Thats correct, but the problem is on a monitor, its effectivly squashing what we would have in our peripheral into this square box, creating the ‘fish bowl’ look, which makes things look like they are traveling past you at a quicker rate.

For me a lower FOV around 40-45 looks more realistic in terms of objects/scenery passing by. (like i said, with lower FOV’s its better to use trackIR so you can physically look around to see more)

pleb: “I think, racing simulators are faster than real life (compared onboard videos).”That’s largly an FOV problem, because most people play on a single monitor, they use high field of vision to be able to see more. The higher the FOV, the more the illusion that you’re travelling faster.
In rfactor, if you set your FOV very low (between 35-45) you’ll notice it feels alot slower to drive (imo more representative of real life),a low FOV with TrackIR (to be able to look around) is fantastic.

human eyes have about 60° of fov

ForzaBarca88: You need to simulate real forces + fear factor, thats all. Current physics engines arent that far off.

You need to get a real simulator, something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORjqqNQFBQ
Of course, what we need is something that can simulate rollover.

pleb: “I think, racing simulators are faster than real life (compared onboard videos).”That’s largly an FOV problem, because most people play on a single monitor, they use high field of vision to be able to see more. The higher the FOV, the more the illusion that you’re travelling faster.
In rfactor, if you set your FOV very low (between 35-45) you’ll notice it feels alot slower to drive (imo more representative of real life),a low FOV with TrackIR (to be able to look around) is fantastic.

Thanks, I will try that.

That’s largly an FOV problem, because most people play on a single monitor, they use high field of vision to be able to see more. The higher the FOV, the more the illusion that you’re travelling faster.

In rfactor, if you set your FOV very low (between 35-45) you’ll notice it feels alot slower to drive (imo more representative of real life), a low FOV with TrackIR (to be able to look around) is fantastic.

Sommergemüse: Wheres the video?

if you don’t see video, try to disable Adblock or similar programs. Seems these programs block video ;)

DrumStick: I think, today simulators are far away from real life.

Exactly what I’ve been saying since I started racing for real. We need a true ‘next-gen’ sim, a new, fresh approach to the race sim genre.

Raikku: Shift’s Nurb-version seem to be quite accurate.

Yes, it’s surprising, but in ingame videos Shift looks more realistic feeling than for example Race series. I didn’t try yet, I need a new PC for that, but sound seems realistic and car speed feeling too. I think, racing simulators are faster than real life (compared onboard videos).