GribbleGrunger said:
I've spoken about this with many people on other forums. The difference between current gen and next gen games is going to be more subtle and likely things you'll never be able to appreciate by watching a video or looking at photos. You CAN see it if you look for it but the average Joe will never notice the difference. In Driveclub for instance, you have real time shadows, real time reflections, real time lighting and fully realised polygonal scenery. This is what allows them to offer true night/day cycles. Watch this closely and you'll start to notice those subtleties. Focus on the inside of the car for instance or the barriers as he turns into the sun. Look at the building as it rotates and you see why everything being polygonal makes a huge difference when real time lighting is used. Pick any spot and concentrate on it and you'll start to see what next gen is:
Now look at a game that doesn't use realtime lighting or fully polygonal scenery. Ignore the vehicle or the location, that will take your eye off what you are looking for. Pay particular attention to the shadows under and in front of the vehicle.
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What do you want to explain to me? The importance of day/night-cycle because Forza doesn't? I said it looks like Forza Horizon to me, which offered full day/night-cycle on 360. I don't get the purpose of your post. Both Forza and DriveClub are next-gen because they are not able on current-gen-systems. And what is full polygonal scenery? Are there bitmaps on Forza? :)
