META QUEST 2 / latency and pixelation every 5 or 10 seconds

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Hello,

I just bought a Meta Quest 2, which works very well on IL2, but I’m experiencing latency and pixelation issues on Warthunder.

Every 5 to 10 seconds, when I look around, I encounter moments of image freezing and pixelation.

Here is my setup:

  • AMD Ryzen 5 7600 X
  • 32 Gb DDR5
  • 2 SSDs, one of which is dedicated to games.
  • GPU AMD Radeon 7800 XT

I’ve set all the settings to “low” except for textures.

Could you please help me and share your configurations? Because in-game, it’s unplayable to have the image freeze for 0.5 seconds while flying.

Thank you very much, and a very Happy New Year!

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Are you launching war thunder through steam? if yes then you can try launching it through the standalone launcher (run launcher.exe in the main game folder)

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Very important info missing: How do you connect the Quest to your PC? Via USB-C cable or Air Link?

I started with the cable for my old Q2, then later moved to Air Link via my “normal” router’s WLAN, which worked very well already on my weaker old potato, which I then replaced last summer with a better machine.

When I had to replace the router when it burned out last autumn, I started having issues as you describe, even though it was exactly the same hardware and configuration.

I then looked around and found that Meta themselves reccommend the “VR Air Bridge DWA-F18” WLAN-AX USB-Stick, and since I got this, I have the most stable and performant connection between my PC and the VR headset (Q3 now).

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Thanks @Shatore Shatore.
Yes I m launching through Steam, I will try with the standalone

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Thanks @Schindibee Schindibee,

Oupps, I ve made an error cause it’s a meta quest 3 and not 2 but it s not very important, my bad…
And in order to reply to your question, yes I ve forgotten, the way I use for connecting my MQ3 is Air Link.
I don’t know VR Air Bridge DWA-F18 ! Thanks for the information.
For waiting it I ve bought an USB C class 3 cable, I don’t know if it will correct my mistake.

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I remember having some troubles while using Air Link, though i have pretty weak router so that could be the cause. I usually use usb-C cable and launch it standalone because it runs more stable without steamVR (at least in my case)