Game crashing at start up while trying to start in VR with an Oculus Quest 2 with Air Link

i relatively recently got into war thunder and am trying to connect my quest 2 to play in vr. when the quest isnt connected and i start the game with the vr mode ticked in the (standalone) launcher, the game loads fine without any issues. on the other hand when the quest is connected with oculus air link i click play and after about 20 seconds it brings up 2 errors saying that the game froze. the game didnt even get a chance to start.
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ive looked as many places as i can and found nothing that works. any help is appreciated