Forza 3 cockpit view question

[tony01313]

Why is its so zoomed in? only can see like 25 percent if the rear view mirror or the side mirrors? I saw sine screens of views with the whole Mirror shown and most the side mirrors

[lnin0]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

Agreed, it feels claustrophobic in the demo view. I heard the demo is not from the final build and the in-car view corrected. Guess we will have to wait and see.

[ThaGenecyst]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

Supposedly, the demo is from a 10 month old build or something like that

[Flawless]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

I personally like it how it is. I want to see more of the track, not the headliner and wheel/dash. Not being able to fully see the mirrors doesn't bother me.

But, this is from the E3 stage demo - Audi R8 cockpit view



This is further back than the view in the demo, so there could be 2 cockpit views. I think they should just give us an option to manually adjust the zoom in/out though, that way everybody can tweak it to their desire.

[Flawless]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

It's also probably worth mentioning that I haven't seen that above view since E3 and the cockpit was only 30fps then, so there could be some technical reasons why it was moved up to reach 60fps.

[tony01313]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

I personally like it how it is. I want to see more of the track, not the headliner and wheel/dash. Not being able to fully see the mirrors doesn't bother me.

But, this is from the E3 stage demo - Audi R8 cockpit view



This is further back than the view in the demo, so there could be 2 cockpit views. I think they should just give us an option to manually adjust the zoom in/out though, that way everybody can tweak it to their desire.

That there is a zoomed out a little to much I just want to see who is behind me

[kennytomson]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

no shift animation either for the game, confirmed by a developer on the Forza forums.

[tony01313]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

no shift animation either for the game, confirmed by a developer on the Forza forums.

Yea but that's just a animation doesn't really effect gameplay, when your racing with the wheel it's too hard to touch the buttons to see who's behind you.

[lnin0]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

I personally like it how it is. I want to see more of the track, not the headliner and wheel/dash. Not being able to fully see the mirrors doesn't bother me.

But, this is from the E3 stage demo - Audi R8 cockpit view



This is further back than the view in the demo, so there could be 2 cockpit views. I think they should just give us an option to manually adjust the zoom in/out though, that way everybody can tweak it to their desire.

I like that view much better. I do hope, although there is a guy on the Xbox forums that had Forza 3 in his GT. He claimed to have the game and confirmed that the demo in-car view is the same as the full game.

That view is closer to the view in Shift as you can see in this comparison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmb7rlMqhA

[bigal093]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

the shift in car view looks a lot better graphically and even though its zoomed out more, it looks like i can see the same amount of track as forza

[bkfount]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

the shift in car view looks a lot better graphically and even though its zoomed out more, it looks like i can see the same amount of track as forza

Shift also has far fewer cars to design cockpits for. Forza 3 will have at least 400 cars. NFS: Shift only has 72.

[bigal093]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

Shift also has far fewer cars to design cockpits for. Forza 3 will have at least 400 cars. NFS: Shift only has 72.

that is a very good point, but maybe forza has too much on their hands?? just a thought

[Flawless]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

Does Shift's cockpits reflect weight reductions and roll cages that you install?

Now I don't think Forza 3's cockpit is better, but I think it's pretty damn cool all 400+ cars will visually reflect that stuff, especially the weight reductions.

[Artman22]

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Does Shift's cockpits reflect weight reductions and roll cages that you install?

Now I don't think Forza 3's cockpit is better, but I think it's pretty damn cool all 400+ cars will visually reflect that stuff, especially the weight reductions.

You're right about that

[VDusen04]

Re: Forza 3 cockpit view question

I personally like it how it is. I want to see more of the track, not the headliner and wheel/dash. Not being able to fully see the mirrors doesn't bother me.

But, this is from the E3 stage demo - Audi R8 cockpit view



This is further back than the view in the demo, so there could be 2 cockpit views. I think they should just give us an option to manually adjust the zoom in/out though, that way everybody can tweak it to their desire.

I like this view a whole lot better. I agree with those who said they felt a little clausterphobic. I also read someone bring up a potential framerate issue with this distance so that could indeed be the reason for zooming in, which is unfortunate. A customizable zoom, as you mentioned, would be awesome.