Gym Class VR Gets New Basketball and Baseball Modes

Gym Class VR has been around for a long time as one of the best VR basketball games out there.

Over time it has seen a lot of improvement with refining of its physics and mechanics, the addition of new game modes, AI opponents, courts, and cosmetics.

Though as you can see from the title of this article Gym Class is no longer just focused on the world of VR basketball, and now also includes game modes for Baseball and Football.

At the time of writing Gym Class’s Baseball and Football game modes are very rudimentary when compared to the long existing Basketball portion of the game, but they have also been very recently released and haven’t seen nearly as much development time and attention.

So let’s take a look at Gym Class VR Baseball and Gym Class VR Football to see what’s currently being offered by this VR sports game, and where future developments might hopefully take them.

Gym Class VR Football

Gym Class might not be a titan in the world of Virtual Reality Football yet, but it’s fantastic to see another VR football game out there, as there aren’t currently a whole lot to choose from.

Currently Gym Class Football is multiplayer only, with no Singleplayer bots, but a game is very easy to find by going to the multiplayer menu and joining a Football room.

Joining a Gym Class VR Football game

As for what you can do once you’ve entered a room… well as I’ve said previously it’s a bit limited at the moment.

Gym Class Football is less of an organized game of football with all of the rules enforced as in other VR football games.

It’s more of a loose practice arena, though if you really tried and got everybody to cooperate you could theoretically play a game of football.

Throwing the Football

Currently you can only really spawn Footballs and throw them around to other players.

So running some passes and drills is completely possible, and it is a lot of fun to go for a really deep pass that your buddy throws at you, but if you want a more organized football game you might want to go elsewhere, like NFL Pro Era 2.

Still, as far as arenas for messing around with a VR Football in multiplayer go, Gym Class’s Football mode gives a lot of freedom and it’s still a lot of fun to mess around and throw passes with others in Virtual Reality.

Another player failing to catch a deep pass

As for what would be nice to have in the future, the option to start a more formal game of football with some rules enforced, just as in Gym Class VR’s Basketball mode, would be fantastic, though maybe not as easy to create for the developers.

The physics could also possibly use a little improvement, though there are still some options for tweaking how your VR Football throws and handles. As always VR ball physics is sort of up to your opinion. What already exists is definitely serviceable for throwing passes and having fun.

It’s already enough to call Gym Class VR Football one of the best VR football games from the limited selection that we have, mostly because it’s Multiplayer, and the only other Multiplayer VR Football game option is NFL Pro Era 2.

Gym Class VR Baseball

Now for Gym Class’s Baseball game mode.

Just like with Football the Baseball mode is Multiplayer only and there are a ton of rooms available to join.

Joining a Gym Class VR Football game

Straight out of the gate it already has more options than the Football mode currently has. You can spawn baseballs at will and throw them for fun games of catch just like in the Football mode.

Now you can also pick up one of the baseball bats lying around and hit pitches.

Holding the bat and ball is a little janky

You don’t even need someone else to throw them to you, though that’s certainly an option. You just hit the ball spawning button while standing in one of the several batters boxes scattered around the field and a ball will come hurtling towards you.

This is great fun on its own, but does still need some work. The number one thing that would be nice to have in Gym Class VR Baseball would be adjustable strike zones. Hopefully there’s already a way to do this I couldn’t find, but looking everywhere and even asking other players didn’t reveal one.

As they are right now they’re extremely close to the ground and hitting the ball feels more like golf than baseball. The box that you see floating above the ground is where the ball will come towards, and they’re at about groin height for an adult.

Missing a swing when the ball is coming towards my knees

Not to mention that you can only hold the baseball bat with one hand, which is definitely the number two thing that would be nice to have in Gym Class Baseball.

It feels very awkward to swing the bat with one hand, though the bat does have some nice weight to it. Overall the physics feel even more rudimentary than the Football mode, and so the Baseball game mode does definitely need some work.

While it’s just as possible to get a game of Baseball together if the other players cooperate, it would also be nice to be able to start a game with scoring and rules enforced. Though the throwing physics are so difficult it’s hard to even throw a pitch from the mound to the batter’s box.

Another player throwing a patch from the mound, this took a lot of tries

Just like Gym Class Football, Gym Class VR Baseball is more of a sandbox than a way to play the game of Baseball, but it’s also a fun way to mess around with some VR Baseball.

Well that’s all for Gym Class’s new Baseball and Football game modes. While they really could use some work at the time of writing, it’s doubtful that the developers of Gym Class will leave them the way they are.

Just as with their Basketball game mode I have no doubt that they’ll continue to change and develop the Football and Baseball portions of the game over time so that they’ll stand as very fun experiences of their own.

For right now though, Gym Class is still free, and if you want to throw some passes with a friend in VR it’s still a great way to do that. Whether you try out Gym Class’s new game modes now or later, enjoy!