The Racing Games Comparison Thread (GT5 & FM3) *spawn

[ihamoitc2005]

Is good picks my friend but one problem for me is that corvette has a little bit low res shadow for intake and headlight doesnt have good shadow. But otherwise is really nice. Good shots.

 

[E2K]

About the environments, I have yet to see a Forza track match up with the London track from GT5. So in that regard GuestLV is not correct. Also about the damage. Compare the impreza from GT5 demo with everything that has been shown from forza and tell me again that forza3 (at this time) has better damage.

From a technical perspective: the shadow in GT5 (p) has artifacts but, also it's more complex. So if they turn it off, it would look 'better' to some. Others prefer the complex, artifacted shadow.
Also with the AA. I play in full HD. For me 1280*1080 2*AA will be more important than 1280*720 4*AA. But an xbox fan which only has a 720p set will tell you both games are equal in the resolution department. To him, they really are. He will not use it anyway.

Same with cars. Let's say GT5 cars are 11.000.000 polygons with 3.000.000 polygons interior. And forza only 10.000.000, including interior. The forza fan would say: well I never drive with interior view, plus I don't see my car, because I drive with bumper view, and I'm always number one so the car models don't matter to me. The environments are what really matters and Forza IMO really excels there!
So that is why we will never know the game which has the best engine and graphics, because the anti-fans will try to talk it down.

 

[E2K]

I think both PD and Turn10 made big mistakes. Both should make 480P/60 games with extra shaders and textures. I saw Transformers on 480P DVD and Optimus Prime looks like a real robot. He was not 1080P. I don't think resolution makes it more real, only more clear, but in racing games 1) you do not need large draw-distances 2) everything has motion blur anyway so extra detail from resolution is a waste of graphics powers.

Lol, in a way so true!
I remember back in 1999 or 2000, people were telling that quake3 was a lot more realistic when played in 1280*1024. I laughed and told them that, even when played in 50.000.000*40.000.000, a boring dvd would always look a trillion times more realistic.

 

[Pugger]

So that is why we will never know the game which has the best engine and graphics, because the anti-fans will try to talk it down.

Oh the irony.

 

[patsu]

First time I heard of "anti-fans". Does it spin clockwise or anti-clockwise ?

Guys, I don't know what you're comparing because the videos and screens are taken under very different conditions (e.g., different car, time of day, capture technique, game mode, etc.).

 

[AlNom]

At any rate, this thread has been going places with a somewhat decent start to it and good posts here and there, but it's pretty clear that the discussion is going nowhere rather quickly not unlike other forums. This thread is being locked because that's not the sort of discussion we deserve....

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And no it's not the discussion we need either.

The fact that both games

A clean-up may happen for a re-open. But perhaps the thread will see the light of day when FM3 and GT5 are actually released i.e. not grasping at straws for arguments and complaints.