I'm not sure why this is done but I've seen this in a few games and it imo destroys the immersion. When one zooms out the peripheral first begins to develop a fisheye lens effect. As one continues to zoom out this distortion continues to move to the center and objects take on a unnatural appearance.

This is exactly what occurs in FS-2020. You can see it in some screenshots and videos. While in the sim, in doesn't take much zooming out before aircraft become overly exaggerated, wings/fuselages and distorted terrain. Even while in the cockpit, panning has a hint of the fisheye effect.

I have zero'd everything associated with zoom in the options but can not get rid of that effect. Is there a way to stop this unnecessary distortion?

I've already gone through my monitors and video card but as expected are not the culprits.

Just some thoughts

 

 

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Edited September 9, 20205 yr by Sticks

If you're in drone view you can hover mouse to top left of screen, click on camera and set the focal length and change position of the camera.  You can also bind controllers/keys

I think you can also adjust the position in the default external view but I'm not sure how.

3 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

If you're in drone view you can hover mouse to top left of screen, click on camera and set the focal length and change position of the camera.  You can also bind controllers/keys

I think you can also adjust the position in the default external view but I'm not sure how.

Thank you. The problem with the fisheye effect while zooming out is global. Perhaps there's a *.cfg file I can find to edit.

Fisheye is a consequence of wide FOVs. There really isn't any good way around it.