FOV or just another point of view

I like most every sim player setup FOV or at least attempt to setup FOV. In ACC I personally find just slight increments in the main dash cam view works for me. That said AC is a little differnt as I set up FOV per Project Immersion + - to my liking.

I have no idea what makes the difference in settings, but I do find tweaking in ACC is different than AC. OK so what, right? well there is a lot of hubub about proper FOV, I agree with some, I disagree with some on this crucial point of view. As noted I use standard FOV with some + settings and other adjustments to give me a better view. This also changes per car as well as the most frustrating aspect is the left side when the roll cage blocks a lot of view.

I do not know if there is that sweet spot where one settings fits all, but I also know if you want to be serious you set up a single car for that season. It takes minimal time to get used to the car traits, but IMO more time to setup your view.

What is lost between SIM world and real world unless you are using VR is simple, Peripherals. Our sense of speed is based on two things, looking straight ahead and "Peripherals" in the real world. If I am looking at my the front of the car, speed is faster than looking straight ahead. In a single monitor setup you have to rely on a good FOV to simulate some periphials. with that said.

I find in my own experience a balance to seat position (right to left), distance, FOV and height allow me to adjust my eye view to trick my brain into some sense of speed that tends to be normal for me. As a test point I can place my cam view to be the nose of the car and speed seems to be faster when I switch to dash you loose that sense of speed. My setup is to run with driver or helmet cam with a distance + setting, height high enough to gauge front wheel location in apex, position slightly right with the distance + height = better left front view. It is a happy medium

To point, I have tried Project Immersion and all that calculating blah blha blah. In my experience I simply find slight adjustments to the default views work.

Thoughts

 

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