Howdy folks,
I've seen people asking about changing the field of view beyond what is allowed in game as it can be a bit too restrictive for some. I've seen the files that can be edited in game but I thought I would offer a solution that doesn't require editing any files which may be helpful for those that still play online or just want a simpler alternative.
What I did was downloaded opentrack from https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/releases. It is a headtracking program that actually offers some great solutions for headtracking, such as using an ArUco marker and a webcam to track your head movement (cost me 40 cents total to get headtracking working with an old webcam!), but that isn't what I am here to explain today.
Instead, you can use this program to send a permanent forward or backward head position signal to the game, that will either push you further towards the windshield, or further away.
Once you've installed the program, set input to "joystick control" and output to "freetrack 2.0 enhanced". Now go into options, click on the output tab, look down to "custom center pose" and change the Z axis to either a positive or negative value, which will change your seating position either forward or back. I found the range for GTR2 to be around -20cm to +20cm but you can experiment with this yourself, as it applies immediately without needing to restart the game each time you want to alter it.
Now all you need to do is click ok, then the "start" button for tracking. Here are some shots showing the difference between both ends of the spectrum of the z-axis with no alteration to the in-game field of view. Hopefully this is helpful
I've seen people asking about changing the field of view beyond what is allowed in game as it can be a bit too restrictive for some. I've seen the files that can be edited in game but I thought I would offer a solution that doesn't require editing any files which may be helpful for those that still play online or just want a simpler alternative.
What I did was downloaded opentrack from https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/releases. It is a headtracking program that actually offers some great solutions for headtracking, such as using an ArUco marker and a webcam to track your head movement (cost me 40 cents total to get headtracking working with an old webcam!), but that isn't what I am here to explain today.
Instead, you can use this program to send a permanent forward or backward head position signal to the game, that will either push you further towards the windshield, or further away.
Once you've installed the program, set input to "joystick control" and output to "freetrack 2.0 enhanced". Now go into options, click on the output tab, look down to "custom center pose" and change the Z axis to either a positive or negative value, which will change your seating position either forward or back. I found the range for GTR2 to be around -20cm to +20cm but you can experiment with this yourself, as it applies immediately without needing to restart the game each time you want to alter it.
Now all you need to do is click ok, then the "start" button for tracking. Here are some shots showing the difference between both ends of the spectrum of the z-axis with no alteration to the in-game field of view. Hopefully this is helpful