Because it was a topic in irc yesterday
default zoom
zoomed out to the max
car
Then just play with character maxed zoom out, it doesn't really matter either way as to me it is only preference. You get no real advantage from being zoomed out more while on foot.
Now on a car while driving this is different, as the further zoom and the more you can see on screen actually helps with de spawning.
This isn't really about what is better. Fact is this game has a fixed width. Changing the aspect ratio to widescreen cuts off the top and bottom. This is the case on foot and in vehicles.
With a widescreen resolution your fov is lower. But if you are used to it, then there isn't a need to change that.
The GTA:SA community has been deteriorating over a long period of time. Many top runners are not currently present on the leaderboard. This issue has not been seriously addressed yet, but an attempt will be made to remedy it now.
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