HUD(Cockpit) Brainstorming/ideas

[Your_mom]

Well, after using this HUD for a long time(it was quite usable and fun to look at[will release eventually]), I've decided to try a new HUD. I'd like some ideas of what other people think is (un)necessary in a HUD ie. I like the plain needle gauge for speed and i don't usually look at the accel gauge during games.

Also for no real reason, some ideas for what should be included in future releases. Controllable fonts... I have mixed feelings about this idea. Needle gauge start/end degree control see this page to see what i mean.

[Lucifer]

I think the rubber gauge is totally useless.

Well, I like small bar gauges right near my cycle (smartcam), so I can easily see them without having to look away. But at the end of the day, I don't really use the gauges much, just the map. I'm thinking about revising my own cockpit to eliminate all the gauges and keep only the map.

[Your_mom]

I think the rubber gauge is totally useless.

I find it useful in servers with more then 4 rubber (to varying degrees). That said i also use it to check how much rubber a server has when i join.

... I don't really use the gauges much, just the map.

I find the map quite useful. I don't find myself using it more or less then anything else on a HUD.

On the topic of an In cam cockpit HUD. I like the idea, but i don't see a way to execute it properly. Glancing wouldn't change the appearance and would ruin any illusion, of driving a light cycle that is. I also think it would create more blindspots(negatives) then the hud features(positives) would help. Anyone else have any thoughts?

Also heres a random unfinished hud i threw together.
Textures = blindspots

[ender]

pretty cool!

[Your_mom]

I tried out making an incam cockpit roughly based on luci's post here. This is also unfinished of course

[Misery]

Pretty interesting, Mom. Even if it IS just a prototype.