Proximity indicator with different colors

You know those red arrows showing the position of the cars that are near you? This thread is suggesting an improvement to that.

Problem: mono color (just red) arrow indicators causes you to not be aware of how close the opponent is, and how much space there is on the road. Often it misleads when in close battles, with single screens (without trackir, or dk2). There are times when you think he's close to you, but actually there's more than 1 car space between. Other times is closer. Quickly switching between look left/right/back is confusing-distracting.

Possible solution: Several color indicators depending how close opponents are to you. For example Green is safe distance between the cars, Yellow in the middle, and Red is just near you with a small gap.


Is just a rough idea. Then the arrows change color if the cars get closer or farther apart.

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Ideally an app like Helicorsa would make people more aware and drive safer when near opponent cars. But it also needs to be fps optimized, even if cutting down on graphics or cpu usage from the app.
http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/helicorsa.5199/

 

That is a great way of thinking, love the simple touch that can change everything. Maybe an experienced App creator can make this? Im not sure but love the concept!

 

Great idea. I use Helicorse and it's a nice app, but eats a lot of resources, needs optimization.

 

I agree that the red arrows could be made more useful by making them distance dependent. I was about to post my suggestion somewhere but found this thread using search.

I thought of using opacity or color, but the following idea may be more easy:
(1) the arrow starts as an outline for a car 'far' away, but fills up (2) when it get closer, until the arrow is fully filled (3) when you are about to collide. The advantage is that, apart from knowing the current distance, you could also easily determine the rate at which the other car is approaching you.

 

I'd really like to see a much simplified option that just warns if a car covers any portion of your car's side. Maybe just a inch thick red bar down the covered side at the edge of the screen.