I always try for as authentic as i can. So cockpit view with as little info on the screen as i can... Plus virtual mirrors because i cant see my mirrors on single screen. If I could, i wouldnt use the virtual ones

In my opinion mirrors are insufficient for knowing what's around you, so everyone should map look left/right if possible. Also rear view mirror shows car further behind than they really are so I sometimes use look behind. VR would be good, but considering the price, size, current technical specs and beast machine you need to have, it's probably ~2-3 years away for me.

Interesting post...

I use the bonnet cam, virtual mirrors and have D Pad mapped to look left right and behind.. can also look sort of diagonally behind aswell with D Pad, ive also mapped 2 buttons to look left and right on steering wheel which i can use just about anywhere on the track but the D Pad is for on the long straights because it takes my hand away from the flappy paddel gear change, G27 has D Pad on the shifter.. still getting used to this setup since ive had a couple of incidents with Palla and Tech G

i almost went and bought 2 more monitors last weekend.
the more i get into it the more i will spend on STUFF.
I love the races we have on sundays but the only thing thats holding me back from ploughing some more money into it is that i feel quite lonely through the week, kinda boring doing 6000 laps on my own

In car. Single monitor. No plugins. No cheats on screen like cheat map or whatever MFer said. All talent and general good looks.

Cockpit view, around 52 as my FOV on an ultrawide monitor. I can usually see most of my left side mirror and in the BMW I don't use virtual mirrors because the BMW rear view mirror is friggin MASSIVE.

I use crewchief as a spotter but other than that nothing.

Flashing feature sounds good Simon. I use FOV 40. Not sure if it's ideal but it is what I'm use to. I have one 144Hz gaming screen, not sure if it's 24" or 27", probably 24... Would be interested to get widescreen, not really interested of 3 screen setup because all the hassle involved.

It's always an interesting debate with the authentic/realism aspect of sim racing, but what you have to remember is its not real, as there are a number of key elements missing such as, unless you have VR you are not able to easily look left or right, and you have no peripheral vision, you have no seat of the pants feeling, no pit crew or messages being relayed to you about all the key things you need in a race, no one helping you with setup, etc, etc.

Which is why I really, really miss track map, the delta time plugin and the radar plug in which visually show you the location of cars around you.  This aid help make sim racing much safe and in my opinion more realistic as they compensate a little for the information you are not getting.

Having said all that, I have  a dual monitor setup (3800 x 1080) with FOV at around 30 and I drive cockpit view, with my seat move forward so I don't see the steering wheel, as I already have one in front of me.  But I think any view or aid that helps give you more awareness of your surroundings and what the car is actually doing can only be a good thing, imho  .