Save both FOV and seat position settings to individual cars

This may have been raised elsewhere already I did a search and couldn't find anything.

I enjoy this sim so much that I often change cars to do lap times and race against the now enjoyable AI and although it's no massive effort to feel comfortable behind the wheel in cockpit view it would be so much easier if my settings for both the FOV and the seat positions where saved to individual cars.

Hopefully this could be implemented fairly soon?

 

I second that. Maybe it's not a "must have" but it's one of those little things that makes the game better. Would be nice to have it at some stage. If not the devs than maybe modders can do something like that?

 

Maybe i`m being stupid here, or misunderstanding what you're asking, but it is possible . . . .

Just use the 'Onboard Settings' app. Hit save and it's car specific.

EDIT: Ah crap , i see you were asking for BOTH and the app just does seat position car specific, not FOV. Sorry :/

I`ll leave the pic on for anyone it may be useful for.

 

No your not being stupid it's probably that I'm not being clear with what I mean.

Thing is, I find at least, that depending on the car I will need to change both the FOV and the seat position to achieve a comfortable overall driving position. Now because I've changed both the next car I'm in will usually need both it's settings altered again.

The onboard settings app only saves the seat position and not the FOV.

 

I would also like to have a FOV setting per individual car ..........

 

I would like to understand why you would wish to change the FOV when changing car.
Proper FOV is determined by the size of your screen, the resolution you use and how far your (real) seat is from the screen. Once it is set you should not have to change it, except if you change your set up, like change your screen or have to change the distance your are from the screen.
FOV affects how you perceive what happens outside the car, the perspective of what you see is not affected by what car you are driving,
It does not matter what car your drive.
the important adjustment for the cockpit view for the different car is made by moving the seat. Front to back and up or down. AC already has different setting for each car that can be individually set.

 

after starting your drivingsession just go to onboard-settings, change it the way you like it and then push the "save" button. Works fine for me so i guess its already implemented.

 

Well thing is I've settled on a FOV by using a FOV calculator so it is correct for my monitors diameter, it's aspect ratio and the distance I sit from it and once I got used to it I find it's definitely the best way to get the most from this outstanding sim.

If however I change car from say the Lotus EXOS 125 S1 to the BMW M3 GT2 no matter what I do with the seat settings position, pitch or any of the four arrows the universal FOV will leave the dash far to close and if I move the seat position back to compensate I will loose forward vision because the seat itself blocks my view and so the only way I can avoid that is to change the UN-saveable universal FOV.

I'm probably missing something here but anyway that's why I wish to change the FOV and seat variables together per car.

 

I hear you shiftA, i make the same adjustments. FOV calculations are a good referrence point however for my , rig, seating position, and screens i prefer to tweak them a little to suit my own preferences in different cars much like yourself. To save time, I find it helps to write the settings down in my "little black race book" so as when i return to that a particular car i just dial in the numbers a drive.

 

Thanks MattEman that's what I'll do. I'm no game developer for all I know what I'm asking for might not even be possible.

Anyway thanks to all for your interest and input.

 

@shiftA, I understand what you are trying to do, I agree with you, it would be nice to be able to get the seat in the car a little further back sometime.
As it is now if you go to far back then you are blocked by the head rest.
What we need is more range to move the seat back, that way we could keep the proper FOV ,but also get the inside perspective that we want for every car.

 

Yes Cote that sounds like the answer, thanks mate.

 

What is the difference between the TWO save buttons in the config app ("save" and "save VR" I think...)?

 

for oculus rift I would imagine