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Nightgloom
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago

Spectator UI improvements

Greetings,

I have been streaming & commentating online league races for several years for several different leagues. 

I would suggest some general improvements (or actually implementing already existing features) for the spectator UI:

1) The ability to move, resize & configure the UI elements in Spectator mode. See the attached screenshot where the Result tower overlaps the telemetry UI element at the bottom. There should be a way to move & configure the spectator UI elements just as there is for the driving cameras. The current spectator UI implementation doesn't really support ultrawide screens either.

2) Improve the general Spectator experience:

    a) Investigate why the animations at times stutter in spectator view. Notice in the provided clip how the Ferrari stutters entering the pit box and also there's strange lag/stutter at pit exit. This does not happen in the driver's PoV, only here in Spectator view: (evidence: https://clips.twitch.tv/NeighborlyBoringSkunkKlappa-zis3-pr1zsqMEOGW)

    b) Reduce / try to find out why there are so many fake lockups (=lockups that  aren't real lockups but from the Spectator PoV they seem like spectacular lockups with lots of smoke). I assume this is somewhat unavoidable or some kind of engine limitation, but it has certainly only got worse in the last few games. 

These things shouldn't be huge development efforts, especially the ability to configure the Spectator UI elements because the base functionality already exists for driving camera modes. 

They would really improve the viewer experience and overall add "free" value to the game and make the many broadcasts of many different leagues vastly better for relatively little effort.

Thank you in advance!

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8 Replies

  • OfficialKuutti's avatar
    OfficialKuutti
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 years ago

    I think every league streamers/commentator and viewers wants this to change!

  • Nisu2222's avatar
    Nisu2222
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 years ago

    Completely agree with this, league racing and the streams would improve greatly with just some improvements to spectator ui.

  • Scoloin's avatar
    Scoloin
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 years ago

    Even tho im a "newbie" commentator, this would help a ton. It always bugs somewhat and it would be great to resize and configure the screen witch would help ALOT. I agree with this. Would help commentators ALOT.

  • Herzzu's avatar
    Herzzu
    2 years ago
    Would be insane to see league streams without UI almost centre of stream
  • Finnitzz's avatar
    Finnitzz
    2 years ago

    I completely agree; these improvements should definitely be implemented in the game. They would significantly enhance the spectator experience and improve the quality of broadcasts.

  • kapaaa29's avatar
    kapaaa29
    2 years ago

    Absolutely agree, as someone who watches very much league racing these changes would be needed ASAP, the spectator UI is honestly quite horrible at the moment

  • SLR_OceanChief's avatar
    SLR_OceanChief
    Rising Newcomer
    2 years ago

    100% agree with the original post. The UI has been pretty much the same for a long time, with only minor changes, some of which actually made the spectator UI worse. For example, as mentioned, the timing board size takes up almost a 3rd of the screen. Having the ability to customise and resize elements of the spectator UI would be a massive improvement.

    Another improvement could be the ability to have more control over what camera views we can use, as some of the current ones are not very good for live race streams, i.e. the camera view that is just behind the drivers head - this view is mostly blocked by the car and the halo and when you commentating on races and the camera switches to this you are most likely not going to see any action.

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