Forza Motorsport 4 Will Not Have Night Racing or Weather Effects. Turn 10 Explains.

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selnor said:

SvennoJ said:
I was already disappointed with GT5 that time of day and weather were reserved for a couple of tracks. More varied game play over fancier graphics any time. I would be happy with GT4 style graphics if that would mean it could run in 1080p60 with all tracks featuring dynamic time, cloud cover and weather.

I mostly played Sarthe and Nurburgring online in GT5, since the dynamic weather (with tire grip on real) made it a lot more interesting with pit strategy and tire choices. Shitting bricks when you're in the lead in the final lap by taking a gamble on riding out the rain while the pack is quickly catching up after changing their tires.
And tons of fun when its getting dark and you hear the people cursing that chose a concept car with no headlights :)

We need next gen for more real time weather change!

I dont think next gen is the issue.

I believe the issues for both GT5 and Forza 4 were and are time. With a bigger team and or time these things will all be possible. Its a case of either half doing something or not at all for either company. 

I think its all possible. Just takes alot more time to perfect all the things. 

How long would we all have to wait for GT5 or Forza 4 if they implemented it all perfectly?

Or how much framerate are we willing to go down to?

Did GT5 really suffer from dropping to 48FPs at night? I dont think that much at all. But I guess Turn 10 dont want less than 60, so thats that.

Partially agree. Given enough time for development, CPU and GPU power and graphics RAM available should be enough, but I fear main RAM could be not (unified RAM could help XB360 to manage things more flexibly, but once you reach a given level of detail and graphics quality, successive version will have equal or better ones, so you won't get back the RAM you allocated for them). Even considering consoles have very light OS compared to PCs, main RAM in current gen consoles is really small and already was even for 2005-2006 standards.

Anyway, what's for sure is that we can't blame Turn 10.