Cockpit and working mirrors

[Fila!]

BugBear, will you implement working mirrors inside the cockpit at some point in the future?

The reason I ask is that using the cockpit view with a wheel feels surprisingly good but the major drawback, and why I can't use it online, is that there's no mirrors and it's essential to know whether someone is trying to take me out going into a turn so I have to use the chase far view.

But if we had those mirrors...

[Kancelas]

This game is awesome, and even though i didn't play much, because of frameratesdrops (my pc barely runs the game, so it's not the game problem), i think every racing game should have mirrors to make the experience much more emersive and fun.

[Karppuuna]

Virtual mirror would be nice to have.

[idisdie]

Agree with this.

[Jori]

Working mirrors are on our to-do list for sure :)

[Purple44]

I use chase camera, so no need of a mirrors for me, but Jori, would it be possible to have an arrow indicator showing where player is when he\she is close behind you?

I like the white arrow that Codemasters used in GRID 2, one of the few things they got right in GRID 2. :P

http://www.lay-zmattress.com/flatout2/purple44/GRID%202/atom2.jpg

Would help in clean racing and roller derby mode. Maybe have it as an option for those that would not want to use it.

[Sam223]

Originally posted by Purple44:

I use chase camera, so no need of a mirrors for me, but Jori, would it be possible to have an arrow indicator showing where player is when he\she is close behind you?

I like the white arrow that Codemasters used in GRID 2, one of the few things they got right in GRID 2. :P

http://www.lay-zmattress.com/flatout2/purple44/GRID%202/atom2.jpg

Would help in clean racing and roller derby mode. Maybe have it as an option for those that would not want to use it.

If you want realistically impossible aids like that. My suggestion is fixed virtual mirror for swingman views aswell,then theres no need for arrows. With a option to disable it as lobby host of course.

[Fila!]

Originally posted by Jori:

Working mirrors are on our to-do list for sure :)

Sweet!

[Jori]

Originally posted by Purple44:

I use chase camera, so no need of a mirrors for me, but Jori, would it be possible to have an arrow indicator showing where player is when he\she is close behind you?

Probably not, as it's not very immersive and more arcade like than not.
As for the mirrors, we figured that the mirror could be on the upper section of the screen regardless of your point of view. That way the benefits of the mirror wouldn't be tied to a single perspective, but be of use at all times, no matter what your preferred view is.

[Purple44]

Thanks for reply Jori. If mirror going be on top of screen in chase view, please have option to turn it off it we don't want to use it.

Or also be able to toggle mirror on and off on the fly, in the middle of a race.

Definitely Bugbear going want us to test mirror and see how the players like it.

[Holtby]

The universal mirror for all views is a good idea. Also would be nice to have in-car mirrors but those would suck anyway with all the roll bars etc.