While driving skill is the most important
thing to get right in F1 2020, how you view
the road ahead also has an effect on your
laptimes. Today, we’re looking at camera
options.
Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well
today. My name is PJ and today we are working
on our camera settings in F1 2020.
I’ll go over my own settings, why they’re
worth trying out, and will also replicate
the real-world camera angles you see on TV.
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but for now, let’s get started.
F1 2020 features multiple camera angles which
players can cycle between to find which one
feels right for the way they play.
In addition to this, three camera angles can
be modified further to improve your view,
the Cockpit, TV-Pod and TV-Pod Offset cameras.
Although the default settings are more than
suitable for the vast majority of players,
some prefer to tailor their experience based
on personal preferences, or to replicate viewing
angles from other games that they enjoy playing.
This allows them to feel more at ease when
playing F1 2020, and potentially become a
faster driver.
Whenever I share a video with my custom settings,
I am often asked what those settings are and
why I chose them, and the reason for this
is that they are near identical to a game
I put a lot of time into, F1 2010.
F1 2010 featured a very high camera angle,
set fairly far back and angled downwards.
This allows for a great view of the corners
ahead, and more importantly, I can see exactly
where my wheels are in relation to the edges
of the track.
To replicate this angle, I grabbed a screenshot
from F1 2010, and overlaid it on top of F1
2020 with my capture software. Both games
feature the Red Bull RB6, which makes it easy
to get an identical view.
After this it was a simple process of tweaking
each setting until my final camera angle matched
that of F1 2010’s.
This is the camera angle I have preferred
to use for every Formula 1 game where possible,
and is one of the first things I set up whenever
I play a new game, so try it out and let me
know what you think.
For the cockpit camera things are much simpler.
I don’t necessarily drive with this view
often, however a high motion view certainly
looks nice when capturing video content, so
here are those settings incase you want to
give them a go too.
One of the reasons the TV-Pod cameras are
so popular in Formula 1 games is because these
are the views we are used to seeing on television
when our favourite drivers are racing for
real.
Some players may want to take this a step
further and customise their cameras to be
as close as possible to the real-world angle.
Using the same method I showed with the Red
Bull RB6, I have attempted to recreate each
team’s real-world camera for you all to
have a play about with.
One thing I must point out however is that
a view optimised for a television broadcast
has very different demands to one optimised
for gameplay, so while these views are authentic,
they may not give you the best playing experience.
On a related note, the majority of real-world
cameras use focal lengths, placements and
angles that are impossible to recreate in
F1 2020, however my settings are rather close.
I’ll leave you now with those settings and
footage from each team, and if you found this
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channel grow. Thanks for watching, and good
luck on-track in your next race.
