New virtual mirror adjustment

For those who dislike the new virtual mirror FOV:

assettocorsa/system/cfg/assetto_corsa.ini

[MIRRORS]
Change FOV=10 to somewhere between 20 and 30, depending on preference.

More realistic and useful FOV, similar to pre-v.1.1, provides better opponent vehicle awareness, esp for those of us using bonnet cam.

 

What was the previous setting?

 

Not sure, but I'd guess maybe 35-38

 

so far I like the new setting. the car behind actually 'looks' like its right behind you now. before it looked like he was many meters farther away than he actually was.

 

I liked it better at first as well, but quickly found it difficult to see opponent cars anywhere other than DIRECTLY behind, and really reduced spatial awareness of other vehicles for me. Unless you're using cockpit view, you don't have side view mirrors, so you need to rely on the virtual mirror for better car awareness - having one vehicle completely fill the rear view kinda defeats the purpose. I found setting FOV between 20-30 gives a good balance, not to narrow and not too wide. Original FOV for the virtual mirror was just under 40 I believe.
I will say though, the new setting does a good job of giving you that panicky "OMG that car is RIGHT on my ***!" feeling

 

Looking for further realism while driving from bonnet cam... OK For your info, a properly set FOV from cockpit cam feels much better than bonnet cam, give it a try.
As in everything, there must be balance. Virtual mirror FOV pre 1.1 has been long critized. Kunos take those comments into account, and modify it; what's more, there is even a file to change it at anyone's taste.

By the way, have you tried the app "Helicorsa"?

 

I like the actual setting but a bit less whide angle maybe.
it sometimes looks like its a distored mirror like that cars do not look like in real life, might be the low FOV.
If this setting is actual FOV like in photography 10 is ultra wide angle.

Trying 20 now

 

Not like photography FOV, the setting is pretty much the opposite - lower is narrow and higher is wide angle. If you want the old setting but with a bit less wide angle, try 25-30

 

oh, no, i dont want wider angle, rather a little bit less.

 

Yup, the setting is opposite to actual camera FOV. The original FOV before v1.1 was somewhere around 38 I believe. If you want FOV less wide than that (but wider than the new FOV in v1.1), I'd go 25-30. I set mine to 28, I agree the old mirror FOV was a bit wide, but I feel the new FOV isn't wide enough.

 

I actually like bonnet cam. as that's where I look, at the road. I never actually look at my steering wheel when I drive, sure it is in my peripheral sight but I don't actually 'see' it. I find in cockpit view the a-pillars take up too much screen. A properly set FOV the side mirrors are gone anyway, unless you have triples. and yes it is nice to see in the virtual mirror a closer representation to how close the car actually is.

have seen the helicorsa app, have considered it, haven't tried it yet. the red proximity arrows work fine for me. as well as generally being 'aware'.

 

totally agree with you, mate..

 

But you know the point, ideal FOV should be indepent of the number of screens. This is my FOV setting (pic from october 2014)



No dashboard, no virtual wheel, no A pillars. Depending on the car, sometimes the upper side of the windshield appears or not. That's why I said cockpit cam can be useful and similar to bonnet cam.

Sorry slighty offtopic post.

 

just like in your real car .. your rearview mirror is little bit curved so it covers wider area .. and things apear smaller -> further away ..

 

For my monitor resolution and FOV setting I changed from the default setting of 10 to 5 and the cars look just where I'd expect to see them ...... shaaweeet!

 

wow, that's not too far off what bonnet cam looks like.

 

For your info, I'm not looking for further realism. I drive bonnet cam because I want the most enjoyable AC experience I can get, and what "feels" better for you doesn't for me. "Ideal" FOV is relative. I've played endlessly with cockpit FOV and never been happy with it, it actually feels LESS immersive for me. Cockpit view may be more realistic for some, but as I've said many times before, more realistic doesn't mean better or more enjoyable. Anyway, if I want absolute realism, I'll drive my real car
For me, with only a single monitor, the sense of speed that bonnet cam gives feels the most enjoyable. And to paraphrase someone here on the forum (can't remember who), I'm not about to waste valuable screen real estate on a static view of the interior of a car. Anyway, as offcorsa said above, your cockpit FOV is so close to bonnet cam that your argument is almost moot

Cue the hardcore simracer "Cockpit View Realism Or Death!" responses in 4... 3... 2...

Yes... we know... this is exactly what this entire post has been about, the ini file that can modify the virtual mirror FOV to anyone's taste. Did you read my original post?

 

what would be great is to have optional virtual side mirrors too .. like in GSC .. with single screen and playable (rather low) FOV settings you don`t get to see mirrors in majority of cars .. and adding mirrors FOV slider to view app wouldn`t do any harm ..

 

Ideal FOV is not relative, there is only one single correct FOV for any determinate setup. Screen size and eye-screen distance are the variables. Sense of speed is overated, in these days of wide GoPro alike lens, people seem to be misunderstanding the effect.
My point about bonnet cam is, the side of the screen show distorted images, making it difficult to drive close battle racing with other cars, and even measuring distance to corners and track's width.
The only sim I have driven using that view is RBR.

We both agree on wasting screen space on cars' interior. And bear in mind I have an external display, I don't need apps or seeing the dashboard; and what's more, I use TrackIR to look at the apexes or around.

The latter part of your post, it seems I didn't have enough command of English to make myself clear. I thank Kunos modified old virtual mirror FOV.

 

Yes, but no distorsion here