Codemasters has revealed a bunch of images from the development process of GRID. The images present different features in the game, through their development tools and it's always interesting to see stuff like this!
Codemasters information: 01: Basic 3D Stage. Terrain blocked in, track defined and play tested.
02: Background details fleshed out - mountains and hills from the region composited in.
03: Painting stage. Mountains painted up, and a sky painted in. Some basic specular hi-lights and shadows painted in.
04: Cars and lighting added. Shot lighting FX are defined, in game cars are added onto the track. All features represented (bloom, motion blur, volumetrics etc) will feature in game.
Posted by KiNiK Why doesn't it look like that in the gameplay and replay videos posted earlier ?
Probably because they didn't show this level, and games can improve over time? It didn't look far off from what we've seen, this could simply be taken through the replay mode.
I knoda feel that the sunlight or light in general in this game tends to wash out the textures/colors. They went over the top with their visual effects. If you don't know what I mean then take a look at the mountain pic.
I liked the progress shot of the mountain track, but I think it's important to note that it does not add up to a ingame shot. It is all concept. Still, looks nice though.
edit: ok, didn't really read up on the codemasters info, before writing my comment... well. There you have it.. Times two. ;)
It would be nice if the atmosphere in the game would look as the 2nd picture in the 6th shot, i really don't know why they have to destroy this beautiful look with overused bloom, blur and the brown atmosphere.
holy crap, everyone needs to make sure they scroll down on that image of the mountains.... all i can say is DAYMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by WinterSnowblind At least the mountains are 3D? ;)
scroll down ... they really shud have put something on that image to say that lol i know 3 people that thought that first image was their "new mountains" ... its not the last image is and WOW
Posted by cchance scroll down ... they really shud have put something on that image to say that lol i know 3 people that thought that first image was their "new mountains" ... its not the last image is and WOW
Yeah, I'm aware, I was just responding to one of the previous messages with a cheap attack against GT5. Sorry.
Posted by Viginti_Tres I knoda feel that the sunlight or light in general in this game tends to wash out the textures/colors. They went over the top with their visual effects. If you don't know what I mean then take a look at the mountain pic.
Yeah that's also what i dislike, they are overusing effects which makes the game look worse then better.
The 2nd mountain pic looks very clean and crisp, 3th is also nice, but it's already a bit more washed out and brown and the last is even worse :-(
Eh... anyone else notice that horrendous looking statue? It DEFINITELY didn't look that shitty last time... The textures look pretty terrible, and in my opinion their wasting valuable resources on things like crowds, when it really just isn't needed. Your supposed to be going fast, not examining the crowd. And that shitty mountain picure might be to show what happens to LoD during DoF. Or it just looks shitty. And did no one look at the tree's in that picture? they look all unnatural and terrible. And I see brush strokes on that last image. Its a bit too good looking, though it could be a cinematic thing.
Yes, very impressive. I like so much what I see, I hope to say the same about the gameplay when the game´s on sale. Seems to be a great racing game, waiting for it!
They really have a bloom issue, the 3rd pic looks way better than the 4th, IMO.
Dirt had the same issue with bloom, I had the feeling there was a nuclear explosion in progress nearby while driving.
KORNdog
i was the opposite, i was drawn into altiers stoy, but repulsed by ezio's, and by the end of AC2 you realise how pointless ezio's story really is. (2 minutes ago)
blmbox
They've also done a much better job of the narrative this time round. The dialogue is far more interesting than in AC1, sometimes even rather funny. In the first game, all I wanted to do was skip. (5 minutes ago)
KORNdog
textures are fine, when they're there. that's what i was getting at. i dont think i've seen pop-in/ fade-in quite as bad or short distence as assassins creed 2. (6 minutes ago)
blmbox
@KORNdog: I've only seen minimal pop-in? Certainly nothing to detract from its beauty. And the textures are perfectly fine. Like I said, it's an absolutely gorgeous looking game. (8 minutes ago)
KORNdog
it's worse on ground level, whole streets of people can just appear in front of you. and the less said about the textures the better. once you got to the roofs it wasnt so bad tho (14 minutes ago)
IRAIPT0IR
I get pop in in some instances but nothing that take away the experience and I thought it was a nice start for the game although the real stuff comes later,awesome game tho (16 minutes ago)
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EDIT: My fault, not to scroll down ... :D ... Looks amazing as well!!!
I still hope the car- and gameplayphysic are still between PGR and Forza and the rollovers from the first trailer are still alive!!!
Why doesn't it look like that in the gameplay and replay videos posted earlier ?
While the Jamara video was okay, the Yokohama video was rather disappointing for me.
edit: ok, didn't really read up on the codemasters info, before writing my comment... well. There you have it.. Times two. ;)
At least the mountains are 3D? ;)
scroll down ... they really shud have put something on that image to say that lol i know 3 people that thought that first image was their "new mountains" ... its not the last image is and WOW
I knoda feel that the sunlight or light in general in this game tends to wash out the textures/colors. They went over the top with their visual effects. If you don't know what I mean then take a look at the mountain pic.
The 2nd mountain pic looks very clean and crisp, 3th is also nice, but it's already a bit more washed out and brown and the last is even worse :-(
Very impressive looking.
Dirt had the same issue with bloom, I had the feeling there was a nuclear explosion in progress nearby while driving.