But those don't look even remotely close to photorealistic, Ryudo, 2004 or not.
Personally, I think the word "photorealistic" gets thrown around waaaay too much, as if people forget what that actually indicates.
That is not photorealistic, neither is GT4 or Forza, neither is Project Gotham 3, and for my money Gran Turismo 5 won't be anywhere close (and no, those pics we saw from TGS from the only cars finished from GT5 weren't close either). There are so many flaws and aspects that fail to come close to real life, even as a still, that I think it's overused hyperbole at this point. I've only seen a render or two in my entire life that even approached photorealism, and even they had eerily creepy qualities that detracted from it.