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

ini's can be useful but AC seems to have them up the wazoo so it could get overwhelming when you lose track of what you've changed weeks or months previously.

 

This is true. I personally don't modify anything except for AC.ini for dev apps and Dx11.ini for frames ahead

 

If anyone is worried that this could happen, just backup the original .ini file somewhere safe.

 

Good point. I did that once, when I tried someones modified tyresmoke.ini. Always good practice to back things up. I usually just copy and past in the same folder so you have the suffix "-copy"

 

This looks like one of those funky 'HDR' photos to me, which is exaggerating the reflection.

Now this is interesting - it highlights what I'm talking about when I say everything looks like chrome - it's that huge contrast split halfway up the side of the car that gives the look of chrome - the second shot looks far more natural when this difference is reduced.

 

Hehe,so what you are saying is that HDR is making that car chrome like reflections....Doesnt make any sense...
The reflection is clear..so clear that you can pic the details from the objects on the other side of the road...Its posssible to use PS to alter the photo and make it blurry or noisy but i dont think you can take a photo with a car for example and apply filters to make the blured reflection in to something cristal clear.
Its obvious that there are situation where the paint has the best and cleaner reflection and some other situation where it has a blured reflection...Now i dont know how easy or hard it is to reproduce this in a game engine.....

 

You misunderstand me. I'm not saying the HDR-ness of the photo has caused the sharpness of the reflections. Clarity of reflections is not my criticism in the first place, it is the contrast between light and dark areas of the reflection. In those screens posted by Paul Maidens, the reflections are just as sharp in both, but the second image looks more natural because the difference between the light and dark areas is reduced. I was saying that HDR photos of cars has this effect - it is exaggerating the contrast, making the material seem more mirror/chrome-like. I believe the first photo of the 12C you posted has a kind of HDR effect on it.

Some more exaggerated examples of this photography technique:





The reflections are sharp anyway - they just more chrome-like due to the contrast. AC's cars often look very much like these photos. It's unnatural.

 

That realy hurts the eye ....looks unnatural as you say but its not that exagerated in AC...there are alot of updates to be made and in one or two of them we might see another change in this area.
Me personaly i have no problem as it is now,or as it was before or how will be next...Looks nice and clear.
I am more interested in how the cars drive and feels.I understand your points its just for me its not a priority atm.

 

Those photos show that people who post pictures here and go "look, I have this photo, so mirror surface on cars are realistic" haven't actually gone out to look at how car paints behaves in real life...

 

It's funny that the effect you are trying to minimize is showcased in a real life photograph on the site that you are linking to.. Just below the comparison images.
It is just the reflection of the sky, and imo is a big part of the realism of the cars.

 

Maybe a video can light the things up....if you cant stand to watch this video form the start..try after 9 min...
I must be seen things but that paint reflects everything like a mirror....

 

Yeah Wrongfire that's my car and I took the photo

 

I can tell it's a fun ride!
I had a red integra around a year ago. It wasn't type R, but I made it look like one :3 Awesome car.

 

Oh, yeah. That's super normal. Nothing special with that video. No, sir.

 

Are you saying its fake?!
He is restoring the paint to original state..its called "Polish"