Real Head Motion Plugin

David O'Reilly · Jan 27, 2015

I dont know how many of you have tried or are using this plugin. Its on the ISI site.

I installed it yesterday.
I ran a race vs AI at Spa in the ASR 1992
The 3 laps race at the Nordschliefe in the MX5 (what I call the spec Miata).
Today I did 35 laps practicing in the FR 3.5 at Magny Cours.

There is a good explanation on the site but in essence rather than locking your view to the car and having the world move around and up and down, it makes it work more like the human eye and brain deal with it.

I like it a lot. Its increased the realism of the view and the immersion.
In the MX5 at Nordschleife for example if the car was getting up on its side a bit your view stays largely (adjustable) fixed on the horizon and you see/feel the side of the car sort of higher than adviseable.
Over dips and compressions your head drops a little (in a crash in the MX5 I think I saw the floor).
Over jumps the car drops away under you a bit.

Anyway I drove it and thought "nice but will I be slower"
After increasing look ahead in Controller settings gradually from 0% to 50% I now sort of look where I would in a car. More to the apex and see where I am steering and the divergence as the chassis catches up. I think its helping me catch slides.
I went quicker in my last race lap than my (admittedly short) practice in the MX5. But that was 1st time too.

So today in the FR 3.5 practice went well and I have been finding pace anyway as I havent driven this track for 15 years. But the realheadmotion plugin cant have hurt as I found another second which was my target for today.

So thought I would share this with you. Happy to hear from anyone who has also tried it.
David
PS I have so far left the adjustments on default which seems quite nice.

Matej Lakota · Jan 27, 2015

David, I also left all on default and I can´t imagine how to drive rF2 without RealHead plugin. If I remember well, it didn˙t work with my first 64 version, so I drove some time 32 bit just because this plugin.

David O'Reilly · Jan 27, 2015

Matej Lakota said:
David, I also left all on default and I can´t imagine how to drive rF2 without RealHead plugin. If I remember well, it didn˙t work with my first 64 version, so I drove some time 32 bit just because this plugin.

ah ha, one of the Zen masters secrets have been unlocked.
This gets me up a level!

Now I must re arm, check my weapons and seek new targets to get to level 3

Frederic Schornstein · Jan 27, 2015

Never tried it. Maybe I should do that after Saturday.

David Mcenteggart · Jan 27, 2015

keep getting an error when i try to download the zip file
415. That’s an error.

The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

RealHeadMotionRFactor2_1.0.3.zip is this the correct file david?

Bez · Jan 27, 2015

I'm also unable to download any of the versions from the site linked in the is I thread, getting the same error, maybe you could share the file @David O'Reilly

Gaëtan Legastelois · Jan 28, 2015

The Real Head Plugin is not just a script that changes the lines in the file Player.json ?
I make this values manually :

"Exaggerate Yaw":0.64,
"Exaggerate Yaw#":"Visually exaggerates the heading angle of the vehicle by rotating the head (which may improve \"feel\")",

"Glance Angle":1,
"Glance Angle#":"Angle to look left\/right (yaw) w\/ controller in radians (= degrees \/ 57)",

"Head Physics":1,
"Head Physics#":"Fraction of head physics movement applied to cockpit view (position AND rotation)",
"Head Rotation":0.5,
"Head Rotation#":"Additional head physics multiplier affecting rotation only",

"Leanahead Angle":0.25,
"Leanahead Angle#":"Angle to lean head (roll) w\/ steering in radians (= degrees \/ 57)",

"Look Roll Angle":1,
"Look Roll Angle#":"Angle to lean head (roll) w\/ controller in radians (= degrees \/ 57)",
"Look Up/Down Angle":1,
"Look Up/Down Angle#":"Angle to look up\/down (pitch) w\/ controller in radians (= degrees \/ 57)",
"Lookahead Angle":0.2,
"Lookahead Angle#":"Angle to lookahead (yaw) w\/ steering in radians (= degrees \/ 57)",

And this is the render :

David O'Reilly · Jan 28, 2015

I downloaded the file from the blue highlighted website on this page.
http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/20746-Real-Head-Motion-for-rf2-rebooted-1-0-3
Ensure you read and follow the intructions on that first page regarding the download.
copied here

"Download
RealHeadMotionRFactor2_1.0.zip to download on my website. File is on bottom, it's a google site, so don't click the file but the down arrow on the right."

I followed the instructions and had no problems.

Bez · Jan 28, 2015

arghhh yeah that arrow works doh! i managed to find a copy on another forum that worked and man was i impressed with the result, brilliant find David!

edit: note to self, slow down and actually read instructions on web pages...

David O'Reilly · Jan 28, 2015

Bez said:
arghhh yeah that arrow works doh! i managed to find a copy on another forum that worked and man was i impressed with the result, brilliant find David!

Cheers Marc,
Glad you managed.
Its on the must have list in RF2 IMO.
Takes the sim up a level.

James Maskell · Jan 28, 2015

Just gave this a go and i must say i was doubting if i would actually like it. I am seriously impressed, it feels almost natural now. At first it was a bit weird with the car being on funny angles but it quickly became normal. I felt like it added another bit of realism in my opinion. Great find and thanks for sharing David.

jimortality · Jan 28, 2015

So when I put it into the plugin folder, do I need to do anything else other than start the game? what about settings, where do I find those?

Matej Lakota · Jan 29, 2015

Jim, just start the game and leave as it is by default

.

jimortality · Jan 29, 2015

Matej Lakota said:
Jim, just start the game and leave as it is by default .

Cheers it works fine.

David O'Reilly · Jan 29, 2015

James Maskell said:
Just gave this a go and i must say i was doubting if i would actually like it. I am seriously impressed, it feels almost natural now. At first it was a bit weird with the car being on funny angles but it quickly became normal. I felt like it added another bit of realism in my opinion. Great find and thanks for sharing David.

Yes same for me James. Its lifted to whole driving experience. I'm sure I ride the Kerbs with more accuracy now.
Nice over the little jumps at the Ring.
The funny thing is when you have a big off and the car bounces around. You get to see parts of the interior you dont normally see- Pedals-floor-roof-pedals-armco-grass-trees.

Jim Brailsford said:
Cheers it works fine.

Hope you like it Jim. Let us know how you get on.
There is an XML file where you can change some settings. But its not simple and the defaults are what its inventor settled on as his personal favourites.

jimortality · Jan 29, 2015

David O'Reilly said:
I dont know how many of you have tried or are using this plugin. Its on the ISI site.

I installed it yesterday.
I ran a race vs AI at Spa in the ASR 1992
The 3 laps race at the Nordschliefe in the MX5 (what I call the spec Miata).
Today I did 35 laps practicing in the FR 3.5 at Magny Cours.

There is a good explanation on the site but in essence rather than locking your view to the car and having the world move around and up and down, it makes it work more like the human eye and brain deal with it.

I like it a lot. Its increased the realism of the view and the immersion.
In the MX5 at Nordschleife for example if the car was getting up on its side a bit your view stays largely (adjustable) fixed on the horizon and you see/feel the side of the car sort of higher than adviseable.
Over dips and compressions your head drops a little (in a crash in the MX5 I think I saw the floor).
Over jumps the car drops away under you a bit.

Anyway I drove it and thought "nice but will I be slower"
After increasing look ahead in Controller settings gradually from 0% to 50% I now sort of look where I would in a car. More to the apex and see where I am steering and the divergence as the chassis catches up. I think its helping me catch slides.
I went quicker in my last race lap than my (admittedly short) practice in the MX5. But that was 1st time too.

So today in the FR 3.5 practice went well and I have been finding pace anyway as I havent driven this track for 15 years. But the realheadmotion plugin cant have hurt as I found another second which was my target for today.

So thought I would share this with you. Happy to hear from anyone who has also tried it.
David
PS I have so far left the adjustments on default which seems quite nice.

The look ahead setting David, is that personal preference or do you think we should be on 50% I like this plug in though, really good.

David O'Reilly · Jan 29, 2015

Jim Brailsford said:
The look ahead setting David, is that personal preference or do you think we should be on 50% I like this plug in though, really good.

Well I just tested it and kept increasing it from 0 where I had it before. So its just personal.
It just moves your viewpoint to apex. You can see it when parked and you turn the wheel.
So when turning in instead of looking dead ahead you get a view to the apex, it helps me aim and also seems to give a view of how much behind your aiming point that the car is currently pointing. I ve also made some saves I think I would have failed to make.
I seem to like 50% but haven't tried higher. This is in controller of course.

There are various settings available in the XML file for the plugin that can change the amount that the view follows the car or follows the horizon and the algorithm it uses. But I'm happy with defaults and dont want to play with it too much. However a team mate has sent me his XML file so Ill whack that in and try it.