Thanks, interesting to hear that you have no issues with 3 different headsets.
Re launcher I have tried from the .exe directly or from the Origin app. Yes, I confirm all my other games use the SteamVR runtime.
There is definitely no issue with objects in my play area or cameras, as I swap straight from Automobilista or MSFS into F1 and consistently have no problems in the other games and the same problems in F1.
I think FOV was a bad choice of term from me - to clarify I am not talking about changing the Oculus Debug FOV (indeed I run at 100% in Link or via Virtual Desktop which is my preference), it was more my attempt to describe the strange camera movement I perceive on head turn. It gives me an almost small Dolly Zoom effect (eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO3pqJVLAc&ab_channel=MKArtStudio) which led me to question whether there was an incorrect IPD, FOV or Zoom setting in the game. This evening I will again reset my Steam settings and confirm no change to Steam FOV.
In my testing I did also play with the xml including the 2 lines you mentioned, but will try again this evening and report back. Thanks for trying to assist !
The problems are nothing to do with your headset or set-up, the problem lies totally with EA/Codemasters, please do not start suggesting otherwise as this will 'let them off the hook'.
I've tried this on my PC (3080/5600X) with Quest 2 & Rift-S, its terrible on both. I've tried this on my sons PC (3070/i9) with Quest 2 & Rift-S, again terrible on both.
The VR fundamentally does not work correctly. Why when your on track & you go to options is there a visible swing/lag between the menu & your head movement when looking around (I only see the world like this on a Saturday night after 10 beers!)
No amount of tweaking is going to sort this. To be honest my frame rate is solid 80/90 with overhead to spare but never 'feels' like it, the juddering/swaying when you move your head is horrific - & don't get me started on the blurred visuals no matter what options you try (anything beyond 25 yards is a mess). It starts to feel ok ish after a while but all you have to do is fire-up any other VR game and your reminded of how bad this is.
