Trailing Camera

A trailing chase camera for vehicles — the camera lags behind through turns and then eases back into place, the way the chase cameras in GTA V or Forza Horizon behave.

The stock FS25 vehicle camera is rigidly parented to the chassis: it yaws 1:1 with the vehicle, so it snaps around instantly the moment the vehicle turns. This mod decouples it and springs it back, giving a smooth, weighted follow instead.

Important: the camera reacts to the vehicle’s actual heading through the world, not to the steering-wheel angle. It never swings while you are stationary, and it never leans into a corner merely because you turned the wheel — it trails because you actually changed direction.

Features

• Camera trails the vehicle’s real heading with spring damping

• Lags into turns, eases back to centre on the straights

• Fades in with speed — no swinging while parking or pivoting in place

• Optional automatic 180° flip when reversing

• Works with the outside camera and the cab camera

• Manual mouse-look still works; trailing rides on top of wherever you pan

• Quick toggle keybind (default: numpad .)

Settings

All settings live in the vanilla Settings menu, under Trailing Camera.

SettingWhat it doesEnable Trailing CameraMaster on/offTrail Outside CameraApply trailing to the outside (third-person) cameraSwing AmountHow far the camera drifts out of centre during a turnReturn SmoothnessHow the camera settles back — snappy vs floatySwing LimitHard cap on the maximum drift angleFlip When ReversingRotate the camera 180° when driving in reverse

Compatibility

• PC / Mac only. This is a Lua script mod, so it will not run on consoles.

• Singleplayer and multiplayer (multiplayer supported="true"). Camera behaviour is client-side.

• Stores nothing in your savegame — safe to add or remove at any time.

Localization

The settings UI is translated into all 23 languages Farming Simulator ships with.

Known limitation: the preset values inside the dropdowns (e.g. Normal, Snappy, Floaty) are still hardcoded in English, even though the setting names themselves are fully localized. PRs welcome.