Microsoft has, as expected, unveiled new gameplay images of Forza Motorsport. We will have to prepare our eyes, because the Xbox Series X may finally hold its technological showcase.
For its first speech of the year 2023, Microsoft has won its bet: this Developer_Direct conference has done everything expected of it, and even a little more. Presentations that are neither too short nor too boring, release dates, a surprise game available as soon as it is announced… The Redmond firm could hardly do better, as it has not always been very comfortable in the exercise. And to impress, she was able to count on Forza Motorsport.
If not dated, the racing game developed by Turn 10 is on track to be the technological showcase for the Xbox Series X, an overpowered console that is far from having revealed the full extent of its capabilities since its launch in November. 2020. The few gameplay images broadcast set the tone, knowing that Microsoft promises “ a generational leap in terms of realism, authenticity and immersion “. Moreover, there will be no version specifically developed for Xbox One, while the old generation console was still considered by the multinational (there will be Xbox Cloud Gaming for it).
Xbox Series X needs Forza Motorsport
Car lovers might be gobsmacked watching the latest video from Forza Motorsport, which summons several advanced technologies to make it a graphically exquisite simulation. As it happens :
- The developers used a spectrophotometer, which is used to analyze the behavior of light, to make the lights on the cars more realistic. Coupled with ray tracing, this promises stunning reflections, which will react according to the light conditions or even the color of the bodywork. Turn 10 went so far as to work on the nuances produced by a metallic surface;
- For the environments, the developers used photogrammetry. This technique consists of combining several real angles of view to create a 3D element. Enough to display detailed scenery, especially in terms of vegetation and around the track (spectators, for example).
Turn 10 has also improved the physics engine to make it more efficient. There will even be purely aesthetic damage (dirt, etc.). This race for realism may make you smile on certain points (who looks at the traces of mud on the sills when playing?). But we can only salute the search for authenticity to make Forza Motorsport a visual gem, a technical model and a fantasy for car enthusiasts. On Xbox Series X, it will run in 4K with a framerate of 60 fps and ray tracing effects enabled. Either the pinnacle, even if we doubt it a little.
Finally, the ears have not been forgotten: what is the point of modeling cars with precision, if their engine sounds wrong? ” In particular, we have improved the sound of the tires and suspensions, the exhaust and the turbos, so that they sound like their real-world counterparts “, announces the studio. Here again, we are in the smallest detail, but the smallest detail that counts for purists and fetishists of mechanics.
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