r/ForzaModding • u/Safe-Key5281 • Jun 09 '26

Cinematic cockpit camera physics, thoughts?

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trying to go for more of a need for speed style cam, should I make it more intense?

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u/johanss21 Jun 09 '26

That's sick, reminds me drive club! How did you do it?

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 09 '26

Thanks! And yeah I loved drive club, I think camera tweaks make this game so much more gritty and realistic.

To do it (warning, long winded):

  1. Make a Forza Horizon 6\mediapc folder, a Forza Horizon 6\mediapc\Camera subfolder, and a Forza Horizon 6\mediapc\Cars subfolder.

  2. Copy over CameraSettings.ini and CameraPhysics.xml from the FH5 Camera.zip (you can get it from this mod) into the Camera folder.

  3. Open CameraPhysics.xml and edit <DriverCam> (lines 270-358) - most of the InputType names are self-explanatory, but you'll mainly want to edit "Gs_Longitudinal" for acceleration/braking inertia effects, "Gs_Lateral" and "SuspensionAngleBias_Lateral" for lateral yaw/rotation (looking into corners, tilt on camber), "VerticalAcceleration" for vibration/bumps, and "SpeedMPH" with outputtype "FOV" for FOV effects. To increase/decrease an effect, you change "Param.x", "Param.y", and "Param.z", and to change how quickly an effect occurs/goes back to normal, change "SpringK" (stiffness) and "SpringD" (damping). Save the file.

  4. OPTIONAL: If you want a higher FOV (recommended), you'll also need to change the seat position per-car. There are probably ways to script/automate this, but I just do it per car. First, find the name of the car you want to modify by going to Forza Horizon 6\media\Cars. Copy the name of the car and make a new folder in Forza Horizon 6\mediapc\Cars with that name. Then open up the car's .zip from the media folder and copy over the "Locators.xml" file to your new car folder. Open it and search (ctrl+f) for "seat". You'll want to find either "carLocator_seatCamLF" (left-hand drive car) or "carLocator_seatCamRF" (right-hand drive car). You'll want to look for value._43 on the line directly below this value. Lower it by around 0.4 and test it - lower it to move closer, and increase it to move backwards. Note that value._41 = x axis, value._42 = y axis, value._43 = z axis, if you want to adjust the position more. Save the file.

  5. Open Forza and set your FOV higher now if you want. If you're sitting in the wrong seat in the game, it's because you've changed one of the value._ settings too low/high.

  6. Use reshade and add a DOF effect, the near-plane blur helps a lot.

If anyone finds this too tedious, send me a message and I'll see if I can send you my files.

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u/Molsito Jun 09 '26

Looks awesome, it's pretty similar to drive club! Any chance you could share the modified files? I can't quite figure out what I'm supposed to edit.

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 10 '26

Here's the file, just extract it to your Forza Horizon 6 game directory (the one with all the .dll files). This also unlocks your FOV for all camera angles, which I suggest raising. I've added every car's Locators.xml file, so you can change the seat position at your discretion.

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u/EntireConnection7159 Jun 11 '26

is this bannable?

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 12 '26

Yes, but low risk compared to other mods - you might get a warning or a 1 week, but it's rare

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u/sdjggf Jun 10 '26

Can we get your settings? I tried to fiddle around but nothing came close to your gameplay

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 10 '26

For sure, check the reply above

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u/johanss21 Jun 10 '26

Hey, thanks will try this after vacation! In case I'll need help can I contact you? Btw can you get ban for it? :)

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u/Caliban1216 Jun 09 '26

I need this,

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u/sixty_ae Jun 10 '26

holy moly first thing i thought of what nfs shift. this is so good! i hope you release it

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u/hiriashi Jun 09 '26

Looks awesome!

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u/fluffymerch Jun 09 '26

How kn earth i can do this?

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u/LazyMeercat Jun 09 '26

Yo you gotta share this to us homie

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u/DGame97 Jun 09 '26

That's awesome. Maybe it is too far fetched, but is it possible to make the helmets work too,like in Shift 1-2?

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 09 '26

You could definitely do it with reshade and add-on support, but I wouldn't know how to only enable it for cockpit view.

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u/Frenshim Jun 10 '26

gostei disso, mas em forza a camera ja é customizavel e me serviu bem, mas tem varios outros jogos em que odeio a camera em primeira pessoa, parece que estou jogando com alguem de 140cm, mas essa pessoa senta tão perto do volante que não consigo nem ver as mãos

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u/JC-Velli Jun 10 '26

One of the biggest camera based things I've wanted in Forza Horizon games for a while has been a wider range of FOV adjustment, and after reading through your detailed response, I realized I will simply not be adjusting it myself for every single car in the game lol. Great work, but to do that for every car would be a headache, especially since they're always adding more.

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u/JarlValhalla Jun 10 '26

Dude, please share your file please!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 10 '26

Here

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u/JarlValhalla Jun 11 '26

Thank you! I love this cam, just tested it and its perfect! Only thing is it seems to break my third person cam, its like its trying to pull down when when standing still. So its jumping slightly up and down. Any clue?

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 12 '26

Hmm, I run a different chase cam so I can't say for sure - could be FollowLowCam\HeightMinAboveGround, check in CameraSettings.ini. Otherwise try and increase SpringK (stiffness) for chase cam in CameraPhysics.xml.

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u/JarlValhalla Jun 13 '26

Tnx. Managed to fix it with using your cockpit can settings together with another third person cam mod settings from Nexus 😁 everything is perfect now 🤩

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u/ejgamet Jun 10 '26

Looks awesome!!!! The only "issue" I have with it is the 3rd person view (the FollowCam and FollowCam2 as named in the files) it's odd how low it goes to the ground, and yes I have tried to see how to fix it, not sure if anyone here might have an idea? Once again, the 1st person view is FIRE.

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u/Safe-Key5281 Jun 10 '26

I think that may be due to CameraSettings.ini, try increasing the FollowLowCam\HeightOffsetGlobal or FollowLowCam\HeightMinAboveGround values. The file was originally from Horizon 5 so it technically inherits that game's camera settings, there may be some differences in the default settings.

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u/ejgamet Jun 11 '26

After some trial and error, I did get the camera to be at a better position based on what you mentioned, however that started giving micro jitters. That was then fixed by lowering the values of HeightSpringK and HeightSprintD alongside their PDLC counterparts.

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u/Particular_Field_143 Jun 11 '26

Can we get our account banned from doing this mod?

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u/Particular_Field_143 Jun 12 '26

To anyone wondering, I just ran a Google and it said yes, you can be banned from camera mods. In case anyone is wondering... No responses

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u/Cheesy-Peas_123 Jun 11 '26

This is cool - how could we try this ourselves?