Original Title: Sight Zoom Levels / All sight pictures
Author: Aenonar
I noticed that even iron sights zooms in a little bit, so I wanted to find out exactly how much each sight zooms in. On the way I found some pretty interesting data…
How to test this?
Stand at the same spot, aim for the same point. Take one screenshot unzoomed and one zoomed. Enlarge the unzoomed picture until everything is identical to the zoomed pic = zoom level.
I’m using 1920x1080, default FOV at 70.
All zoom levels are written as 100% = identical to regular aiming. So iron sights etc zooms in 44% etc.
Iron Sights/Sidearms:
Iron sights - 144%
Pistol - 144%
.44 Scoped - 298%
RDS/HOLO:
Reflex (RDS) - 144%
KOBRA (RDS) - 144%
Holographic (HOLO) - 183%
PKA-S (HOLO) - 183%
Medium Scopes:
M145 (3.4x) - 297%
PK-A (3.4x) - 297%
ACOG 4x - 346%
PSO-1 (4x) - 346%
Long range Scopes:
Rifle Scope (6x) - 517%
PKS-07 (7x) - 517% (Note: identical to Rifle Scope (6x)!!) Edit: Fixed to 600%
Ballistic 8x - ~680%
Ballistic 12x - ~1040%
Special:
IRNV (IR 1x) - 144%
IRNV (IR 1x) Sniper - 144%
M26 - 144%
M320 - 144%
Explosive Weapons:
SMAW - 144%
RPG - 144%
Stinger - 144%
IGLA - 144%
Javelin - 144%
Gadgets:
SOFLAM - ~114%-300%
MAW - ~100%-195% (can’t aim straight ahead)
EOD Bot - ~81% (really weird view… )
Vehicles:
M1A2 Abrams - 264%
T90 - 264%
LAV-25 - 264%
BTR-90 - 264%
BMP-2 - 264%
LAV-AD - 264%
Tunguska - 264%
Humvee - 264%
Vodnik - 264%
Growler - 267%
VDV - 267%
DPV - 267%
Rhib Boat - 267%
AH-1 Super Cobra - 395%
Mi-28 Havoc - 395%
UH-1Y Venom - 296%
KA-60 - 267% (Same as a buggy!)
Centurion C-RAM - 264%
Pantsir-S1 - 264%
As you can see, almost none of them has the zoom level they’re supposed to have. .44 Magnum Scoped is the closest one, 3x zoom claimed, 298% zoom in game. And an interesting thing is that 3.4x scope only has 297% in game…
90 FOV difference:
You gain about 1-2% extra zoom with 90 FOV, which is next to nothing. But instead you actually lose some FOV on the sides.
So you sacrifice normal target acquisition for slightly more sideways view. And very slight sideways FOV for very slightly better target acquisition when ADS…
Also, the transition from massive FOV down to the narrow ADS FOV might strain the eyes and brain even further, which may or may not give you a disadvantage at bringing up the sights on target fast.
As for vehicle views (Tank, IFV, Chopper gunner etc), increased FOV does absolutely nothing.