Discussing Driving Views

Option 2 is the dash cam so 0,0,0 is in front of the dash as it should. I use cockpit view (option 1) and with movement set to 0 it doesn't move. This doesn't mean that your head is fixed to the car, the structure will have very small movements but your head will have no inertia.

 

Thank you, that makes sense.
So in other words it's not possible to disable this very small structure movement? Even it's very small I think it's distracting x) in AC1 the head is fixed to the car if I'm not wrong

 

I'll have a look next time I play and I'll report back but it might be impossible

 

Documents/ Assetto Corsa Competizione / Config / CameraSettings.json

general Movement set to ''0'' solves it.

Cheers

 

I take the opportunity of this post to ask how can I change my FOV. if I go into the gamne for each view the FOV is always gray, not selectable.

Is there some issue?

Thanks

 

Are you sure about that? other things are blacked out on some views but FOV should be on

 

I don't know why, but I can see the FOV unavailable and fix to 54 in the first cockpit view. On the other cockpit view it's 43 and it's always unselectable

 

You're using triple screens. In that case the FOV gets calculated automatically from the screen width and distance parameters you put in the view settings.

 

Thanks DuckeyTapey, I coupé Imagine something like that

 

Thank you so much for the answer!

So there are 3 cockpit views:
1. Dashboardview
2. Driver View
3. Helmet cam

So option 2. Driver view, everything set to 0 should be not the exact eye position.

But with option 3. Helmet cam this should be the right one, if I understand you correctly. So there I use the correct FOV and set everything else to 0.

Is it also possible in that view to set the movement to 0 and disable driver and steering wheel and change the pitch of the view?

I want to test this so bad right now, but I'm on holiday vacation.

Merry Christmas everybody

 

I think the suggestion is to use the zeroed helmet cam as reference and match the cockpit cam to that manually.

 

I really want to have the car move around a bit while my head stays still, I do t want any G Force movement under brakes and acceleration but want the car to bounce a bit over curbs and such. Is this possible? ATM all I seem to be able to have is car movement but with G Force movement aswell.

 

Just an idea: a view setting option "driver eye" for those people who don't want a compromise/gameplay purpose view.
Maybe as an addition to the distance and height options.

That way we wouldn't have to use any referencepoints/helmet cam anymore and the guessing game would be over

Would be a nice step in terms of realism.

 

After reading this thread I started fiddling around with height settings. The standard setting does feel too high indeed but when you lower 'the seat' terrain details seem to loose their ... detail and corners become way harder to anticipate on correctly. My laptimes were considerably slower. Is this just my distorted perception of reality or did the devs implement a standard higher seating position to get a more realistic perception of the view?

 

Are you using the correct FOV setting? Because I would start with that.
Then you put distance, height to zero.
Then enable visual steering wheel, now use that as an reference point, change the pitch until your steering wheel matches the in-game one on the top side (for butterfly type steering wheel put it at first in a 90 degree position)
Now you can change the height, but always in combination with the pitch.

But if you have distance and height at 0, you are already close to realistic.
Like the dev said in a post above, it's not 100% a realistic position, only in helmet cam view you will end up at eye position.
The other driver view is a compromise for easy driving.

That's why a "driver eye" point would be nice in the other view options, for those who want to drive more realistic/ more challenging

 

I use the dashcam view and modify the Pitch and/or Distance to have something which looks like the Dirt Rally 2.0 dashcam.
With a single screen it is a good view which allows you to see correctly the track in my opinion.

Below an example with the Audi R8

 

In the Amg i use the hood view, because i don't like the cockpit layout. In the 720 i use the helmet view because i like its cockpit layout. Any other cars i use the hood view all the time. I don't sim race for immersion, i sim race to compete. I own an 800 hp supercharged Mustang, I get plenty of immersion from it.

 

Used cockpit cam as a kid for many earlier racing titles from arcade up.

But in my experience the VR/cockpit/hood/nose cam(s) are the key to immersion, consistant lap times, and accuracy.

Ideally having headtracking, surround displays, VR, or a form of spotter (in-game or 3rd party) improves situational awareness and immersion.

Only use external cams for replays, screenshots, benchmarks, and such in sims.

Games like SpinTires, GTA, Forza Horizon, etc I still use external.

To each their own.