Which view do you use?

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by will., 26 May 2008.

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Which view do you use?

  1. Bumper

    21.1%
  2. Bonnet

    7.0%
  3. Windscreen (in car)

    3.5%
  4. Helmet (in car)

    15.8%
  5. Behind near

    22.8%
  6. Behand far

    29.8%
  1. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Ditto, I'll sometimes play arcady games on 1st person if i'm feeling like a challenge, since its quite difficult to see what your rear end is doing, but Trackmania is bloody impossible in 1st person.
     
  2. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    As the general consensus above, 3rd person for GTA et al, bonnet/helmet cam for anything with a touch of realism. :D
     
  3. Jordan Wise

    Jordan Wise Baby called to see the boss...

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    behind near, need to see anyone coming from behind, and the mirror doesn't show enough in car
     
  4. dragontail

    dragontail 5bet Bluffer

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    Behind far. Behind near obstructs too much of the view. Any FP view results in poor side and rear visibility. Plus it's hard to tell how wide the car is, which results in collisions when trying to overtake.
     
  5. Jamie

    Jamie ex-Bit-Tech code junkie

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    In Forza I usually drive with bumper but sometimes when drifting I switch to third person so I see the angles and racing lines.
     
  6. Veles

    Veles DUR HUR

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    It's not a realistic sim either, there are other games that are much more realistic, and in comparison, GT is an arcade game, yeah you do have to break to go round corners instead of handbrake turning round them all, but that doesn't make it a realistic sim.
     
  7. Dave Penguin

    Dave Penguin O hai.

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    It's an interesting one, actually. This is pretty much the exact experiment the Psychology department carried out at uni - depending on the makeup and characteristics of your brain, players would choose between behind car or from the bumper appropriately.

    From what I remember; Logical, more analytical minds use the "Bumper" view. This is due to more acute spacial awareness and visual projection, so they can picture the rest of the car / game environment "behind" them. However, Artisic and creative types use the "Behind" view. This is because they find it far easier to project the image of the car onto a non-concrete concept such as motion and directional velocity.

    Then there are people like me, who choose "Cinematic mode". These people thoroughly enjoy winding up psychology students...
     
  8. superseagull

    superseagull If it aint broke, fix it ;-)

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    i like the thrill of being in the car but cant see nowt so tend to use the near behind view :eeek:
     
  9. yakyb

    yakyb i hate the person above me

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    totally depends on the game but in gt3 i used in car view
     
  10. zelox991

    zelox991 Wanna-Be-Modder

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    ^^^
    LMAO...haha...HAHAHAHA...
    i like behind..don't mind it's near or far....even in NFS MW...i use behind far. xD
     

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