KimonoNoNo
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New DriveClub video shows day/night transition
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drugstore_cowboy
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Just dependant on the direction of the sun and entry of light in to the cockpit. In that particular shot there is no direct light bouncing off from the cockpit so you get that darker loom. Doesn't matter really how bright it is outside but whether light is finding an entry point through the glass in to the interior, usually via direct sunlight.
Good example, I suppose it boils down to the difference between the dynamic range of eyesight and video.
Metalmurphy
Member
That is not an overcast setting, or at least not a substantial one. And even in one it will still be darker, the shadowing just gets alot more smoother. It looks perfectly fine in the DC shot...
nelsonroyale
Member
Personall, I think the rendering in the newest DC video is just nice, there is just more microdetail to the tracks than in Forza. Having said that, the Forza track just look much more interesting on a macro scale, there really need to show some more interesting tracks in DC. I mean, I have been to the north of Chile, to the Atacama area, but I haven't seen the area they show in DC, don't even know it if exists. North of Chile is stunning, but I don't think it is a very interesting environment to look at in an arcade car racer. They probably would have been much better setting it in Chiloe, Region de Lagos, or Torre del Paine, which is absolutely spectacular:
That is not an overcast setting, or at least not a substantial one. And even in one it will still be darker, the shadowing just gets alot more smoother. It looks perfectly fine in the DC shot...
is this real life?
When can I play this game?
SolidSnakex
Member
Whenever GT7 is released.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
That is not an overcast setting, or at least not a substantial one. And even in one it will still be darker, the shadowing just gets alot more smoother. It looks perfectly fine in the DC shot...
Its fine Metalmurphy, photos have the same issue I can see now.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
The one thing here that's strange right off the bat is that FM4 has the environment shadows cast on the car, while FM5 doesn't anymore. They used to have this in the E3 build but the shadows on the car were updated only at 20fps rate. Now they removed them altogether. Maybe they're just in the process of rewriting that so that it works they way it should, and not update only at 1/3rd of base rate, but it wasn't ready for this video.
Should the driving guide from around the road be reflecting on the bonnet? Lack of shadows is weird, too.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
No, it should never be turned on.
velociraptor
Junior Member
I wasn't at all impressed by the latest FM5 video. The lighting, shaders and shadows look so flat. This is where Driveclub really shines. The fact it's using a fully dynamic lighting system with global illumination makes it look much better. I have to admit I wasn't too impressed with Driveclub initially - I gave the nod to Forza 5. But now it looks like the tables have turned. The latest day/night video simply looks beautiful.Interesting direct comparison to DriveClub now possible with more similar looking tracks (both rural/mountainous). Had to use shots from the older and far more jaggy DriveClub build in some of these, but it's the best we have for now. Obviously it's not really fair given one runs at half the frame rate, but it's interesting seeing the graphical differences either way. Has to make you wonder whether Evolution will actually hit that 60fps target or not (I doubt it).
drugstore_cowboy
Member
The track is unfinished.
There's no doubt DC will look better though, running on a more powerful console and at half the frame it fucking well should do.
There's no doubt DC will look better though, running on a more powerful console and at half the frame it fucking well should do.
shadowsdarknes
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I know man, the nerve of people. We've seen DriveClub with one car on screen and barely hitting 30 fps with screen tearing and tons of jaggies but dat lighting and track detail.
Is this just a talking point for any game running at 30 fps? The framerate looked fine in that video.
Be interesting to see if they ever do hit that 60fps target. I highly doubt it but you never know. Personally just can't wait to see how it looks at launch. My guess is it'll look better each time we see it. Evolution usually have a very dramatic end of Dev cycle optimisation and polish stretch.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Absolutely, I follow this thread purely for the technical details, it's nice to see how the games progressing.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Shuyamouf.
Omg. The integration of (Yung) hUMA and now these Turquoise cars in Driveclub. It all makes sense... The PS4 dev team are CLEARLY fans of Flynt Flossy.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I can't fathom the crunch the devs at both T10 and Evolution must be suffering through.
Considering historically racing games have been used as a test of a system's graphical prowess they must be under a lot of pressure.
It's sort of an in-between. Not completely arcade, but not completely sim either. PGR/Horizon esque.
blurredvision
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It "looks" like cars handle similarly? There's no way for you to tell anything about handling until you get your hands on a controller.
drugstore_cowboy
Member
Yeah I don't know if either should have demoed circuits in such early states, I'm pretty sure T10 were reluctant to, it's great for the fans but the inevitable criticism must be awful.
Can't wait to see the finished games, although I won't be playing both.
From what I've seen, most corners can be easily drifted. The cars look heavy in that simcade way, but the game retains arcade-like drifting sensibilities.
mangochutney
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My hype level is fading, need more footage!
I've never heard of post-launch performance gains.
Me neither. I posted about this a couple of days ago on the other driveclub thread. There was an interesting response about ZOE2.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=84085509&highlight=#post84085509
They could mean a day 1 patch.
phosphor112
Banned
Really? Hell, Nintendo updated the Wii U a couple months ago and it improved all games that were out.
Sony (or MS) can upclock their hardware via a patch after launch...its all just 'code', if evo gets a better grip on some technical aspects of the ps4 or their engine, they can push through an update to make the change.
This gen they've mainly been bug fixes, but % of players who are online is increasing rapidly and next gen is the first real online Gen IMO, there are other games which are not shipping the full game on disc and you have to download the final parts of it.
mangochutney
Member
I have.
Vita is quite neat in that they show changelogs and quite a few Vita titles I've played have had patches to improve performance. Ridge Racer key among them.
Ghostbusters PS3.
I hope patch notes are standard on PS4 like on Vita. It's always nice to know what they do.
DirgeExtinction
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I do hope we get at least one more video, showing off races involving more than one car, sometime before release.
Happens in pc all the time with driver update . Same can happen on consoles.
A bunch of games have had them this gen, and they're fairly common on Vita.
Some games had major overhauls, like PS3 Bayonetta and ZOE. Others, like GT5 and GRID had updates that really addressed the tearing that was there in the retail game.
Many of those examples, except ZOE, were really improvements made to performance issues. A 30 FPS to 60 FPS jump would be an unprecedented leap AFAIK. Would love to see that happen, since other console game developers may start following suit. I can only see good things coming out of this.
Isn't that the game that everyone wanted but nobody bought?
Well, they specifically say post-launch. Not launch.
System OS. Not game software.
That's what the PSP did. Even if it was underclocked in the first place.
Beta testing in the future?
Well, that's always happened. But, I meant to say, real, tangible, performance changes. maybe something like a radically increased framerate, an excessively increased polygon count. Stuff like that.
Who's that? Do you have a phonenumber?
Oh yeah! Those are the things I have to rollback and forth on software updates so my games won't crash.
Yes.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I want to play this so badly.
https://twitter.com/BigManFanelli/status/386176188370010112
Is that the new video? I don't remember seeing a trailer with that many cars before?
Is that the new video? I don't remember seeing a trailer with that many cars before?
SolidSnakex
Member
That's from GT6's TGS edit trailer. I'm not sure what that guy is talking about.
Is that definitely DriveClub or GT6? The car on the far left looks like the one from the new GT6 trailer.
SolidSnakex
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velociraptor
Junior Member
That looks like GT6 to me.
edit: Beaten.
edit: Beaten.