The idea that "I didn't see you" is an excuse is just the most ridiculous thing I hear. In cockpit view, when you're looking ahead you've got the benefit of door mirrors, a rear view mirror and the mini map. You always know if someone is catching up with you. And then once they get alongside it really isn't hard to have a quick look over. And when rejoining the mini map tells you all you need to know.

When someone says "I didn't see you" what they actually mean is "I haven't got to grips with playing LFS yet" or they mean "I don't care about other drivers"

I dont drive in cockpit veiw, and yes i miss my side mirrors badly...

Ever driven a real car with out them?

Mini map helps alot yes and sound but id rather side mirrors aswell

Quote from richo :

I dont drive in cockpit veiw, and yes i miss my side mirrors badly...

Ever driven a real car with out them?

Mini map helps alot yes and sound but id rather side mirrors aswell

I used to drive wheels view but I changed to cockpit view for the sake of realism. I do think you get better feedback from bumps and dips in cockpit view. Not to mention the mirror advantages. Maybe you should try switching m8.

I also drove the wheel view for probably the first year I played LFS, just one day decided to try in-car and realized I could still judge the car's dimensions well. Also people give you less of a 'wtf' look if they see you playing and it's a car's cabin instead of a couple of wheels floating on the road.

Quote from Ger Roady :

180 deg curved virtuell Mirror ? Where ? What price?

Here's a picture of a curved mirror that gives a 180 degree FOV. (Note that it doesn't necessarily need to be sperical. Other shapes may work better.)

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~ ... projection/fisheye/1m.gif

From this article on fisheye projections:

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/projection/fisheye/

Quote from rcpilot :

I also drove the wheel view for probably the first year I played LFS

It's funny, I wondered why this view existed. I didn't even think people would use it to drive.

Quote from Peptis :

Here's a picture of a curved mirror that gives a 180 degree FOV. (Note that it doesn't necessarily need to be sperical. Other shapes may work better.)

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~ ... projection/fisheye/1m.gif

From this article on fisheye projections:

http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/projection/fisheye/

maybe it is not 180deg but sufficiently enough, just first choice of google