THE PERFECT FOV GUIDE FOR SIM RACING 

Which topic would YOU like to see me cover next? 👀 New update for those using ACC instead of iRacing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pFIIc6CKeL4.html Further note not included in the video: Yes, the iRacing calculator maxes at 179. You can then use the [ and ] keys while in the car to match your correct eye distance if the true FOV should be greater than 179. For example, if my eye distance was 22" in this video, I would use the keys until 22" is shown on the screen and FOV would likely be closer to 190 degrees. A discussion was brought up the other day about ideal eye distance for other size monitors. For TVs you certainly don't want to be 23" away, and for 27" monitors you might even want to try 21-22" distance if you want to get closer to 180* FOV (as long as being that close doesn't cause eye strain). This approach for setting and calculating the correct angle still stands though, you don't want to be looking at the screens from an angle. Do find what works best for you! Also a few people have mentioned camera settings - yes, you can use Ctrl+F12 to open camera settings from the replay screen in iRacing! Select the cockpit camera and you can modify the seat position if you would like to (on any axis) and then "Save car" to have it automatically load each time you get into that car. Helpful if you'd like a different driver height or seat position for each car.

Went with triple screen and djd the setup by myself. Was quite off my normal single screen pace, I was thinking it was because it need some adaptation I found your video and redid my whole cockpit and FOV, shaved off 1 sec from my previous lap time within 5 laps on the track. Perfect guide, thanks a lot man!

The perfect walkthrough doesn’t exi…… . Seriously though thank you so much for this! Straightforward and easy to understand 🙏 . Will be following for more walkthroughs!

Overall excellent video! This is probably the most straightforward, easy to understand video I've seen yet.

Excellent guide! Bookmarking this for later when I have more time to redo my setup.

Really great work, Rob - awesome to have this as a resource to refer back to! I'm planning to switch to triples soon anyways, so this will be a great once I need to set it up 🤝

Wait a minute..Ive been using your Simucube profile for months in the GR86. Definitely my default profile. And after seeing this FOV guide, I can confidently say that you take a lot of pride in your work! Awesome stuff man!

Commenting for the algorithm, excellent video quality brother

best FOV how to I've seen. easy to follow, works a treat and definitely made a difference. Thanks heaps Rob - Subscribing now :)

Rob, nice video. Thanks for putting this together.

Amazing video. Simple and effective. Thank you!!

Finally a video I can follow. Much appreciated.

This is the best FOV video I have come across! I hope you keep working on your channel. Your explanations are great.

Thanks rob, really good video

Great video! Quality work!

Great video Rob. I'll have to check my fov using your guide and see how it compares to what I have now.

Great vid, super helpful!

This is awesome dude. Thank you.

Thank you so much bro! ive been trying to get this write with your video i got everything perfectly set . Now it feels like im sitting in a car . Thanks again

Simplest explanation out there! 👏

This is super legit man, thank you SO much!

Thank you man, I did it and I got very very good result. 😊

Great video thanks

Excellent video! I had to look up 3-4 videos that were much longer and more complicated to set up my triples...good news is that this VALIDATED I had set it up correctly! Although, I race with curved monitors and was using the triple curved box checked...so will test what triple flat looks like as well. TYVM!

always used the 3 curved screen option .. gotta try the flat ones .. didnt know iRacing did not support curved at the moment ..

you forgot one thing, when you exit your car you can press ctrl + f12 to get a camera tool menu up. There you can change much more to your preference, like the driver offset for example and much more. You can then save the settings to the specific car.

You should actually set the drivers seat position in the camera settings then it is saved each time you hop in the car. Every car is going to have a slightly different seating position by default.

i know this video is kinda old... but when you shown the triangle site, i have trouble, because my setups is made by x2 27" monitor and 1 ultrawide 34" what can i do?

Dude rob haven’t talked to you since high school. How the hell are you? Nice to see you’re enjoying sim racing as much as I do

Dang now I have to check "flat" and try this method - thought I was all set lol. I swear sim rigs are never finished.

Video was great. Got my triples set nice now. Only problem I'm having is the side monitors still show the task bar, any ideas?

one thing id add to this is that you should, perhaps, move your "in game seat" forward the way it looks like (to me), is that your physical wheel is where the car wheel should be at, right? the camera sitting in "seat" in iracing is placed to cater to the single screen users, rather than actual realistic eyeball position, so if youd move it forward, and put the wheel where it should stand, physically, it will benefit you further at least thats what im doing when im setting up my fov and camera for cockpit

This is really cool. I know this is probably not practical but if there any meaningful setting that can achieve a bit nore accuracy for something like a single 27 in monitor?

nice one Rob! why isnt the 3 curved screens thingy not working on iRacing?? i got mine set to 3 curved and thought it was fine!

did everything, still didn't work, realized i left the 2 boxes unchecked, now its perfect. thank you

I think you should say FOV guide for iRacing as the title. I know some of this will apply to other sims but its really tailored to iRacing.

What solution it's if your 3 monitors are too down, too close from the extension rod ?

im having trouble with car size, seems my right is further away and cant see my right door mirror, i had it perfect but then something happened and lost all settings.

I'm sure I'll switch from VR to triples when I get the room so this is a great resource. Thanks!

thank you for this. any reason my ctrl + [ ] didnt control the height position?

Hey whats your model of monitor you're using? i'm actually looking for 1440 32 inch monitors to build my sim out with and looking for recommendations. Do you have any issues with the low DPI at that screen size? or would you prefer 4k?

Nice video thanks. Can i check the FOV though. I had seen elsewhere that there is bug in the iracing FOV calculator that shows 179 as a default when it fails to do the actual calculation. Enjoyed the video. Thx

I bought 3 x 45 TVs a year ago and it's no fun to stabilize the view so that it is as it should be, compared to the seat, eye height to triple, etc.. but everyone can find what they want.-)

Any way to do the same on other sims? Eg project cars 2?

I don’t know if you remember me but I was in your twitch chat I don’t know if you remember me but we did a hosted with gtp at road America

can you use 4070ti to run three 32” monitors at 1440?

Thx for video,cant understand why we should to indicate all that stuff in "Documents" what is the point?!

I would still suggest checking with a good fov calculator that takes the angle into consideration. Iracing calc will max at 179. Anytime i see that number i check because its likely a higher fov, it just hit its max.

Thx. You haven't touch anything in camera settings?

What monitor are you using?

So if your eyes at 28inch away you just use the tape measure to get the sides them same? I hope I understand your point buddy

Do I still use this method even if I have triple curved monitors?

Heyy sick video man !!! Best tutorial out there ! I followed it and it gives me a FOV of 164 with 3x flat screen and it gives me a lower fov (142 or 144 cant remember) if i choose triple curved and i enter 1500R… which one is the good one? Since iracing ask for the curve, do i have to use the one with triple curved? 27 1/2’’ eyes distance = 698mm Witdh of monitor : 28’’ = 711.2 mm Bezel width: 5/16 = 7.94mm Curve : 1500r Top left center monitor to top right right monitor: 48 3/4 Top right middle to left of left monitor: 48 1/4 Triangle calculator = 180-121 = 59 degrees

NICE guide. Now im sad becouse i use 1 screen :( and play ACC . Some day i will fix my FOV

Any plans of doing this for ACC?

You forgot to ensure that you must set the mic boom up just far enough away, so that your tongue touches it.

Magnificent. You got one for acc too??? 😅

Do the other sims as well 🤷🏻‍♂️?

Your actually mistaken. When you hit compute it will never go above 179 fov. You must do using FOV calculators by inputting all the information that will then not only tell you the fov to set but more importantly what angle to set your side screens. You do not pick you sode anlges they are calculated using your eye distsnce from centre screen and physical size and quantity of screens then you must set the side screens to the angle the calculator tells you. This is one big mistake everyone i speak to makes when using fov calculators and thats thinking they only give you the calculated correct FOV to set in each game but where FOV calculators shine is giving you the correct angle to set your screens at. If you were to use fov calculators and set your side screens to the angle it tells you then do what you say in this video i promise not only will you experience become much better when driving you will also notice other things like car rotation and the most surprising for me i can now feel individual tire flex no idea how FOV effects that but it does also sound feels one to one no delay if i hit a raised rumble strip it feels so natural hars to explain.

Don't trust the fov calculator in iracing. It maxes out. Use a third party calculator like modern FOV calculator.

FOV is personal preference :)

First things first: Great efford into that video and you have a very positive vibe! That beeing sad, take whats next not as a negative "flame like comment", more of a future suggestion of improvement or .... I dont know. Call it what you like, use it what you like. :D --> You were starting with the premise that this is very easy to setup. Yes'nt. This is not really that easy, because you gotta measure so many things (which is natural) and you have to be fairly precise (which is natural) and if you dont know do that, you wont get that level of emmersion (which is natural). But that, per default, makes it not easy. This is not easy. Im not saying this is "too hard for me", its not, but it still is fairly complicated and you gotta rewatch some parts of your video to not miss something. Furthermore, but about that im not sure: When you calculated your angle on that website and put those numbers into iRacing, wouldnt that also imply to use those angles in real life? Like in "if your monitors should be angled in 55°, you would also need to buildt it like that, dont you? Coz if you yes, you didnt mention of emphasis this, if you DONT have to do that, im a bit irritated why. Bebcause iRacing is basically just asking "how are your monitors angled" (and not vis versa). Last but not least: The curved monitor-mention: First you say "only 3 flat is supported by iracing". Which implies that 3 curved isnt. But then you go on and explain what differs curved from flat. Which of course then means iRacing DOES indeed use it and make a difference between it, it just doesnt benefit for what you are going to do. Which is logical, since you dont have curved. What i btw used (im using triples curved) which helped alot for emmersion is the render scene and smp function. And i think this is the biggest part considering immersion.

The game maxes fov calculation at 179. You probably needed a higher fov. My guess, based on the sizes you shared in the video, somewhere between 202 and 212.

i thought it said THE PERFECT FOV GUIDE FOR SIM RACING.... i dont IRACE so whats the point of me being here ?.

What size screens you got?