VR trackside cam not following cars

Discussion in 'Automobilista 2 - General Discussion' started by Mike1304, Jan 5, 2022.

  1. Mike1304

    Mike1304 Well-Known Member AMS2 Club Member

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    I wanted to open this known problem in a separate thread because I think it got lost in the general VR thread:

    If you pause during a singleplayer race and want to watch replay in VR (trackside cam) the camera is not following the selected car and therefore does not switch automatically to the next track-cam when the car passes by (it doesn’t follow any car at all at the moment :D. Don’t get me wrong, with „following“ I mean switching to next camera and NOT turning the camera which would induce nausea in VR as we can turn our own head in VR to follow the car :D).

    But I can switch cams manually by pressing plus or minus key on numpad. So if I start a replay I normally see the trackcam at the starting grid, no cars to see because they are somewhere else on the track, the view is blurry because the car is not nearby and now I can start searching for my car by pressing the plus key on the keypad several times until I hopefully find my own car on the track…;) Should switch automatically of course or there should be an option where you can decide between automatic or manual.

    Plus: (as mentioned above) Sometimes trackside view is blurry because of a weird depth of field effect, especially when the selected car is not nearby.
    Plus: sometimes trackside view is blocked because cam is directly behind a track mashall
    Plus: often trackside replay is stuttering because of bad framerate, although while driving my PC can handle the graphics. Would be nice if we could reduce gaphics settings for replays only or if they could optimize the replay performance
    Plus: (a bit off-topic ;-)) Would be cool if we could manually steer the camera in showroom. The automatic camera movement makes me dizzy in VR there...

    EDIT: should mention again that I mean the replay function during a race and not the saved replay after a race. Would also be nice if the replay would be longer (from the very beginning, start of the race and not only the last few seconds/minutes/laps... Or if we could set the maximum replay length somewhere...)

    This game is so great in VR so please make it even better by fixing the VR related bugs like the above replays or showroom or HUD placement. Love this sim! :)
     
  2. BartZ

    BartZ Active Member AMS2 Club Member

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    Yea, I found the same thing. After start I just sit there looking at the finish line while cars are somewhere else. My position doesn't change. I guess it's like watching the race in real life but that's not what I want LOL. I would like to see the whole race :)

    It works fine on screen but not in VR.
     
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