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Next-gen Racing Graphics Face-off | (Next-gen means current-gen)
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Tripolygon
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We'll have to agree to disagree i suppose.
VisualFidelity
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Some gameplay and photomode shots of FM6, which is more impressive overall than DC given what its achieving ( much better physics, 60fps, better AA)
VisualFidelity
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FH3 is also much better looking during normal gameplay. Only time DC really shines is when weather is in full effect. On a sunny day, DC looks kinda bad imo. 2 gameplay shots and 2 photo mode
Aceofspades
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FH3 is also much better looking during normal gameplay. Only time DC really shines is when weather is in full effect. On a sunny day, DC looks kinda bad imo. 2 gameplay shots and 2 photo mode
Well, Judging by the video posted above (which does better comparison of 4 games replicating similar situations)
DC looks way ahead of anything else. better car models, way better lightning, weather effects ahead of anyone else....etc
Forza Horizon's 3 art style and design direction is so much more vivid, lively, and atmospheric. It makes even Forza Motorsport 6 look static and sterile, DriveClub a boatload more so. Art direction combined with the absolute best in class skyboxes, 1080p/4X MSAA, fantastic foliage, object, and environmental detail easily makes it the best looking racer.
Corrected!
Well, I am glad a game running on "10x" more powerful hardware in 4k actually looks better.
Anyway Driveclub remains the only game that still wow's me after all this time. It has its rough edges but it has this certain atmosphere that I can't put into words.
Never liked the look of FM in general, however for what its aiming to achieve it does look pretty awesome.
For FH3, just as DC it sometimes can look pretty bland and then a few minutes later totally awesome again. The best part about the game is when you have races with fog and dawn/dusk at the same time, looks absolutely breathtaking (like some of ettas screenshots). I still think the game could look better if a low powered console wasn't the main development platform. Really hoping Scorpio will mean that FM7 will look even more crazy on PC.
By these standards, fh3 wins, because I'm seeing much better stills from fh3.
Inf3cted_b3ast
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Where's dumb lol ppl need to be reminded how stunning DC can look.
DC compressed Photo mode not mine
DC compressed Photo mode not mine
Jamesways
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Best looking racer... FH3, DC... HA!
Pfft.
I mean, I guess they look ok. You guys just wait until Friday when WRC6 and Ride 2 comes out! I'll be posting mind shattering
pics.
Seriously though the pics and gifs in this thread of late are incredible.
Pfft.
I mean, I guess they look ok. You guys just wait until Friday when WRC6 and Ride 2 comes out! I'll be posting mind shattering
numbing, extremely average looking
Seriously though the pics and gifs in this thread of late are incredible.
TheAdmiester
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Might as well post a few more pics of how amazing FH3 always looks. It's another game that has direct sunlight nailed like AC.
AndrewDean84xX
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No doubt in my mind, Forza Horizon 3 looks better while playing. Can't speak to much about reviews and photo modes, as I only play racing games. I don't take the photos past my first 60 minutes.
Insane Metal
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So DC looks dull, huh? And the cloud tech is good but doesn't produce good looking results.
WTF is this thread. 😞
WTF is this thread. 😞
Horsemama1956
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Forza looks better while playing to me no question. Don't really care for photo mode or gaming photography crap.
Inf3cted_b3ast
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First, everyone was posting FH3 Photo mode screen shots clamoring how amazing it looks and as soon as someone posts a DC photo mode the subject has now changed to ppl not caring about photo mode and how FH3 looks better while playing. Ok then.
Self_Destructive
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Forza Horizon 3 looks better than Driveclub to me in almost every aspect. I guess the rain windscreen animation looks better in cockpit view in DC, but that's about it.
lol.. It' doesn't matter what mode you show the game off in, FH3 looks better
lol.. It' doesn't matter what mode you show the game off in, FH3 looks better
TheAdmiester
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I think FH3 looks far better in photo mode and gameplay. Some people =/= everyone.
Stillmatic
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FH3 graphics are more stylized, it's completely acceptable some people think it looks better than DC as it's a great looking game. But without question DC looks the most realistic, still, after all this time.
So these posters that you speak of did both of those things?
El-Pistolero
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Insane Metal
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The lighting in DC is unmatched. It just looks so goddamn good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBwLErUEpg
edit: I love the way they simulate how our eyes react to light, this is pretty evident in this video I posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBwLErUEpg
edit: I love the way they simulate how our eyes react to light, this is pretty evident in this video I posted.
(Sits back in his rocking chair)
This happens every new forza release. Every time.
DC speaks for itself, and polyphony has a lot to catch up to imo. From both dc and fh3. Fh3 is amazing looking. Pissed I don't have a xbox.
Since this one's directed at me, care to elaborate what's wrong with that statement? FH3 may not use volumetric clouds, yet they look much more realistic and are more varied.
Also, I said DC's tech is "neat" not "good"
SaganIsGOAT
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One of the things that Driveclub does incredibly well is the real time reflections on surfaces. Seeing the car reflect the environment, other cars, and on itself really grounds the vehicles in the world.
Inf3cted_b3ast
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Hasn't Forza always looked better to you? I don't think it was going to change with FH3.
To me they also don't.Since this one's directed at me, care to elaborate what's wrong with that statement? FH3 may not use volumetric clouds, yet they look much more realistic and are more varied.
Also, I said DC's tech is "neat" not "good"
The whole game looks more "cartooney" due to the color pallete, and that's not a bad thing. I really prefer fh3 visuals despite being inferior to driveclub. Tastes. Street Fighter 5 also has better visuals than tekken 7 for me despite not being in the same league.
Anyway just came to post one last gif:
Stillmatic
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Since this one's directed at me, care to elaborate what's wrong with that statement? FH3 may not use volumetric clouds, yet they look much more realistic and are more varied.
Also, I said DC's tech is "neat" not "good"
FH3 skyboxes look great, but the cloud tech in DC also produces great looking results.
https://youtu.be/lO15LjN0OzU?t=1m11s
Tripolygon
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TheAdmiester
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Nope. Horizon 2 didn't, Motorsport 6 didn't, Apex did in the right conditions, now Horizon 3 does.
Tripolygon
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No game does skybox like Driveclub. None
Once you watch clouds form in front of you at high altitude, there is no going back. No game can compare to driveclub in skybox.
Once you watch clouds form in front of you at high altitude, there is no going back. No game can compare to driveclub in skybox.
John Wick
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Forza Horizon is a second gen title. Driveclub is a first gen title. Its pretty good looking even on the Xbox One but not as good as DC. On PC it looks better. DC would also look miles better on a powerful PC.
Even on a 1080 GTX rig, this timelapse FH3 video demonstrates the flaws of a handcrafted sky as opposed of DC's volumetric solution:
https://youtu.be/t7YlasZrh2g
The stutering, texture swaps and overall flatness are problems absent from DC's more natural skyboxes.
The good part is that at normal play speed this is impossible to notice on FH3. Hence the game's praise for it's sky. Which is deserved despite the trickery going on.
https://youtu.be/t7YlasZrh2g
The stutering, texture swaps and overall flatness are problems absent from DC's more natural skyboxes.
The good part is that at normal play speed this is impossible to notice on FH3. Hence the game's praise for it's sky. Which is deserved despite the trickery going on.
John Wick
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Forza Horizon 3 looks better than Driveclub to me in almost every aspect. I guess the rain windscreen animation looks better in cockpit view in DC, but that's about it.
lol.. It' doesn't matter what mode you show the game off in, FH3 looks better
On what??? GTX 1080 PC's or Xbox One??? The weather in DC is still better. I think if Evolution were given the chance to make a DC2 it'd run circles around FH3
John Wick
Member
Far better? Hyperbole much
Maybe on PC it shines but even then the performance leaves a lot to be desired.
TheAdmiester
Member
Sounds like you're making a chant to convince us.
No hyperbole at all. No single game has made me stop and go into photomode and be like "wow" anywhere near as much as that game and it hasn't even been out two weeks.
Driveclub's skyboxes coupled with its dynamic lightning can create something special.
However, one thing that I've always found missing in DC's skyboxes is the lack of distinct forms in clouds, like cumulonimbus for example.
But yeah, we're really talking about clouds in video games lol...
Oh they will. It won't be called Driveclub though, but I'm there day 1.
In Rushy we trust.
Self_Destructive
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Well, I happen to have a GTX 1080 SLI PC, lol, but no. On Xbox One I think it looks better than DC as well.
And I think if Evolution was to make DC2 a completely open world racer like FH3, you'd probably find that's not the case.
I think if PlayGround Games was to make a racer in the vein of DC.. they could do much better even still.
But regardless, both games look great. I don't want to dog on Driveclub. I just think it's been surpassed.
Tripolygon
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Insane Metal
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