A Belgian country drive - rFactor 2 WIP video

Thank you, but it's not BS--the mirage is tied into the road shader's reflection elements. It is over the top becuase it's not tied to any controlling elements yet, such as temperature, sun angle, etc--right now it's just turned on full. And yes, at race time they parked just about anywhere there was a place to park... Crazy...

 

That looks SO fake

 

Looks fanastic guys, thank you for sharing your WIP's and having thick skins to put up with some of the BS comments. Top work... can't wait to see it in all it's glory.

If you live in Australia and hit the roads in summer you have no problem understanding the mirage effect LOL

 

OK, you win!

 

Haha!! Too Wright Bro

 

hahaha! It really does!

 

ohh this looks great!!! every time ISI release a video I have an orgasm,
please more videos!

 

I suggest to find a girlfriend

To be on-topic: I would like to see better shaders on objects rather than haze effect. Even if interesting, correct shading are more important for how real will scene look.
But as far as I know we have to wait for release more than just a couple of months, so maybe in final version we will get everything we want.

 

Many effects are either not seen at all in the vid, not working right or not yet finished. Shadows are to be tinkered with yet.

 

I'm pretty impressed by the foliage. Lots of nice looking trees and bushes.
And I like the way the camera shakes from the bumpy surface. Looks promising, please release more!

 

Even with 720p the video quality is bad. When the video is paused it looks weird somehow as if there are blurred silhouttes for all the edges. Are you sure the video was captured at 29,97 fps? There are lots of tutorials on the internet how to get the maximum quality for youtube videos... I do like all the updates on the rf2 development but sometimes the presentation looks quite unprofessional.

 

This is where we disagree. Although your point IS valid, I believe the overall realism of the scene is more important than any one particular element considering that 90% of the time you are racing by things at over 150 mph. So, in my mind, if I have to sacrifice one particular element so that the entire view will look better then I'll do it.

Now, that said, we are still doing a lot of tweaking, so it may be that what you feel may be lacking in an object's shading may be addressed just by that. I
can also tell you that our preliminary tests with HDR look quite stunning--it's hard to believe the difference it makes really...

 

Can you tell us something about the performance with HDR turned on and off? Is there a big difference on the framerates?

 

As with any post effect there is a FPS cost, but so far it seems reasonable...

 

uh, that hurts. Maybe u can discribe it a little more instead of showing pictures.

 

Thx a lot Scott.

 

Thats what i call a teaser

Cant wait to see that!

 

Have you guys worked out the recommended spec's for rf2 yet? I mean a 4890 1gig has to be enough to run it full right? RIGHT! (not ready for upgrade nooooo)

 

Not yet.