cockpit for me, but i might try some custom views see if they improve my laptimes

back seat driver veiw

http://demoncomputers.pwp.blue ... co.uk/stuff/veiwpoint.JPG

but 9/10 im usually in cockpit veiw

I think any view can be considered "realistic" as long as the camera is located exactly where the driver's head should be. Also it should only be possible to make parts of the car that would be seen IRL invisible, and not make parts of the car that couldn't be seen IRL (like the wheels) visible.

I use cockpit view with a fairly low FOV.

cockpit

but I've also seen some really strange view settings... like the "120° frog wheels view" fordman was using when I visited him....

I always use cockpit view. :eclipsee_

Where's the option for track-side cameras?

Chase view is only useful if you are having trouble with being aware of your surroundings. But in the end, the ability to race close in pack is down to how much racing experience you have.

Cockpit view with FOV of 60. The best I have come up with. Viewed on the screen I see just a bit of the a-pillar and the gauges are just on the bottom of my screen. My monitor is set just behind my wheel and the wheel (my Momo, driver and wheel turned off in game) just covers up the lower half of the gauges. ie, I can't see the gear selection in the GTi. The only time I change is in the MRT where I increase back to default 90 FOV.

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Pardon? I said the only realistic view is one from the cockpit with very low FOV. I did not say that my view was any more realistic than his

well that would be realistic if the drivers are wearing blinders . as i said, there is no realistic view with a standard monitor-setup. everything is a compromise.

:doh: Well yes of course you'd need a rounded monitor wrapped around you to be more realistic. I was talking in terms of correct proportions as if you were viewing through a window the size of your monitor in your car.

Cockpit will always be the only option for me. If a driving game doesn't have cockpit view I usually don't buy it.


p.s. I added an extra option to the poll called "other".

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p.s. I added an extra option to the poll called "other".

Thank you, finally I added my vote

As for cockpit view.... yeah I'd use it, but I guess I am waiting for Eric to have some updated cockpits... then I would have a reason to make myself feel immersed .

**Changed it to "custom" so it is more informative to those who are unaware that a custom option exists.

Custom, just above the dashboard (sort of a hood cam). Cockpit in the single seaters though.

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Cockpit will always be the only option for me. If a driving game doesn't have cockpit view I usually don't buy it.
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The same here...

I use a custom cockpit view , when I started playing LFS some years ago I used the wheel view , but soon realised there is only one view that feels real and that is cockpit

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I allways drive with the chase view! What i really need is a mirror!!!!!!!

Same here

I always use cockpit, but accidentally hit chase.

Always cockpit. Though I sometimes switch to chase view when I clipped into an object and fly around. Then chase view is better because you can see where you are flying at.

Vain

Any view outside the car is just arcade, so driver (cockpit) view for me.

Chase, always drove racing games with chase view. Like that I've the best global view and a more secure feeling to go on to the edge's of the track and where exactly my car steers. Perhaps it will change the day I go sit behind a (real car) wheel.. Dno, but anyway, voted chase

chase view :hidesbehi

..and like Nobo said, - we chase viewers dont have any blind spots
and we are often very surprised to see someone slamming into the side of
our cars because cockpit viewers cant see us when racing side by side.
-and mostly we get the blame but we KNOW we didnt do it....
...because we can see EVERYTHING.

...except whats going on behind us. -but often I use the sound to
hear if the car behind me goes left or right of me.
-so its not really a problem.
- wish we had virtual mirror in chase view.

*starts a senseless flamewar on bo-kritiansen for talking bad about the cockpit view and it's all because you can't drive properly and anyway*

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Vain

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*starts a senseless flamewar on bo-kritiansen for talking bad about the cockpit view and it's all because you can't drive properly and anyway*

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Vain

:leb:

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chase view :hidesbehi

..and like Nobo said, - we chase viewers dont have any blind spots
and we are often very surprised to see someone slamming into the side of
our cars because cockpit viewers cant see us when racing side by side.
-and mostly we get the blame but we KNOW we didnt do it....
...because we can see EVERYTHING.

I guarantee I won't slam into the side of you because I can't see you. I think I drive more looking left/right anymore than I do looking ahead.

When I'm beside you, I know it and do everything I can to give you a lane on the exit. Same if you get beside me and need room at the apex . Only time I won't is because of an error in my part, or because the car is sliding out.

chase view voted ,
well i started out this game with ks and chase was the only view i could control the car with. but now am used to it, so even tho i have a wheel now, i still use chase.

would be good to have a virtual mirror tho