GTA V VR “fully” realised thanks to vorpX update – Red Dead Redemption 2, too!

An update to vorpX has made it possible to play the two most recent Rockstar games in “FullVR”. Previously, vorpX support for Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA V has been a little flaky, but with version 21.1.1 it appears the third-party driver software has put those issues in the past by using connection mods. Given how unlikely it is that Rockstar will be porting its games to any of the current crop of virtual reality headsets anytime soon, vorpX would appear to be the way to go for anyone looking to fully experience life on the streets of Blackwater or Los Santos.

“The connection mods implement perfect 1:1 headtracking, decoupled walk/look/aim, auto switching to EdgePeek in cutscenes and menu screens for improved comfort, and unique VR optimized cameras for both games that get rid of nauseating head bobbing and whenever possible the equally nauseating moments where the games briefly take away control, e.g. when entering a car or mounting a horse.”

First released as a beta in 2013, vorpX is a third-party 3D driver that allows you to play PC games in VR that were never intended for anything other than a flat 2D screen. With vorpX, it’s theoretically possible to set up VR profiles for any DirectX 9, 10, and 11 games, which covers a fair number of titles since DX9 was first made available in 2002.

It’s worth mentioning that vorpX does require a fair bit of tinkering to get older games working with any consistency and many do fail to work properly, such is the nature of making games display in ways that were never intended. Thankfully, the $40 software comes with tried-and-tested profiles for more than 250 games, including The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed and Mass Effect games, some of which work in VR surprisingly well (GTA V and RDR2 chief among them). Countless other games are very playable with head-tracking enabled, and the vorpX community is pretty helpful when it comes to working out VR fixes for obscure games.

Have you played RDR2 or GTA V VR? Which headset have you tried it with? Did you fall off your horse and, if so, how well were its testicles rendered on the way down? Let us know in the comments below!