I finally found some time to try out the VR mode on Dirt Rally with my racing rig. I don't think I'll look at other racing games the same again. When combined with excellent FFB effects and graphics (which this title delivers), the VR adds an amazingly realistic element to racing. For the first time, I could actually see and feel the contours of the road surface, and the feeling of actually being inside the car and having a physical presence on a track or dirt road somewhere else in the world, is nothing short of utterly convincing. Only a motion platform added to this mix could make it any better, but I found that my brain started filling in even this missing aspect.
I'm starting to find that good VR experiences are easy to identify, and I can only describe it as a feeling one might have if teleportation were a reality. Good ones deliver a feeling of disorientation from being somewhere a world away just moments before finding yourself back in your more familiar, and probably much more mundane surroundings. It can be a little unsettling at times, and takes a few minutes to recover from after longer sessions. But it's definitely a unique sensation to VR, unless you count anesthetics.