is there anyway of adjusting the FOV while in a race ?. i have downloaded a classic lotus and the fov is too high for me.
But you keep talking about everything in the scene except the outer edges of it, which is also relevant in our sim world - in other words, the monitor. Move the seat forward and you can see the view change at the edge of the screen. So you can see more or less of the view depending on your seat position, and that is PART of the field of view. It is NOT just about angle of view and focal length, it is ALSO about the AREA. It can be All three ingredients or any one of them. I cannot think of another way to say it, so I can add no more. But still I know that my field of view in my monitor WILL change if I move the seat forward or back (regardless of whether those other two factors are also changed).
It is just round in circles now.
When I move the in-car seat back or forward I can see the view increase (or reduce) outside the car at the edges of my monitor. i.e. the size of my view within the monitor is changing. That is what I mean and as far as I am concerned it IS happening, whatever any of us choose to call it. It may not be the 'photographic' meaning of 'field of view', (and just to be clear, I do not mean the perspective of the objects within the view or perceived distance between objects, I never claimed that) but it IS simply that the viewed area across my monitor gets bigger or smaller, so for instance I can see more of the garage walls. And that is an ingredient of any 'field of view'.
Point Of View vs Field Of View.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GFTgkibl7DU#t=30
When I was working my way down the page the "Father Ted" scene popped in my head as well