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[SneakyStephan]

Watched some of the videos.

I think the sound is a lot more exciting than the graphics (graphics will always keep improving, but no matter how many years pass no racing game ever seems to have good sound)
The part where he kind of idles the throttle and cruises in the first video sounds so convincing that it makes that entire part of the video believable and immersive, much more so than the graphics.

Hard to judge the graphics from these, the image quality of the videos is very low, the lighting looks pleasing as in the gamersyde videos though.

I'm impressed with how the car physics look, the car properly slides into a downhill corner when he locks the wheels and turns in at low speed, you can see the steering snap when the weight shift ends at other parts of the video.
Things you see in a racing sim not in an arcade racer.
I mean it looks as if the game respects how momentum and weight works.

More developers should delay their game if it isn't turning out well enough/ready enough , it seems to have worked for this one.

 

[benzy]

No where near the reveal trailer, right guys?

 

[eyeball_kid]

The lighting model is simply incredible. It makes the world feel like it has actual depth.

 

[TrojanBlade]

Holy !!!! That's incredible. Best lighting in any racer.

 

[Wario64]

From the stormy weather vid. I wish I could upload a longer gif but minus has a 10MB limit.

pomf.se has a 50MB limit, though I wouldn't actually use all 50MB if you're posting a GIF

 

[GribbleGrunger]

http://gfycat.com/HideousDelightfulGlowworm

Wow, that lighting is just ... so damn realistic.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Oh my God. I'm blown away by these videos. I'm speechless.

 

[VanWinkle]

pomf.se has a 50MB limit, though I wouldn't actually use all 50MB if you're posting a GIF

Oh, that's good to know. Thanks for the info. I always get restricted by the limit.

 

[nikos]

Thanks for sharing! My hype levels for this game are over 9,000.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Lighting is ridiculous. The way they got the grimey looking "it's about to rain, but the clouds are still in the distance" lighting is second only to the twilight blue lighting so far. It's so realistic.

And to think about all of this with the weather patch = :O

 

[Blastoise]

Car Porn: The Game

 

[ICPEE]

HOLY FUCK!!

 

[jett]

This game truly will soon be the best looking racer on the market. Maybe the best looking game, period.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Ok, NOW I feel like we're into the next generation of consoles. Everything up to now has been a prelude. Next gen don't start until Driveclub says so.

 

[petethepanda]

Here's hoping the game matches the visuals.

 

[ICPEE]

http://gfycat.com/HideousDelightfulGlowworm

I'm speechless and this boner just wont go away

 

[Bunta]

 

[JNA]

That gif is about as real as you can get. Holy freaking shit!

Not into car simulators but this I will probably get anyway. 0_0

 

[Darryl M R]

Stuck at 99% download with 6.1KB/s. . god help me.

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

On mobile. How can I watch this?

 

[benzy]

Considering Sony PR probably won't release nothing but more 5 second facebook clips until release, I'm glad these beta vids got leaked. It's basically free PR for this game anyway being only a month away and we still barely had any decent footage, and the impressions pretty much cover the concerns the game had. No A.I. rubberbanding, and pretty good AA compared to previous hands-on.

Dat fog enveloping them mountains

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Driving into the storm clouds. Just imagine that in the rain.

OMFG

This is truly next-gen shit. PD finally have some competition in the lighting area.

 

[stryke]

On mobile. How can I watch this?

Some have been uploaded to YouTube. Just time restrict your search to the last 24 hrs.

 

[wapplew]

I know anything on small size gif will look better, but this is too much!
Downloading the video for maximum impact

 

[Blastoise]

Can we choose our driver skin colour?

 

[icecold1983]

Stuck at 99% download with 6.1KB/s. . god help me.

pausing it for 5 seconds than resuming it resets my dl speed

 

[p3tran]

these videos look pretty good. never mind the gifs here. go download wario's file.


some things:

game looks good. I think the beta is more advanced than all that was playable in various expos.
at least this is what I'm getting from seeing videos of everything, no hands on at all for me yet.

now, graphics are good, some of you say blabla remove wire blabla shadows blabla jaggie blabla bla
graphics are good guys. and more importantly i didnt notice any bad habits of framerate, solidity etc. so thats very good.


all that remains for me is to find out how good handling is, and how the game mechanic will handle the abuse of the system (narrow roads with guardrails etc, the collisions between cars and sidetrack etc)

bravo wario for the vids, better job than sony or evo ever did for showing the game.

 

[backbreaker65]

The Stormy vid at the 1:29sec mark the drivers side window crackles, but what I didn't expect was the lower left of the front windshield to sustain some minor damage, only a small portion at the bottom, great attention to detail.

 

[AstroNut325]

Unless the physics have changed dramatically since I played it, it does not lean towards realism. Its firmly in the PGR camp of driving models. Not super arcade, but nowhere near a sim, either.

That confirms to me that this is the new PGR. Just in a different setting.

 

[nib95]

Love this one. Beautiful mountainous vistas!

Love 2:46 onwards and 2:23 onwards of the MUNNAR - Race start 7am video as well. Breathtaking views.

 

[Darryl M R]

pausing it for 5 seconds than resuming it resets my dl speed

That's what I've been doing to get to 99% but once I got there nothing seems to work.

 

[benzy]

Any to think these vids aren't even at the full 1080p the game outputs.

Love this one. Beautiful mountainous vistas!

Love 2:46 onwards and 2:23 onwards of the MUNNAR - Race start 7am video as well. Breathtaking views.

I wish the track was longer so we could drive all the way to them.

 

[Melfice7]

That gif is about as real as you can get. Holy freaking shit!

Not into car simulators but this I will probably get anyway. 0_0

Good thing its not a simulator then right?

 

[Wario64]

The Stormy vid at the 1:29sec mark the drivers side window crackles, but what I didn't expect was the lower left of the front windshield to sustain some minor damage, only a small portion at the bottom, great attention to detail.

 

[RoKKeR]

Game looks wonderful. Hopefully the gameplay stacks up!

 

[shem935]

Snip

Just....wow...

 

[Jeels]

Is it October yet?

 

[cackhyena]

I'm not even into racers much...I think I'll have to have this. That sense of speed is great. Watched some of the YouTube clips and even that is good enough to get me hyped. Goddamn.

 

[jett]

I really like how much control you seem to have during drifting. Cars don't just become a slippery mess. Lately I've been playing Grid 2, which has a bunch of point-to-point races too. It's interesting how much more enjoyable the tracks seem to be in this game, driving is almost relaxing. Grid 2's p2p races are stressful and often frustrating with the way the tracks are laid out. That game also made me realize that Evolution made a good decision in not making them too long here, and of course the game letting you know the difficulty of each curve beforehand with the color-coded banners is greatly appreciated.

 

[mreddie]

Just give me the carlist and I'll be set. I know there's a lot of Euros though.

 

[CheapyD]

Thanks for the videos. Game is looking good, but the Maserati does not sound like a Maserati and that makes me sad. Looking forward to playing it!

 

[Shmuely Bully]

Wow, that lighting is just ... so damn realistic.

I had a popsicle stick in my mouth when I looked at that and just about dropped it.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Has there been any discussion as to the soundtrack?

 

[IKizzLE]

I still can't believe people said this game didn't look all that great when they played.
Even if it looked inconsistent, what racing game looks better?

 

[mohsinkhan]

Was this some closed beta?

 

[ICPEE]

Anyone notice in the race with the black Maserati (5:01 - 5:03) the view inside the cabin, the driver's legs can clearly be seen tapping the gas pedal as his knee moves up and down.

What great attention to detail. Its these little things that make games extra special.

 

[PeregrinSe7en]

I still can't believe people said this game didn't look all that great when they played.
Even if it looked inconsistent, what racing game looks better?

no racing game looks better than this. notice how when actual, true footage of the game is shown, the naysayers are nowhere to be seen. their agenda was quite clear.

 

[Amir0x]

like i said before, i suspect i'll just get absorbed in photo mode and never play the actual game at all when this releases

 

[valkillmore]

Has there been any discussion as to the soundtrack?

Plenty. Bespoke featuring Hybrid and other electronic outfits. Also, from what I gather, the music is turned OFF as a default, meaning the TRUE soundtrack are the cars themselves and the surrounding environments.

like i said before, i suspect i'll just get absorbed in photo mode and never play the actual game at all when this releases

I've got a solution; competitive photo mode. A group of six take photos of the previous race, which are then all displayed. Vote for 1st 2nd and 3rd best pic. That way you are taking photos but still playing!

 

[coolasj19]

Has there been any discussion as to the soundtrack?

HOW FAST DO YOU WANNA GO ??