> driving in VR

ah well that's something I never tried; do you have the same sensation of control while driving on a standard monitor?

It's been several years since I last drove with a monitor (my sim rig doesn't have one nearby), but from what I remember not as much. One of the biggest things I remember noticing when I switched to VR was I very quickly got better at car control. I had a much better sense of where my car was, what it was doing, where the edge of the track was, and where other cars were.

This actually had a fair effect on my race performance, too. I was typically around the middle of ACRL's second split in performance for GT3. You can see the effect VR had on my results (split 2 unless noted otherwise):

* Imola: 18th

* Red Bull Ring: 19th

* Monza: 6th (split 3)

* Spa: 16th

* Paul Ricard: 10th

* Bathurst: 4th (got VR the week of this race)

* Silverstone: 2nd (my first podium)

And then from the season 3 months later:

* Mugello: 8th

* Donington: 3rd

* Zandvoort: 8th

* Nurburgring GP: 5th

* Interlagos: 21st (got into split 1 for the first time)

interesting, thanks!