Proposal: Evaluate "centering" of HUD elements on ultrawide displays.

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(Apologies if this has been discussed before. I did a search and did not see it brought up. I've also seen relatively little discussion of this online.)

Ultrawide support grading currently handles rendering and FOV aspect ratio correction (HOR+/–).

However, the grading currently does not tackle if the UI and HUD elements are reactive to wider aspect ratios.

Some games compensate, moving them towards the center so that the player's eye does not need to travel far for relevant info, typically akin to where they'd be placed on a 16:9 screen. I'll call this UI Centering for now. Could be called Constrained UI, etc.

Games with UI Centering

Games that constrain the UI to a narrower aspect ratio include the following:

• Destiny 2
  
  
   
• Horizon: Forbidden West
  
   
• Hi-Fi Rush
  
   
• Star Wars: Outlaws
  (Interestingly, it will float the HUD as if it were on a 21:9 screen instead of 16:9. This could be a good or bad thing depending on the user's preferences. Perhaps a toggleable option would be preferable?)
  
   
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  

Games without UI Centering

In other games, UI and HUD elements are pinned to the left and right corners, forcing the player's eye to travel far away from the central action to ascertain critical info, or forcing lots of mouse movement in mouse-heavy games. They also often do not have a means of configuring the HUD to be less spread out. These include:

• Frostpunk II
  
   
• Disney Speedstorm
  
   
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  
   
• Infinity Nikki
  
   
• Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered
  
   
• Stardew Valley
  
   
• Fields of Mistria
  
   
• Outer Wilds
  

More games without UI Centering that I didn't get screenshots for:

• Fortnite
• Star Wars Battlefront II
• Citizen Sleeper / 2
• Baldur's Gate 3