What screen are you using for ACC?

https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/what-do-you-mainly-play-your-pc-sims-on.174369/

 

Yeeeeeehaaaw... Kunos please look at this numbers.. VR is in Simracing more widespread than you think...

I can remember phrases like „the majority plays on singlescreen“ „only a tiny minority uses VR“ „we could not focus on a feature, which is only used of some people“

My little inner know-all can’t stop laughing, because he was preaching this for a long time...

btw...
do yo think the poll of Racedepartement is probably more meaningful than the one in this Forum?

 

I did the math and at being about 30 inches away from the display 55 is the correct FOV for me. Every single FOV calculator on the planet gives me the exact same number. It looks far if you're not sitting in front of it but if you're using it then it makes loads of sense.

The one thing with the FOV argument I always want to understand is how people drive with an FOV so tight they are driving with blinders on. You lose all information other than the narrow cone directly in front of you. I've never understood that. I raced in F1 2019 this year with someone who literally could ONLY see the inside edges of their front wheels. They then always claimed they didn't see someone near them.

 

Sounds like you calculated the horizontal FOV when ACC uses vertical FOV.

Geometrically correct FOV vs. personal preference FOV has been discussed ad nauseum so I won't join that topic.Do whatever floats your boat ;-)

 

But the majority do play on a single screen. Look at the results - just over 19% use VR (pretty much what people have been estimating in sim racing) - slightly less than use ultra-wides. That means the overwhelming majority still use monitors.

 

The majority do use single screens, that's not contested, its the statements 'a tiny minority use VR' that has been proven to be incorrect.

 

Most estimates I’ve seen for VR usage in racing sims have guessed at somewhere between 15 and 25% which corresponds pretty well with this rough poll. This is a small minority. No one really knows for sure and, like most things without real data, it’s risky to base an estimate on the number of related posts you see online.

 

I am using the new ROG Swift PG43UQ 4K 144HZ HDR monitor with ACC and its running a looking fantastic it especially comes alive in night races thanks to the HDR implementation.

Still have my Alienware aw3418dw but while i love the 21.9 aspect ratio its not HDR or WCG .

 

I've just ordered one of these, if arrives on Sunday. Rocking it with a Rtx2080ti. Previously had 40 inch triples, but pixal density was too low for me.

 

You're gonna love it. I have the same monitor and video card. You can run Epic preset with 24 cars + you and rarely drop below the 70's. FreeSync works beautifully with the RTX2080 Ti. Fluid

 

Just what I wanted to hear

It's now arriving on Saturday, but doubt I will be able to set it up as the monitor stand I've ordered from Demon Tweaks is still in processing and probably won't be delivered until sometime next week.

Can I ask you, how close are you sitting to the monitor? Thinking of setting it up as close as possible, directly above the body of my wheelbase.

 

It’s right in front of me. About on top of my feet/pedals. See attached.

 

Currently using a 34-inch ultra-wide monitor, I wanted to triple monitor setup, but don't have the room or $$ right now

Monitor: lg 34um69g-b

 

Like LeDude said, 55 is based on hFOV, ACC uses vFOV. My setup is similar to yours, i'm 25" away from a 34" curved ultrawide and using either vFOV (30 degrees) or running triple wide (265mm x 3 & 13 degree sides) yields a view that's pretty much just dash and front windshield. I adjust the seat back -25 for comfort, but I found that I was better at hitting apexes and braking points than running with a taller FOV like yours. To me, the radar is much more useful than glancing at mirrors for judging space and the improvement to consistency was worth the trade-off of no side mirrors. It was definitely weird at first but then I wrapped my brain around it by thinking if you sat in your real car and blacked out everything outside of a 34" box 25 inches in front of me it'd look pretty similar.

 

I'm ready to pull the trigger on a Samsung CRG9 49" and was hoping for some advice on what hardware upgrades I need to go along with it. I currently have a i7 7700 and 1080 GTX. Do I need to upgrade before getting the monitor? Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

That hardware will run ACC - medium settings and low on the mirrors I would guess. I run a 2080 ti and a 9600K with that monitor and can run epic settings apart from mirrors and get 65+ framerate in any scenario. Alone practising I get up to 120 fps but in large grids, I get 65+.

 

Tim, thank you very much and thats good news. If you don't mind one more question, what would you upgrade first after acquiring the monitor? My CPU or GPU?

 

GPU - the 7700 should hold it's own. But hold off on that - get the monitor, adjust settings and enjoy (and setup like a triple screen - really good IMO) and then wait for the 3000 series coming out summer time before deciding on an upgrade. Setup like a triple screen like in this thread: https://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-setup-21-9-display-and-32-9.62766/

 

Tim, Smart patient plan that I will follow. Thank you very much for your insight.

 

Also running that screen, and my i5 7600k seems to hold its ground so far. When I got the screen I went for a 2080 Super which is running ACC fine in native resolution with pretty much maxed out settings.