Valve Index Owners Club

[Andrew]

Just a thread for Valve Index owners.

[gonX]

Yes hello. Not the actual owner, but our household is getting one the coming week.

[Andrew]

Nice. I'd highly recommend that the first thing you do, is download and install the Transfagarasan Highway mod for Assetto Corsa, get the quickest car you can, select the "downhill" layout of the track and from the start line, just go perfectly straight off the cliff. When you've done that, physically stand up and "get out of the car". It's a lot of fun.

[gonX]

Nice, car games are a bit in the future. The hardware broke the bank quite well. We have Beat Saber and Superhot VR for now.

 

In contrast to the HTC Vive I really enjoy the much improved visuals.

The screen-door effect is much less obvious (you really have to look for it), and the controller design is just superb. I think the Vive controllers are bound to slip out of your hand eventually.

[Andrew]

I don't actually own the controllers yet, but I have been told they're significantly better than the Vive ones. I'm definitely going to get them at some point.

[gonX]

Yeah, not sure how they're better technically, but they're much better design wise. I don't knock them together as often in Beat Saber as with the Vives.

[gonX]

For anyone playing Beat Saber with the Index controllers, I suggest looking at the mod SaberTailor (or a fork by Pespiri HERE) to angle the sabers downward 20-30 degrees. It makes low bottom->up hits significantly easier to score well on, which is much less stressful on your joints.

[User]

Test Post.

[Andrew]

I just got LA Noire VR which is currently on sale on Steam for 50% off. It is definitely worth the buy. I'm so much better at the hand to hand combat in VR than I was with a controller in the non-VR game.

 

I did accidentally kill someone I was arresting, at least if it were IRL. I punched a guy so hard that he fell and hit the side of his head on a table. If that were real, that guy 100% should have died with how hard he hit it.