Setting your FOV to "realistic" distance is a load of bull.

[trtab]

When I first purchased ACC, I had come from the likes of Project Cars 2, where I had my FOV at 90 and "the sense of speed man bro!!". So at first I did the same with ACC and had it set of 90 degrees. And I recall how great it felt.

But then, since ACC was a "serious" sim for "serious" official racers, I started digesting the propaganda about setting a realistic FOV to hit those apexes just right. Gradually I found my settings going lower, from 70, to 60, to eventually 45-55 degrees or thereabouts, and have been driving with that setting for several years.

I even found myself making that adjustment in RF2, AMS2, etc.. setting my FOV way too low.

No more! And today I decided, you know what, let me go back to driving for FUN and forget this "realistic FOV" BS. So I set my FOV to 80 degrees (OH MY HOW DARE YOU!!!), turned on motion blur, and took a few laps around Brand's Hatch and Monza. Immediately took seconds off my laps times, but not only that, it FELT FREAKING AWESOME and FUN, as the pavement and static objects whipped by at speed!

For the record, I drive on a single 27 inch screen, so triple monitor users will feel differently of course and require a lower FOV. But for me, this is the ticket. A larger FOV allows me to know intuitively when to brake, using the sense of speed, it also provides sense of peripheral vision, which you cannot get with a FOV setting too low.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by trtab:

When I first purchased ACC, I had come from the likes of Project Cars 2, where I had my FOV at 90 and "the sense of speed man bro!!". So at first I did the same with ACC and had it set of 90 degrees. And I recall how great it felt.

But then, since ACC was a "serious" sim for "serious" official racers, I started digesting the propaganda about setting a realistic FOV to hit those apexes just right. Gradually I found my settings going lower, from 70, to 60, to eventually 45-55 degrees or thereabouts, and have been driving with that setting for several years.

I even found myself making that adjustment in RF2, AMS2, etc.. setting my FOV way too low.

No more! And today I decided, you know what, let me go back to driving for FUN and forget this "realistic FOV" BS. So I set my FOV to 80 degrees (OH MY HOW DARE YOU!!!), turned on motion blur, and took a few laps around Brand's Hatch and Monza. Immediately took seconds off my laps times, but not only that, it FELT FREAKING AWESOME and FUN, as the pavement and static objects whipped by at speed!

For the record, I drive on a single 27 inch screen, so triple monitor users will feel differently of course and require a lower FOV. But for me, this is the ticket. A larger FOV allows me to know intuitively when to brake, using the sense of speed, it also provides sense of peripheral vision, which you cannot get with a FOV setting too low.

Just out of curiosity and for comparison...

Originally posted by trtab:

No more! And today I decided, you know what, let me go back to driving for FUN and forget this "realistic FOV" BS. So I set my FOV to 80 degrees (OH MY HOW DARE YOU!!!), turned on motion blur, and took a few laps around Brand's Hatch and Monza. Immediately took seconds off my laps times, but not only that, it FELT FREAKING AWESOME and FUN, as the pavement and static objects whipped by at speed!

What were your lap times before and what lap times you did with it?

My question is serious, not a joke, as honestly I could not drive for the life of me when I tested such large angle FOV at rF2 and I wa seconds slower on my best lap with that FOV because os not being able to have good reference of distance for braking, turning or even for placing myself within track boundaries as it was either more in the middle of the track than on the sides or going offtrack with 2 wheels on straaights.

[lewiswood20585]

I also like higher FOV at 60 or 92 depending on the sims FOV type.

I am not faster with correct FOV. But in LMU at LeMans it is hard to see brake markers, I find the speed and peripheral vision is good on higher FOV, but you miss the details.

I do find correcting oversteer difficult in correct FOV. I overcorrect.

[Mattmattmatt]

Higher FOV is definitely allot faster for me too. I always found it was difficult to judge depth on a higher FOV when in heavy traffic too. Which is why i pivoted towards VR/Ultrawide.

A lower FOV might be worth it if your hardware lacks headroom too.

Actually maybe the lower fov is why im currently struggling in VR too. I should test later.

[trtab]

Brands hatch the best I could pull was 1:29, after upping the FOV I got to 1:27 within 20 minutes, my record had been set. It felt like second nature with the higher FOV.

[jellobiafra]

I have never understood these fov calculators.
I'm sitting 2 metres away from a 24 inch screen and should be using something between 15 and 20 fov.
That doesn't work, you can't see into the curves at all.
I use about 70 fov.

[nono782]

Just set it as you like, I prefer large fov and never cared about the sense of speed.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by trtab:

Brands hatch the best I could pull was 1:29, after upping the FOV I got to 1:27 within 20 minutes, my record had been set. It felt like second nature with the higher FOV.

Times are still slow at Brands, still my own experience with such high FOV (and I use a 32 inches TV) is bad.
I sit at some 70cm from the TV (my eyes form the TV) and I use 30°
https://dinex86.github.io/FOV-Calculator/
And it is just a bit lower

Originally posted by jellobiafra:

I have never understood these fov calculators.
I'm sitting 2 metres away from a 24 inch screen and should be using something between 15 and 20 fov.
That doesn't work, you can't see into the curves at all.
I use about 70 fov.

It would be 10° actually, still dont know why sitting 2m away (like, if there is no way to sit closer).
My FOV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4NB4QPJJ-E

How I "can not" drive properly with such high FOV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWm9yyhqmS8
This was my best lap after 18 "completed laps" (not counting the amount of laps I just crashed somewhere or right at the first turns, that was a lot more) and still it was several seconds slower

[goblueteam]

i never really liked the fov stuff either i think it mostly comes down to personal preference.

the lowest i can stand is 48 but even that sometimes feels to zoomed in in some cars if im going from a front engine to a rear engine car currently im at 49 fov i also adjust all the other distance height and all that too.

the way i tell is if im constantly missing the apex or if im constantly turning in to early.

if im turning in to early i need to lower the fov

if im going past the turn i need to raise the fov

for me the biggest thing with running extremes like 30 or 70 or something is that it completely changes how sharp the turn looks low means super sharp turns high means super stretched out long looking turns also the straights seem to go on forever.

this can also really effect following behind other cars as .2 looks like multiple car lengths in a high fov at low fov its like your on there bumper and may feel like your too close even though theres room.

also the elevation changes really get muted with high fov the small little dips and bulges in the surface disappear even how high big elevations seems is much less.

also how much the car looks to bounce around gets very exaggerated the lower you go with fov.

either way idk its just something you kind of get used too and adapt to

for me i feel like for every setup ive done it always gives me like super low fov that does not work for me at all I think the size of monitor has a little more to do with it can you actually see good or not lol
so if your sitting a little farther away and your on a smaller monitor you probably would want to lower the fov a little to see more of the stuff you need to see.

with a bigger monitor well for me a 65 inch 120hz tv i can already see the full track at any fov mostly and zooming in actually makes it so big all sense of speed dies off and you dont feel like your moving anymore this is how it looks when i watch most youtube videos of people using low fov its terrible for me to watch i think thats why i like watching jardier on youtube he using a similar fov to what i like/what works on a bigger screen i think he has a wide screen setup and uses something like 50 fov.

on the other hand sky194 on youtube likes a low fov and has a similar 65 inch setup or used to anyways and he likes a low fov 30s or something i believe and i do like watching his videos he has great qaulity and you really see the elevation changes and dips in the road but idk over bumps and in turns it just seems a bit crazy at times with how much movement is going on and how sharp turns seem and how slow it looks on the straights lol.

anyways a bit of a ramble idk fov is just one of those things try the calculator if you dont like it dont use it and tinker with it till you do find out what you like and can drive well with.

[jellobiafra]

"It would be 10° actually, still dont know why sitting 2m away (like, if there is no way to sit closer)."
Because I`m not sitting, I am lying on the couch. :-)
But it's quite possible that I'll soon invest in a giant 27-inch screen, this will hopefully make me 2 seconds faster. ;-)

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by jellobiafra:

"It would be 10° actually, still dont know why sitting 2m away (like, if there is no way to sit closer)."
Because I`m not sitting, I am lying on the couch. :-)
But it's quite possible that I'll soon invest in a giant 27-inch screen, this will hopefully make me 2 seconds faster. ;-)

That is not the point, also the bigger angle FOV reduce the size of track elements such as braking and turning points (or even track limits).
It wil maake you "more consistent", also I think you would be playing on gamepad, still "something closer to the screen" would absolutelly be possible.
Still you do you, I am saying "what I would do".
From 2m distance on a 24 inch screen and with gamepad it woould only make sense to drive from top/down camera (dont know if you do that or if you drive only with onboard cam) as then you would at least have the proper space awareness of the track and maybe could have consistent braking points to be faster with gamepad sitting at that distance.

[jellobiafra]

I usually use the bonnet view or the one without the steering wheel.
I've been used to this setup for at least 15 years and it's not a problem for me.
Your fov doesn't look that much different to how I play.
It's as if I might have set a fov of 50-60.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by jellobiafra:

I usually use the bonnet view or the one without the steering wheel.
I've been used to this setup for at least 15 years and it's not a problem for me.
Your fov doesn't look that much different to how I play.
It's as if I might have set a fov of 50-60.

Sorry but it dont even come close with onboard
My FOV: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289987832

Your FOV (70°): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289989174

OP FOV (80°): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289989991

I tried driving with your FOV (70°) and out of 10 attempts I could not finish 1 single lap at Brands Hatch without spinning by touching grass on the outside or just going offtrack missing the braking point.

[EF_Neo1st]

And yes, 10 attempts in the spam of a few minutes, because right on the first turns I was screwing up

[nono782]

When you are used to a FOV it takes time to get used to a new one.

[goblueteam]

keep in mind you can adjust your view distance too for me i run 49 but i also have my distance at like +20 or something like that so it sort of puts the camera at a similar spot to the dashcam i also turn off the wheel and hands.

but yea i would say 70 seems high for that setup lol

idk for me the sweet spot is around 48-50

keep in mind im sure if i had been driving on 30 fov the last few years that would not be the case ive always stuck between 45-55 i think i tried 60 for a little while too below 47 i start driving past brake points and missing turns completely i also start losing my sense of distance to cars and corners and also just my judgement of how fast another car is going compared to me seems off too in general i just am not used to it.

i would prefer to drive with the higher fov but the effect it has on elevation changes is massive and just how stretched out everything seems.

i really wish i could drive with the sense of speed of 60 fov and but the world view/elevation changes of 43-45 fov lol

48-50 is kind of the middle ground i suppose.