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Aeghnor
New Scout
3 years ago

Re: Anyone worked out the correct field off view setting?

@ScarDuck14 It all depends on screen size and your eyes distance from the screen (mine is -4 as my eyes are 90cm away from 55 inch screen). FOV calculator should help you with that, if you use cockpit view. Use feeling for any other view. 🙂

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  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @Aeghnor No need., you are obviously an enlightened fellow.,And told me exactly what I was looking for., used to think 42,was the way until I got 55 👍

    Funny enough the reason I posted was because playing with the FOV when I tried -4 it felt right. But Jarno says -7 marcel is -10 and limited man is -13. So knew someone here would know what I was looking for.

    Thanks fella
  • peter75pc's avatar
    peter75pc
    New Adventurer
    3 years ago

    Hi

    can anyone point me to this FOV calculator/tool please?

    cheers, P

  • Aeghnor's avatar
    Aeghnor
    New Scout
    3 years ago
    @ScarDuck14 Problem with those eSports aliens is that they use tv pod view, so any proper FOV calculations go out the window. You might, as well, use feeling for what works. If you use cockpit view then you can use those calculators.
  • Aeghnor's avatar
    Aeghnor
    New Scout
    3 years ago
    @peter75pc It's not complicated. Find out your screen size in inches (should be on a box or manufacturer website) and measure distance from screen to your eyes in your racing position. Input those numbers into calculator and that's it. You need to double the number AFTER period for F1 as they use previous values, and those changed in F1 2020, i think.
  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @Aeghnor I honestly didn’t know pov mattered., it was only because I stumbled on a video on YouTube about it. So tried it out on 2021 and couldn’t believe on some tracks I was lapping 2 seconds faster.
  • Aeghnor's avatar
    Aeghnor
    New Scout
    3 years ago
    @ScarDuck14 It matters a lot. It gives correct perspective and sense of speed. Much easier to hit an apex and brake/turn references. Everything on track is where it should be.
  • Hansenhaus's avatar
    Hansenhaus
    New Veteran
    3 years ago
    @Aeghnor

    I got -.65 for my setup. So double that? to be -1.3 ?

    So my best settings would be somewhere between -1 and -2 for the FOV?
  • BadMayh3m's avatar
    BadMayh3m
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @AeghnorAnd the calculator to covert cm to inches?
    Why distance in cm then tv in inches?

  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @BadMayh3m Because America is only country that still exclusively uses imperial measurements. The rest use the metric. But us British obviously being awesome at everything use both without a thought. Sometimes we will say about a inch other times it’s about 2cm or 20mil.
  • peter75pc's avatar
    peter75pc
    New Adventurer
    3 years ago

    I ended up whit -1 on the calculator. So Not a whole lot of difference. But will give it a go next time I have a change to play.

    cheers, P

  • Hansenhaus's avatar
    Hansenhaus
    New Veteran
    3 years ago

    Just tried a quick test with it at -12. As expected it totally messed up my depth perception of corners and distance. My driving was horrible. I could not see apexes either so I had to increase the look to apex to 10 to compensate. It will take time to get use to it. The weird part is the car feels like it is in slow motion with the FOV at -12.  

  • Aeghnor's avatar
    Aeghnor
    New Scout
    3 years ago
    @Hansenhaus If you got -0.65 then yes. -13 would be correct value. You can always play with horizontal offset a bit.
  • Aeghnor's avatar
    Aeghnor
    New Scout
    3 years ago
    @Hansenhaus It's not slow motion. Correct FOV setting will do that. It's interesting as i don't use look to apex at all. I found it distracting and messing up my perception.
  • ajobling1983's avatar
    ajobling1983
    Rising Ace
    3 years ago
    @Hansenhaus Yes thats why it’s best to use such a negative figure & why the e-sports guys do it. Makes the game feel slower so you can hit your marks better. Turning off motion blur also helps.
  • Aeghnor's avatar
    Aeghnor
    New Scout
    3 years ago
    @ajobling1983 eSports guys use T-cam view so FOV calculations mean nothing in that case. It's just using feeling. Correct FOV matters in cockpit view.

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