What is this obsession with super shiny cars rather than realism?

I don't get it. Assetto Corsa looked perfectly realistic before, imo. A metal flake finish with depth. The cars looked like they had paint on them.

Now? Mirror surface. Bare polished chrome.

But Forza and Gran Turismo does this too. I guess people like it? It's bling?

To me, it feels like the developers caved to pressure from people saying it wasn't shiny enough. Well, congratulations for complaining guys. You made the game less realistic.

 

i don't like this "too shiny" look too... but if that's what people want.

 

lol... and if one day on our chassis we will see appears some rust?
(i'm joking... don't develope this)

 

Way too much glare and bright reflections: my first impression, too. First view I had was in the new hangar, at the MP4. In that showroom the reflections are even worse than in the others, probably due to the huge contrasts between the dark hangar and the bright outside. It looked as if layers of white paper had been put onto the car where it was meant to reflect the bright (blendign white) sky. With and without HDR.

In the other showrooms and on track, it is not that bad, but still: it definitely is a step backwards, visually. Too much, too much, too much: way to much. Even edges stand out in bright white lines now.

I can only recommend: tone it down. If needed to choose, I would go for the old visual style. It was more realistic, and did not look that comic-like and artificial. Sorry, Kunos team: you took the wrong turn there.

 

I agree but realize that at this stage it's still likely sim calculated but appears unrealistically shiny due to the lack of contamination. Ever wax a car and view the paint from a near parallel angle..? Mirror finish comes to mind, the color all but disappears in favor of reflected light. These cars have zero dirt on them, imagine a vacuum sealed perfect finish, they need orange peel and imperfections at this point, dirt even, to recapture that real look. Turn10 went through these gyrations as well, and those cars are the prettiest of the bunch.

 

I agree with op. Reflections were better before. In the hangar the reflections look particularly awful for some reason

 

i would have to see some screenshots of that before
i give my opinion.

 

Very better!

 

I agree too. Even in motor shows cars don't create such a mirror effect (apart from some specific paint), despite being well polished and full of lights around them .

 

First I'd like to turn down sun intensity by 50% for a soft shadow overcast sky, then we can really judge the reflections without the sun^10 highlighting everything to hell.

 

Hard to judge properly until we can test under different skies, lighting conditions, weather etc. but my gut instinct has to agree. Far too shiny, even allowing for dirt buildup.

 

Never saw metal polished that much that it would reflect so intensely. Not even unpainted polished aluminium in an airframe. The cars in parts look as if made of full glass, or polished crystal.

It makes me sad, because I thought that before the looks were almost unbelievably well. I saw zero need to make changes there.

 

I must agree with this.

 

I agree: too much brighting shader imo, I prefer the previous version.

 

When watching a replay, i got the idea that dirt was build up...

 

I just got this and thought I had my hardware out of wack....lol.

From a n00b just coming in it seems wayyy to "glary" , and too me the HDR is oversaturated no matter what I do. I love the game and graphics , but a few small things I noticed and thought IO was nuts...lol.

I look forward to what's to come. The cars feel awesome and planted, but not too much. It feels like a real car should drive to me.

 

Reflective properties of the cars have crossed the line from looking fancy to tacky and overdone.

 

looks pretty spot on to me... but I would love a feature where the cars dirty up as you race. That would be great.

 

A in game side shot same as the bottom pic for comparison would be better if you could, but looks ok to me although not tried new update yet