A Cyberpunk 2077 player went beyond the normal limits of implication when he used a camera mod and tried out Night City from a first-person angle while riding a motorcycle. The video showed by the user matrixagentfr was like a different vantage point which brings about the vision of actually riding through the thick urban division of the game. The mod highlights the community’s ongoing imagination that has lasted for years, long after the game’s launch. It additionally offers the players another mode of entering its big world.
In a nutshell, who would say “no” to being in Night City? But there is this question if you would take the entire city experience to just controlling a person named V from afar. You… well, actually one player did that, and it may sound pretty wild, but it is the actual situation. The video that went around a lot is one of the user whose name is matrixagentfr, who attached the immersive camera mod to the game and then recognized that the best spot to see the new world was from the motorcycle’s seat. So, I am just saying that the whole thing is a very good experience.
The game recording shows a very low, almost helmet-cam perspective. One can see the handle, the speedometer, and the road underneath the vehicle very fast. It is different from the COVID-like third-person chase that the game generally provides which is very smooth and cinematic. It moves, it is close, it feels unreal? Or maybe it is just the impression that a dystopian city can trigger. Gamers went amok in the replies, one of them being Cpt Cavey who merely declared, “Riding motorcycle in Night City looks insane!🏍” and, indeed, that is very accurate. Another guy, called voided, reduced the overall thing to just two words: “It’s fcking amazing.” The thrill is really hard to contain.
Hold on, not everyone is convinced though. Obviously, the always doubtful person had to come with his opinion. The Samba user, TacoBoss3323, criticized politely when saying “Motorcycles don’t work that way and this looks terrible.” Also, dude. And another user, dabootv, started asking questions: “has he ever ridden a motorcycle? what’s the length of his arms?!? and why’s he staring at his fking tank?” Well, I don’t know… But, come on! It’s a mod in a video game about humans with machine parts. So, cool down a bit? One of the pros of mods is that they can have many different degrees of realism. Sometimes, all you need is that they are just plain cool.
And that is the main point. This is not an update from CDPR by any stretch of the imagination. It is a gamer with a different approach, using tools developed by gamers, to a novel and entertaining way of playing. Ilman Shazhaev’s response could be along the lines of: “Immersive mods like this push gaming limits. Night City breathes.” That is the argument right there. Game was released, it had… some issues, let’s be honest. But players never stopped using the game for their sake. They constantly kept finding ways to make it their own, to enter even deeper into the universe that had been created. The motorcycle ride camera mod is just the most recent case of such devotion.
Think about it, the modding community of Cyberpunk has been behind the most engaging features of gaming. It goes all the way from just making it playable to total reworking, the gamers are pulling out their own perfect version of the experience. This immersive camera stuff has the peak “I want to live in this game” vibe. The user 0xDada_Crypto referred to it as “peak Cyberpunk.” And they are spot on. It satisfies the fantasy of actually being part of the world, not just a visitor.
Of course, there is the opposite side too. Kairo raised a pretty intelligent question: “Using mods like that can really enhance immersion but do you think it might also distract from the core gameplay?” That is a good argument indeed. If you are constantly looking at your virtual gas tank, are you really playing the story? But then again, that is the beauty of the single-player open world; you can play however you want. The “core gameplay” is whatever you decide on a particular day. Sometimes it can mean saving the city, and at other times just enjoying a casual bike ride through the night Japantown.
The community’s reaction is a very precise mirror of the gamers’ universe. Some people only show their enthusiasm (like “Sheeeeeeee! I feel like I need a speed bike now.” – mrKonsole), whereas, others are simply impressed (“Once again, gamers are the smartest people on Earth” – Peter Piper), and then come the critics and the over-thinkers. It is all there.
