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[komplanen]

My mental image tells me that this is on par with FORZA 5 !!

LMAO @ RYAN and IGN.

He's just practicing for his future at MS.

 

[jaosobno]

I kinda feel like Forza 5 looks a bit better too.

 

[ref]

Want to know why people are surprised when they see previewers say Forza 5's visuals have merit compared to other games? Insincere, echo-chamber posts like this designed to mischaracterize the game. That's not to ignore obvious advantages in things like lighting and "scene" in Driveclub, but this is a garbage post.

Having played Forza 5, I can say with certainty those screenshots are indicative of the visual quality of the game... the backgrounds may not be the most flattering, I agree, but the quality of the environments is very much indicative.

To be fair though, they are absolutely better looking backdrops. There are not a lot of uncompressed screenshots here on GAF I could find quickly, I just remembered those from the preview thread/console screenshot thread.

No anti-aliasing
Average textures in game (Photomode uses higher resolution textures)
Lack of AF
Average to poor looking environment detail (trees, etc)

It's not fair to compare DriveClub to Forza really, Forza is 60 fps and had to make sacrifices.

 

[Sciortino]

With each gameplay video I watch, I want it more and more! It looks incredible.

 

[Japanmanx3]

NNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

 

[Jomjom]

(taken from preview thread)

Forza visually isn't really comparable aside from the car models. They had to make tons of sacrifices visually to get 60 fps. Forza looks fine in motion, but once you get still, you can really see how meh it really looks.

Hmmm... yeah that definitely doesn't look comparable visually. I think maybe my memory is bad like Ryan's and maybe it looks better in motion in 60fps.

 

[Kayant]

Cosmetic damage, scratches and dents, broken windows and the like. No full blown damage with cars having doors and tires fly off the car.

Like theses(From old builds btw)

 

[BumRush]

it's already one of the best looking console games ever made, just jesus christ @ the detail

absurd detail. just obscene detail

Agreed, I keep watching it and...that detail...

 

[bombshell]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but does this game feature only exotic and race cars, or will "regular" cars be in it as well?

There are less exotic cars too, like VW Golf and Mini Cooper.

 

[nib95]

That's the only decent one I could find in a very short/quick search on Google.

For the sake of comparison.

 

[Vire]

it's already one of the best looking console games ever made, just jesus christ @ the detail

absurd detail. just obscene detail

I kinda just want Evo to make an open world RPG now, could you imagine environments in a game like Skyrim looking like this?

 

[Muppet of a Man]

jesus goddamn christ

jesus christ @ those visuals

IGN Guy response: Looks about on par with Forza 5. Actually, I'd give the edge to Forza 5 going by memory.

 

[TitusGroan]

Why would you use gifs as a basis for visual comparisons anyway? Don't they compress and artifact the hell out of whatever it is you're trying to look at?

 

[TangibleDream]

Anyone have some Forza 5 gifs or images they can put up next to this? I kinda feel like Forza 5 looks a bit better too. Lighting definitely looks way worse in Forza 5 though.

 

[viveks86]

I'm not saying Driveclub doesn't look fantastic as it does but IMHO Project Cars looks better.

I don't want to start a pissing contest.

Ok. But you seem to have quoted my message related to Antigua. I'm confused.

 

[Amir0x]

Agreed, I keep watching it and...that detail...

I still can't believe Ryan said in his "mental comparison" Forza has the edge. I mean, I prefer playing 60fps racers of course, and it is a mark against the visual presentation of DriveClub, but my god did Evolution ever make up for it every where else in the engine. Essentially every single other aspect of the visual presentation massacres what Forza was doing. It's so far ahead of it it's almost comical to compare. They are doing effects that literally no other racing game has ever attempted.

 

[Raist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3JYGXCmFg

Right. Care to point at the awful aliasing in all the recent footage. The one in the OP for instance?

 

[ref]

Please, those images have been used to death.
Don't turn another Driveclub thread into VS thread.
Let's talk about Driveclub ok? Oh, I forget about the first rule and the second one.

Turn it into a VS thread? I simply responded to a post asking for some screenshots to compare. Those are in-game screenshots from Forza 5, overused or not. I've only seen those screenshots posted twice, first time in the console screenshot thread originally (which was a long time ago) and today in the preview thread.

As I've said though, I don't think it's fair to compare the two, they are completely different styles of racers with different goals.

On another note, I can't stop looking at the .gifs, they look great. I'm going to be purchasing a wheel just for this game. I really haven't been this excited for a racing title ever.

 

[RoadHazard]

Looks great, but really need a HQ version of the video. The YouTube compression destroys all detail.

 

[Loudninja]

Its awesome seeing how much a vast improvement this game is.

The delay did some real good.

 

[SDCowboy]

There are less exotic cars too, like VW Golf and Mini Cooper.

Awesome! Thanks.

 

[Kayant]

Why would you use gifs as a basis for visual comparisons anyway? Don't they compress and artifact the hell out of whatever it is you're trying to look at?

Even so pictures and videos still give the edge to Driveclub by quite a margin.

 

[Zatoichi's Cane]

For the sake of comparison.

there is no comparison.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Is there any information about how different the enviroments within each country might be, will Canada all be tree lined mountains, or Chile dusty desert highways?

 

[Jomjom]

That's the only decent one I could find in a very short/quick search on Google.

Hmmm just noticed something weird about that gif. When the car goes near the red/yellow warning track why does the right rear view mirror reflect it, and not the left one. haha

 

[Blitzhex]

That Pagani would get totalled if it hit a pothole on those Indian roads

 

[Raist]

Why would you use gifs as a basis for visual comparisons anyway? Don't they compress and artifact the hell out of whatever it is you're trying to look at?

Does it matter? Unless this somehow only magically applies to one game but not the other.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

I still can't believe Ryan said in his "mental comparison" Forza has the edge. I mean, I prefer playing 60fps racers of course, and it is a mark against the visual presentation of DriveClub, but my god did Evolution ever make up for it every where else in the engine. Essentially every single other aspect of the visual presentation massacres what Forza was doing. It's so far ahead of it it's almost comical to compare. They are doing effects that literally no other racing game has ever attempted.

You could almost say his memory was clouded, no?

 

[bombshell]

Awesome! Thanks.

Actually, if you (or someone else for that matter) has very sharp eyes, some of them can probably be identified in this short shot of the car selection screen:

http://youtu.be/7sB3B7k7hbY?t=2m30s

 

[Piggus]

For the sake of comparison.

http://i.minus.com/ilX7INB54QSsI.gif[IMG]
[IMG]http://i.minus.com/iblkbt6Sy1Rzpp.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

Holy mother of all fuck.

 

[Loudninja]

Also I heard that the load times are short as well.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

For the sake of comparison.

Gadamn! The scale of the environment is amazing.

 

[GobFather]

For the sake of comparison.

 

[Vol5]

There is absolutely AA in the game. Just because there is some aliasing on powerlines and sharp edges at night in certain lighting doesn't mean the game has no AA. It would be glaringly obvious if it had none at all.

So what...they applied AA to the cars but not the powerlines? AA is either present or not.

 

[AstroNut325]

For the sake of comparison.

Not the fairest comparison. It looks like the Forza 5 GIF is gameplay. The DC GIFs are replays, correct?

 

[bombshell]

Hmmm just noticed something weird about that gif. When the car goes near the red/yellow warning track why does the right rear view mirror reflect it, and not the left one. haha

LOL nicely spotted. Probably just a case of them faking so many things in Forza.

 

[Mung]

The lighting does look worse in Forza, and is pre-baked, not dynamic.

 

[Piggus]

So what...they applied AA to the cars but not the powerlines? AA is either present or not.

You don't know how AA works.

 

[Famassu]

I still can't believe there is no US tracks (yet?). Blasting through the CO Rockies or AZ desert would have been insane.

Sorry, but US is way too over-represented in all entertainment. More exotic & less used locales ftw.

 

[SDCowboy]

Actually, if you (or someone else for that matter) has very sharp eyes, some of them can probably be identified in this short shot of the car selection screen:

http://youtu.be/7sB3B7k7hbY?t=2m30s

Right on. Thanks again.

 

[E-Cat]

For the sake of comparison.

Them be some sexy mountains.

 

[bombshell]

Not the fairest comparison. It looks like the Forza 5 GIF is gameplay. The DC GIFs are replays, correct?

No, they are gameplay.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Not the fairest comparison. It looks like the Forza 5 GIF is gameplay. The DC GIFs are replays, correct?

Haha. Nope. They are gameplay with the hud shut off. That's a good one, though. I like that.

 

[Vire]

Just a friendly reminder of what Drive Club looked like as of E3 last year.

Dem slave hours at Evo.

 

[HTupolev]

So what...they applied AA to the cars but not the powerlines? AA is either present or not.

It's entirely possible for an AA solution to work fine on large, wide objects like cars, but not help much with undersampling on very thin objects.

Actually, that's pretty much the norm for post-process techniques.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Looks great but the sound really seems quite dead, there's not much punch to any of the sounds.

 

[SDCowboy]

Sorry, but US is way too over-represented in all entertainment. More exotic & less used locales ftw.

We can't have both? lol

 

[IAmRandom31]

You know what kind of blows my mind?

These are first generation PS4 games.

Have mercy.

 

[GoofsterStud]

Not the fairest comparison. It looks like the Forza 5 GIF is gameplay. The DC GIFs are replays, correct?

You just proved a point! Well done!

 

[Gestault]

Are we really diving into vs thread territory? I mean that as a real question. I know Opus made some good Forza gifs from a little while back, and since I've been putting out so many for Driveclub, I sort of feel like there should be some balance if we are.