When Formula One for 2018, a lot of people saw it as a rushed, unappealing and ugly solution to a safety issue drivers have been for years. But after all of the apprehension and complaining, it sounds like the halo isn’t too terrible from the cockpit.

The is a titanium bar F1 now requires on its race cars, which can apparently . It also makes the cars look like fast, aerodynamic flip flops. F1’s governing body, the FIA, because it felt like the device did the best job of making the car safer, despite reports that most drivers and teams and wanted a different solution.

Early versions of the halo didn’t only look bad from the outside, they seemed like they’d screw up the drivers’ views—after all, most people don’t choose to look at their surroundings through a thick bar. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen said the view with the halo was alright in early testing, and vision from the final product in videos from last month. It also sounds like opinions have mostly gotten more favorable, even if the halo hasn’t gotten prettier.

Even , who , doesn’t think it’s so bad after all. From , which put together a nice summary of drivers’ opinions so far:

“You definitely notice it, you definitely lose some visibility with it. If you had 100 percent visibility [before] you’ve lost a certain percentage. But you just get used to it and as I started driving your mind learns to work around it.

“It doesn’t really affect you in corners. I think if there’s a car in the distance down the straight you can lose a little bit of that visibility of the car but i [sic] think it will become second nature at some stage.”

“I know it’s quite a big thing from the outside — also for myself, when I see the pictures I see the Halo in the middle of the vision. But when while driving for whatever reason you are focused on long distance, you are not that focused on the middle part of the chassis.

“... So far I think the Halo is not a problem for driving.” ...

“It was no different than, say, normal running. I didn’t find any issues last year and now, especially that it has been designed into the car - last year we obviously just put an extra thing in the car that was not designed for it, so it was never going to fit in as nicely as this year. It’s not an issue.”...

“You do kinda forget about it, I did one day Abu Dhabi test so knew already what it would be like. It doesn’t affect me driving to be honest, not visually, not in any other way, so for me it’s pretty transparent to have it on. No issue.”

“We’ve done some testing examples inside the simulator where the Halo is identical on many different circuits and it was no problem on any circuit for the start lights. You can always see them with one eye and that’s enough. ...”

The main complaint with the halo seems to be getting in and out of the car, with Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly telling he ripped his fire suit doing so. ESPN quoted other drivers as saying it’s easier to get in the cars because they can use a step from the outside, but that it takes some acrobatic jumps to get out of the car with a halo—something that won’t be super easy after long and tiring races.

But, overall, the halo doesn’t sound so bad from a racing perspective. It’s not hurting most drivers’ views from the cockpit, and drivers could be hurting a lot less after wrecks because of it. That’s enough to justify putting the halo on the car, whether it’s particularly attractive or not.

Plus, who says halos can’t be stylish or cool looking? for everyone. Just remember to put band-aids on your feet if you wear them to walk around a race track.