When comparing Chronos vs iRacing, the Slant community recommends iRacing for most people. In the question“What are the best Oculus Rift games?” iRacing is ranked 14th while Chronos is ranked 39th. The most important reason people chose iRacing is:
Once the subscription is paid there is no set path for the user. Everything is open to the player meaning they can choose what to do and where to go. This makes for a completely open-ended title that allows for a fresh experience anytime the player wants.
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Pros
Pro Easier control of the camera
Often thir person games require a bit of manual control of the camera in order to adjust to what is going on around them and see where enemies and the rest of the environment is. This is normally done through controls on the keyboard or controller meaning not only are you controlling the character, but also the camera at the same time, which always requires a bit of juggling. What Chronos does is puts the camera control in the VR headset in that all you need to do is turn your head in order to change camera angles, this frees up manual control of the character to the keyboard or controller in that the camera will be controlled through natural and intuitive movements of ones head.
Pro Unlimited replayability
Once the subscription is paid there is no set path for the user. Everything is open to the player meaning they can choose what to do and where to go. This makes for a completely open-ended title that allows for a fresh experience anytime the player wants.
Pro Unique community rules
There is an actual sanctioning body for the game called FIRST that keeps players in line making for a non toxic community that behaves professionally. If a player races aggressively or continually breaks the rules of the rod their license will receive infractions that will soon label that person as one to stay away from.
Cons
Con Fully exclusive to Occulus
Chronos is being released only for the Oculus Rift, which mean the game will not be able to be played without a very expensive peripheral. This shuts out many potential users, much like console platform exclusivity. many do not see this as a good thing, though some might.
Con Expensive as it requires a subscription plus additional costs
iRacing requires a subscription that starts at $6/mo. as well as has costs for extra cars and tracks. Overall an expensive game to play for those that want to experience all of the content on offer.
Con Difficult to play with a gamepad
The controls for the game are very precise and in being so is best played with a driving wheel with petals and a shifter. Trying to play with a gamepad does work but will really inhibit the players controls especially if they are competing in online races.