Whenever I start the game in VR mode, everything looks fine, until I get to actual gameplay (garage/driving). The view is broken, each eye looking in some random direction. Resetting VR position does...
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This sounds like it's related to this issue, also specifically for the AMD RX9070XT: https://forums.ea.com/idea/f1-25-bug-reports-en/vr-not-working-amd-9070xt/12883693
I got similar results to your "fix" when I start another game first in the same SteamVR session, then start F1 25. The view is off and the framerate is horrible, but at least it shows something (by default the screen is black for me). Hope we can get this under the attention of the devs so it can (finally) be fixed, as it seems to occur for over 6 months now and is blocking users with a 9070XT entirely to play in VR...