduous trees, not pines that look like a realism killer from me. Like, would you put palm trees on the Falklands????
Agreed, that's just bad.
Price for this not finish map is crazy😅😅😅
If it was even 75% finished but for many areas it seems like 25% finished. New standards for early access...
System specs?
i7-14700K/64GB 4080/16GB Rift S
4080/ Rift S any you only get 40/80fps? Ouch, that's really bad optimisation. I can get near this framerates (40/60) on MS FS2020 with 4070TI Super/G2 combo at1.5SS over Scandinavia and it looks much better than current Kola map. DCS badly needs new game engine. If ORBX team can't do a better job, noone can.
All other maps are solid 80fps. It's the Kola map that's badly optimized.
Can anyone tell me which maps offer the best VR performance?
If I had to put them to some order it would roughly be something like this (from best to worst): Caucasus, Persian Gulf, Nevada, Syria, Channel, Sinai, Normandy 2, South America, Marianas, Kola.
But note that this is not based on any measurements and is mostly based on my experiences with my previous PC which couldn't run everything as well as my current one. And also DCS has been updated between tests.
The 22nd of February 2024 update was a huge improvement in how various maps performed. Marianas used to cause stutters even with my current system before that. After that it's smooth 80 fps.
@@ahonensimracingsimflying Exactly they finally fixed marianas. And thanks for reviewing this map in VR. Your observation and ranking of the rest of the maps is spot on even noticing the gigantic improvement in Marianas with that patch. So this map is a pass for now for me. I trust all your results. Thanks a lot!
@@ahonensimracingsimflying Thanks! I think it's time for a new computer.
Doesn't look much better than Caucasus, $70 price tag is a bit steep for this
$56 now in EA but yeah, considering bad performance and worse textures than in preview screenshots, too much.
Looks bad to be honest
Yeah, there's weird shimmering at Rovaniemi airport buildings and in the grass everywhere. It's not that visible in the captured image but on the HMD it's quite annoying. No other map has that. Somehow the trees in Finland look bad too and the tree rendering distance seems lower than with other maps. I have that setting maxed.
But some areas in Norway look pretty good especially from higher altitude.
But in general this was a huge disappointment. I was really looking forward to this map, and then we get this. Can only hope they improve things later on.
Looks like fsx when orbx first came out... Extremely disappointed....
I think it looks good
@@mimikyu- yep if it was 5 bucks , its 70 soo
that is also called jammern auf hohem niveau
flying mach 1 and faster over city is not good, please stay realistic its DCS not tetris.
This video was only about the Kola map performance in VR.
Suggest you go fly MSFS instead, grumpy gramps.
Certainly wouldn’t want blowout those digital polygon ears and windows out.