OH I see it now.  The palm trees at the start are sprites, yes.  The scraggly ones on the rocks/hills aren't.  Those are models.  I thought those were the ones you were saying were images.   The palms on the straightaway are, yes. 

Yeah, I was talking about the palms.

Yep, and now I can't unsee it thanks :P

It's probably because it's around all the buildings and also the starting line so it's the most stressful area of the track.  Also, palms are  (essentially) fully symmetrical so there's not much chance you would notice when driving by.    Game still look s very pretty. 

"Most"?

It looks better than any of NIntendo's first party games at E3.

An indie developer just showed up a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Does it have boob physics like Fatal Frame tho? does it?

Yeah, i thought so

Fatal Frame isn't first party. ;)

Don't try to shift my attention from what really matters here

Let's be fair.  XCX, SMTxFE, and Fatal Frame are all more than capable of putting up a fight, unless you only mean visuals which is a tad bit unfair given that a racing game is always going to be the prettier game compared to other genres :P .  XCX is still the Wii U's most impressive title when looking at the whole package. 

Still, FAST fits in right alongside Nintendo's own products as a major release.  If I were them, I would fund a limited physical printing priced at ~$40.  It has the looks to turn heads with a bit of promotion.  And would improve Nintendo's shelf appearance.

EDIT:  And Fatal Frame is second party.  And so is SMTxFE kinda.  But XCX is first party.  SO there :P

Well, the game's still in development; ask Shin'en on twitter if they can add female race announcers with boob physics.

I did mean visually, yeah. XCX is clearly the more impressive total package, but its impact is a bit diluted by now cos we've been seeing it for 2 and a half years. To me personally, FRN was the highlight of their show.

I agree that a physical print run is in order.