You kind of sound like someone who might enjoy PC gaming. Something to consider in the future, maybe; this would be the worst time to buy a high-end or even second tier rig. (Low end is justifiable but just barely.) The next generation of technology is just starting to trickle out. Give it 6 to 18 months and a high-end rig would put anything you could build today to shame.
Your monitor looks great. Specs say 5ms so that’s plenty good enough for any console I would think. Should pair with the Xbox series x quite nicely.
I would look for Xbox at retail – waiting list would be ideal – and invest a couple hundred in some kick-ass flight controls. It’s pretty likely that anything that plugs into an Xbox will also plug into a Windows PC just fine. (Metaphorically speaking. I assume they’re wireless.)
Microsoft Flight Simulator supports VR. But not on Xbox, only PC?
Would playing Microsoft flight simulator with VR goggles (or however that works) while controlling the action with a yolk and pedals be as awesome as I’m imagining it? Or is it more detailed and thus visually impressive on a screen?
(In my mind I’m imagining playing Steep in first person view with VR and vomiting within about 15 seconds…)
No no, I appreciate your detailed explanations. I’m still an idiot when it comes to gaming. Geek culture is a whole rich pageant. I don’t really like superheroes either, much to the disbelief of many of my coworkers.
Looks like no, with definite plans to keep not supporting VR.
Playstation does have VR but of course it’s “Microsoft” Flight Simulator, so Xbox exclusive. For VR MFS, PC is the only option. (Three consecutive initialisms, woohoo!)
Well, I’ve been spending a bit of time playing Flight Simulator 2020 on the Xbox and can report that it is pretty good. Not perfect, but pretty good. I’m actually fine with using the bog standard Xbox controller. Right stick for look and left stick for control works quite well. Scenery is very very nice… from a distance and/or at speed. You begin to see through the illusion if you get low and slow. Photographic remnants of cars smeared on the roads in some places. Roads and rivers not quite following the contour of the landscape correctly. That sort of thing. On the other hand, if you get really close and slow it looks good again. Fly low over a paddock in a Savage Cub and you get into the uncanny valley. Land in the paddock and it looks great, blades of grass swishing in breeze and so on.
I’ve been having quite a lot of fun blatting around New Zealand in a Spitfire (add on by Flying Iron.)
