Radar HUD built into AMS2 to replace existing Proximity Indicator

Having used radar apps in Automobilista 1 and and now in AMS2 (with the help of SimHub) I think this is one of the most useful things to greatly improve awareness both in single player and multiplayer mode.

The existing proximity indicator is not very effective but a radar app makes a huge difference.

I wandered what other guys think. Is a radar HUD element something you feel is important?

Maybe if enough people show interest it might catch the devs eye.

Post your thoughts below!

 

+1

 

To be fair a lot of the contacts are caused by the netcode/physics completely exaggerating the contact. For example, the Procar with the flared wheel arches if u touch side by side they seem to interlock launching the car in a bizarre/extreme way.

 

VR and Crew Chief’s spotter is doing the business pretty well for me at the moment but I’d love to see a radar in-game. Online races benefit massively from them....which makes me wonder - is there a way we could make enabling any future radar a requirement for joining a server? No, I’m not a software dev

 

Thanks guys. Yeh lots of options out there but nothing quite as good as an in-built radar that is on by default.

 

I think a bult in radar would be good.

I use only the radar to know what's behind me in ACC for example, I can't stand the mirros in it so I turn them off.

But in AMS2 I'd happily use a radar and mirrors and do just that using SimHub but I think it adds another layer of complexity that's not needed and perhaps affects the stability of the game.

 

As @Marius H said, there are a few working radars for ams2 that work with simhub. I think the pack is called AMS2 overlays or something over at racedepartment. Radars at this point should be a must for public online racing imho

 

Well, to me it should be a must in all racing games.

 

This is true, but SimHub OSD won’t work on triples with NV surround.

 

….or VR? Question mark because I haven’t found anything but that doesn’t mean there isn’t, it’s just another thing I don’t know.

 

@Magnus AFAIK in VR you can pin app windows or is it just browser windows?

 

I need to look again at SimHub. I struggled to put it to use when I did try it and felt it would end up just being more software sitting on my hard drive not being used. If it’s got good VR applications it would be very useful, unfortunately I don’t have the ability to drive on a monitor (just the way my desk, sim stand etc need to be laid out.)

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/a1cd5h/how_do_i_pin_a_window/ I think this might do the trick

 

+1 we need a official radar

 

already PM'd renato a bit before 1.3 covering this topic and giving some suggestions but didnt get a reply

 

It's on their radar, but it's also a matter of priorities.