Is it possible to pan the camera while moving forward? (CTRL+F11)

[Dangerzone]

I was wondering with the free camera view (CTRL+F11) when moving forward - is it possible to change the direction of the camera without changing the direction of travel? 

An example of this would be having a vehicle travel down a road, and I have my camera coming up from behind as though I'm in an overtaking vehicle. I want my travel to keep going straight down the road, but I want to change the direction the camera is looking to pan the shot as I move past.

So far everything I've tried ends up changing the direction of travel to where I'm looking. 

Not sure if I'm missing something basic - or whether this is not possible.

[Eldur]

Not possible AFAIK, unless you're in VR and looking to the side then. Would be awesome for video creators though...

[Devrim]

I have no chance to test, so I want to ask: While moving forward what happens if you look at the right or the left side via headtracking (not mouse)?

Edited November 6, 2022 by Devrim

[Dangerzone]

7 hours ago, Devrim said:

I have no chance to test, so I want to ask: While moving forward what happens if you look at the right or the left side via headtracking (not mouse)?

 

I'm not sure. I don't use headtracking myself. I'm a VR user (but don't use VR when recording due to the headshake). If it's possible with headtracking I would have hoped it's possible with a keybind or axis as well. The lack of responses here seems to indicate that it's not possible though, otherwise I would have expected a response with a solution by now.

[Ironhand]

You can do it with TrackIR.

To address your example, though, the easiest way to do it  would be to set up an AI vehicle to overtake the “target” vehicle and use it as your view platform.

Edited November 7, 2022 by Ironhand

[Dangerzone]

8 hours ago, Ironhand said:

You can do it with TrackIR.

To address your example, though, the easiest way to do it  would be to set up an AI vehicle to overtake the “target” vehicle and use it as your view platform.

 

Thanks Ironhand. So there's no way to do it without 3rd party peripheral like TrackIR.

Strange that TrackIR would work, but there's no AXIS we can bind. Anyway - at least I know now. Thank you.