+: Tennis - Wow! Amazing! \O/ -: Ping Pong - [strike]This ping pong needs option that allow to turn racket 90 degree relative to controller by its axis. (like racket position in "Eleven"). [/strike] If you want play most realistic ping pong - "Eleven" is better.
Virtual Sports
- Release Date:
- Mar 29, 2017
- Developer:
- Free Range Games
- Publisher:
- Vive Studios
- Platforms:
- Windows
Game Tags
About This Game
- Easy pick-up-and-play controls for ping-pong and tennis
- Compete against bots designed to teach consistency, power, spins, and speed
- Compete against other players in Amateur, Master, and Champion Leagues
- Network multiplayer: Quick Matchmaking or Find Steam Friends
- Voice Chat (VOIP) supported
- 8 immersive environments
- Fun Mode - special controls to help keep the ball in play
- The coolest canine umpire ever
With Virtual Sports, our team at Free Range Games worked hard to achieve two main goals: provide an amazingly fun and familiar experience for those who already know how to play, while also providing beginners with an excellent way to learn that’s even easier than real life! The groundbreaking physics of Virtual Sports transfers the energy from the player to the angular momentum and force on the ball with a precision to match the Vive's sub-millimeter controller input. Combined with the Vive's haptics and great audio, the illusion is stunning. For new players, we can adjust the ball response such that it still feels real, and the laws of physics are still observed, but the ball stays in play much more often. Even master players find Fun Mode enjoyable, with its longer, almost meditative rallies.
Free Range Games has a mission to bring great gameplay to multiplayer VR. Using networking techniques perfected for competitive action video games, the latency when playing Virtual Sports online is hidden from the player in such a way that both players will see the ball hit at the same time even if they are playing from far apart.
If you have have been waiting for a sports game in VR that is big on fun and truly realistic, then Virtual Sports is just what you’ve been waiting for!
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User Reviews
The tennis is a genuine blast. They solved the movement problem very well. I have played so much the last two days my shoulder is sore!
I bought this game mainly because of the tennis part and it feels really good. I'm neither a real tennis nor ping pong player, but both disciplines are great fun and you can choose between "Fun" mode (simplified physics) and "Real" mode ('real' physics). There are different options for audio, playarea, paddle position and so on and the UI is intuitive and easy to use. The ping pong part is nice, whereas Eleven: Table Tennis VR still feels like the best ping pong simulator to me in terms of physics. However there is a career mode, beside partice and online mode, in Virtual Sports, for both tennis and ping pong, which is demanding, AI gets stronger and plays different, and rewarding because you also unlock additional opponents and environments. Tennis works flawless, you will be teleported to a sport where you can reach the ball after your opponent returned it. It only needs ~two matches to get used to. You can also teleport yourself to play close to the net, which is very difficult i...
Decided to refund because online play doesn't work at all and kept giving me "Unable to connect" and "Network failure", even though there is nothing wrong with my connection. Game also seems to be dead and abandoned by the devs. It's a shame since i really liked the tennis here.
I don't know if it was a good idea to release this game as 'Virtual Sports' instead of 'Virtual Tennis'. It is the tennis part what makes this game outstanding. The ping pong part is also nice but too easy to be fully realistic and there is also competition with high quality. The tennis instead feels real - holding the racket, serving, hitting the ball, playing volleys at the net. After starting the game you find yourself on a training court, where you can try all the different techniques you need to beat the AI. There are six AI characters with different playing styles and three levels of difficulty. This variety will further improve your gameplay. All the characters on the different levels have to be unlocked by winning, and when you have beaten all of them you are prepared to do the real thing - playing virtual tennis online against human opponents. This is a lot of fun and can become a routine just as playing real tennis. I can only encourage all buyers of this game not to stop wit...
average game at best. tennis is decent, probably the best simulator on the market atm. bare minimum in terms of content and customisation but still decent physics apart from exaggerated spin and an AI that can barely return anything. table tennis however is a different story despite what the arrogant developers think. Touted as the most realistic simulator, it is however the complete opposite. an overly arcadey, unrealistic glorified pong that also gives you nothing in terms of customisation or content. coupled with the inability to reposition yourself in game and a ball that seems to stay on the table no matter how you hit it even when fun mode is turned off. dont even think about mentioning any of these flaws on the discussion though as the developers apparently cant handle honest criticism despite being critical of other games like paddle up & eleven (which are far better games/simulators) themselves. also seems like nothing is in the works in terms of updates. in short: not worth $...
Excellent! I bought it for Tennis since I already have all the Pingpong games. For less than $20.00, you get your own tennis court! The career mode make me coming back for more. I am stuck playing the champions because I am not a regular tennis player and it is not easy to play the champions (which is a good thing) I wish I can play with someone. But there has not been anyone on line.
A nice surprise -- very polished and fun. I've played a lot of Eleven ping pong but I enjoy the single player ping pong in Virtual sports more. I actually feel like I'm playing against different opponents in Virtual Sports where in Eleven I feel like I'm playing against invincible robots that sometimes let me win a point here or there. I'll leave it to others to discuss how realistic the physics are, but for me the physics are close enough to feel like I'm playing ping pong (don't play a lot in real life). Tennis is fun as well -- obviously teleporting tennis is never going to be perfect, but I've played a couple of hours of it already which is more time than I spend in most vive games I purchase. I highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys racket sports.
Props to the makers. I picked it up on sale today. Had it in my wish list for a while as I've heard good things but couldn't really see how tennis or ping pong would be all that great. I was wrong, the physics are really quite incredible. I can tell there is obviously some assist in action to make things a little less realistic and frustraiting and 10X more fun. Great job. I can't decide wich I like better. Probably ping pong since I grew up playing it and it hits close to home.
Even though I recommend the game for the table tennis component, the tennis gameplay is making me not recommend this. After upgrading my PC, I was excited to finally play more than the table tennis practice area as everything else was too laggy to play. With the purchase of a GTX 1070, the table tennis league mode was able to be played smoothly, but tennis is still too laggy that you can't hit the ball accurately: play the game. I don't know if the game is optimised well or not, but other games with better graphics could run smoothly before my PC upgrade. It's quite a shame because I was really looking foward to the other 50% of content this game has to offer. Note: Performance (prior to my upgrade) was better through Steam (purchased) than the Vive applcation (Viveport Subscription).
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System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8350 or greater.
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
FAQ
How much does Virtual Sports cost?
Virtual Sports costs Free.
What are the system requirements for Virtual Sports?
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8350 or greater. Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 or better Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
What platforms is Virtual Sports available on?
Virtual Sports is available on Windows PC.
Is Virtual Sports worth buying?
Virtual Sports has 74% positive reviews from 47 players.
When was Virtual Sports released?
Virtual Sports was released on Mar 29, 2017.
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