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For some gamers like us, GTA 5 was one of those games that mesmerized us into playing hours and hours exploring Los Santos. We, wondered whether we could do all of this in VR. Well, look no further as you can now play GTA 5 for VR on Oculus Rift!

Recently on Reddit, we came across a new mod for GTA 5. This mod allows users to play GTA 5 on Oculus Rift without the need for vorpX. Which to be honest is a really huge deal. So without wasting any time we tried it and it works great! If you can’t wait for it, do not worry as we have the complete step-by-step guide on how to download GTA 5 for VR.

Important notes:

Remove any other mods that might be present as they might cause some issues. GTA 5 for VR can be played in first person or third person mode. But no motion controls. Can be played seated or room-scale but as you can complete the entire GTA V in VR it is suggested to be played seated. There might be some eye strains during cut scenes, so skipping them might be a good idea. The game can only be played offline. GTA 5 for VR uses a technique called alternative-eye rendering which might cause eye strain, you can disable this but you will not get that cool 3D effect and 90 fps. See problem section below.

You can see from the clip below on how the gameplay works for things such as shooting for GTA 5 VR.

Download GTA V for VR

Step 1: If you don’t have GTA 5, download it onto your PC from steam. Make sure you have removed all existing mods. Current version (1.0.1737.6).

Step 2: Run the game and make the following changes to your settings. Once done, exit the game.

Step 3: Download the mod from GitHub. The file name is GTAV_REAL_mod_by_LukeRoss.rar.

Step 4: Unzip the downloaded mod GTAV_REAL_mod_by_LukeRoss.rar into the main game folder, i.e., the one where GTA5.exe is located. If you get an error asking you to overwrite any existing files, make sure to remove all existing mods.

Step 5: This step is key for this mod to work. Go to your Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA V folder, and make a backup copy of the settings.xml file that contains your current graphics settings. Next, you have to replace and overwrite your settings.xml with either of the two versions that were put inside the Grand Theft Auto V folder when you extracted the mod: select Grand Theft Auto V\Settings\Low\settings.xml if you have a low-end system, or Grand Theft Auto V\Settings\High\settings.xml if you have a high-end system.

Step 6: Make sure your Windows default audio is set to the Oculus Rift headset. If you are having problems with it, look at the problem section below.

Step 7: That’s it folks, you have successfully downloaded and installed GTA 5 for VR on your Oculus Rift.

Problems:

As mentioned above, removing all mods before trying the guide will help in solving a lot of problems. In the guide on ‘step 2’, if it keeps insisting on overwriting the files, changing the the ‘settings.xml’ file to read-only might be a temporary fix. You can automate audio for the Oculus device later on using Oculus TrayTool. If you have problems reentering the view, just shaking your headset might do the trick. For any other issues you might face, the official README is a good place.

You can explore the world of Los Santos in VR now and play the entire GTA game in VR. Finally, a big thank you to the developer who brought this to life. Also, make sure you read the official README.

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