I don't think it is a case of the roof cam giving an advantage over reality,
I think the roof cam gives a better approximation of reality (okay, it's a
little high, but it's about right on the lateral field of view). From my
point of view, using the***pit view is a DISadvantage, because you are
cluttering your already tiny viewport into the world with a whole bunch of
pointless eye-candy, for want of a better expression. Try building a cone
out of cardboard which only allows you to see the parts of the monitor which
look outside of your car from the***pit view (kinda like an oddly-shaped
telescope), go sit in your car, and drive around for a bit with your new
'Field-Of-View-Restrictor' taped to your face. Then you might realise that
the only thing realistic about the***pit view is the fact that there is a
steering wheel in front of your face, and I already have one of those...
I think the guys who use the***pit view only do it because of some
unconscious belief of it being more realistic. Which it is not. The roof cam
is fixed to the car, like the bumper cam, but the***pit view is free to
move around, replicating the exact movements which your brain subconsciously
corrects for in real life, but in real life you can lift your head up under
braking (and do this without thinking about it), in the sim you have no
control over your simulated head movements. Spinning on an oval is a joke
from the***pit view, while from the roof cam you can see exactly what the
car is doing, and correct or stop it with minimal risk to others on the
racetrack.
If you guys want to run your *arcade****pit view, then fine, but don't try
to stop us real simmers using our realistic roof cam....
Nick. Forever tongue in cheek. Take this post with a little bit of ;-D, it's
not totally serious. But I thought I'd let you read all of it before I told
ya...
> Youre a roof rider too John? If there is no advantage then why use it?
Ive
> always felt roof riding was advantagous and should never have been
included
> in this SIM. I will not roof-ride just so I can be competitive. Just by
> saying "I can see farther" then you have an advantage. When Im running
> side by side with a roof rider I must be overly cautious while the
> roof-rider can clearly see where I am. This isnt an advantage?
Personally
> I do this to replicate as closely as possible what the RL drivers see and
> feel and last I checked Ive never seen a RL driver roof-ride.... Why does
> RASCAR use fixed setups then? Isnt the point to make it FAIR for
everyone?
> Mitch <==> shocked by the sheer numbers of roof-riders..
> > > "Schooner" said:
> > > > This has been beat to death, there is no advantage of using any
view.
> Use
> > > > the one that makes the driver the most comfortable and safe to run
> near.
> > > > The view does little to impact the drivers performance or give the
> many
> > > > advantage.
> > > That is utterly bullshit - and you know it.
> > I fail to see how have better peripheral vision (knowing when a car
> > is beside you) and being able to seee over a crumple hood is a bad
> > thing. Forcing***pit view is just plain stupid and dangerous to
> > other online drivers. For road racing, I roof-race so that I can see
> > a little farther down the track.
> > If Eldred was forcing***pit on, I wouldn't be racing in RASCAR.
