I always use the camera view that’s behind the drivers head but offset slightly
Yeah, same here. On proper sim games like PC2 and the like I play full cockpit view, no hud etc, but for this I like the tv feel of the offset t-cam.
As for this year's game, I've only done one full race weekend in career mode so far (full practice, quali, 100% race distance) but so far I'm really enjoying the experience. I'm playing with a pad (wheel just broke) so can't comment on the force feedback and the like, but with that said and even at this stage I deffo feel that it's a much better game than last year. The racing is tense, close stuff, which is exactly what I want from a racing game (chewed gum the whole race to avoid lockjaw, haha).
The only minor downsides so far are that the a.i is pretty psychotic at times and 'claire the reporter', who MUST work for Skysports given her wind-up questions. I touched wheels once the entire race (with Sainz, who cut across my line) and had to defend that in the post-race. Codies really should have put in a Commander Shepard 'punch the reporter in that face' option. Oh, and Anthony Davidson's robotic delivery of every line he has grates a bit. I wish that they'd been able to get Brundle. Overall though, great game so far.