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WOW!
"Earlier in the week I was trying to sort something out on the other
side of the office, when I was called over to Chris' desk. He's been
taking a closer look at our crowd system, seeing how much he could max
out the 360 hardware with spectators. During the test he sorted out a
pretty remarkable screenshot for me. How many people in this
experiment? Answer: thirty-five thousand.
Remember; the following screenshot is just a test, and not
representative of the crowd size which will be present in the final
build of PGR3. There won't be 35,000 spectators per corner in the
finished game... we want to have other objects in the game as well!
This was just a test to show how crazy our crowd rendering system is.
You can still expect many thousands (yes, thousands) of spectators per
track... but the full game running with 35,000 might be pushing it a
bit!
This is just a single corner. It's ridiculous; that's a helluva lot of
people! The most remarkable thing to me was that this was all running
at the game's normal frame rate. Not a bit of slowdown. It takes a
while for our expectations to adjust to the "next generation" of video
games, but I suppose things like this are what we will be seeing from
now on... (!)
Seeing all of these virtual spectators shuffling around and waving
their arms is a memorable sight. In the newer builds of the game some
of the crowd have cameras, and if they're a few rows back you can see
them holding it above their head before taking the photo. They've even
got a flash! Remember all of these guys, gals, and even children are
motion captured for extra realism.
What you can't see here are the extra details added around the courses
to make things seem more "lifelike". There's ambient traffic, camera
crews, racing teams (complete with huge big rigs), massive spectator
stands, etc. etc. In fact, if you look carefully, you'll be able to
see some Bizarre Creations staff members skulking around in the
masses. There are also some Bizarre t-shirts in there too
http://bizarreonline.net/index.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=53
WOW!
"Earlier in the week I was trying to sort something out on the other
side of the office, when I was called over to Chris' desk. He's been
taking a closer look at our crowd system, seeing how much he could max
out the 360 hardware with spectators. During the test he sorted out a
pretty remarkable screenshot for me. How many people in this
experiment? Answer: thirty-five thousand.
Remember; the following screenshot is just a test, and not
representative of the crowd size which will be present in the final
build of PGR3. There won't be 35,000 spectators per corner in the
finished game... we want to have other objects in the game as well!
This was just a test to show how crazy our crowd rendering system is.
You can still expect many thousands (yes, thousands) of spectators per
track... but the full game running with 35,000 might be pushing it a
bit!
This is just a single corner. It's ridiculous; that's a helluva lot of
people! The most remarkable thing to me was that this was all running
at the game's normal frame rate. Not a bit of slowdown. It takes a
while for our expectations to adjust to the "next generation" of video
games, but I suppose things like this are what we will be seeing from
now on... (!)
Seeing all of these virtual spectators shuffling around and waving
their arms is a memorable sight. In the newer builds of the game some
of the crowd have cameras, and if they're a few rows back you can see
them holding it above their head before taking the photo. They've even
got a flash! Remember all of these guys, gals, and even children are
motion captured for extra realism.
What you can't see here are the extra details added around the courses
to make things seem more "lifelike". There's ambient traffic, camera
crews, racing teams (complete with huge big rigs), massive spectator
stands, etc. etc. In fact, if you look carefully, you'll be able to
see some Bizarre Creations staff members skulking around in the
masses. There are also some Bizarre t-shirts in there too
http://bizarreonline.net/index.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=53
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