I can't really judge the Rift as I don't have it (did have the DK1 and DK2 sets though which were amazing at that point in time though hardly perfect or ready for 'normal' users) but I have the Vive and really, really love it. The sense of immersion is amazing and the room scale experiences really work. Controllers are fantastic too (although not suitable for things like this game). What was very impressive to me from the start was how exact the positioning is of both the headset as well as the controllers. Setup is not that problematic and helped by a great software environment (steam VR is really wonderful to use). I haven't tried this game yet (tbh I have VR more for experiences and slow games than for real action games) but I am looking fw to really sitting in that cocpit and looking around it.