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I found myself to be faster and more consistent with the cockpit view.
I find it easier for me to know what the car is doing in and out of corners
I find it easier for me to know what the car is doing in and out of corners
Which CAM view do you guys prefer? Why?
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Bumper, better sense of speed.
Cockpit is for VR, just looks wrong on tv and takes up to much screen space.
Bumper has disadvantages though. Close behind another car you can't see the track. Or maybe that teaches you to keep a bit of distance so you can see where you're going and not follow the other car blindly into the grass!
Cockpit is for VR, just looks wrong on tv and takes up to much screen space.
Bumper has disadvantages though. Close behind another car you can't see the track. Or maybe that teaches you to keep a bit of distance so you can see where you're going and not follow the other car blindly into the grass!
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- Tassie_tiger
Chase cam.
Impervious to what others think.
Great way to see all cars around me, great way to see where all 4 wheels are situated on track, great way to see the performance of the car when braking/cornering.
Some who don't understand the external limits of their car could learn a thing or to from using this view.
Impervious to what others think.
Great way to see all cars around me, great way to see where all 4 wheels are situated on track, great way to see the performance of the car when braking/cornering.
Some who don't understand the external limits of their car could learn a thing or to from using this view.
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Bumper, really nice with the radar placement in the middle bottom
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Bumper always if it's an option.
If you could do online races in VR I'd probably get it and use the cockpit view.
If you could do online races in VR I'd probably get it and use the cockpit view.
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You get used to it with LMP1's after a while.
The reality of what F1 drivers see is the most surprising one.
And just in case anyone can't bother to watch 4 minutes to see the end, this is the camera placement.
And one from a Formula 3.5 V8 driver.
What I love most about both of these is the number of people in the comments of both telling the actual drivers they are wrong about what they see!
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No idea, I use a DS4
But yeah, I also find it easier to catch the car when it snaps. It's something I got used to in PCars as the sterring input on console was insane (on controlelr), so the only way I could drive cars was if I could see the steering input (via the wheel), and then in F1 2017 as you can properly adjust the FOV.
GT Sport isn't as good in that regard, but I still find it easier to orientate myself with cockpit cam. I will admit that this is really, the first GT game I've been able to race properly in cockpit cam
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- JacksHereR
I would love to see F1 drivers in real life try to drive when some guy in front using helicopter view is driving around knocking all the corner post markers over.
Edit : the wheel doesn't seem to give any slip feedback, its all sound and visual cues
Edit : the wheel doesn't seem to give any slip feedback, its all sound and visual cues
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Bumper.
Traditionally it was always due to the sensation of speed, these days it's just habit - any other view feels too weird.
It's not actually a cam on the bumper though. I think the camera still resides at the same longitudinal point along the cars length as the cockpit view... it just doesn't display any of the car.
In reality there is a zone in the view that you still have to treat as your car even if you can't see it...
... this varies by car. Get a long bonnet coupe, and a sambabus and see how close you can get to the car infront before there's contact!
Traditionally it was always due to the sensation of speed, these days it's just habit - any other view feels too weird.
It's not actually a cam on the bumper though. I think the camera still resides at the same longitudinal point along the cars length as the cockpit view... it just doesn't display any of the car.
In reality there is a zone in the view that you still have to treat as your car even if you can't see it...
... this varies by car. Get a long bonnet coupe, and a sambabus and see how close you can get to the car infront before there's contact!
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No idea, I use a DS4
But yeah, I also find it easier to catch the car when it snaps. It's something I got used to in PCars as the sterring input on console was insane (on controlelr), so the only way I could drive cars was if I could see the steering input (via the wheel), and then in F1 2017 as you can properly adjust the FOV.
GT Sport isn't as good in that regard, but I still find it easier to orientate myself with cockpit cam. I will admit that this is really, the first GT game I've been able to race properly in cockpit cam
Good point re: seeing the steering wheel. I was able to be control the steering much more smoothly when I could see the wheel. Shame the rest went to shhhht
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Chase, of course. I want to be able to see, after all.
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- Raghza615
I can drive equally fast with the bumper, hood and cockpit view, but I prefer the hood view as it most closely resembles what you actually see from the windshield (I have a playseat, so if I'd use the cockpit view, I could see two steering wheels - my Logitech G25 and the in-game steering wheel of the car).
I cannot drive at all with the chase view, just can't.
I cannot drive at all with the chase view, just can't.
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GTS doesn't give much in that regard, plenty of other titles do. The amount of slip feedback you get in PC2 and to a slightly better degree in AC, is extremely good.
Sorry to cut up your post so much but I just wanted my reply to read a bit easier 
This is something that is a really good point, and I wish that the TV Pod camera view existed in GT with a semi ghosted version of the car in-front of you. Allowing you to see the wheels and the car, might not work great for all cars, but I would have dreamed about something like that when learning LMP1's in GT6.
I think this is true of any view where you can physically see the car though...
This is something that is a really good point, and I wish that the TV Pod camera view existed in GT with a semi ghosted version of the car in-front of you. Allowing you to see the wheels and the car, might not work great for all cars, but I would have dreamed about something like that when learning LMP1's in GT6.
I think this is true of any view where you can physically see the car though...
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In sport mode I use bumper because of the rearview mirror and more useful hud. If hood cam provided the same I'd prefer it because it gives at least to me a closer view to the real thing, gives a better feeling of the car, also of surroundings (like a car next to you). However without a mirror it can't be used without mirror.
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100% agree. It shows your exact track position which really does help to eliminate contact - a lot of people could benefit from that not to mention the victims of spacially unaware people. And like you say you really can get a better feeling of what the car is doing. I used to do bumper cam all the time but found spacial awareness was restricted even with mirrors. Chase cam has made me faster and cleaner and in this game that really matters. Plus you get to see those lovely designs - otherwise whats the point in having them cos not everyone has time to watch a full replay!
