VR modder Luke Ross has unveiled a new R.E.A.L. VR mod for DOOM The Dark Ages, making it playable on VR devices. Access to this mod is available through a subscription to his Patreon at the VR Friend tier, priced at $10 per month. This tier also provides access to his previous mods, including titles like Elden Ring, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Dark Souls, Death Stranding, and others. Luke previously released VR mods for Take-Two games such as Mafia: Definitive Edition, Grand Theft Auto V, and Red Dead Redemption 2, but they were removed due to a DMCA takedown notice, much to the dismay of the VR community.

As with his prior mods, Bearded Banjo, a popular VR gaming YouTuber, got early access to the DOOM The Dark Ages mod and shared an enthusiastic gameplay video. He described the experience as “intense, exhilarating, and occasionally overwhelming.” The mod features head tracking and head-based aiming, though motion controls are not supported, requiring the use of a gamepad instead. Banjo tested the mod on a PC with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, connected to a Quest 3 via a wired connection.

Overall, the experience was smooth, though NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution didn’t work with the mod at the time of testing. Luke may address this in future updates. Additionally, Luke shared insights into his experiments with Optiscaler, a tool that enables AMD GPUs to upscale games originally designed for DLSS. This workaround allows his R.E.A.L. VR mod to function on AMD hardware, eliminating visual artifacts like shimmering around objects and NPCs.

You can find our non-VR review of DOOM The Dark Ages here. The game has reached 3 million players faster than DOOM Eternal, but its financial success remains uncertain, as a significant portion of players likely accessed it via Game Pass. According to Ampere Analysis, over 2 million players on Xbox, 500,000 on PlayStation 5, and 500,000 on PC played the game, with PC numbers falling short of expectations.