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To get the laughable criticism out of the way; We all see the aids are on, we all see the xbox wheel, and videos can be edited to say whatever they want.

Besides that, I just wish that school was at Birmingham UK, because it looks seriously awesome.

+ no cockpit view…

Jos: + no cockpit view…

Well, this guy has driven a real car, so he knows what you see and, more importantly, look at from the driving seat. Pro tip : It isn’t the steering wheel. Checkout the views on rfactor-pro, you won’t find the asinine so-called “cockpit” view, from the backseat of the car, that’s favoured by some sim racers there either. F1 drivers tend to have a better clue about this too :)

As for the video, as ever, if it’s ever interesting to know what someone (most of us have probably never heard of in the first place) really thinks of a particular game, good and bad, we’re never going to find out in this way. 360 wheel, assists or not.

But, I…never….thought…I’d….see…someone….who……made…..william….shatner….sound….like….a….quick….witted……..fast……talking……..guy.

Hmmm.. If I recall I can see my gadgets and wheel when driving a car.. Hmm.. I guess I need to sit on my hood and drive with my hands behind my back.

BTW, Hurley lives in my home town. I have friends that know him. It would be interesting to get his ‘real’ opinion on this game and not his marketing opinion. Who knows, I may run into him this weekend at the race.

ermax18: Hmmm.. If I recall I can see my gadgets and wheel when driving a car.. Hmm.. I guess I need to sit on my hood and drive with my hands behind my back.

IMO it all depends on your racing cockpit, if there is any. As I am seated behind my G25 and the screen somewhat behind it I always disable the steering wheel in cockpit view – that leaves me with the simulated cars dash.

I assume that in an F1 simulator you’re already placed in a real cockpit with a big screen in front of the whole cockpit so you don’t want another cockpit behind yours..

Unless his mind had been (trained) into the Sim Racing World, he would probably choose the driving view that gave him the most life like. The view of the road that he is used to seeing when really racing. Which isn’t a tiny patch of view just in front of his nose.

Good point bab0oN. But it you don’t run cockpit view then you loose the head physics which is very informative.

Also, IRL you don’t have a clear view of the road. Your view is blocked by the A pillar and the rollcage.

I play these games for fun.
Hopefully you guys do the same.

Real race drivers?
They probably go home (after doing it for real) and play Mario Kart (For fun)

(PS: Mario Kart has the most realistic physics of any shell chckin’ sim in a cartoon world ever) ;-)

oh, comon!

No simboot, and right foot breaking – he clearly knows what he is doing

ermax18: Hmmm.. If I recall I can see my gadgets and wheel when driving a car..

Yes, I can see and feel my gadgets and wheel when playing a game too, it’s made by logitech and in my hands. I tend not to look at it though, and hence would only see it if I didn’t look at the stuff I see out of the windscreen, (or in this case, the stuff that a sim should draw on the screen)

What the steering wheel most of us have, has to do with the mistake sims make by drawing a wheel, in completely the wrong place (unless you have your monitor strapped to your head? so the 2 wheels coincide?) in many sims I’m not sure?

windscreen / screen, the words even give a big clue to the developer that they are related :)

Yes, sadly most sims, because they’ve focussed on pretty cockpits aimed at gamers who look at screenshots of cockpits and ooh and ahh, generally don’t have very good alternatives either. Except for rfactor-pro which is notable for the differences. The clue is there, they didn’t fix that aspect for fun – go and checkout the screenshots on this site and compare them with your favourite sims.

Basically, when you drive a sim from the cockpit view, you’re sat in the back of the car, behind the driver. How far, roughly, is at least the distance between the wheel in your hands, and the wheel the game draws – it could be several feet for some.

I think it is common practice to turn off the duplicate wheel and change the FOV though. Sure the default FOV in a lot of mods puts you way to far back. But it is very easy to change. Also, keep in mind that all the screenshots from rF-Pro have been from open cockpit cars so a clean view would be realistic. But a GT/Touring car has an obstructed view by the dash, a pillars and rollcage. And as I said before, if you kill the dash you kill the head physics. Some think the head physics are just eye candy but really it adds a lot of gforce feedback that is otherwise missing in a sim. Some sims over do the head physics though (Shift).

crosschris: I play these games for fun.
Hopefully you guys do the same.Real race drivers?
They probably go home (after doing it for real) and play Mario Kart (For fun)(PS: Mario Kart has the most realistic physics of any shell chckin’ sim in a cartoon world ever) ;-)

I completely agree with this! also thanks for the LOL!

Blue shells ruin your day in the real world too..

michael:
Basically, when you drive a sim from the cockpit view, you’re sat in the back of the car, behind the driver. How far, roughly, is at least the distance between the wheel in your hands, and the wheel the game draws – it could be several feet for some.

It’s not like that at all.

You are supposed to set your FOV so that you see exactly what you would see sitting in the driver’s seat of the real car. All this talk about “driving from the backseat” only means that you haven’t configured your sim properly or don’t understand what you are actually trying to achieve.