American Truck Simulator, the beloved simulation game by SCS Software, is all about a game of long-haul trucking across the vast landscapes of the United States. With regular updates, the game continues to thrive, introducing new features, improvements, and content to keep the players happy. However, alongside these enhancements, updates can sometimes bring forth annoying issues, sometimes making the game straight-up unplayable. We are bringing this up because the recent 1.50 update has unfortunately triggered crashing issues for many players in VR mode. So, is there any fix for this? That is what we will be discussing in this article.
Following the 1.50 update of American Truck Simulator, players with powerful hardware setups like Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 4090, 32GB RAM, and a 4TB NVMe SSD are experiencing major stuttering and FPS drops. Even after lowering graphics settings to the minimum and turning off anti-aliasing, the issues persist, making the game unplayable. While the pause menu looks fine, the stuttering gets worse while driving. Of course, this is a big frustration for players who had smooth gameplay in the previous 1.49 version. Let’s see if a fix is available.
American Truck Simulator 1.50 update makes VR mode to crash for many players: Is there any fix yet
Unfortunately, there’s no official fix from the developers for the stuttering and jerking issue introduced in the American Truck Simulator 1.50 update. However, some players have come up with potential workarounds that might help fix the problem. Here are those workarounds.
First things first
Before you try the workarounds given below, the first thing to try is to restart both the game and the system. It’s simple: first start by restarting the game and if that does not fix it, give your whole system a break by switching it off. Let a couple of minutes pass before you start everything again and check if you are still facing issues.
Rollback
A player did find a fix by going back to the older game version, labeled “oculus_previous – Oculus+OpenVR – 1.49”. This stops the stuttering and jerking issues in VR mode caused by the recent 1.50 update. It’s a temporary solution until the game developers release an official fix.
Adjust launch options
Another player found success by adjusting the game’s launch options, switching from “-openvr” to “-openxr”, and disabling any additional mods or tools like the OpenXR Toolkit. Additionally, you can delete files related to mods like Snowymoon’s TAA mod if they were previously installed. After making these changes, you should have improved VR performance with the 1.50 update compared to the previous version, including fixes for issues such as the VR mirror bug.
Config file
Another potential solution for the issue is by editing a config file found in the “Documents/American Truck Simulator/” folder and opening the config file. Open this file using a text editor or Notepad and start by modifying the line “uset t_ignore_hmd_timing” from “0” to “1”. After this, go ahead and adjust the values for “uset r_manual_stereo_ui_pitch” and “uset r_manual_stereo_ui_y” to “0.0” to fix the 45-degree angled menus. These adjustments have reportedly resolved the rubberbanding problem as well as crashing issues in-game when launched in VR.
Wait for an update
Since VR is not officially supported by the game, you will have to wait for the developer to update the VR mod for ATS to be compatible with the new 1.50 update. Once the update goes live, the performance will be better, for sure.
That said, those are all the workarounds you can try for now. We hope this guide has been helpful. Now, for more helpful gaming reads like this, stay tuned to DigiStatement. Read more: Pokemon Showdown not working right now: Here’s why
