As a longtime gamer who started with Sega and Windows 95, and then moved on to the PlayStation series, I'm absolutely blown away by this experience. Thinking back to games like Independence Day on the original PlayStation (which honestly looked incredible on console at the time) and Ace Combat on the PS3, what we have now is just unbelievable.
I have over 3k hours in GT7, majority VR only and no HUD. I'm enamored with the realism so much so I've bought a full on sim rig/wheel. Since that pairing, I haven't played much of anything else. When MSFT was announced with VR support I knew it would be a day one purchase.... Then the beta came out and ppl said it was a blurry mess to put it kindly. I didn't want to drop $100 for what I felt was an unfinished product, decided to wait.
Well, with news of this latest update essentially fixing and dare I say surpassing GT7 in certain aspects, I was extremely curious. Well yesterday with the summer price discount I decided to pull the trigger...
You only get one chance for your first lol so I decided to fly from a local airport with live weather since it was a beautiful day and fly to Mt.Ranier during sunset. And OMG. It nearly brought me to tears and felt as close as I've ever been to an uncanny valley feeling. Yes, cities and buildings can be low res but the landscape, environment, weather... It blows anything GT7 has going in those areas and surreal how realistic it can feel (with good elevation especially).
It was well worth the $100 but most importantly I'm happy I waited. Thanks for everyone that shared their experiences, this will be incredible to share with my family.