Camera GT Controls

This is a short description of the Camera Driving controls.

Camera GT overall package Release Notes are here
Camera GT HUD Release Notes are here

As with all SL vehicles the Camera GT is driven using the keyboard. The main keys used are the four arrow keys, and the PageUp and PageDown keys.

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1. KEYBOARD CONTROLS
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Left and Right arrows steer the car.
Up arrow key accelerates.
Down arrow key decelerates / brakes, or if stopped reverses the car.




PageUp key changes gears up (eg 1st -> 2nd gear)
PageDown key changes gear down (eg. 2nd->1st gear)

M key : 'M' key goes into Mouselook. in mouselook you are viewing the world from your AV's eyes. Use the mouse to look around (turn your head). Currently the way to drive is move your mouse till you look ahead, then use the keyboard as usual to drive the vehicle. Press ESC to exit mouselook. We may enhance mouselook later to steer the car by mouse.


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2. KEYBOARD USAGE
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Driving styles differ, but it seems most SL race drivers use the gears as a type of brake. This frees up some fingers.

For arrow control, they typically (right-handed use) would keep the Up arrow depressed to keep power on (using their middle-finger), and use the index (pointer) finger hovering over the left arrow, and ring finger hovering over the right arrow. They can press either left or right arrow at anytime to make small directional changes while still keeping power on.

The same middle finger can be used to apply brakes by leaving the up arrow and pressing the down arrow.

While this is going on, they need to change gears. Typically they could do that with the left hand stretched over the keyboard - middle finger hovering over the PageUp key, and index (point) finger hovering over the PageDn arrow. As I mentioned they often use gears as a braking mechanism, so sometimes instead of applying brakes, they might change down from 5th to say 3rd gear as they approach a corner. This reduces the vehicle power and slows it down.


Enjoy :))