Cataclysm had a cockpit view mode. It was glorious, the closest you can get to a Freespace experience. A Homeworld/Freespace hibrid is my dream game.
Did you see the clip I linked? Because Enemy Starfighter is almost exactly that. I don't think there's going to be much of a story but everything else screams Homeworld + space sim.
Cockpit view mode was also in the original Homeworld, BTW. Unfortunately, its framerate is limited to ~15 FPS since that's how slowly the ships update their position in the simulation.