I've had a spotty experience with the DK2. When I received mine many, many months ago, I loved it for the first 2 days. Then all the known flaws - the screen door effect, the visible pixels and relatively poor resolution that is much worse than a regular 1080p monitor - quickly grew tiresome. So I stopped using it after those 2 short days, and reverted to my big screen TV, and added a TrackIR. I tried the DK2 once in a blue moon, but issues like judder/stutter made me quickly switch back to the TV.
Fast forward to today. I decided to download the latest non-beta drivers, and the judder was gone. In fact, the game stutters less with the DK2 @ 75hz than my regular TV @ 60hz, which I can't explain. It's now very smooth. Of course, it still looks nowhere near as good as a regular monitor, but I'm now willing to forgive it's subpar graphics over the improved immersion and perspective.
I bought a FDL a week or so ago, and quite like it. But with a regular screen, the FDL (and every other ship) "feel" about the same size from inside the same cockpit. Stations seem small, as do other ships when they fly past - except if you're right on top of them. The DK2 changes that perspective completely. For reasons I can't explain, my seating position in the FDL feels different/higher than with a regular monitor (with default FOV). Visibility, which is pretty terrible on a regular screen, is great - all of a sudden. It makes me want to try the Clipper all over again, which I have not experienced in the DK2.
Anyway, suffice to say, it's pretty awesome. While I'm disappointed that the resolution of CV1 will be only marginally better than DK2, I'm hoping that issues like the screen door effect and visible pixels, will be reduced - at least a bit. The game is just so much more fun - everything so much bigger and more interesting - with a DK2. (That being said, a trader/explorer who wants to refer to his/her notes, the internet, 3rd party tools etc. will likely find it frustrating as taking the headset on/off is a bit of a pain; wish they'd implement a visor/flip-up feature of some sort....)
That is all.
Fast forward to today. I decided to download the latest non-beta drivers, and the judder was gone. In fact, the game stutters less with the DK2 @ 75hz than my regular TV @ 60hz, which I can't explain. It's now very smooth. Of course, it still looks nowhere near as good as a regular monitor, but I'm now willing to forgive it's subpar graphics over the improved immersion and perspective.
I bought a FDL a week or so ago, and quite like it. But with a regular screen, the FDL (and every other ship) "feel" about the same size from inside the same cockpit. Stations seem small, as do other ships when they fly past - except if you're right on top of them. The DK2 changes that perspective completely. For reasons I can't explain, my seating position in the FDL feels different/higher than with a regular monitor (with default FOV). Visibility, which is pretty terrible on a regular screen, is great - all of a sudden. It makes me want to try the Clipper all over again, which I have not experienced in the DK2.
Anyway, suffice to say, it's pretty awesome. While I'm disappointed that the resolution of CV1 will be only marginally better than DK2, I'm hoping that issues like the screen door effect and visible pixels, will be reduced - at least a bit. The game is just so much more fun - everything so much bigger and more interesting - with a DK2. (That being said, a trader/explorer who wants to refer to his/her notes, the internet, 3rd party tools etc. will likely find it frustrating as taking the headset on/off is a bit of a pain; wish they'd implement a visor/flip-up feature of some sort....)
That is all.
I would love to try one one day and do hope I get the chance to!
