point of view

[robbie ferstl]

which POV do you prefer?

[dc]

Not sure I am clear on the descriptions...

In-car view would be 1st person? Personally, I drive from the closest behind view, above the rear wing. I have a lot of depth perception problems driving from the in-car views. I don't feel comfortable with the angle of view to the next corner, and for whatever reason, I have never been able to drive that view in ANY driving game.

[oldns_low]

matter of preference, but i cannot drive at all, except from in car. Feels like Atari Pole position from up top, to me.
ron

[robbie ferstl]

in car is 1st person. out of car would 3rd. the follow up poll question would be : which one can you are you faster with. me personally, i like the 1st person POV but i can do faster laps with 3rd. i can see the apex better out of the car.

[size="1"][ February 17, 2003, 01:17 PM: Message edited by: robbie ferstl ][/size]

[Sel]

Incar view for me. I'm much slower in external view.
The only mod I ever really used External view for was the SOH mod I don't know why but it just felt better that way.
Infact I won't even buy a game that has no incar view, I just don't feel like I'm in control otherwise.
I think we may cause a few more crashes because we have no wing mirrors in Heat so we carn't see a cars along side.

[dc]

Some of the instances we have had in a few of our online races make a lot more sense now. I have driven in the in-car mode a couple times (with no success), in an AI sim race and you cannot see when a car is alongside of you, even if they are into the corner deeper than you are and own the corner. This changes my decision making, though, when diving inside for a pass, knowing that even if I have the corner by rule, I still might not be seen next to the car being overtaken if he is driving from the in-car view.

I wonder what the actual peripheral view or field of vision is for the in-car mode? It doesn't seem like enough, or maybe that is just me. It is one of the reasons why I prefer the out of car view.

[oldns_low]

here is something that may help the in car guys; in what else OPTIONS.CFG

[oldns_low]

let's try that again in the options.cfg file are these lines.

fov 130.000000
high_detail_car yes
mipmap yes
mirror 1
mirror_fov 110.000000

the first line is degrees of field of view forward.
the last line is the same for rear and comes with a default of 82 degrees.
but be aware that this becomes a memory hog in the mirror if too wide. the 110 degree view is what i normally use in car. Also if they disappear out of mirrors assume they are close enough to touch and give them a lane. (but not a lane and a quarter) the suspension you save may be yours.
ron

[Sel]

I have my mirror FOV set at 120 but even so you have to keep an eye out.
I've had it set that way for sometime now but I do still cut the odd car up.

[dc]

Wow, I didn't realize I was in such a minority.

[Jon Hobbs]

How do you get to 3rd person POV while driving? During replay, no problem. While driving, I hit F1 and it toggles between cockpit view and front bumper view; that's it.

Thanks,
Jon

[Lucky]

Cockpit view is the only way to drive a "sim". :0)

Lucky



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[rickb99]

Jon,

Try F2,F3,F4 and F5... other F's do stuff too.

[Jon Hobbs]

Thanks Rick. Can't wait to start F'n around.

Jon