A virtual reality ride system comprising: a ride vehicle configured to support a rider and traverse a variable ride environment; an electronic display configured to present virtual reality, VR, image content to the rider carried through the variable ride environment by the ride vehicle; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the electronic display and one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to record sensor data indicative of a movement profile of the ride vehicle in the variable ride environment, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to: receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors; determine a predicted ride vehicle trajectory of the ride vehicle within the variable ride environment based on the sensor data indicative of the movement profile of the ride vehicle and a ride vehicle movement prediction model, wherein the predicted ride vehicle trajectory corresponds to a predicted movement magnitude of the ride vehicle during a predicted movement duration; determine a target perceived movement magnitude that is greater than the predicted movement magnitude; and determine movement-exaggerated VR image content to be presented on the electronic display during the predicted movement duration by adjusting default image content to incorporate the target perceived movement magnitude. a ride vehicle configured to support a rider and traverse a variable ride environment; an electronic display configured to present virtual reality, VR, image content to the rider carried through the variable ride environment by the ride vehicle; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the electronic display and one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to record sensor data indicative of a movement profile of the ride vehicle in the variable ride environment, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to: receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors; determine a predicted ride vehicle trajectory of the ride vehicle within the variable ride environment based on the sensor data indicative of the movement profile of the ride vehicle and a ride vehicle movement prediction model, wherein the predicted ride vehicle trajectory corresponds to a predicted movement magnitude of the ride vehicle during a predicted movement duration; determine a target perceived movement magnitude that is greater than the predicted movement magnitude; and determine movement-exaggerated VR image content to be presented on the electronic display during the predicted movement duration by adjusting default image content to incorporate the target perceived movement magnitude. receive the sensor data from the one or more sensors; determine a predicted ride vehicle trajectory of the ride vehicle within the variable ride environment based on the sensor data indicative of the movement profile of the ride vehicle and a ride vehicle movement prediction model, wherein the predicted ride vehicle trajectory corresponds to a predicted movement magnitude of the ride vehicle during a predicted movement duration; determine a target perceived movement magnitude that is greater than the predicted movement magnitude; and determine movement-exaggerated VR image content to be presented on the electronic display during the predicted movement duration by adjusting default image content to incorporate the target perceived movement magnitude.