I still think the Rift in this game, and other sims, is a must have, despite the negatives I"m going on about here. Again, I was a very early adopter, I bought 2 of each, and the mini reviews I wrote on the "other" site, several guys PM'd me saying "wth" when I later came out critical of the resolution, saying they had bought the Rift due to my raving about it in the first reviews I did.
I still feel that way, it's just long term frustration having very high end GPUs (several 1080ti and a Titan XP) as well as several of the best 100-165hz IPS gaming LCDs, that I don't see that same visual clarity while using VR. As others have said, myself included, it's the experience that's the big selling point. And it's more than worth it - just because I'm blathering on about what I "wish" VR was, doesn't mean that what it currently IS isn't worth it. It is, especially for the price you can get a Rift now, which is exactly 1/2 what I paid when it first came out, and that's without the controllers as they weren't included back then, none of the Touch stuff was for months.
Best advice is if you can't try one out somewhere, if you're on the fence, jump off of it, despite the inferior graphics/clarity, you won't be returning it. Especially if you play more than one cockpit game - if you play lots of them, driving games too, it's a no brainer, and should be the very next thing you buy IMO. If you live in a major center, BestBuy/whatever often has a demo one out, sneak in AH on a thumb drive and tell the sales-geek you'll only buy it if you can try it, frequently they'll let you. Then you'll see what everyone is going on about, it truly is incredible, despite any complaints. HTC was fast out of the gate, and still has the best implementation of VR across the sim/space/driving sim market IMO. You lose nothing in terms of competitiveness, being able to incorporate the hat/keypad views with VR lets you see your 6 as quickly as TrackIR/etc, where as in other games, this doesn't exist, and puts you at a disadvantage vs non VR players in PvP type play.