The roof camera view we can use in the replay mode should be a in game camera angle similar to hood view, I think that adding roof view is a simple addition for the devs to make( i really have no idea how easy or hard it is) but, it would greatly improve the first person experience allowing for a wide FOV. It would also be a good idea to allow us to customize the UI to exactly how we want it, for example being able to move the Tachometer to the center of the screen aswell as having the option for a digital tac
Bump! Most of the competitive gt7 users/streamers use this view.
As a wheel user, the hood view without radar is kinda hard. I never know how close/far i am when im along side someone in corners.
The roof view could solve some of that issue because of a larger fov.
It really feels disadvantage to be in a hood view with wheel contra thirdperson with a controller.
And the view is already in the replay mode.
Cant be that hard to implement this over.
We want roofview!
Or radar …
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Exactly thats what im sayin
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The more I play Automobilista and Project CARS, the more I wish Forza had the roof camera as well. It can be very, very useful 
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I think a new roof cam ie top of windscreen would be a good addition to the view points that’s available to us
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Agreed and voted. Bumping this for more visibility.
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Would absolutely love this as an alternate camera angle, bumping for visibility and in hopes that Turn10 can implement this to FM!
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Plus camera settings like distance and hight.
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The game lacks a camera on the roof of the cars, I took this photo in replay mode, obviously it’s not perfect because the replay camera is shaking a lot, but a camera like this would help a lot of players, not to mention the formula cars look much better
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The thing is, there is a mod out there that already adds rooftop cam. I am not endorsing modding because it is against ToS, but someone has already made it work even though the pictures he shows look more like a drone cam it’s so high. The problem with hood cam is on many MR cars, you don’t even see the front of the car at FoVs like 40, basically being a raised bumper cam. So it’s not really that effective.
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Please please, roof camera gives the immersion of real driving and the immersion of a real racing broadcast (see pictures attached)
It also makes a more forward facing cockpit perspective accessible by being the same view but wider for more peripheral vision
Gran Turismo has had this view for years and many content creators that show their races use this camera, it is the most superior for driving, PLEASE !!!
please please please add this feature !!!
Thank you
Doesn’t anyone else want this ? This is a modern racing game, and this should be an option as it has been in many many games for many years
It gives more immersion by feeling like a race broadcast, it grants accessibility to those who want to race in cockpit view and drive from the driver’s seat position of the car, but have issues seeing beyond the dash by giving greater peripheral vision
It would help many people and be very easy to implement as their aren’t any car modifications that affect the roofs of cars, so just orienting a camera position above the roof is easy win for the devs
Please see pictures attached
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Go vote. Yes Forza needs a roofcam option. There is actually a mod that already does it. Not endorsing breaking ToS, but the work has pretty much been done already.
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1000% even a go pro camera from the back of the car would be sick
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I saw that, but it is only for the PC version of Forza Motorsport and that is less than half of its user base
Those were the 2 results I found, my old thread from a year ago and that one, which inspired me to try posting again
Forza Motorsport is literally in direct competition with Gran Turismo, it is such a no brainer for them to do this simple update for the eyeballs alone and the people who would try the game because that is the view that content creators use in these games (it worked with their new map update)
despite it just basically being a legacy feature from the groundwork of past racing games, that really shows a disconnect from the devs to not include and build off of the past (which is one of the biggest problems with the video game industry in general)
It is such a simple win for them and as Xbox consoles are cheaper than Playstations, so many Gran Turismo players would actually be interested in trying Forza literally just by adding this feature as that is the camera mode most Gran Turismo players play in
it is such a no brainer option, that by not having it, it is just another example of Turn 10’s role in the complacency of modern racing games that has hurt the genre and keeps people from even wanting to try the game by making the jump from Playstation or PC
Agreed
“it [a roof cam option] is such a no brainer, that by not having it, it is just another example of Turn 10’s role in the complacency of modern racing games that has hurt the genre and keeps people from even wanting to try the game by making the jump from Playstation or PC”
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Forza Motorsport is literally in direct competition with Gran Turismo, it is such a no brainer for them to do this simple update for the eyeballs alone and the people who would try the game because that is the view that content creators use in these games (it worked with their new map update)
despite it just basically being a legacy feature from the groundwork of past racing games, that really shows a disconnect from the devs to not include and build off of the past (which is one of the biggest problems with the video game industry in general)
It is such a simple win for them and as Xbox consoles are cheaper than Playstations, so many Gran Turismo players would actually be interested in trying Forza literally just by adding this feature as that is the camera mode most Gran Turismo players play in
it is such a no brainer option, that by not having it, it is just another example of Turn 10’s role in the complacency of modern racing games that has hurt the genre and keeps people from even wanting to try the game by making the jump from Playstation or PC
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Even better will be adding an option to adjust the X, Y, Z positions and pitch. Then even if a roof camera is not specifically added, anyone who wants one can simply adjust the settings to make one themselves (or any other camera angle they want).
Please Turn 10, this is the kind of low hanging fruit, that goes a long way.
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ABSOLUTELY !
This feature would be so easy to implement as a single modder has done it for the PC in no time flat
Turn 10 could get even people to buy an Xbox if others saw their favorite content creators showing off the fact they can race in Forza the same way they race in other games
I didnt get an Xbox for years because there was no roof option, but GT AI is so bad, I had to pull the trigger
It worked when when YouTubers showed off the new track that Turn 10 added, but it would be so much bigger if people knew they could race from the perspective they prefer and should just be a basic option in a modern racing title as it has been in most racing games that came before it
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