News rFactor 2 video looks astonishingly real

The battle for the most advanced visuals is always keenly fought in the automotive gaming world, with constant comparisons and fan boy arguments on who’s doing best and why.  If it’s DriveClub versus Forza Horizon 2 on consoles, then the usual suspects on the PC are currently Project CARS and Assetto Corsa.  So it came as a surprise to see this exceptional video featuring RFactor 2, a game whose visuals have been derided as dated in the current scene. In many ways they are, but it’s amazing what a few additional post processing and lighting effects can achieve. 

Below we see a video containing the Ferrari 643 by F1 ASR Team Modding Classic, running on Interlagos with a range of filters and post processing effects added using Sony Vegas Pro, the end result is nothing short of stunning. In fact, it takes a moment to realise that it isn’t real life at all. 

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Indeed it’s not the first time we’ve featured this style of content on VVV – 3 years ago we covered this effects video on iRacing nearly 3 years. 

There’s no doubt visual fidelity continues to improve, but it also shows how far we’ve come and how close these visuals are getting to their real life counterpart. The subtle effects here would no doubt impact on the performance of currant systems, but no doubt this grows closer as every year passes. Either way, this is pretty realistic.

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