I really wanted to share this because I've had this game for a while and always assumed VR performances in this game were terrible and there wasn't much to do about it.

I originally played it with the reverb G2 that is normally a good headset for simulators but I had bad performances with it, weird aliasing and it was just very janky when turning my head around.

Now I just got a Quest 3 and I have been really enjoying wireless VR without any cable. So I decided to give Car City Driving another shot. It took a lot of trial and error to configure it right, but oh god does it work well now, in a way I never though was possible. Smooth head movments, no more weird anti aliasing and a decent resolution.


Here are the specs of my PC that is decent but nothing exceptional today. It was a high end PC from 2/3 years ago :
- Nvidia 3080-Ti
- Radeon 5800X
- 64Gb of DDR4


Here is how I got it to work so well :

1 - First you don't want to use Virtual Desktop. I normally run all my PCVR games on VD for the Quest but for this game it doesn't work well. Virtual Desktop will run it with SteamVR runtime and I was getting worse performance and weird camera movments that were not exactly following my head. Instead you need to use Air Link or a Link cable. Personally I use Airlink since my computer is on the 2nd floor and my simracing setup in the basement. But you can use a Link cable if you are next to your computer.

2 - In the Oculus Software you can configure the resolution and the refresh rate. I set everything to the max (90Hz and 1.5x render resolution). If you need to make some adjustment base on your PC performances, I strongly suggest dropping the refresh rate to 72Hz and only play with the resolution as a last resort if that's not enough. I tried on 72Hz and honestly it was still very smooth.

3 - After starting Airlink, set the bitrate to the maximum value (200 for me).

4 - Still in Aitlink, launch the game from the library tab. If your next to your PC, you can manage the game setting and start missions or free driving from there. Otherwise you will need switch back and forth between VR view and your PC monitor view in your headset (seriously why couldn't they display the game menu inside VR ...). Anyway in the game settings disable Vertical Synchronization, and then set all the graphic options to the High and all the sliders to the max.

5 - You can now start a game sessions and enjoy how well it runs. If your PC is less powerful than mine and you still get performance issues, start by reducing the refresh rate in Airlink and reduce some visual settings inside the game. Try to keep the resolution scale to 1.5. It really makes the game look much better and make the weird aliasing disappear (probably some resizing artifacts)


I hope this helps a few people enjoy this game in VR the way it should be For me this has completely transformed my experience. I used to have to force myself to play it through short sessions on the Reverb G2 but now I'm having a blast doing taxi missions for hours on end =D