As far as I know, you can't change the angle of the side mirrors. Holding down shift key and using the arrow keys doesn't seem to do anything at all, but it does work for other cars in other rFactor based games. If there is a way to do this in GSC, I would very much like to know how since the side mirrors are not very helpful without an ability to adjust them.
A little unrelated but how do I enable virtual mirrors?
To enable virtual mirrors in cockpit, do this...
Browse to the folder:
Program files... \GSC2013\UserData\Your_Name\
Open the following file with notepad:
Your_Name.PLR
Search for the following line:
Virtual Rearview In Cockpit="0"
And change it to be:
Virtual Rearview In Cockpit="1"
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I normally do not like using the virtual mirrors in cockpit when I drive stock cars, because I just feel like there are too many mirrors everywhere and all of the movement in the mirrors distracts me.
By default, the side mirrors normally look bad because they show they only seem to show the side of my car. The rear view mirror looks better and shows the rear window frames and wing, but there is a way to clean up the normal mirrors.
This setting will remove all of the objects from the side mirrors and rear view mirror, but it will still allow you to see your wing in the rear view mirror.
Self In Cockpit Rearview="1"
But the wing will look slightly disconnected as if it were hovering a few inches above the back of the car, but you can fix it so it doesn't look like it is hovering by stretching the mirror slightly vertically using this setting:
Rearview Height="13.30000"
Now when I drive my stock car my side mirrors do not show the side of my car and my rear view mirror looks nice and clean with no window frames, and shows only my wing - and the wing doesn't appear to be hovering. Pretty cool
. This is the setup I normally prefer to use.
Another alternative would be to remove all objects from the side and rear view mirrors with this setting:
Self In Cockpit Rearview="0"
...but it doesn't look very realistic without the rear wing in my opinion, but it doesn't look bad either.
Oh, I am using 5120x320_MIRROR.bmp in the bottom 2 images. Thank you.
The whole kit and caboodle...
I am also currently using these very awesome driving settings (for pro-drivers only)...
Look Up/Down Angle="0.40000"
Leanahead Angle="1.00000" // TILT HEAD ON ANGLE
Look Roll Angle="0.90000"
Glance Angle="0.90000"
Lookahead Angle="0.35000" // TURN HEAD HORIZONTALLY
Head Physics="1.00000" // HEAD BOB
Head Rotation="1.00000"
Exaggerate Yaw="0.80000"
Seat Adjustment Aft="0.10000"
Seat Adjustment Up="0.00000"
Vertical FOV Angle="57"