Pimax makes the high-resolution PC VR headsets that suit sim and flight, and I have a discount code which takes 2% off any of them. I don't race in VR every day, but when I do, the Dream Air is the headset I grab, and the story of how I got there is just below. Every current model follows it, with the bits of the spec sheet that matter most from my point of view.
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My go-to
The Dream Air, SLAM version. VR isn't my everyday setup, but when I choose to race in it, this is the headset I reach for. Here is how I ended up there, including the years of headsets that didn't get me there.
For a good while now I've been on a hunt for VR that actually works for simracing, and the years of trying have left me with a familiar list of complaints:
I never found a plug-and-play setup that gave me the simracing VR experience I was after. The closest was the Crystal Super with the Ultrawide engine, and it is a lovely headset. I had never seen so clearly in a sim, with a field of view that wide, and it took me a while to get over it. The one catch is that there's a bit of weight to it, which is a fair trade for everything else it gives you. The full write-up of my time with it is in the Crystal Super Ultrawide guide.
Then I tried the Dream Air, the SLAM version, and it stopped me in my tracks. I've had it long enough now to say it plainly: it's my go-to headset for simracing. On comfort, it just sits on your head and you forget it's there. That's the whole story. If you want to be really picky, there are cables at the back. I have no problem with the cables themselves, only that they have to exist, and I don't mind that either, because they're what give me the low latency over USB and DisplayPort.
The strap is a light bit of fabric, so I can wear headphones over it or in-ear monitors under it. Across all my testing so far, long sessions, high force feedback, a warm room, the motion system running, I'm not sweating and I'm properly in the car.
Then there's the clarity of the screens. It's the clearest view into the sim world I've ever had. Driving Suzuka at sunrise, watching the light come across the dash and the shadows move around the cockpit, is the kind of thing I can't show you on video or in a photo. You have to be in the car to see it.
Years ago I said VR was the sort of thing that would be ready in a few years. Ready meant small enough that you don't notice you have it on, no sweating, nothing dragging your face down, and it just works. Pimax have got there with this one, and I'm impressed. What excites me more is where it goes next, because if this is what it's like now, I can't wait to see what a few more years does to it. For now, the Dream Air is my easy pick, and the closest I've come to being in the car.
Dream Air
Micro-OLED in a package the size of ski goggles. The Dream Air is the one I grab when I race in VR, the SE is the same shape for a lot less. Same code, same store, a fraction of the weight on your face.
My go-toFrom $1,999Ski-goggle small and under 170 grams, still 8K across both eyes. If weight is what's kept you off VR, this is the answer.
Headset only $1,999. With SLAM tracking and controllers $2,299.
JACKZER · 2% offBuy at store.pimax.com
From $899The Dream Air's shape and panel type at the Crystal Light's price. Fewer pixels, same tiny footprint.
Headset only $899. With SLAM tracking and controllers $1,199.
JACKZER · 2% offBuy at store.pimax.comCrystal
Big panels, glass lenses, controllers in the box. The Light is where most people should start, the Super is for when the GPU can take it, and the Micro-OLED is for anyone who races at night.
Best valueFrom $899The sensible one. Native 4K per eye, glass lenses and local dimming, at the price that makes VR simracing an actual conversation.
From $1,599The Light's bigger brother. Swappable optical engines and more pixels per eye than most GPUs know what to do with.
Micro-OLEDFrom $2,199The Super with a Sony micro-OLED panel. Proper blacks, which matters more than you'd think for night races and dark cockpits.
Prices are in USD, read from store.pimax.com every hour, last read 3 Nov at 16:15, before the code. Pimax change them, so treat these as a guide and trust the checkout. The full table, with the price after the code, is on the Pimax discount code page.
The code
Open the headset you want through the button on its card. The link tags the order to the channel, and the Dream Air links pre-fill the code.
Add it to the cart. If the code isn't already applied, enter JACKZER, in capitals, in the discount box at checkout.
Check the total dropped by 2% before you pay. If it hasn't, the capitals are usually the culprit.
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