ROLLER VR 0.2.0 (Windows, SteamVR)

Second pre-release of ROLLER VR for Windows (SteamVR / OpenXR). It adds a VR OPTIONS page to the pause menu and brings in the latest upstream ROLLER.

You need your own copy of Whiplash / Fatal Racing; the zip contains no game data. Put the contents of the disc's FATDATA folder in a folder called fatdata next to roller-vr.exe, start SteamVR, then run RUN-VR.bat. README-VR.txt in the zip has the controls and troubleshooting.

New in 0.2.0

• VR OPTIONS in the pause menu, between SOUND and DEFINE CONTROLS, in the game's own style. D-pad up and down pick a row, left, right or A change it, B goes back. Changes apply straight away and are saved in roller-vr.ini next to the exe.
• Comfort vignette (off, mild, strong; off by default). The edges of your view darken while the car's view is turning hard (corners, ramps, loops) and fade out afterwards. Turning your own head doesn't trigger it. While the page is open it shows at full strength so you can see what each level does.
• HUD layout (original, spread, wide; original by default). Spread and wide cut the HUD into its five parts (position, timer, lap, minimap, speedometer) and move them 1.5 or 2 times further from the centre of your view. Every part keeps its corner and size, so the middle stays clear. The pause menu is always one sheet.
• Upstream ROLLER merged up to commit d5b1221: 64 commits, mostly the new online multiplayer code.
• The README now has screenshots of the new pause page, credits to ROLLER's authors and the game's developer, and a VR version of the logo.

Everything from 0.1.0 is unchanged: head-tracked stereo view, menus and HUD in the headset, controller driving, the screenshot shortcut (both thumbstick clicks) and quitting with View + Menu held for 2 seconds.

If something looks wrong, open an issue and attach roller-vr.log from next to the exe.

Build

Built from commit 110d56f394dc808d828c46dff4f284f4335f19e2 (fresh clone, Zig 0.15.2, -Dvr -Dtarget=x86_64-windows-gnu -Doptimize=ReleaseSafe) with the patched SDL from BoulderM/SDL (branch vr-gpu-properties). GPLv3, based on FatalDecomp/ROLLER.

SHA-256 of roller-vr-0.2.0-windows.zip: 4095129fd08487509abf16bbde892fc2dde39bc87be7f73fd339f55142565cbe

Full list of changes: vr-0.1.0...vr-0.2.0