I posted at the R8 forums about this.
In the cockpit preview thread...... as much as I find it a improvement, it's ultimately not what we old wipeout racers were wanting, as you could gather now you have viewed the video above and compared it against what R8 gave us..... well I hope you watched the video.

As much as I still find this view issue a frustration, it is a just tiny compared to the much bigger and constant frustration since day one of the decision to have speed blur and nose flare when running over speed pads.

These effects just ruin what could be a great game, you might as well release it at 480i because that's what it looks like when you are constantly running over speed pads....ArggHH! That's what the racers are supposed to do to get the fastest time.

It's a game killer, get rid of it ASAP ....it's not that this hasn't been mentioned before....why it's still in the game is beyond belief ....You guys at R8 do actually TRY and play this game don't you?