What in-game settings you use?

... not sure there is a thread for this already, but I am curios how other people configure their driving experience.

My Settings:
Driving View: Cockpit (on single monitor)
Mirrors: On, Virtual
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On, low (Logi Momo Force, red)
Clutch: auto (although just started practising with a button & manual)
Seat position: pretty much full forward
Visible steering wheel: Off (usually)
Gears: manual (flappy paddle change)
[Edit] Wheel rotation: 240º, usually between 18 and 22
 
hi there firends

Driving View: cockpit (on single monitor)
Mirrors: On, Virtual
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On, high thrustmaster
Clutch:aut
Seat position: N/A
Visible steering N/A
Gears: manual using Paddles:thumb:
 
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Pat[fr]

  • Pat[fr]

Driving View: cokpit
Mirrors: On,
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On
Clutch: auto
Gears: manual using Paddles
 
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Lu Chan

  • Lu Chan

Driving View: Always nose, sometime Cockpit
Mirrors: Virtual
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On, low 100%(G25)
Clutch: auto
Seat position: N/A
Visible steering wheel: On
Gears: manual
Wheel rotation:sometime240 degrees. sometime 320. now use 400. (Still had not found:noidea:)
 
Wheel: logitech g25
Driving View: Cockpit
Mirrors: On, real
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On, max, 40%
Clutch: auto w/ GT, manual / WTCC & mini
Seat position: up, as long as the steering wheel doesn't hide rev lights
Visible steering wheel: on
Gears: H-box w/ bmw & mini, sequential w/ GT and WTCC (shifter)
Wheel rotation: 200º w/ GT, 540º w/ WTCC & mini, lock 18-21
 
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Chad711

  • Chad711

Just an update. I now use 400 degree's of rotation and a steering lock of any where from 28-33 in game. Much better
 
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Kieran Mcgeachy

  • Kieran Mcgeachy

Driving View: Hood (on single monitor)
Mirrors: On, virtual
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: Off
Clutch: Auto
Gears: Manual
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Daniel Gauthier

  • Daniel Gauthier

Driving View: hood
Mirrors: off
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On
Clutch: auto
Gears: manual using Paddles

Many racers use cockpit view. I try it sometimes but i really like to see most of the track. Easier for me. And it is strange for me to see two wheels; one in my hands and one on the screen... lol
 
My Settings:
Driving View: Cockpit or Hood
Mirrors: On, Virtual
Driving aids: All off
ForceFeedback: On, low (G25)
Clutch: auto
Seat position: full forward
Visible steering wheel: On
Gears: manual (flappy paddle change)
Wheel rotation: 400º
 
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Chris Standring

  • Chris Standring

Driving View: Cockpit, Single Monitor, 22" widescreen, 1680x1050. Adding a second monitor for telemetry/motec readouts.
Mirrors: Real
Driving aids: None
ForceFeedback: Max, Logitech DFP
Clutch: Auto
Seat position: Forward fully, up one click
Visible steering wheel: Off
Gears: DFP Lever
Wheel rotation: 360 degrees, lock 15-20 depending on car
 
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Marcin Wójcik

  • Marcin Wójcik

Driving View: only cockpit
Mirrors: On, virtual or real depends on car
Driving aids: always all off
ForceFeedback: high, 80% (DFP)
Clutch: manual (on paddles or button)
Seat position: about the middle
Visible steering wheel: Off
Gears: DFP Lever or paddles in OW
Wheel Rotation: 720 degrees, 20 steering lock; in OW 360 degrees 15 steering lock
 
Driving View: only cockpit
Mirrors: On, virtual or real depends on car
Driving aids: always all off
ForceFeedback: high, 98% (G25)
Clutch: manual (on paddles or button)
Seat position: about the middle
Visible steering wheel: Off
Gears: Paddle
Wheel Rotation: 400 degrees, 18 steering lock;
 
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Jason Parks

  • Jason Parks

Driving View: Cockpit + Hood (Usually Hood)
Mirrors: On, Virtual
Driving aids: All off
Clutch: automatic
ForceFeedback: None :( Thrust steering wheel/Pedals on way
Seat position: Default
Visible steering wheel: Off
Gears: manual
Wheel rotation: None
 
I´ve known for a while that I can do at least a second faster if I switch to hood cam or nose cam, but I've always stuck with in car view because of the realism/immersion factor.

I'm thinking of just letting it all go and trying out the hood cam (the sense of speed is much better I think).

Just wondering what your preferences are and if you consider hood cam etc. some form of "cheating", of course I'm using the word very loosely :)

edit: Thanks to the moderator who moved this, forgot to search :redface:
 
Mate I had that deliberation for nigh on 2 years, and from first getting Race I loved the in car view for the immersion factor, but still found/find it a bit unrealistic and more restrictive than a real car view would be ... still, I stuck with it for a couple of years and a tonne of online racing, including 6th overall in the 2008/9 RDGTC Pro league ... but in the end I gave in and have mainly switched to hood cam :rolleyes:

Hood cam to me gives me far better feeling of speed, and despite not having the steering wheel, windows and doors around you, I think the view is slightly more akin to what you experience when driving a proper motor in down the street ... ie looking down the bonnet with quite a broad perspective and viewing pane.
Negatives of hood cam for me - sitting in the middle of the car rarely happens unless you are of course driving a single seater :wink:

Personally ... if the cockpit view could be skewed/biassed slightly to even realistically resemble what you see when you actually drive a car, then I would use it all the time without a question ... IMO the view through the windscreen needs to be magnified to almost hood view, and then the wheel/dials etc more like a small border ... if everyone used retinal trackers/scanners or track-ir, then we could actually look down then have the screen pan down like you are looking at the dash in real life and then back up to see the road once more ... but as I don't use this lot then we have to make compromises.

At the end of the day its what does it for you and what you feel comfortable driving ... and the only view I really object to personally is swingman as I personally don't think there is anything even close to sim racing about it (unless you are racing radio controlled cars :wink:) ... but therein lies a totally different argument that I am not going to enter into (again!) :tongue:
 

Bram

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Yes swingman is just too lame for a simulation. I hope GTR3 will have an option to disable that view in a server, just like you can force cockpit view

Lol @ RC cars, nice put as that is exactly what it is.
 

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