Motion Sickness

[Kinjiru]

Does the way the camera, mouse etc handle cause anyone else to feel motion sick? I may have to return this one for that alone... shame, I liked the prior car mechanic sims.

[Doc Savage]

No, you are not the only one. This topic comes up from time to time.

For anyone who may be in this ball park there are a few things you can do...

You can "stop" zooming in and out in the options. It doesn't stop it all, but it helps. You'll still randomly zoom in and out for no reason, and you will still fly all over the place if you accidentally click on anything other than what you're working on. I really wish they would just let me do parts the way you do body work...

You can turn off Bloom and Motion Blur. They help make most of the garage accessible. Be wary of the area around the engine stand and try to set your camera high so you're always level or looking down. Looking up at the wrong angle will hurt. The left side of the engine stand looking at the back wall can hurt. It's way, way too bright.

Be wary of the Red used to note parts that need to come off first, especially wheels/tires. It can be quite painful to get blasted with a screen full of bright red that can flicker on and off if your mouse moves.

Mouse settings can be tough. In order to get the mouse to move through menus and to parts I have to set it sorta fast. Unfortunately that means whenever I have to turn around it whips around quite fast. Dizzy is not an uncommon feeling for me in the garage, I have to be careful to turn around slowly to avoid having lunch a second time.

Remember to hit "APPLY" in any setting menu, nothing is automatic. It may take more than once, and the Zoom will do whatever it wants randomly, so don't be alarmed.

Between this stuff and the lighting I have to limit my play.
If you are more sensitive than I, I am truly sorry... The game may be too much.

As always, YMMV.

Cheers..!

[jjeff1955]

No not at all. I sometime Play for 8 Hours straight if nothing else is going on.
try the Herb Giger Root, it is supposed to calm the motion Sickness Feelings.

[Hans Blitz]

I haven't been motion sick since i was 4, thats gotta be over 35 years ago, so no i don't know what your talking about. The only game that made me feel a little dizzy was DOOM because the head sway and bob is completey annoying in games that combined with motion blurr is enough to make you ralf. This doesn't have any of that crap, if anything they need to add an option to hold the right mouse button to move the camera angle when viewing the car in third person as its static at the moment.

I find the zoom helpful in most cases, sometimes its annoying if i click the wrong area and it takes me to the wrong part but hey its nothing i'd get sick over. It would be more of a pain having to manually zoom in and out constantly as you buzz around the car changing out parts.

If there is a motion blurr in game remove it, sometimes that can cause a sense of disorentation. Bloom will remove some glare and might help you focus better so your not so dizzy when replacing parts.

[MinenSpecht]

I can confirm that. Since I am taking meds that do not allow me to drive my own car (because of motion sickness side effect of the meds) this game makes me feel sick when playing. Other games are fine.

[Kinjiru]

Thanks for the replies, all, I appreciate it.

[Vert Startail]

given how little you've played I'd say take a little bit of time tinkering with settings. if that doesn't help refund it before you go over the 2 hour mark. not much more you can do tbh.