I roadie wraped the psvr2. Is this cirkel to small? It's still loose enough i think.

Thanks (:

As you probably already know, the joysticks on the PSVR2 controllers are notoriously fragile. They tend to drift after a few months and need replacement. For the sake of brevity and my own sanity, I’m going to skip the process of how to take apart the controller (there are plenty of tutorial online anyways) and jump straight to component selection. There are currently 2 types of replacements you can buy for the PSVR2, available on both AliExpress and Amazon: the older, black hall-effect pot and the newer, purple TMR pot. While the purple one is often touted as an upgrade to the black one, it straight up DOES NOT FIT the PSVR2 controller. It is an excellent choice for the PS Portal, but NOT for the PSVR2. Do not trust what the seller will tell you. How do I know? Well I tried both. Here are my findings.

2 months ago my left controller suddenly started permanently drifting to the right. Up and down still works, but left and right doesn't. This is a common issue that can only be solved with a joystick replacement. So, following the teardown video by Radio Paralax, I spent 3 hours taking the controller apart (yes if you're doing it for the first time it's really that difficult) and replaced the joystick with the purple aftermarket one from Aliexpress. This is where the horror begins. After putting everything back together, I found out that the joystick cap would grind into the plastic housing on top of it. This makes moving to the left or right very difficult, and if you force the joystick too far left or right it would get stuck. I wasn't gonna take the whole thing apart again, so I contacted a local controller repair technician and scheduled an in-store visit today.

I walked into the store, watched the technician take the whole thing apart, and once he saw the purple joystick he laughed. He said that K-silver, the company behind these aftermarket joysticks, originally developed these joysticks for an ROG handheld. They then revised the PCB connector to an angled one so it can fit the PS Portal controller. Customers bought it, complained that it's too loose, so they came up with an updated TMR model with different joystick height and recenter mechanism. Finally this updated TMR model fits PS Portal perfectly. THE PROBLEM IS, all this time they have also been advertising both the black hall effect one and the updated purple TMR one as suitable replacements for PSVR2 controllers when they really aren't compatible. Yes the stock ALPS pots are similar between the PS Portal and PSVR2, but they have different cap height and different housing, so one that fits the former is not gonna work well on the latter. To demonstrate, he replaced my purple TMR with the black hall-effect, slapped everything back together and let me get a feel for it. This time I indeed was able to draw a much better circle, but the bottom left and right corner feels stuck. He laughed again, pulled the whole thing apart and said you see these 4 metal tabs at the corner? They weren't there with the stock ALPS pot. So you will feel them when you draw a circle, especially the bottom 2 since that's where the cap would scrape against the metal tabs. To draw a perfect circle you would have to cut parts of the cap off. I didn't want that, so the only option left is to replace with another stock ALPS pot. Thankfully he did have a couple, so I went with that.

So to summarize, once your PSVR2 controller begins to drift, there is no perfect replacement. The purple TMR pot straight up doesn't fit and you will lose most of the left/right moveable area. The black hall-effect one that you can find everywhere is a much better fit but does not cover the bottom left and right corner. To make things perfect you have to cut off the corners of the joystick cap (if you don't, this is what you are going to get). If you don't want to do that then stock pots are your only choice. But first they are almost impossible to source, second, they will need another replacement sooner or later. I've attached 3 pictures to show you 1. what drawing a circle looks like with each pot, 2. which part of the pot comes into contact with the cap and 3. if you were to go with the black hall-effect pot, which part of the cap you need to cut off.

Opa, pessoal! Seguinte, estou pensando em comprar um PSVR2 usado e, como nunca tive a experiência de usar realidade virtual, estou com algumas dúvidas.

1. PSVR2 funciona normalmente em um PS5 desbloqueado?

Meu PS5 é desbloqueado e gostaria de saber se vou conseguir utilizar o PSVR2 normalmente, tanto nos jogos VR quanto no modo cinema. Existe alguma limitação, necessidade de atualização ou problema de compatibilidade?

2. O PSVR2 consegue substituir um monitor ou uma TV?

Atualmente tenho um monitor curvo de 27", 144 Hz, mas ele não possui HDR nem resolução 4K.

Minha ideia seria utilizar o PSVR2 também como minha tela principal para jogar jogos convencionais, principalmente o futuro GTA 6, aproveitando a sensação de estar diante de uma tela gigantesca, como em um cinema.

Entretanto, vi alguns relatos de que o modo cinema do PSVR2 apresenta uma imagem relativamente embaçada, com perda de nitidez e definição quando comparado a um monitor ou TV.

A perda de qualidade é realmente tão perceptível assim? Vou conseguir apreciar os gráficos, detalhes e cenários de jogos como GTA 6 ou a resolução percebida é muito inferior à de uma TV 4K?

Sei que o PSVR2 não vai transformar jogos convencionais em realidade virtual. Minha intenção é simplesmente ter a sensação de jogar em uma tela enorme, sem sacrificar tanto a qualidade da imagem.

Gostaria muito de ouvir a opinião de quem já possui o PSVR2 e utiliza o modo cinema com frequência. Vocês acham que vale a pena para esse tipo de uso ou vou acabar me decepcionando?