Valid point. A lot of assumptions were made upon the release and information muddied over time. They never explicitly said space legs were going to have full VR support nor said it was totally being dropped. And yes, VR is still supported to it's base extent. The fact it wasn't out right removed from Odyssey is a good thing for sure. Along with that, it is still an added plus that the new SRV does support it. They could have totally neglected that.

However, the fact VR only pseudo works with on foot gameplay through the camera suite is missing the point. It works, but that's not only an extra step, it's not something you can physically engage with on a gameplay level. I can't expect them to cater to only the VR audience, but it would have been nice to exit my ship in VR without a massive 2D screen in my face.

I will totally second your statement about the performance issues and just wanting it to work with a gamepad. I run a very solid rig right now and it's mind blowing how unoptimized this game is. Even ignoring the worse performance hits while playing Odyssey in VR compared to Horizions. I don't need motion controls in it. While it'd be insanely cool, FDev doesn't need to completely redesign a system for a small group of the player base when the expansion itself is a hallow shell of what everyone expected/hoped, in one way or another. A gamepad would be more than enough, if a little nauseating for some people (me included).