Quick Tips Guide - OpenXR with iRacing using the Open XE ToolKit- How and why you should use it!

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In this Quick Tips video, I show you how to install and setup OpenXR with iRacing, and explain why you should use it. And all from, an older gamers perspective.
Timestamps have been provided for you to skip to the section that interests you the most.
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00:00 Pre-Intro
00:21 Introduction
01:28 Install OpenXR Toolkit
03:13 Using OpenXR Toolkit
07:43 Conclusions
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@IvanHerrmann 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, i Will test today

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Good luck. Adjust the settings gradually to get a feel for what has an effect on performance, and let me know how you get on.

@Veargan 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the helpful information on settings comparisons! It was very useful.

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Enjoy your new graphical settings :)

@davidlocke5016 2 ай бұрын

❤ very helpful thank you

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Glad to be of help :)

@rickthomas9894 Ай бұрын

So glad I discovered you! You do an excellent job explaining and providing examples for how to use the various tools and settings to get the best VR (Quest 3) experience. Reviewing all of your videos and have subscribed and, have joined the Discord. Great content, Thanks!

@OlderGamersPerspective Ай бұрын

Hi Rick, thank you for the feedback, the subscription and joining the discord :) I am so glad you find the videos helpful and I look forward to chatting with you on Discord. Paul

@PetrisonRocha 8 күн бұрын

If it wasn't for you, I'd never use this. I watched thousands of videos about iRacing and Quest 3 optimization and no one to teach about this thing, so easy. I had to set foveat rendering to quality/wide pattern, otherwise I thought the aliasing on peripheral vision to be distracting, but this was enough for a nice performance boost already. Coupling this with 0.9/0.9 FOV on ODT, I was able to jump from a system struggling to run only FXAA to now being able to comfortably run 4x MSAA. Subscribed.

@OlderGamersPerspective 5 күн бұрын

Glad I could help! Sim racing should be more about fun than setting up the PC, but sadly, it's all part of it when you want to use VR. Have you checked out my discord page? discord.gg/BUAkQSVc Lots of people there to help if you hit an issue.

@Chader9 2 ай бұрын

Another great video! I linked this into my own VR setup doc for long term reference. I am running similar settings to a degree with more emphasis on the higher quality side, but hit the odd time with frame issues. So I plan to experiment a bit more with it in tandem with iRacing GFX settings to see if I can find a better mix. Thanks for the work here and elsewhere. :D

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Excellent. Glad to be of help and thank you for the feedback. I'll be interested to hear your final results.

@Chader9 2 ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective I have played with the advanced overlay, but seem to have a different set of data displayed. How did you get Headroom to show? That seems like a nice quick reference to have. Do you have a recommendation for what value to aim for with Headroom?

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

@@Chader9 it can be displayed in either Open XR, by accessing it from the Performance tab and turning overlay to either FPS or Advanced. If you want the meta one, you need to load up Oculus Debug tool and access it at the bottom from the Performance option. That any help to you?

@Chader9 2 ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective Kinda. I already know how to access the separate overlays. The Oculus one is cool but far too large for regular use. The OpenXR one is great and I have played with the FPS & Advanced versions. I was thrilled when you showed how to alter it's position so I can run it all the time without distraction. I even turned on the clock time info as a nice bit of info too. What is different between our OpenXR Overlays is your video (5:00), I see that you have "GPU Headroom" right under "FPS". I have the same fields you also have below that, but not the Headroom one. I assumed there was a switch to show that somewhere, but have not been able to find it in the OpenXR settings. Was wondering if that was a switch you found somewhere I had not looked.

@Chader9 2 ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective Upon some more targeted google searching, I think I found it. Sounds like Headroom will show automatically if there is a value in the "Target Frame Rate" setting. I know I ignored that previously and is likely why I don't see it. I will give that a shot soon but I think that is the trick.

@rafaelnascimento596 4 күн бұрын

I am from Brazil., i really lided it

@OlderGamersPerspective 4 күн бұрын

Excellent. and a big hello to you in Brazil :)

@TPA_JW Ай бұрын

Amazing video. I am setting up my new Quest 3 and was considering using OpenXR. Now I am. Did you adjust any of the settings in the Oculus debug tool as well? If so, what did you adjust?

@OlderGamersPerspective 23 күн бұрын

Hi, thank you for the feedback. I only have a few things adjusted in the ODT - mostly just the Encode rate, which I have set to 450. But you can find other stuff that is beneficial to sim racing in this video about the ODT - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLVpdJZqyt_UkoU.htmlsi=daN4SDYgYAwtoTZh

@FruitLoop2020 2 ай бұрын

Could you do another video but open XR and AMS2? Would be great to get some good settings

@OlderGamersPerspective Ай бұрын

I will do this soon, it's on the list, but getting nearer to the top with every video I make. So, should be along soon(ish).

@MichaelJones-uv2vd 2 ай бұрын

What is your rig set up. You picture looks amazing and I would like to compare what you are running with what I am running so I can have a level of expectation.

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

I have an i5 13600k with 64gig ddr4, nvme for windows 11 and another for games. Gpu is a 4070super. Bear in mind that the way your headset is connected to the computer will also effect image quality. As will the settings in the meta app and the oculus debug tool.

@horseandfootballratings6276 2 ай бұрын

I cannot get the XR toolkit menu to appear in my headset. I have the original oculus rift. PC is i7-5960X CPU @ 3.00GHz with an Nvidia RTX 4060. I have tried using the windows mixed reality app and the open composite to switch from steam vr to open xr but I get a message in the mixed reality app saying that it cannot find my headset. Can you help please.

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

I'm afraid that I've not encountered this issue before. However, there is now a discord channel that supports the videos shown here, so if you use Discord, I would advise you to visit and post this question again. There are a lot of knowledgeable people there, they may well be able to help you. discord.gg/whuTkzgC

@barreh69 Ай бұрын

What kind of of headroom are you aiming for? Just wondering at what point I can start to think about increasing some graphics settings. Edit: great vids btw, I find them really helpful and have subbed

@OlderGamersPerspective Ай бұрын

Hi, thank you for the feedback and I appreciated the subscription. Generally I tend to play on the safe side, some of my other subscribers say a I am bit to safe, but I do try and aim for somewhere around 30%, which I feel gives me some extra room in case I am on a crowded track. But it does depend on what your system is capable of, and which sim you are using. For iRacing aim for around 30%, but if it's at 20% you will probably still be able to race, but you might see some frame drops in challenging conditions, lots of smoke, rain, tracks where you can see a long way into the distance, for example. For other sims, such as AMS2 or ACC, you will have to drop that aim to a much lower aspirational level as those sims are more demanding, especially in VR.

@barreh69 Ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective thanks so much for the thorough response!

@knowledgeis5855 2 ай бұрын

Ditto I'll give this a go later

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Excellent. It is worth trying, even if your system is not struggling, just to have that safeguard in case you are racing on a very busy track, or one with a lot of rain.

@jcolaco 2 ай бұрын

Great Video but what´s your hardware specs? Thanks

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

I have an i5 13600k with 64gig ddr4, nvme for windows 11 and another for games. Gpu is a 4070super.

@MrRamoSzz 2 ай бұрын

Wonder have you ever had issues with HAM like when you join the served the screen is black and after you either rejoin the server or tun HAM off you get the picture back?

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

I have not seen this. Which graphics card are you using?

@MrRamoSzz 2 ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective 3080Ti, but I have Reverb G2 that is OpenXR native head set. I have seen multiple threads about same issues with others.

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

@@MrRamoSzz I don't have much experience with the G2, there is a flight sim guy who does, probably best to check with him. Do you know his channel? I can't think of the name of the top of my head. Can look it up if you need it.

@MrRamoSzz 2 ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective I think I know who you talk about, but I don't see point asking his as this seems to be iRacing specific issue that happens from time to time, also it is not crussial as you always have time to close the SIM and re-lunch or just deactivate HAM for a second and then turnit back on :D

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

@@MrRamoSzz That is a great tip and I will make sure to mention you and the tip in my next video about OpenXR. Could be some people don't know this and just abandon using OPenXR, which is a shame.

@FruitLoop2020 2 ай бұрын

I copied your settings on your previous video. Does work well. However I do sometimes get micro stutters. But not sure if that’s the settings or game

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Nvidia card? There have been some reports that certain systems suffer from this, which seems to be a driver issue but only with specific setups.

@FruitLoop2020 2 ай бұрын

@@OlderGamersPerspective yeah Nvidia 4070 TI super. Maybe I should check if there’s a software update?

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 ай бұрын

Would be a good idea. Also consider doing a clean install of the graphics driver. I used nvcleanstall and that helped my performance a great deal. At the same time, other factors, like how your headset connects to the PC, will come into play as well. It's all a bigger picture thing I'm afraid, and a case of running down the likely suspects first to see if it's one of them. There is also a long running thread on the iRacing forums, in the VR section that deals with micro stutters with NVidia cards. Might be worth checking that out. Best of luck sorting it out.

@d.l.1660 2 ай бұрын

I will have to try this when I wake tomorrow. My quest 3 looks grainy compared to how yours and other KZfaqrs looks. It's driveable but dissapoiting.

@FruitLoop2020 2 ай бұрын

@@d.l.1660 yesx so does mine. I know though that most KZfaqrs upscale their videos before posting though. But still good settings

@dennisdier9904 3 күн бұрын

openxr and openxr tool kit are two different things. you are going to confuse alot of people with your title

@OlderGamersPerspective 2 күн бұрын

Hi, thank you for the feedback. Whilst I haven't had anyone stating they have been confused by the title, I've taken onboard that this might have occurred, and updated the title of this video.