Originally posted by stereth
i use both, but usually the third person view. i like to see what my car's doing and what's immediately to the sides. driving a real car, i can turn my head or see a car next to me out of the corner of my eye, or feel the difference between the direction my car is facing and the direction it's going. in a game, you need to pull the camera back to see the same thing.
but i do use the inside view sometimes, like when the camera swings wide and cuts off my view through ad boards (damn Tahiti Maze hairpins) or on straightaways in a tall car (Vitz and Beetle in particular)