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[PleaseDontBanMe]

Driveclub is great for a 6 year old arcadish base PS4 title, but I'm more of an Assetto Corsa fan :

dude this looks amazing

i think i have this game but never actually booted it up

if this is really a game and not a film then you're right, this has surpassed driveclub

*Deletes Horizon 4 and downloads Assetto*

 

[Futaleufu]

The driving is more difficult in the rain and snow

Yeah, Monaco GP in the late 70s did that too.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Clearly the best looking racer ever

 

[Turk1993]

I'm not sure but I remember that the photo mode in Driveclub was doing additional work to make it look better, supersampling being one of these, you could see the game looking a lot cleaner after one or two seconds without moving the camera in the photo mode, so it was a bit like rendering a more complex image, resulting in a pre rendered result, instead of a real time one, so that's why I think many of these screenshots look so good.

Its doing more than that, better reflections, draw distance, more foliage, higher quality foliage, better anisotropic filter, better shadows, higher lods and super sampling.
Open them full screen on different tabs and switch between them you can clearly see it
gameplay

photomode

gameplay

photomode

 

[Larxia]

Its doing more than that, better reflections, draw distance, more foliage, higher quality foliage, better anisotropic filter, better shadows, higher lods and super sampling.
Open them full screen on different tabs and switch between them you can clearly see it
gameplay

photomode

gameplay

photomode

Yes definitely, I was just not sure about the other things in detail but I really remembered the image quality in particular.
It's basically a medium vs ultra thing if it was on PC, so the photo mode screenshots, while being pretty, aren't really fair because they don't actually reflect the quality of the actual gameplay. Though I think it could definitely be patched to be running like this on a ps5 if they still supported the game.

 

[01011001]

Some people consider Cuphead the best looking game of all time. I won't call them trolls/fanboys. Looks are subjective. Why do you label people trolls/fanboys for stating their opinion on a subjective matter.

it's not about saying which one looks better, it's the whole theme of the thread and his replies which paint a picture of obvious trolling (I hope it's trolling or he is worse than the CoD/Madden dudebro crowd imo)

 

[Turk1993]

Yes definitely, I was just not sure about the other things in detail but I really remembered the image quality in particular.
It's basically a medium vs ultra thing if it was on PC, so the photo mode screenshots, while being pretty, aren't really fair because they don't actually reflect the quality of the game itself. Though I think it could definitely be patched to be running like this on a ps5 if they still supported the game.

Yeah man definitely, would look sick. I like the game and still play it, i would actually pay for a remaster or update if they patch it on PS5 with 4K60 with all the effect turned 11.

 

[01011001]

Its doing more than that, better reflections, draw distance, more foliage, higher quality foliage, better anisotropic filter, better shadows, higher lods and super sampling.
Open them full screen on different tabs and switch between them you can clearly see it
gameplay

photomode

gameplay

photomode

I haven't seen this game in a long time... but photo mode or not, these look awful... the game looks certainly way better in motion that's for sure lol. I think the 30fps + motion blur hides a lot

 

[FukuDaruma]

dude this looks amazing

i think i have this game but never actually booted it up

if this is really a game and not a film then you're right, this has surpassed driveclub

*Deletes Horizon 4 and downloads Assetto*

It is real Assetto Corsa PC gameplay with mods (CSP Custom Shaders Patch) and a good Reshade config on top.

links to all the stuff:

My settings Custom shades patch: https://acstuff.ru/s/lAGUjY
My settings video: https://acstuff.ru/s/8e9fmA
Sol: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sol.24914/
Csp Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/x4fab/posts
Screenshot: https://sharemods.com/4m4ghtr6376u/screenshot.rar.html
https://reshade.me/

 

[FukuDaruma]

More Assetto Corsa. With the Shutoko Expressway mod, which is an insanely large japanese highway mod. This game with mods is just fucking bonkers. PC gaming with mods just sweeps.

 

[buenoblue]

If only we could get a 4k 60 ps5 patch for driveclub.

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

It is real Assetto Corsa PC gameplay with mods (CSP Custom Shaders Patch) and a good Reshade config on top.

links to all the stuff:

My settings Custom shades patch: https://acstuff.ru/s/lAGUjY
My settings video: https://acstuff.ru/s/8e9fmA
Sol: https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/sol.24914/
Csp Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/x4fab/posts
Screenshot: https://sharemods.com/4m4ghtr6376u/screenshot.rar.html
https://reshade.me/

damn babe, u the boss applesauce

 

[DynamiteCop!]

Driveclub looks like straight ass, rose tinted glasses running amok in here.

 

[DavidGzz]

That Asseto Corsa looks insane, but the interior of the car kind of ruins it.

 

[01011001]

Driveclub looks like straight ass, rose tinted glasses running amok in here.

I haven't played it in a long time but I also had the impression it looked pretty great... but looking at some of the screenshots posted here... like... damn... as soon as you turn of rain it really looks rough.

also, what kind of AA does this use? this looks like it has checkerboarding artifacts in some places

 

[MightySquirrel]

Breathtaking

What PS2 game is this ?

 

[MightySquirrel]

I swear, everyone puts these super snazzy screenshots up yet when I play it on my Pro it looks dog shit?

What the fuck?

This. Got it because of dumb fannies and game looks like old hag ass most of the time.

 

[01011001]

Breathtaking

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST... we reached GT5 levels of tree rendering here
is this real? my god

also there is no fucking texture filtering on here is there? this looks like bilinear filtering of an old PC game

 

[Dave_at_Home]

Come on OP...one is a traditional single track racing game and the other is open world. This is a silly comparison.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Driveclub is great for a 6 year old arcadish base PS4 title, but I'm more of an Assetto Corsa fan :

Bro this is the pinnacle of graphics

1. Assetto Corsa
2. Driveclub

 

[MightySquirrel]

Driveclub looks like straight ass, rose tinted glasses running amok in here.

Yep. DC looks about on par with FH 2 .

 

[Guilty_AI]

jeez, never understood this hype towards driveclub's graphics, game looks like ass if not under specific conditions.

If you just want to console war why not use GT Sport, game looks dozens of times better

 

[FukuDaruma]

That Asseto Corsa looks insane, but the interior of the car kind of ruins it.

Some cars are more realistic than others, and it is always better to use a wheel and turn off the game's virtual wheel and driver hands and play from the helmet camera:




Game has tracks with different seasons too:

 

[DynamiteCop!]

I haven't played it in a long time but I also had the impression it looked pretty great... but looking at some of the screenshots posted here... like... damn... as soon as you turn of rain it really looks rough.

also, what kind of AA does this use? this looks like it has checkerboarding artifacts in some places

Just take it this way, the game is a product of its time, and that time has passed.

 

[01011001]

jeez, never understood this hype towards driveclub's graphics, game looks like ass if not under specific conditions.

If you just want to console war why not use GT Sport, game looks dozens of times better

ok but plz don't ever use replay or photo mode to prove a point about graphics looking good... these mode always turn up the settings (which is why replay runs in 30fps on base PS4 btw.)

Just take it this way, the game is a product of its time, and that time has passed.

I guess so

 

[Hobbygaming]

For those who doubt how good Driveclub looks

 

[01011001]

For those who doubt how good Driveclub looks

the weather effects look good, everything else looks like ass.
photo mode with its higher settings at least negates the god awful anti aliasing that is used during gameplay and it makes grass not look like ass, but still... nah

 

[Insane Metal]

Too bad DC is very very very limited in all aspects. I loved it back in the day but come on... you can't change anything in the cars except for the color. You can't knock down road limit blocks and go outside the road.

 

[intbal]

Guys! GUYS!

I Just played The Dukes of Hazzard on an original Xbox and it totally looks better than Driveclub!!

I'm not even trolling!!

You can totally believe me, because I just told you I wasn't trolling!

I don't have a side-by-side, but here's some sweet Dukes action.

Driveclub can't even render a fully 3d Boss Hogg. WtfLolz!?!

 

[01011001]

Too bad DC is very very very limited in all aspects. I loved it back in the day but come on... you can't change anything in the cars except for the color. You can't knock down road limit blocks and go outside the road.

that was so weird about the game. it literally gives you time penalties like a simulation... but it has the car physics of freaking Ridge Racer... such a weird mismatch

 

[Hobbygaming]

the weather effects look good, everything else looks like ass.
photo mode with its higher settings at least negates the god awful anti aliasing that is used during gameplay and it makes grass not look like ass, but still... nah

Did you even watch the video lol

 

[FukuDaruma]

Nothing beats Assetto Corsa... in 3D.

 

[01011001]

Did you even watch the video lol

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that video that is 100% either in snow or rain... yes I did, now show one where you stand still in sunny conditions and not in photo mode.

this game looks good whenever the weather and the aggressive motion blur make all the bad parts disappear into the background. but as soon as you just stand still with clear weather it looks like if you tried to port Forza Horizon 2 to the Switch

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Nintendo fans

MK8D on Switch looks better than them both

 

[Hobbygaming]

´
that video that is 100% either in snow or rain... yes I did, now show one where you stand still in sunny conditions and not in photo mode.

this game looks good whenever the weather and the aggressive motion blur make all the bad parts disappear into the background. but as soon as you just stand still with clear weather it looks like if you tried to port Forza Horizon 2 to the Switch

Now you're just trolling lol

 

[FukuDaruma]

Always loved this timelapse montage. The music is just perfect:

 

[01011001]

Now you're just trolling lol

no I am just still in shock after being subjected to this:

I too could not believe how bad this looks... no texture filtering to be seen, the trees look like literally badly photoshopped on, the anti aliasing looks like the game runs with checkerboarding and the textures are just mush

I still have this thought that that screenshot is maybe fake for some reason... like... is it? it's so bad...

 

[nemiroff]

I respect that you have a very stupid and utterly wrong opinion op.

 

[Hendrick's]

Driveclub has fantastic lighting and effects but I was less impressed elsewhere. FH4 does look less realistic in lighting and color, but image quality is way better there.

 

[oagboghi2]

I think the reverence for DriveClub is only because it was an exclusive.

Why do you think Forza is popular at all?

 

[01011001]

Why do you think Forza is popular at all?

because it has no real competition outside of GranTurismo... all the other sims are just awful in some ways or the other.
and Horizon basically has no competition whatsoever

that's why

 

[oagboghi2]

because it has no real competition outside of GranTurismo... all the other sims are just awful in some ways or the other.
and Horizon basically has no competition whatsoever

that's why

It's because it's a Xbox exclusive. Same with driveclub.

The entire genre on console is pretty much fanboys jerking off over the graphics of their preferred "exclusive" racer. It's pathetic

 

[xBlueStonex]

One is a simulation game that only has to detail small tracks, the other a sprawling open-world game that lets you drive anywhere you can see. FH4 is 1000x more graphically impressive than DC.

 

[01011001]

It's because it's a Xbox exclusive. Same with driveclub.

The entire genre on console is pretty much fanboys jerking off over the graphics of their preferred "exclusive" racer. It's pathetic

that's simply not true.
Forza Motorsport literally has no good competition on Xbox and GT has no good competition on PlayStation.

Forza Horizon has zero good competition on any platform. that's why they are popular

 

[ReBurn]

Now that I have XSX and PS5 I should install Driveclub to my PS5 and do this comparison myself. Racing games are one of my favorite genres. I had a hard time switching from FH4 on my One X in performance mode to Driveclub on PS4 because the 30 FPS DC just felt sluggish after. Driveclub did look prettier than FH4 to me but I just couldn't play it. Would like to see how it compares on the latest hardware.

 

[small_law]

It was never a bad looking game but I was never truly blown away with it. I have a 3090 and I play it with maxed out settings at 4K 60 (OK I wanted to get the graphics card before I updated my monitors). HDR helps it a lot, but it's a made-for Xbox One game at its core. And let's be honest, quite a few Xbox One games didn't look very good.

It's frankly a miracle playground games got it to where it is on PC.

 

[TigerKnee]

This thread proves who takes the most amount of drugs here

 

[FukuDaruma]

no I am just still in shock after being subjected to this:

I too could not believe how bad this looks... no texture filtering to be seen, the trees look like literally badly photoshopped on, the anti aliasing looks like the game runs with checkerboarding and the textures are just mush

I still have this thought that that screenshot is maybe fake for some reason... like... is it? it's so bad...

There are many cherrypicked shots in this thread that make Driveclub look worse than it really is. Specially this one shot. It keeps coming up, but the vast majority of people that played the game never encountered this bad quality.

BTW, Forza Horizon 4 can look really bad too, even on PC Ultra 8xMSAA:

it can look so flat as a bad lit cartoon:

And then there's the horrible pixelated and jumpy shadows:






But these don't represent the quality the game offers most of the time also.

 

[MightySquirrel]

One is a simulation game that only has to detail small tracks, the other a sprawling open-world game that lets you drive anywhere you can see. FH4 is 1000x more graphically impressive than DC.

Drive club should have lower score there imo, it has no redeeming qualities. The handling in DC is atrocious and it's not just because it runs at 30 fps.

 

[M.W.]

Both games suck.

Garfield racing is legit.