I am currently using the FO8. The 'in-car' view seems to be most unrealistic, to me.
There's no impression of speed at all and I just wondered if, I am the only one who's noticed this?

Does the developer agree, I wonder?

Try experimenting with your FoV and the "Acceleration shifts viewpoint" settings in Options -> View. With the correct settings on a reasonably sized (24" or more should do, maybe even 22") widescreen display, it's pretty immersive.

Quote from morpha :

Try experimenting with your FoV and the "Acceleration shifts viewpoint" settings in Options -> View. With the correct settings on a reasonably sized (24" or more should do, maybe even 22") widescreen display, it's pretty immersive.

Thanks very much. I altered the view to further back but, the "Acceleration shifts viewpoint" doesen't work in 'cockpit' view.

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Thanks very much. I altered the view to further back but, the "Acceleration shifts viewpoint" doesen't work in 'cockpit' view.

it does.

theres something like head movement too, increase that maybe it will help

Use the right FOV, LFS default is 95', I am using 97' for my "widescreen" 15.4 laptop monitor and it feels about right

my view

Great stuff, keep 'em coming guys?

110 @ 22"

Recommend a good FOV for a 13.3" laptop screen.

w00t 100th post lol

I use 92 on my 19" CRT

What FOV do you guys recommend for a 24" monitor @ 1920x1080?

as much as it need to make u happy..

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What FOV do you guys recommend for a 24" monitor @ 1920x1080?

I use 115°. But I think I'm using 1920x1200.

The latest patch brought us a wonderful trick to play with:
Scawen greatly improved the multi screens display options, providing us with a wide range of settings.
This enhancement led us 1 screen user to be able to simulate (emulate? whatever...) 3-screen views on a single screen.

It may look like a gimmick but it allows you to set the center of the screen with a relatively low FOV (conveying a better sense of speed) while still being able to see on the sides, side views being slightly distorted of course.
So I would recommend that you fiddle with this "toy" - you may find an interesting compromise between side views and sense of speed.

Pic attached for clarity

wow, you guys are running pretty high FOVs.
I used to race on a 19'' TFT and sat a little more than a meter away from the monitor and used about 57° to 67° depending on the car.

Now I am using a projector, having a real big image and sit about 3 meters away from the wall and use something around 75° FOV depending on the car.

I think a lot of people think you need to have a extensive sense of speed, whilst you don't actually have that in real life. You only have that in Need for Speed games ihmo.
When I drive with a car on the german Autobahn, I look so much ahead, that I don't see the sides flash by, thus not having that much a sensation of speed. It is a creation of the games industry... Thats what I think.

Wow... quite huge FOV's!!

I used to use 95 FOV on 20" 1680x1050.

But nowdays I use 90 FOV on 24" 1920x1080.
However, I am using also Nvidia 3D vision kit, which adds depth to game, and improves feeling of speed and distance of objects, corners, etc...

er...what about widescreen effect = On ?

Doesn't that qdd to immersion by making the edges of the screen appear to move faster :-/

Over years I have had a few different monitors and the larger the screen (wider) the less FOV I use.

FOV 90 @ 1024x
around 82 @ 1280x
around 75 @ 1680x
and 67 @ 1920x

I usually had some standard FOV of 90°. When I tried with TrackIR, it confused me more than it helped.

But then I thought about the real FOV in front of my 1680x1050 22" display and effects like underestimated turns, due to smaller angles. This would imply smaller FOVs, like 40° for my display. I tried TrackIR again, this time combined with a small FOV and voila, it works like charm -- absolutely intuitive.

Quote from Mille Sabords :

The latest patch brought us a wonderful trick to play with:
Scawen greatly improved the multi screens display options, providing us with a wide range of settings.
This enhancement led us 1 screen user to be able to simulate (emulate? whatever...) 3-screen views on a single screen.

It may look like a gimmick but it allows you to set the center of the screen with a relatively low FOV (conveying a better sense of speed) while still being able to see on the sides, side views being slightly distorted of course.
So I would recommend that you fiddle with this "toy" - you may find an interesting compromise between side views and sense of speed.

Pic attached for clarity

Awesome, I didn't know about that.