Can graphics be too real? Cyberpunk hyper real demo.

[SvennoJ]

LegitHyperbole said:

SvennoJ said:

I would play GT8 for another 3,000 hours if they can make the Nordschleife look like real life.

That Cyberpunk video looks very plastic though, the cars too clean and shiny, environments lacking contrast, too much dof, lens distortion.

This is realism

And it looks very exciting!

Hah. The Cyperpunk video almost looks more real than real. The graphics in that video aren't quite as impressive lmao. God put no detail on the grass, the road workers put no texture on the track and there is zero interesting weather effects. But yeah, everything is way too shiny in the Cyperpunk video, things are never that shiny for Ray tracing to be tech that evolves graphics to the degree as with these demos.  

Oh things can be very shiny in real life, problem is cameras never do it justice, neither do displays. HDR is still in its infancy and screens can only display up to 50% of the color range the human eye can perceive. Hence overcast videos always look more realistic.

Also lower resolution videos tend to look more realistic as your mind will fill in the gaps with more detail. 4K graphics videos reveal all the pristine surfaces making it look fake. Hence developers use crutches like dirty/cheap lens effects, chromatic aberation, film grain, to hide the lack of small detail.