Just my opinion.
M Knorr
I think that's quite a common thing in sims, because of the lack of
peripheral vision. Have a play with the FOV angle and see if it helps.
:0)
I've found sense of speed to be related to FOV (field of view/vision)
as opposed to any issues with the physics engine or simulation. For
example Cart Precision Racing had a somewhat exaggerated sense
of speed due to the "tunnel vision" FOV present in that game. MS
no doubt hoped that would hide the non-existant modelling in the
game. (although a car which turned around it's centre instead of the
tyres would be a pretty nimble machine)
In short - I agree that the "sense of speed" seems less than it does
in real life (and other simulations) but IMHO it's more of a perspective
issue than any major failing the graphics or physics engine. It's possible
this FOV decision was made to allow a proper 3d***pit view with
a decent view of the surroundings.
iksteh
> I've found sense of speed to be related to FOV (field of view/vision)
> as opposed to any issues with the physics engine or simulation. For
> example Cart Precision Racing had a somewhat exaggerated sense
> of speed due to the "tunnel vision" FOV present in that game. MS
> no doubt hoped that would hide the non-existant modelling in the
> game. (although a car which turned around it's centre instead of the
> tyres would be a pretty nimble machine)
> In short - I agree that the "sense of speed" seems less than it does
> in real life (and other simulations) but IMHO it's more of a perspective
> issue than any major failing the graphics or physics engine. It's
possible
> this FOV decision was made to allow a proper 3d***pit view with
> a decent view of the surroundings.
> iksteh
My thinking is that the scale of the road may not be correct. Whilst this is
difficult to check without knowing the length of the track etc I will try to
time a car going past an object at a known speed. Does anyone know the
length of the small car in lfs?
M Knorr
FOV will affect your side view too.
Consider that FOV will affect the total left to right
distance visible on your screen and that this will affect
the rate at which objects travel past.
eg - FOV of say 70 degrees might let you see 50 metres
left to right at a distance from the car of 25 metres. A
higher FOV (say 80) would increase the left-right distance
at the same distance from the car. Therefore a given
object at the same speed would take longer to cross
the screen, giving a lower impression of speed than objects
flashing past.
You may be right regarding scale.
I'd estimate 4 meters for the gti. A ford focus 3 door hatch is
4152mm.
iksteh
Scawen released the track graphics in a custom .smx format so replay
analyser programs can use the data. Find out more at
http://lfs.bhmotorsports.com/RAF.htm
With a bit of thought you can measure anything you like on the track - IMO
it's a completely reasonable scale. The Blackwood GP track is just over 3300
metres in length (measured along track centreline).
