Realtime raytracing in games? Now a reality, thx to the makers of GT5!

[Subway]

Made possible by one of the gods of game creation, Polyphony Digital (GT5): http://ps3.ign.com/articles/813/813424p1.html



Here's a video: http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/movie/d920.html

They just use it for menu backgrounds and such. The game itself uses "normal" shaders like all the other games, however, they promise to go to a full 1080p at 60Hz!

The game will boast a larger selection of vehicles than its predecessor, Gran Turismo 4.

Oh and GT 5 Prologue is coming out in October, woohoo!

Fredi

[gerbick]

Prologue is coming out with limited cars in 2007... wait for it to be delayed to January 2008.

Anyway, real-time ray tracing... welcome to 2001. In a game demo, 2005. In a real game that's been vaporware so far... I'd wait for it to actually come out before I say anything.

So far, no 1080p game by Sony has been 60fps. And once they drop the features - damage has already been somewhat ruled out for Prologue - and with the lengthy time per car model for GT5... I'm going to treat this like Windows Vista... Sony/Polyphony will deliver only 2/5ths of what they're claiming now.

[hurricaneone]

I saw that Nismo 350Z in the (so-called) F1 paddock at Goodwood this year.

This game'll be the reason I stump up for the PS3.

[silverx2]

im still not happy about potentially having to purchase new cars with real money and then having to download the.

[WannaBe_80z]

What is the prologue garbage? Just release the full game already...

[mr_malee]

if they put inside car view with detailed interior i'll be happy.

[renderhjs]

NFS prostreet finally has a damage system which is something that would be nice to see in GranTourismo too- but still imo. those GT5 shots are by fare the most impressive car game shots I´ve seen so far. It´s almost impossible to recognize the polygons though they used a lot normal mapping.

[Subway]

Tracks in Prologue:

- Eiger Nordwand
- London
- Suzuka
- Fuji
- Circuit de la Sarthe (aka Le Mans)

Video: http://www.gran-turismo.com/en/movie/d1109.html (There's no CG in this!)







Let's hope this really comes out in October.

Fredi

[silverx2]

those cars look really nice. i havnt seen any screen shots from the game, so i just assumed they were making it very arcade like. but this looks very realistic.