Camera Angle and Driving Assists - What do you use?

[GfxJG]

Title says everything. I just want to hear what Camera Angle people use, and Driving Assists.

Personally I use the Bumper Cam, except for the cars that easily slide out or go ridiculously fast (Yellowbird and X2010, respectively), I use the Chase Cam for them.

As for Assists, since joining this forum I've gone from default settings (TC 5, ABS 2, some other assists on) to a more respectable TC 3, ABS 1, everything else off. I have learnt to control all cars, except the Yellowbird, which I ditched =P But I'm going to keep going down until I hit what I feel is what most people use, ABS 1, everything else off.

Also, Driving Line. Who uses it? I do, personally I don't regard it as an assist like the other options. But it's funny, NFS and TDU2 I do fine without driving lines, but GT5 I can have a lot of trouble if I don't use it.

Anyways, discuss away.

 

[CAG_Theory]

Hello Senor,
I use hood camera for better track positioning. And perhaps it increases you to easily guide your car throughout a corner. I just might try to get used driving on Cockpit View, I've made it this far without using it, Im going to try to go all the way.

 

[GTP_roadrunner]

I always use hood/cockpit cam. Sometime I feel the hood cam gives me more overview about what´s happening around me, but for realism purposes I love to use the cockpit cam. All assists off, except sometimes ABS.

 

[Stune]

I like bumper cam and using no assists

 

[Big Ron]

I use hodd cam in most cases, because the cockpit camera creates an unrealistic shaking, so you can´t focus on track at higher speeds. But I deactivate every driving aid...at the moment I also try not to use ABS.

 

[Aaron_bufc]

Unrealistic shaking? That's a given when racing in a car at speed.

 

[Afro1]

When I want realism I go for cockpit view and when I race seriously I go for hood view.
Also no aids except from abs on 1.

 

[Big Ron]

Unrealistic shaking? That's a given when racing in a car at speed.

Thats wrong. As always discussed, your eyes can compensate head shaking and still focus on something (only at immensive speeds and very rough surface, you wouldn´t be able to compensate that enormous foreign influence). But your eyes can´t compensate a shaking screen, because it has no relation to your head...it´s an exterior picture like you are watching a Youtube-video of an onboard camera fixed at the rollcage.

What do you think...would a NASCAR driver be able to run clean through an oval full of cars, when his perception would shaking like in GT5?

"Head movement" would be realistic like in many other simulations. But in GT5 along with some head movements, there comes the screen shaking, which is like a flickering picture.

 

[RockTillWeDrop]

hey I'm 14,
I use a wheel (not sure which one but it's a logitech one) with Hood cam and no assists APART FROM abs on one. ;D

 

[GTShadowKing]

I love to use chase camera because I love to see my car while driving it (If there are so many different cars let me contemplate them). Maybe I will change to hood/roof cam as I did in GT4, but for now chase camera all the way:tup:
I also like cockpit cam to have some fun But it's not that easy to drive like in Shift or GTR2.
Regarding assists, I mostly use all off except abs (1) and in some tracks I use driving line on. For race cars like Group C or FGT I use TC (1).
Edit:As for bumper cam, I just hate it. Can't enjoy the game on that. This is my taste...

 

[GfxJG]

When I myself use any other cam except Bumper Cam, the car feels like it's understeering quite severely, which I can't take =P

 

[dabest2500]

I use cockpit cam and ABS 1.

 

[the.true.samiam]

I'll admit it. I use the magic carpet chase cam. TCS=1, ABS=1, SRF on. I'm not very good at this game, and I never have been. But I race clean.

 

[GTShadowKing]

I'll admit it. I use the magic carpet chase cam. TCS=1, ABS=1, SRF on. I'm not very good at this game, and I never have been. But I race clean.

Why do you call it "magic carpet"?

 

[the.true.samiam]

Why do you call it "magic carpet"?

Because it's like a guy with a (rock-steady) camera is following your car on a magic carpet! I saw it referred to in this way somewhere else on these forums (?fora?) and I LOLed.

 

[dani_corvette]

I use cockpit view for premiums and hood/chase cam for standards.
As for aids, I only use ABS at level one, everything else disabled.

 

[GfxJG]

Lol, I'm sorta proud of myself. I've spent the last 45 minutes driving around different tracks in my ZR1 RM and 430 Scuderia. I can now officially say that the only aid I drive with is ABS at 1 =D That, and I get ok times with them xD

 

[XxOnLySBz4mExX]

I use chase cam.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=144524

 

[phil bell]

I always use hood/cockpit cam. Sometime I feel the hood cam gives me more overview about what´s happening around me, but for realism purposes I love to use the cockpit cam. All assists off, except sometimes ABS.

👍

 

[GeneralJesh]

No ABS (on racing cars without it and cars without it), No TCS, No Driving line, No SRF, No
power steering (on racing cars without it and cars without it), manual shifting and bumper cam

 

[GfxJG]

GeneralJesh... Isn't it hard to keep your car on the road like that? Or maybe you're just a natural =P

 

[eight6er]

I use bumper cam for realism and just ABS 1. I use the driving line mostly for braking points I don't really follow it on most corners.

 

[GTShadowKing]

Because it's like a guy with a (rock-steady) camera is following your car on a magic carpet! I saw it referred to in this way somewhere else on these forums (?fora?) and I LOLed.

eheh thanks

 

[Crumpet]

I seem to use them all in every race, I can never make my mind up what to use.

 

[GeneralJesh]

GeneralJesh... Isn't it hard to keep your car on the road like that? Or maybe you're just a natural =P

It's hard but I like it

 

[C-ZETA]

I use any camera depending on what mood I'm in. I use bumper cam when I can't be bothered to switch to anything else, cockpit for slower premiums since it's hard to use for the faster premiums, the hood view for the best view in my opinion and chase when I wanna see things around me and to give an idea of what my car looks like

As for driving aids, I usually use all of them except for active steering. I usually can't keep control of unaided cars (minus the speedways of course ) but some cars are perfect without them on normal tracks, mainly the Castrol Tom's Supra.

 

[GfxJG]

Ok, a bit unrelated question here. Do you have to edit the Driving settings for every single car/race? Or is there some hidden option that edits everything at the same time? =P

 

[glydersid]

I use cockpit cam for premiums, and bumper cam for standards or when its raining. TC set at 1 for standing start races, otherwise its at 0, and ABS set at 1.

 

[ZoidFile]

Cockpit cam for premium cars, roof-cam for standards. No driving aids, only ABS set on 1. I have to use ABS because it's too easy to lock the wheels in GT5 with a controller. I never had to use ABS on prologue.

 

[Ghost Rydor]

I'm a chase cam man, always have been, always will. Love to see the car. I also feel it allows you to drive more safely with others on the track as you can see all around your car.
However, I love to jump in the cockpit and have a look see at the pretty interiors, especially the back seats/ midship mounted motors.
Anyway I was in the seat of my F40, having a nosey around and I noticed the A pillars obscured the wing mirrors!
Now if you want to argue which view is best, much is about personal taste. But not being able to see the wing mirrors is a pretty big inconvenience.
I'm not really impressed with how much you can see from that view. I think, "what do I see when I sit in a car?"
I invariably find that the position is not what I would see.
The seat needs to be adjustable! Be able to move it forward and back. Then at least you could see the mirrors!