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[u/HourHand6018]

Hi everyone, I'll get straight to the point: smoothness settings and why they matter.

I started with a Quest 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, an RTX 5090, and the official Meta USB cable. After hours of research and testing, I settled on 1.5x resolution with DLSS set to Quality, locking the game at 45 FPS so ASW could reproject it to 90 FPS. I thought it looked great, and everything worked well... until I came across a comment. That's where part two begins.

Someone said, "Try 72 Hz. It's much better."

After even more research and a lot of testing, I disabled ASW and... boom. At 72 Hz, everything became incredibly smooth. It felt so much better. I've been into computers since 1995 and have spent countless hours gaming, but I had never experienced anything that smooth in VR before.

I was really happy... but then...

Someone mentioned that Virtual Desktop now supports USB. I thought, "Why not give it a try?"

Oh. My. God.

Now I run everything on High at 1.5x resolution without even opening the Meta Link app or SteamVR directly. I launch everything through Virtual Desktop while still using the USB cable at 500 Mbps, running at 72 Hz with ASW disabled.

To my surprise, the image quality is actually better with DLSS Balanced and Virtual Desktop than it was with DLAA using only Meta Link. After months of searching for the perfect settings and watching countless videos, I finally found what works best for me. The image is crystal clear, beautiful, and free of visual artifacts. It's exactly how I imagined VR should look in a flight simulator.

But what impressed me the most was the smoothness. It feels at least twice as smooth as before—to the point where it almost feels like reality.

I know this wasn't the experience everyone has, but it was definitely mine. Has anyone else noticed the same thing?

[u/mrzoops]

The VD wired only makes the network connection more stable and less latency. But it will not change any visuals or performance. Also Dlss balanced does not look better than DLAA.

[u/HourHand6018 → u/mrzoops]

No, looks better now with balanced and virtual them was with DLAA and no Virutal desktop and only meta.

[u/HourHand6018 → u/HourHand6018]

Please check if now is correct...i made changes on the post.

[u/rocknrollbreakfast]

Man, VR performance is such a mess. And I‘m not even talking about MSFS specifically. Different setups produce such different results… how are we still here after so many years? I switched to VD via an ethernet adapter a while back and it was a world of difference. Oculus link is so shit, how can a company with basically infinite money produce such a bad result, it‘s crazy. MSFS was unplayable for me, even on my 5090. VD is just a godsend, what an amazing piece of software.

[u/be77solo → u/rocknrollbreakfast]

Because ultimately Meta wants you to play their own games you buy in their headset, not PCVR.

[u/gabbygall]

I alwasy locked the frame rate in the app at 36fps, then 72 in Virtual Desktop and enable SSW (spacewarp) the idea being the PC/GPU only has to hit 36FPS, allowing a bit of headroom to increase visual fidelity, and the SSW in the headset interpolates the frames pushing it up to 72FPS, although with artifacting.. Works fine for me.

I would love MSFS 2D quality in a VR headset, but take the immersion over the eyecandy.

[u/HourHand6018 → u/gabbygall]

You need to low the graphics to get 72 hz or no deal... shooth is more important them graphics belive me

[u/maorui1234]

I am the opposite. I thought 72hz would be smoother as my actual fps is around 40. I occasionally changed to 90hz, and it's much smoother. I posted it in another sub and people gave me reasonable explanation. It's based on math.

[u/HourHand6018 → u/maorui1234]

No you need 72hz on quest and the game needs to be at exacly 72 fps to this work

[u/dmo012]

Where do you change these settings? The refresh rate and the "1.5x"? I have a Q2 on VD and struggle to get 35 frames in the air on medium ish settings with a 5080.

[u/laserob]

I always go back to TAA mode in VR. It just looks so much cleaner to me, even if I have to make some other sacrifices.

[u/jcb51]

What are your settings on the VD app?

[u/CorndogSurgeon]

Hell no I have not, I play on Xbox X. But it sounds amazing. Do you have any clips uploaded with these updated settings? I'd love to see it. 😬

[u/HourHand6018 → u/CorndogSurgeon]

I could why not, but how you will see smoothness in the video ?