u/SweepTheLegTimmy

I feel like this was the time last year they started to briefly appear. Wouldn’t be summer without them!

I finally got a chance to install MFS24’s PSVR update last night and take it for a spin. For background, I owned MFS2020 on both the Xbox Series X and PC, with a 4070ti card, and put a lot of hours into PCVR with the Quest 3.

I think my take for those considering buying the game is this: If the concepts of the flat version of MFS appeal to you - learning to realistically fly a plane and explore the planet at altitude - go for it. That’s what the game truly is. Much of the game is passive, and it’s at its best in terms of graphical fidelity and in some ways even with gameplay (the ability to multi-task once you’re at altitude with your trim set) on a flat screen. If you’re open to embracing the idea of playing flat for maximum performance and fidelity, and playing in VR as more of a supplement for added immersion, with graphical tradeoffs, you’ll love it.

If you ONLY intend to play it on PSVR, I think it’s a tougher sell, and I think people might be disappointed at the price point. Even with the best internet, we’re still talking a PS5 chipset essentially running at 50% to render both eyes at stable framerates. This is a game that a $5,000 PC can struggle to render well in VR. Even flat is rarely perfect.

I don’t think it looks “bad” at all in VR, given the scale of what it’s trying to do, but I’d go in expecting PS2 level ground detail if playing in VR. Under PERFECT conditions, you might see that bumped up slightly, but you’re never gonna get sharp photorealism out of this hardware.

Tl;dr - MSF2024 is a great package IF flight simulation appeals to you and IF you’re willing to entertain a hybrid flat/VR approach. If you’re buying it strictly as a VR experience to showcase your PSVR, it might be too compromised of a standalone experience to justify the price tag.