He is saying that some of the shots, like on PSP screens or showing racing, could be taken from the game and then doctored while this latest one posted here looks to be an obvious render.
Well I guess the poster would have to chime in to know what he was thinking, but again, the obvious PSP screens don't look like they have been doctored at all... so the comment doesn't really fit.
And while you have gotten so skeptical to doubt any of these recent images could even be related to the PSP, not everyone thinks it is so far fetched that they are the result of a PSP image that has been doctored for a week. Whether they are wrong or right does not play into whether they may think it possible.
I don't mean this in an insulting way, but anyone who thinks these are doctors PSP pictures either doesn't know enough about how games are rendered to understand how difficult that would be or are willing to accept pretty much an entire redraw as an original.
This isn't like wiping a smudge off the mona lisa or airbrushing a mole of a supermodel... these are more akin to just painting a whole new picture over the previous picture of the same subject. I mean the basic list is:
All backgrounds must be replaced. The PSP backgrounds are not that complex and with the exception of the crowd the backgrouds use higher level textures and more polys than the PSP could handle. The trees alone are beyond what the PSP could handle. So step one: Basically erase all backgrounds and replace them with different backgrounds.
Step 2: The car models exceed the poly level of PSP but many fold. As I said before the wheels alone with the detailed 3d rims are probably more than the entire car on the PSP in terms of poly count. So step 2: Erase the car, replace it with a render from a completely differnet model. Note this is not just a higher resolution render of the PSP car, it's a whole different model. If you take a low poly model and render it at higher resolution, you don't get a sleek sexy curvy result, you get glaring corners and flat areas that should be curved. Higher resolution
brings out the flaws in a low poly model, doesn't make them better. Wheels that looked blurry but kind of round before now look like octagons... a smooth curved hood now looks like 8 pieces of sheet metal welded together in a rough curve...
Step 3: Effects - Motion blur... this is believeable to add in with a post process 2d filter rather than actually figure motion on 3d objects. Reflections? PSP does not do real time environmental reflections, so take the environment image, add transparency and draw it over your car render. Now add lighting and shadow detail.
Basically... these are so "retouched" that the original has no bearing on it anymore. Literally if you somehow massaged a PSP screen to look this good, you could literally erase the original content and the picture would look the same as it would be 100% covered by the "retouch".
It's not a retouch or a prettied up, it's a complete different thing.
It would be like saying I took this picture
Touched it up a bit and got this picture
They are the same right? They are both women, they both have two eyes, two arms and clothes on... I mean if someone put that second picture on a dating site, it would be ok that they really look like the first picture right?
That's about as much similarity as these screenshots have with what you will see on the PSP: They both have cars, probably the same makes and models, and you will be driving on roads with buildings and trees around.
Aside from subject these pictures are not representative of what will be in the PSP game (outside of maybe just pictures as an art collection).
Personally, I am guessing that any of these ZR1 shots related to the recent anouncement of the cover art are all renders used for the B&W trailer and cover art.
These DEFINITELY could be the models rendered to do the cover art. That is entirely believeable... rendered on a computer somewhere and the final image used as cover art for the box.
BUT that has nothing to do with what you see on the PSP screen and again, the GT site has it shown right on the PSP screen itself. Also on the news page right here it says that these are renders of the model used in the game... I want to know where in ths PSP game this model is used... the only place even remotely possible is maybe in making some 2d jpegs to add on as an art collection or something.
I am not skeptical... I just know better.
Skeptical is a new drug that lets you loose weight without excercise.
Know better is I can turn iron into gold by twitching my nose.
All I am saying is there is no excuse, no rationalization, no fuzzy logic that lets you get from these being shown plastered on PSP screens on the official GT site, and from these being released by PD to show of the model used in the game all the way to an honest representation of something. ANYTHING is possible... heck maybe PD will pack in some kind of crazy hardware upgrade in the box with GTM that puts PSP on processing par with the PS3 and they will include a hi def screen relpacement and then you really will actually see races exactly like this on your PSP! It's POSSIBLE!
But I think we can all agree there is a point you have to draw the line of reasonable... and this side of reasonable, there is no explanation for what the obvious understanding by the common person of these images is - that this is what the game will look like while playing. The comments and responses empiracly show that is a common belief.
